Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-02-04

that every man not only possessed the right,
but ~as IN duty bound, to change his opin-
ION whenever he perceived he was in errorf
was not the Whole article, in which we en-
deavored 10 expose the bad policy of repeal
ing this beneiiccnt measure, couched in the
most respectful language towards Mr.. Young?
Is a difference OF opinion merely, in the
judgment Of our ncighbor, identical with
ga disposition to coadcma7" Nav. can
our respected brother point to single sen.
tcncc in our article which implies SO severe
a ccnsure Of Mr.. Young as the following
paragraph of his owu in the same column in
which he regrets to discover such a captious
spirit in usl
"IHc spirit Of iocofoiSm faiions. The repeal of
tho bankrupt act was carried in the House by the
votes OF the locos, almost masse, for the bill by
party roic enforced undoubtedly BY pdrty drill and
trHhow The slightest regard TO he public good"
W. Wdtchman, jan 81.
In the sentiment Of this paragraph, We
are happy to say, wo fully concur with
the Waterman. But how can the Watch
man reconcile ii with the following sentence
in the preceding article of the same paper
where he regrets to see us condemn Mr..
Young!
I'VE deem the expedency of the act, (the
Bankrupt acD without amendment, so much
matter of doubt, as to be unwilling to con-
tenn the rote Of any man who has better
means oflorming juster judgment than our
selves"
Is it, in tho opinion of our cotemporary,
no condemnation of ii Wig to say he voted
IN iavor OF a measure which was carried by
Locoioco votes, by party vote, by party
d'H' ~'thom the SLIGHTEST regard to the
pubhc good? VIII the Waterman be so
Kind as TO =" define its position on this ques-
''on' and inform us, particularly, if he has
t not condemned Mr.. Young, by implication,
how, in the name of the Kings English, he
, can say ace have.
y But the watchman winds up its curious
= structures with the following paragraph which
: we consider " the most unkindcst cut" of all
e upon our Representative.
I :, AS well from an intma'ion thrown out by Mr.
halshai OF ny, as from the fact that the judiciary
II COMMITTEE nave since been instructed to report 4 new
, BANKRUPT bill, we infer that may have voted for
u the repeal OF the present act with the expectation of
getting better one This man have been tho IN 90
with Mr.. Young"
) Now we arc free to confess that widely as
- we differed from My. as to the cxpediency
y of repeating this law, we never for moment
- considcredhm green enough to be influenced
. by such motive, especially after the DEM
" constructions of deadly hostility to the meas
ufc which were made by its opponents du-
:. ring the progress of the Bill for its repeal.
" We fully coincide in the following opinion
u copied from late number Of the Nation
y al lntellgcnccr
-" son the probable fate Of the Bankrup,
BIZ, we have no remark, except one, sug-
- geste1 by an in,imation we have somewhere
seen, that, il the existing law of Bankruptcy
w. be repealed, an ontirely new act, embed ying
nc desired amendments, may be passed by
" Congress 10 fill the ehasm caused by the
~ eradication of the existing law from the
statute book. IVhereupon ice say, let nc
man, rho Is friend to an uniform bank
IL rupt system, in any form, or under any mod
OF ifcatiO", delude himself nth the rain i'm
ne agi"ation that any other bankrupt lac oil
s. erer be substituted far the present, or th0
us The system, nor estaJlshnd by lar, viN ere
s. be Improved upon in any other ray than b!
i" amendments engratted upon that stock"