Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1847-04-02
Correspondence of the Free Press.

Hanover, n II March 2ith lsi7
We are in the midst OF scenes That remind US Of
War Our friend, Gen 7 Ransom of Norwich,
has received his official appointment OF Colonel OF the
New England Regiment, and Col SEYMOUR, of Con-
neccut, has we'd the appointment OF Major rice
Gen Ransom \ recruiting Office has been opened in
Norwich, VT, where some ten or twelve have already
| enlisted, with prospect OF about as many more, in
very short time II this war must be prosecuted still
further and Vermont must participate in the s,c and
hardshps of the field better appointment than that
Of Gen Ransom could, perhaps, be made And what
ever we think OF his political errors, and they
neither few nor smal}, and whatever may think Of
the origin and management OF the war, it certainly
to be hoped that General Ransom will no, suffer, so
far as he is concerned the fair fame of the Green
| Mountain State to be furnished Ii Colonel Ransom
has any solid merit, is in n military capacity-and
his position as Colonel will afford fair opportunity to
let his friends and the world know of what material he
is made.
| We omit our correspondents account of the
late Stage accident near Royalton, as it contains
nothing in addition to what was published in the
free Press last week.
The locofoco victory has been dearly and bnsey
purchased in New Hampshire. More than SIS ,OO0
collected in the Custom Houses along the shore and
from other official sources, were distributed through
the State jus, on the eve of the election The loco
press through the State, proclaimed tina, the Wilmot
provso was purely democratic measure, and oppos-
ei by the Wings Gag Atherton and his associates
were proclaimed as the champions Of Liberty But
Notwithstanding, the Wing vote has been increased
abont 1000 since last year while the Independent, vote
has fnen of some 1900 or 1000 Here was the effect
OF Radical demagognism. The Wings have acted
their part noby'o much that the prospect is bright
iorne%tyear Radical iocoocolsm cannot endure such
another struggle as has been witnessed among the
granite hills OF New Hampshire
Meetings tor Irish relief have been held in Hanover
and Norwich. About three hundred dollars and two
hundred bushels OF grain have been collected and
pfospectior more In haste, yours truly
We are sorry to hear of Custom House cor.
rnpton FOnds in New Hampshire, and regret
still more that New England principle was no,
found uncorruptiblc BY it, We hoped that New
York locofoco political tactics might never be in.
troduced among us-the tactics that are based
on the degrading assumption that "cvery man
has his price" But democracy is progressive,
though we trust New England locofocoi,m i.
still far behind its rougher brother in New York
in the looseness of its political morality. Ii
.NeW York it Illegally opens the doors of pene
tentiares and prisons, and lets out felons upor
community upon the s,c condition that the,
shall tollow their instincts perhaps, and) vote
the locofoco ticket! We hope it will be many
long years before such disgraceful record car
be made ofany portion of New England
But, after all, the outrage of setting felon,
loose to vi,ate the ballot box and defeat the pop
| MAR will, is scarcely greater than the impuienc,
and mendaciiy that claim the Wimot proyiso a,
a democratic" measure, and hold up Anterior
the author of the famous, or rather Infamous
gag rule" in the House Of Representatives, as
"Champion of Liberty! The distance between
the lesser enormity and the greater is eas'l!
trayersed by Inscriptions men--it is nothing
more than the obscure interval between the plot
ting oftrcason and the overt act,-between
! suppression of the truth and the suggestion
the lie. The steady increase of WING strens''
: and the dissemination of WING principles IN New
Hampshire, afford us the best assurance 'ha' 'hi
interval will never he passed there