Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1850-12-20
Correspondence of the Boston Atlas
WAsHISaToS, Dec. 10Th, 1876

hJudicious course ofMe Uashingion "R,pubhic"
Not an official Tdper- III Administration
10 be judged by its o'vn acts only Republics
abuse Of Mr.. Scuddr, Sc. Sc.
The indiscrect and foolish course of the Re-
publ newspaper in this lily, is scfery CEN
sured by the Northern W hig members of Cons
gress. The paper receives Importance only
from the fact that it is Published in this city,
and assumes to speak for the Administration -
have it in my power to state distinctly that
the Government docs not recognise it or an,
other paper, as their organ. They are no more
responsible Tor what appears in the columns OF
the Republic, than they are for what appears
in the " ashington Union. am authorized by |
the President to say, that he recognizes no pa
| per as his especial organ. His ADMINISTRATION,
| he desires, shall be judged by It's QGcial acts,
and not by any article thai may appear IN any |
newspaper published in Washington or any
other ,ace. it is the strong and earnest de-
sira Of the President to have peace and harmo-
ny in the Wing ranks-to have he party united,
and to haze the UniGa If tkcsc States oonsoi>
dated D., wise legislation, and the cultivation of
friendly feelings in all sections of the country.
This is his high ambition, and certainly it is all
ambtiln worthy OF one occupying the exalted
station which he now holds. Thc kind and
conc iliatory tone Of his lata message has alrea>
dy accomplished much good in this way, and it
is great pity tl,at the Gdtarlai5 of the Repub
lie should in terfere to arrest its god effects
The recent attack ppoa the Hon. Zcno Scud-
der the Wing candidate for Congress in the
Tenth District of Massachusetts, and which
referred to in former communication meets
with the unqualified condemnation Oft the North
ern mcmbcrs. 1t is no part Of the duty OF
Wing papers published in this district, to in
t,rfcre with the locIl nominations Of candidates
r,r Office aHd certainly it is not the province
a. any Wing paper to oppose the election OF a
Wing candidate There was one remarkable
point in the article referred to, which omitted
to name in my former letter refer to the
abuse which it dealt ont to certain custom house
, officers in l!arnstabe cqliHty, because they
voted for MIR. ScuAdor v e do not 90 for the
activ interference of oilicc-holdCrs in elections,
f but have yet to learn that it is ccI>urable
: act for " hig oticc-holdcr TO vote for the
= regular " hg candidate vino, wien elected, is
E to support Wing administration.
d Agpi =, the Rcp,,blic says that all Of tic Com
Il promise MEASURES must be held ins iouhlc, and
It signifies that any one who votes to change
= either places himself in opposition to the admin
+ istraii4n. ! his dictum caHnqt Ec eHnrccd
and will pass By unhCed0d. It serves only to
,li
), bcrs of Congress representing Northern CON
n stituenccs are not to be deferred from pursuing
any course they may think proper by threats
from the Republic, pr from any ether sQNrcc
and the President IL the last man who wOulC
attempt to interfere with the rights AMI duties
of Congress 1t Will be rccolcctcl that the
l. Republic took ground against the "pe2ce meas
h urcs' of General Taylor, although at that time
J. it held the position Of an official paper. The
result was, not that members of Congress wcr'
read out of the party, but that the Republic
IN changed h,nds, and the ormcr editor has takel
his old place to erect ii platform for the admin
,r i'tration, and to declare that he who fails It
n, prop up every timber of it, must needs De con
- 'dcred foe.
y The WASHINGTON papers Of this morning re
e publish, at length, the speeches of Scnrtor
is Fo tie and Downs, in New York, in rcSponS
?. to the welcome given them by the "Uno
~. Comaittec of Safety" These receptions have
more the appearance of broad farce than q
y: anything serious. T.cy hl.e brought out
don't know how many slvlour' If thu Union
of They tickle each Others elbows, and nlusrat
- each other with the o.t fulSome and DISCUS
W eng f. fiery. The rell paciicators ae plsSc
re by in silence or spoke; Of with contempt. Tn
y projectors and advocates of the OmnibuS
I'm are put forward az the Union plriots, ard the
i 1 Al. IA
- selves in the breach, and at great personal h1z
We ard saved the Union. Every one knows tn.
49, it was tho omnibus see ne thlt kept the countr
,e in IA fcrlnrnt for months, and it was not until
re. was fin lily kboched to pieces TINT Congress
es could do any thing. Mr. Senator fDote vii
N is now lau led to the skies in Northern elite
TT, during the first months of the last session,
~, the leading spirit of disunlon.tS. He was Nh
ge protector of the Nashville convention. dc
he. ella cd over and over again TINT the al lSslo
Is of California would be the death knell of I'll
- Union liz VOTED AGAINST til: ADMIssIo
Ike or CALIFoRNIA INTO THE CNoN. which "
~ ut the North consider one Of the best of ii
to peace measures, aud il Is n curious fact that a
y! the five gentlemen who are put forward AS tt
,ed chief plcIfcators, as the men who by their va
ces and their votes carried these "peace mea
'ar ures," did not in fact vote for some of the mo
be, important Of them. The fugitive slave bill
lie. considered in the South as the great 'peaC
i've measure" for that section; and yet neither VI
,an Cass nor Mr. Dickinson, nor Mr., Clay, nor NJ
Webster, voted for it. Mr. ass. after makir
,as Il speech for it, doiged on the final vote. NJ
nal Dickinson had parted off with Mr.. Seward
of Mr. Clry was at Newport ard Mr.. Webst
ON was in the Cabinet and would haze voted +
,ri. it, probably, if he had had seat in the Sci
ate. Mr. Foote is the only one of the FIVE wi
i, voted for it, and he voted to exclude Caliiorn
w. from admission to the Union. We are oppose
:" w to giving nj the credit of extra patriqisn
al gentlemen who are no mQre entitled to the di
' tinciion than others who are net named al
',,h not honorcd by the Union Committee
in ia" Safety"
and We have made these rcqlrks out Of no II
We. kind feeling to any Of the gentlemen n1med
lne We are always more glad to give cred to
r g patriotic act, thln we are to remember "A ioolI
~. one Our object in writinU is 10 do credit