Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-01-17
The Massachusetts political jugglc.

We extract the following from an article in
the Boston Daily Advertiser of Saturday, on
the disgracelu huckstering nov in progress in
the Legislature of that Stale for "the loaves
and fishes of Office" between the democrats .
and Free Soers." Well does the Advertiser
say thai" this hagg'ing for a little higher price
shows the character of the transaction in
clear point of light" Alas, for the Just repura-
ton of the old Commonwealth, The Coalition
tried the experiment in Vermont though they
never got quite up to this mark. II they had,
they wouldn't have had, at the next succeeding
election, enough live politicians left to bury their
dead ones
THE CHOICE OF SEXAToR.-The articles of
capulalion, by which the Democratic party
agree to surrender to the Free Soers The pow
er Of appointing the next Senator in Congress,
were finally ratified in the Democratic Leg sla-
tive caucus, on Thursday, with an amendment.
The Post of yesterday says that
"1'he Coalition Negotiations. in relation to
Mr.. Sumner for the long term, were concluded
yesterday, the free sellers having yielded sixth
councillor to the democrats "a "A condition for
their agreeing TO support Mr.. Sumner
"Bo,h parties have agreed to unite in sending
up the names of Messrs. Boutwell, and Phillips
to the Senate
This haggling for little higher price, shows
the character OF the transaction in a clear point
of light It was not so much the principle of
the thing that made the negotiators hesitate, but
The insuiiicency of the price, One Governor,
one Lieut. Governor, one State Treasurer, one
Senator for six weeks, and five CounsellorS,
had been already bid by the Free Sellers, for
the Senatorial "long term" with which they
were to "have" also the Secretary of State,
the State Auditor, and four members of The En-
eculve Council This bid was decidedly too
low The Post, which disavows the bargain
on any terms, says
Even politics were a mere game of haz-
ard to play at, would it nj be child's play to
stake six years of out and out abolitonism in
the senate. Gay, and wing abolitonsm too for
Sumner is only disunlon whig) for three or
four Liu!e ,reekS in the short session? Is it any
thing but an insul, to a true democrat TO throw
to him such bone as that-the honor of keCI-
ING seat warm thirty days to be next occu>
pied by disunionisl ? No, If the thing is TO BE-
done, let no democrat be "A plaster for The Sum
ner sore-lrt 10 democrat enter the L. :. SET
ale on such degrading terms. Let him "spurn
The bribe," and lei the free sellers take the iiH'e
end with the big one"
The caucus were not of this way of reason
ng. They admitted that the allowance ofGoy-
ernor IL Lieut.. Governor, against the Sccre-
tlry of State, although the salary of the former
is cut down to $500 is large odds ; and then
the short term carrying with it the honor of
fill no the seat which has been occupied by
Webster and Winthrop, was not thing to
be spurned." Then the mileage of short
session is equal to that of long one, and more
thin equal to years pay of u counsellor =
Throw us in another counsellor" they said,
"and we will trade"
The offer, it seems, was accepted We are,
h lwever, of the opinion Of the Post, that the
C pnslderation thus augmented, is a nlggardly
o &c, and that the Democratic negutlators have
SHOWN themselves children at bargain with
the Free Sellers To give to "A pary-whch
itself constitutes so small part of the State
TIA right ofrcprcSenting the State in the Senate,
for the longest period known to the onsttu-
ton in any representative Office, for small