Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-05-05
Burke VS.. Campbell. More Developments,

Our readers doubtless remember a spicy
letter, portion of which we published, from
| Mr.. \. q. Burke, formerly Postmaster of
Bellows Falls, TO Postmaster General Camp
bell, who had deprived him of his Office for
rebellion, contumacious soG-ness in his poll
ties and general non-subserviency.
Mr.. Burke said distinctly that he was re-
moved for "not accepting the dictation of the
p. NJ. General, through the pretended agent
Of the Cabinet in this State The Vermont
P0'r'o' thereuron attempted to put different
face upon the affair, and stated that Mr.
Burke was removed for spunging free rides
out of the Rutland and Burlington Railroad
by claiming II be a special agent of the De-
partment correspondent Of the Watch
man, residing at Bellows Falls and conversant
with all the facts, has vcntured to question
the correctness of the PATRIOTS explanation.
lie says that the Patriots facts - are of home
manufacture and its story AN abusive
dodge lie also offers to prove on the best
OF democratic testimony, that long before the
Railroad difficulty the Collector of Burlington
N"nom hr' purhe Calls the " political pro-
consul Of Vermont'') sent to Mr. B., then
editor THE Argus "a person with. this message
Mr. Smalley says, you must take diff
terent course in your paper or you will lose
the Post Office, " to which Mr.. Burke re-
piled :" tell Mr.. S., he must not think to
buy me with so paltry price as the Bellows
Falls Post Office, and moreover that since
the removal, Mr.. Smalley has told the pre-
sent Editor of the Argus and other persons,
that the removal of Mr.. Burke was deter
mined upon long before the railroad difficulty
As for the railroad affair the correspondent
of the Waterman states that Mr. Burke was
Instructed by the Department to look up
divers Irregularities attending the transmits
sion of the mails by railroad-that he was in
the mail car for the purpose of rectifying
those miSdemeanors,- that the Department
has since commended this faithful discharge
of the duty, and that the conductor and
superintendent Of the road are bound over in
the sum Of three thousand dollars to answer
for his eiectment from the car
We quote the concluding clause Of the
letter in the Waterman for the sake of the
portion which we have put in italics.
Now there is beauty of consistency IN
so unceremoniously decapitating Burke for
such cause as this, and retaining such OIL
cials as these same Mail agents, who, pro-
posed to Mr.. Burke, last fall to stop The
"h'g rotes passing through his office untH
qtter eieet'on, SAYING fey wore gong To do
so on the cars "
1t is just possible that the little fact
dropped out above may help to explain the
mysterious detention or disappearance of
packages Of Wing votes and Wing papers,
sent from this office to certain towns in the
county previous to the last election. which.
though mailed in ample time, either did not
arrive at their destination, or arrived too late
to he of service. Be that as 1t may. so con
temptible and cowardly way of Influencing
an election is, we trust, rarity, even in De
mocratc modes of political warfare.