Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-09-14
The ua,,o,-Bo, Remedy.

1t is pity tho doctors cannot got ballot /
box into the list OF articles in their Nitcria .
Mcdca As an antiphlogistc, fabrifugr, .
cooler off Of the blood, or whatever name the
faculty may call it by, they would find it far
ahead of all other remedies The highest
cxcitemcnts of the political system - even
where the euhjects are plainly out of their
right mind, quite frantic even, are let down
by single exhibition Of the ballot box as by
II charm
What a fever for instance, our pleasant
acquaintance the Sentinel, was in a few days
ago, for fear " the Wing party" would como
to some harm, -how it talked about sectional
ism aud treason. and disunion, and federalism
and all that sort of thing. Nothing Of all
that is in its mouth now-t is cool enough
to admit that " Judge Royce. the fusion can
ddatc for Governor, is probably elected by II
small majority by the people"
The Patriot, which before election day was
SO horror-stricken at the perils of the State
and Nation, that little else could be seen Of it
but the froth on its mouth and the exclama-
ton point, in its eyes, is as harmless as u
( lamb and says - the result will disappoint no
one. The Dutch have taken Holland once
more" 1t mumbles over something about
" Vermont disgraced and the Union weak
encl,' and for the fun of the thing " bids the
Democracy good cheer 80 and congratulates
it that " Vermont is not the whole Of the
Union-that the Democracy stretches across
the Conicderacy.'
The Mddlcbury Register was so fired up
with II desire to help Addison County voters
decide whether j. II Barrett or Jos. Warner
was to be Senator, that it ran its ,ceekiy course
through in hdD time coming out two or three
days earlier than usual. But the ballot box
application soon took all the fever out Of it,
system, and we warrant its blood runs Us
cool as Otter creek in January thuw.
The sedativc effect of the remedy on til,
Temperance Standard is most rcmarkabl,
one. Ever since the State Convention al
Burlington, June 9th, it had been in
phrensy, Of that type which provokes mrtl
more than any other emotion in those who
, notice it's effects on its subjects. Tho ballo
box shower has put Its brain into as quiet
calm as any one could wish to see Its " fou
> points why Gov. Royce ought not to b.
/ elected, arc dropped at ce,-put Off may be
till the " Four Points Of the Vienna COME
renee are settled" The Royce papers al
get the go-by, a whole sheet appears withou
charging anybody with lying, and save a it'll
touch Of wildness shown 10y its regret " tia
in the very few weeks Of the campaign Their
e should have been such a want Of organizatio
: and concert for Judge Shaitcr. and consc
8 qucntly his vote is so light (though it ma
turn out better than we apprehcnd),' DC
: and flush Of exstacy at the millcnnial rro'
poet which it foresecs from the election
- DR.. 7. E. Powers to represent the town
. Woodstock. everything betokens its return
as safe and harmless n condition as need be.
% As FOR the Free Press, we meant to kcc
u it pretty cool while the preliminarics Of t
late election were in progress, and We b
10 lieyc we did so. Nevertheless. we are 80 we
IL satisfied with the showing Of the hallot-bo
% go far rs one Of the Elitors was conccrnt
:" III the election. (tlat is, takiag all urcp,
- stances into Hc 0ocount) that we find on
= selves in an exceedingly humane and conpl
% cent mood so much SO, that we have dete
10 mined to put off for another week lit
y plain talk which We intend to have, touchir
o' State and County matters Of late occurrenc
~ Tie past election is done with, but there a
bo others to come hereafter, and it is ",
= enough to overhaul the reckoning it'll
% and to find out how profession and practi
- have come out in certain cases. Tho pcoI
will thus know better who are trustwort
for time to come, and what sort of prin'
pies to adopt. and what to shun.