Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1859-01-13

that too, without delay.
We print, in another column, letter from
the Hon. Geo. F. Edmunds, purporting to be in
reply to an article in this paper two weeks ago
The letter appeared last week in the Free Press,
directed to the Waterman and Journal, in which
latter sheet it will doubtless be published, with
such comment as may be necessary, sometime
during the winter. We trust We shall le ex-
cused, however, for abiding to it at this time.
In the Free Press the letter is sapdwiched be-
tween two slices of editorial to give both II
greater relish, we presume; though we cannot
keep ourselves from the suspicion that the Free
Press was concerned lest the letter alone should
be regarded as an incomplete answer to the ar
ticlr in the Freeman, and 50 Mr. Benedict said
what Mr.. Edmunds didn't care to say. This
vanguard and rearguard editorial we are sorry
we have not space for. as it exhibits such n COM
plete ignorance Of the Democratic Sentinel and
the Roman Catholic Times, that we would like
to have the public informed that the Free Press
don take those papers. The Free Press evil
IDENTIFY don't think those printsare" anybody"
or it would not so elegantly have said, " We
have seen nothing or heard of nothing said by
anybody which can justify the charge that
the papers in Burlington are complaining of the
g had faith " of Montpelier. And, now that
the Free Press has said this, we can no long r
have any doubt that Burlington is as innocent
as dove in this matter. Indeed the great alarm
of that journal Is the fear that we may be 50 in
discreet as to provoke them to some hostile dem
onstration. We are given to understand that
Burlington, generally and particularly, is, and
has been, no " Zoe y OF Montpelier, and that it
is i" insane " in us, for a moment, to believe
the contrary. So We are compelled to believe
that it was their great tenderness and love for
us that led them, at the extra session.. to try to
get the State House from u.s. Perhaps, even,
they didn't try to get it then. Mr. Stacy qnitc
likely misrel resented item at that time. And
now we are reminded of it, we never heard that
they approved of his course very much, or were
particularly enthusiastic about it at the time
They thought he was too hard on Montpelier
very probably. And it was all with the best OF
intentions that they offered last fall, free quar-
ters for the next Legislature If it would assemble
at Burlington. They did it in lJvc-not of the
Legislature, but of Montpelier. How we have
been deluded all this while, and been scared al
enemies that existed only in our imagina
tons! Why, to use the fine vegetable figure
r Of the Free Press, there is no "root of bitter.
ness against Montpelier now " barring fruit
in the soil of the City of the Lake and never
was. Barliagton has been abused, Burlington
has been martyr, Burlington has suff red fol
rio hteousncss' sake. The naughty Freeman ha
pitched into that village when it had no bust
/ HISS to. And that village feels abused, and !
it is friend Of ours, we think it ought to fee
abused. We wouldn't have abused them, if w,
had known how friendly they were. And w
would have" suggested " to our friends not t.
be hard on that community who were doing 81
much for us. The long and short of it is, W
r lab,red under the misapprohension that Bur
d lington w4n:cd the State House, Or we shoLl n
e have done it.
: There is u slight cloud, however, we are SORT
to say, over this very friendly prospect. Mr.. Ed
: inunds is friendly, but alas the " mfrmitics q
! human nature Even he =" may be drawn int
IA state of hostility to US. lie don't want to b
. put into that attitude, neither does Burlngto
n want to be, and they don't " mean to be an
they will not be if they &C can help it," but o
l.. account of their ' infrmities they don t kno,
Il but they may be. From which we infer,
o worst comes to worst, their - infrmities y ma
get the better of their friendship for us. An
Mr.. E. on this account suggests that we hadn
" better i" cast " imputations, and he informs l
if We do " cast " any thing of that sort. "
If shall be in precisely the same condition
though VIC had cast our bread upon the water
IL viz. that, instead of finding our bread agaii
N as VIC had hithrto supposed from our Scripture
,e reading we should ind" positive evils wou
le return at last to us; by all which, We SUI
ID pose he means that unless we Iook out, ar
y mind our p's and q's. Burlington will begin
~ retaliaie by and by, and then we shall catch
- . In view Of this we confess to some alarm.
!; what they have hitherto done hns been all
a love, who shall deliver us from their wrath
;r But in the last slice of the editorial in Il
re Free Press we find comfort and relief. Wea
"a there info med that no, longer ago than Ia
We fall. MIR Edmunds was in favor of giving up t
I'd bond, aud paying back the $4,000. We a
obliged to the Sp aker for that, and to the +,
W Press for putting it in print. We hope thu
oe will stick to it. We suppose that is just VIII
the Speaker was trying to accomplish when
IN. appointed Messrs. Lnsley and Kellogg on
m. Committee of Conference, the last night of /
10. session. We shouldn't now be surprised to he
To- that those gentlemen were of the same mind.
nd We are very glad to know, also, that Burlr
to ton was not lat the root of all the trouble
SO the last session." We have now great no
w that she will, in future as in the past, keep
VI VI upperhand of her !" nfrmates, and still ha
- the grace to keep her temper, though we ma
o.s age to keep the State House. In fact, we bes
,g to believe her gentle" and 'of good c,
od science in his matter, and that behind all
es. .ferccness of aspect. and the roaring OF IL
Ia. h,ast f tho Times there ia nnhadx h,t o,,, :,