Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-06-27
For the Free Press.I

H5s.. E9fo-,f
wish you would asa that pro-
an,i-saycry yradico-conscrvatiye, iaeins-both ways
| periodical, the New York TIu,,, which sometimes
quotes apochryphal scripture TO read and inEaIdly
digest the 5th and l6th verses of the Sd chapter
Of Revelations. II reminds me Ally Of two boys
f,-',rivg across log on the tV. .ljs Of a plank.
The boys 60 up ard down alternately, but as they
are opt to be Of Unequal weight, one goes we'll up
while the other hardly rises above the horizontal.
So the T.r,,, l should say, keep 700 editors, one
decidedly pro-slavery, the other moderately aati-
slavery Their eIasioas mixed together are like
m'zins hot and c9id water in the same dish to be
swallowed by those unhappy people f1r whom
merciless doctors pTe. cribe nausea.
This is prudent in the Iis,,. since in any event
it Will be found on the 7yt' that is, the s,se,'sfl
side, and eau say. " told you so-7 It is defend
ed on both flals. 1. attacked as pro-slavery, it
can bring outi,s anti-slavery gun if as anti-save
~ its pro-sIavsry gun-both alvayz being veil
81 tied It's tspr5-slavery gun, however is the rifed
piece, and slvay- served with the best POWDER
its two editorial boys are Of unequal weight, 30
that theiT teeteriug is not essy and equal, but
gocs with jerk-alternately well up ami halfway
up ou the whole, in regard 90 slavery, ths Zi"e
is modest and hesitatins echo Of the H"l.d.
There two aspects q slavery. both very import
ant Just now. The one addresses itself to the IN
tellect. the Judgment. the patriotism Of the cb-
server. viewing it in is relations to the result u
The var end to the unity and safety q the Nation.
And here tits plain 90 unbiased observers that the
treatment Of slavery that is, Of the negro, deter
mine, tho result. The NEeRo. however latent or
oren aristocratism may turn up its superc.lials
nose at him, really holds the balance Of power.
II his alliance with the North-for he is eager
TO become the ally Of the NariA-is simply not
repelled. -ertairly ~ invited and made the most
O.. wherever he f-l-'ieaiy ,a.lHeps.si aass'-, not
only g. the present success Of the North certain,
but she cause Of future dscori. forever removed
oa The other hand, if the negro Is repe!lei with
irsults, and so treated by the North-as there now
seems imminent danssr-as TO induce him 90
throw himself heartily into the cause Of the rebel.
.deir ultimate triumph is inevitable.
The other aspect Of slavery st5rg-sss itself to
the moral character Of tie Observer 20 tis sense
Of justice TO Lis christianity, to his reverence Of
humanity. and Of the image Of God in man. This,
itIaty Be said, is a matter OF taste about which
It is not worth while to dispute and that Il the
Tn, chooses 10 meet the expression OF an such
feeling with a MephistoPh.les srocr, and ui;k-
names of "radicalismr "abllitionism,' and
"ncerophnian. it only holds itself up 70 the pity
OF all honest men, or to the applause of those Of
like character with itself.
But this is a mistaken view o.. its influence and
OF shat Of many other papers anI men, some Of
whom DO not seem to be aware that this kind q
crnt,mrtuous sutinegroism tends 20 the same ro-
suit as direct pro-siaTeryisln that l., it tends to
render the war a useless, and so a wanton and
wicked waste Of life and treasure, by e5unteract-
ing aud as fas possible preventing, the natural
though incidental, eject Of 1.-THE destruction Of
slavery. 2.