Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-04-18

II the Frfs Pros had but "a thimble full Of
wit in the matter, IL would not only know on
which side i's bread is battered but il would
al.0 know, better than Il appears 70, what Mr..
Lincoln would have it and all his professed friends
say and 90 IL his behalf. But it hasn't; and
therefore It will keep its old narrow and big
ots4 auti-slavery course, preaching against the
san Of slavery, Of the " higher law which should
govern concerning it, Of its being the Of our
national troubles, Of its incompatibilty with our
Union, and ot the consequent necessity Of its be-
ing, in any event, utterly wiped out and destroyed.
such men are Nj. LincOlu's enemies. Nay they
are enemies to the country, and the worst enemies
s.verly excepting the sseessiOnists themselves-
which the country has. The Union, with them,
means the triumph and ascendency Of Northern b.
oitiOnism; while treason about which they have so
much to say, Is nothing morenor less with them
than hostility TO their party and its plans and
ures. Traitors, forsOOth greater traitors to
the American people and nation walk the face Of
the land than these same Philipses, and GairisOns
and Summers. whom the Burlington FIRE. ITess-
with some faint protest against few ultraiSms Of
theirs-lefenis in their course and takes 10 its
fraternal embrace, co-Workers in the great
negro emancipation cause % which it has commit
ted itself
The Free Press, in another place, accuses the
Ssptrnsi Of pTeferring the preservation Of negro
slavery 20 that Of the Union. The accusation is
false and unfounded. We have never wrote line
or word to give colntenanco to such a charge. II
slavery is Incompatible with the Union OF these
American states and the preservation OF the
american Nationality, let PERISH, say we, and
God speed the day Of its extinction. '-BwiHgtoH
Neat1tti, ApTd &.
As TO the SentiRers TRADE about what the
Free Press knows or does not know OF Pres
ident Lincoln S wishes-about the - higher
law, what is the cause Of the rebellion,
&c, we care not a straw. The Sentinel may
indulge Itself IN that rant as much and as
long as itl'cases. rs to the sentiment in
Jhv last four lines quoted above, We are free
60 ray that we hailed it as a token for good
iu the S.Hfln,i 1t was more positive in the
right direction than any thing we had seen
from that paper before. Had the NRtinei
stopped rIzAJ there, We should have had
hopes otIt. Bat it continued as follows
ssBut It is not incompatible with it; neither
u OF tle free states let It alone-ls II harmful
to US or 70 the Nation at large. The height Of
glorious prosperity to which our country has ad-
vauc,d, with the wide aad growing existence Of
uegro-siavery in its bosom, shows that, so far as
the material welfare Of ,the nation Is concerned,
that Institution has not been harmful TO It's
laorsl aspects We are not now discussing, nor do
we purpose 20 do L nder the Constitution of
the United States, formed and transmitted TO
us by our fathers, of the North not respon-
sible for 10; and ID .. did not harm cur material
interests, there call upon 10 iutermeddle
with It.
As 20 tie SHtHcfS notion that the moral re-
htiaas Of slavery do not concern us-that all
we need to trouble ourselves about is how it
affects our maternal lnterests,-we choose to
leave the Editor Of the Sentinel to settle it with
bis own conscience as he best can. Further
more, we shall not take up an argument to
prove tina, slavery has been harmful to the
Free States and % the nation at large. An
argument to convince our neigheors that
there has been snow in Vermont within the
last three months, would be as great com
rliment 10 their sanity and common sense.
MADE HIu Cow DOWN. We find the
following anecdote in a contemporary
Whether or not it is true in this particular
instance, we cannot say. The skeleton OF
the story, however, has the merit of age,
having been related Of Napoleon, yelling
ton, Washington, sc,
General Mcclellan was recently riding
alJn. the lines IF his army, examining the
condition Of the men. \ yonng Pennsylya
niau was On guard when the general rode
up. lie demanded the counteTsign. " am
the commander in-chief, George Il. McCiel-
lam was the answer. "Well, then, COM
mander-in-chief George B. Mcclellan, get
down from your horse aud give the counter
sign, or will see what kind of a hole the
musket which j. X. Morehead procured for
MS will-make in the body of the commander
In-chief, George B. Mcclellan" The gene
raj dismounted, gave the word, and praised
the young soldier for Lis conduct, and told
him whenever he wanted favor to let him
know.