Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-03-21
THE sENTINEL,s GRIEVANCES.

the FREE fREe because VIC ClnrSou ~ oHOHs
those whose fear lest slavery shall take
some detriment, is thousand times greater
than that the Union should be injured -
This, says the Sentinel, is " simply false and
calumnious. Now if the Sentinel means |
that in the use Of the words " a thousand |
times" we put the numerical ratio OF its
proslav.ry sentiment as compared with its
Union sentiment TOO high, may be We will |
oonceds little something, for good neigh |
borbood's sake. We used the phrase cOmpa-
rstrvely, TO indicate that the Sentinel and
the other papers referred to have shown
great deal more anxiety for the preservation
of slavery than they have fear lest the Union
shall be injured. And for the proof OF that
we can safely refer to their columns. Who
that reads the Sentinel does not know that
its condemnation of the rebellion and of the
rebels has been in hallway apologetIo tone,
and coupled with an intense condemnation
Of Abolitionists and Republicans, charging
them with being the guilty causers of 1t all.
Where can any one find in the Sentinel any
denunciation of the avowed object Of the re-
bells, ris. to found in severed portion of the
Union coniederacy whose corner stone,
as the Vice President of the confederacy de-
olaree, shall be that the African race shall
be slaves to the whites Who can find IN
the Sentinel hearty expression even, to the
effect that if slavery stands in the way Of a
pIetsrratIon Of the nation in its entirety, it
must be swept away, by force of the national
arms, If there be no other way of doing it :?
For many years the Sentinel has been
thoroughly hostile to those who were oppo-
nents of slavery and Of slavery extension,
and has given freely its sympathies and aid
70 those who were sTowed friends of slavery
and eager to extend it and to increase its
power in the nation ; and in this respect we
see no essential change in it for the better
Its denunciations of Abolitionism and Re
publIcanism since the outbreak of the rebel
lion have been as loud and long and constant
- OAN6AAh " N-AE bcoN VI AAlC dulUhbl
Of ink the Sentinel has expended in fighting
the enemies of slavery. and that expended in
fighting the enemies of the Union, we per
hsps ought not to nave said that 1T was
more than fifty times as fearful lest slavery
should take some detriment as that the
Union should be injured and to that eIt,Ht
we are willing to stand corrected.
True, the Sertiaei wants the rebellion ended
but ended in such way that Republicini>m
shall gain nothing in the process-in other
words, that slavery shall be left unharned,
and just as potent for evil as ever.
The Sentinel says The Free PREss. IN
its advocacy OF radical and Abolition Rerub-
hcanism, and in its chagrin at the rapid de
cline of its party, resorts TO the use OF i'll
nstured and false charges against ITS orpo-
nents." We have never knowingly made a
false charge against the Sentinel or any one
else, and as for being illuatured'' ID our
remarks, we are unconscious of any thing of
the sort. We do not pretend that the
Editor of the teRtiHei is Dot sincere in his
opinions, nor that he does not aim tn main
tain them by arguments which satisfy his
own mind and in eondemniDg his opinions
on this subject and com batting his arguments
we claim the came concession from hun. 10
show that We do not misrepresent the Se,ltr-
mel in what we say We need not 20 ont Of
the bounds Of the very number of that paper
which contains the accusation we have
quoted-the SerhEel OF the I4th inst
We find sufficient evidence of the S.n;lnel s
real position in the fact that 1t cannot even
disclaim attachment to slavery as a social
and political blessing, without coupling with
its faint disclaimer an attack on the " aboli-
tionists," the virulenoe OF which tho VS.
clearly on which side the SenhAel's SYM
pathies lie. lake the following sample
at (slAvery) lie no favorite Of ours and it new
or wss least Of all now in this hour of our ma
tion.l calamity. We have no wish 10 seeit intro
duced into Vermont; we have 10 desire for its
preparation elsewhere. Why should wel What
possible interest can freeman Of the North have
in slavery as such, to regaru it with favor and
to desire u. perpetuation2 None whatever; and
they who Oh lrge with such motive know well
that they aye saying what is false We have no
''i-ar lest slavery snail take some detrimeui" as
the Free Prtss asserts but our wish rather is that
II NAY disappear ju soon and rapidly as
both slave AID master may be benefited by its re-
mOyas. And IL Is because wish go that We
dislike and oppose the AbolitiuIiss Of the North.
For they have been the worst enemy that the
n-gro slave Of tue south has had, and have stood
IL the way of the Cessation of slavery in the
boi der sl4ve States than all other causes put to-
gelher."
And then follows a half column Of the
usual absurd charges which form the stock
in trade of the prc-slavery papers, such as
that "but for the abolitionists, IN all proba-
bility Delaware, Maryland. Virginia, Ken
lucky. Missouri, and probably others would
at this moment either lave been altogether
nd of 1t, or in process of becoming So. Such
a statement shows an ignorance Of the chang
es and state Of sentiment on the subject of
slavery in the southern states, that is as
tonishing to one familiar with the history of
affairs IN the south during the last forty
years. But "northern abolitionists" says the
Sentinel began to interfere" and the result is
the rebellion. All the lessons of the past, it
says, "teach us that il we wish well to the
slave and really desire his emancipation, our
best way to bring it about, is to ieou
the matter alone to be cared for by the people
among whom negro slavery exists" That
is Just what the upholders of every wrong
have always said you let us alone, find no
fault stop showing up what you call the
evils Of our system-it is none of your BUSH
us none of your arguments-we
know what We are about; if you will do and
say nothing at all, but leave us to have our
way in everything, We will rectify all
We get ready"
The Sentinel says it "dislikes northern
.bolitionism exceedingly" We do not doubt
t. And il is confident it will soon witness