Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-04-03
THE WEEKLY FREE PRESS
The sentineI's Copperheadism.


The sentinel's Copperheadism.
The Sentinel Of last week goes over for the
hundredth time IT'S assertion that the abolition
lists and republicans are responsible for the re-
bellion, an assertion 50 stupidity false that to
argue against it is like arguing against the
proposition that two and two make five The
man who makes the assertion is 50 sold unto
sin and delusion, politically Speaking. that
be would not own that the Sun shines, though
obliged to pinch his eyelils together to keep
from being dazsled by the light, becaueo he
thinks to admit the fact viii iniure the
prospects Ct bis PARTY clique for the next
election and Tire ran who believes it. ii 20
hopelessly blinded by ignorance and preiu-
diOe that no earthly physician can enable him
to see. Tie Seztiae, yet cannot see or at least
rslks as If it did -ot-that when \ rays to B
you arc going toro5 ne, 10 stealmy gun. and
Breplies: an going to do nothing ofthe sort,
an not going to NEEDLE with you and
yours but l want yon to understand that
you can't be allowed TO set my barn on fire
nor blow up my house, as you are threat
ening to do, and if you Perle7ere You
must take the consequences that if
thu. \ comes on with redoubled activity
and msiice to fGe BIS buildings, AMI shoots
down al who undertake 70 protect them, it
is q right and duty to oyerpower in the
b.; wly he can-noj only u take away his
gun 1T to knock him down with the butt Of
Hn lie can According to the SeHtmevs
o,caiDc, B is estopped from all such proceed
III, Pc ause Of his former kind tempered and
rcac,a DE declarations Dee has no right to
take As gun, because \ says it is robhing
hi.l. ie has NJ right to overpower his muir
d.-..s ncighb1r. because be once said be- in
tom him no violence. There is no use in
re- % ing with men who take such ground.
III. at instruction but discipline which
,l,. reed, and sooner OF later. they are pref
g., s,4se To- get IL
= ..nc weeks agp, the S.nhqei presented for
tie eccial consideration oftheFREE PrE~s,an
al lie containing -unlrs propositions, and
heated is anxiety for our reply. Ne re- .
Il,ed distinctly II it, several propositions. .
aud requested the N-nhnei to place our re-
plies to It's propositions before its readers. 1t .
did not give them single line Of oar reply. 4
4 palpable nassta;ane7t Of what We said .
ia our concluding paragraph, was all they
were favored with. Again, the Snf'uei in
iicated it, readiness to have the rebellion en-
ded by compromise and an adjustment Of d,f-
fcuities with those in rebellion. We re-
quested it to state rrtat compromises and
what adjustment a diEcvlties it would
make Not word Of reply did We get,
We were not surprised at this aversion Of
the Sea;i.,c' 20 ,ivc 90 its reader, our an
swcrs 10 L. 4us-;i'us, and 10 give answers
to our quest ,n-. We have had like czp.Ii
enoe with e.. Se1hae' FOR many years Wedo
not know hat this one-sided way Of discussion
is wrought into the tyres and presses Of the
Sen,insi ofioe, 81 that no matter who IL Cd
O., there l. nc lower in the concern 70 do as
it would Be done by The Ssqhsc' Of list
week fsvors VI with sundry more question:
simple enough, TO be sure, for
a child IN constitutional knowle1g4 70
answer, and which VIC will answer with the
greatest checrfulucss, after it shall have
shown 10 the reasonable courtesy which we
had a right - expect in tn CAGES above re
ferrei to.
The Seal7a. thinks We are quite lihel- {
QUE" when We appealed tsevery candid resd- I
CT to say il it, article on tho Acts of 'he last
Congress WA Dot ' full Of the poison IF cp-
T,o9itiJa u the constituted authorities IF the t
country -was not, " in effect, just sueh an
article as TIE rebel leaders delight to sce in
northern plTer,." Perhaps the Segale' has
heard Of the % / common law maxim, april
able to certain cases. " The greater the '
ruth the greater the libel" What We suid ,
yar the undlubted trutb-aud Ne say the
ans 90. re general tenor # the
Srasei the last week also. It !,
lroa;.,'s an 'ntire spirit Of opposition to the &.
.on-,rut,d authorities Of the land spirit !,
I coils .ae-ncy in the acts of the most venom t,
u, rfl az seads in the country-tho,e who G
Il th,u i'.iical conventions, in their speeches, "
L t-ei- ,apers, throw all their influence Il
gsip,t re constituted aUthoriiic, Of the Il
,or. ., ..,l,, ,,-losa cruiGaroa ti. raf,lli,,, u
nus e 4uellel if quelled at all. 1t speaks IT
DOS; eIlplacently Of the acts Of men who do Il
ioi estate to speak, write, vote, and act r
ar .a' Is they dare), in way which they G.
n,~ will encourage the rcbels-in 4 way u
sLirh would discourage and weaken the
Den Il every regiment in the National Army,
we're il not that the soldiers-GoD BLESS
HEx with only here and there an exception, =
how by all the means in their power, how :,
luch they despise and detest these heartless =.
unters after place and power even though h.
lace and power are to be gained, if gained h,
I all through the aid Of those who are now in IF
pen and ferocious rebellion against their G
WI country and who are avowed haters of the cl
zee principles on which its institutions are hi
unded. L
THr EIGHTH VERMONT REsiMESI was among n
zen. Banks troops that moved up from Ba- W
N Rouge when Admiral Farrsgut passed 50
ort Hudson. The only object Of the move =