Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-01-09

Msssrs. Eht0rS Allow me o. say l,v
words in your columns % those IF our fellow
citizens who feel in any vay dcspandcnt ar
this cri-i, in our country history hay,
iust returned from a business trip of few
weeks in England and on the Continent. and
/ lad 90 rcrel daily the attacks of the mali
cilus, jealous and Inconsistent English mer-
chants who symrathizc with TIE South. Some
have told me that mast have had a sad time
But it was not SO. enjoyed the opportunity
Of defending my country against her melucsj
maligners. and ! never failed o. take up the
glove when it was thrown down, as It fire.
qucntly was in q most insulting manner. !
never felt dcspondiug, not even when tie
rebels were laundering near the Capital and
an Englishman at my side told me that the
next news Wolld find them In fUll possession.
! always calmly pointed to the issue at stake.
q the blessed Proclamation Of the President.
and expressed my full faith in q God Of Lib
crty and Truth, whowoCd Lad our nation
though with much righteous rctribution, and
with the loss of much precious blood, s,
freely givcnwith our treasure safely through
the terrible conflict Of Freedom against
Slavery, of Civilization against Barbarism.
TO a noblcr position than she has ever before
h,ld. clcansed from the stain of b1ndag,
which she inherited from England, and h.
coming for the first time q wholly and truly
Free Nation.
T not this the true feeling for every loyal
American to maintlin, at home or abroad.
midst Joy or sorrow, success or adycTsity, We
tory OF dcfclt? NIthing has made us so sad,
nothing has made us scarcely sad at all, cx-
ccpt when feeling Of dependency has been
manifested by any citizen Of the North. No
true ljver of liberty will desp1nd. Our lib
erty and nationality are worth all and more
than all that they have cost and win cost Of
treasure and blood. We are living centui.5
in days, and writing with our blyonots a
hi-t,rv which will make the dcspo,s Of the
world T. trcinble, and which every lover Of
liberty will delight to study in ages to come.
LIT Us not ialter, bat in the God of Liberty.
Truth and Justice, pat oar trust, remember
Ing that the blood Oi martyrs Will b. the seed
Of Liberty, Union and Peace, and that in due
season We shall rcap-''if 're FAINT not
ENGIIsH FHLrcH.-A French author, visiting
London lately, sends to a journal in Pai5 a
vivid dc5c.iptil IN oil it, as 1t appears t. his
Fench eyes. One feature is Is: NOBODY
talks, nJ5Jdy bawl', nobody hug's Even
t c dogs do not bark; and, when say this,
! beg yJI believe taat am not j,king. In
tie inst luce, one meets few djgi; then those
one djcs meet have way Of iIgging alIng
the street which sufficiently indicutca t.at
trey have right to be tlele; they lJJk like
dogs VINO own city prOpel ~. ley d. MT
bok abJut wIicn way t. g: toy ID not stjI
l. TUX with their canine acquaintance; taey
2, strais u ahead in quiet trJt; one Is hall
Inclined . think they are dog going tO d.
cir business, or = their way home after
ding all t-ey had T. do ON 'changeer at tie
docks. fae horses have very different gaitl
Something Of the English axiom, time i.
m jney, has made its way into their minds
Or legs. fIey d. MT Use minute; ON ey
sIeed IN gud r1and trJt, conscious of tlC
vale u tie capital iey represent. All! how
.ittls ey are Ike F.elcl lorses-alwly.
ijnd Of iI.ias ajJ-t, alas! Ike cir rnasto. 81
NJb5dy mas ever ealc4litel tle am1Ant u
economy leP.esented by tie silence Of al
Il II IsIHlan.