Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-02-06
Thu1low Weed and IEnrnce Greeley

Mr.. Thurlow Weed follows up bic Wit
drawal from the Albany Eye7.ing Ja.rpa
with a oolamn-long letter over Die own sig
nature to tbe Editors Of that paper. il who
he expresses his surprise tbst any h5ds
should have failed to discover tire r,al l-3ini
Of his attack, which, he says. was " tae New
York T1ittn< .nd ElGtTy-,5sr: -t5s eztr,1n,
views q Mes..rs- Sumner. Phillips. G.rri
Smith, sni tbeir follower, by whom tn,
Administrs.i5n = teleagnere-l, import me-
and persecut--i." He warns lis country
men to berers q Horace Greeley. wb1n b.
consider a. "ir:hitsct Of Ruin" who, he
thinks, ale- tie " crush 3f -ro-lis aud the
wreck Of u4t.c,' j. fairly through aiih,
viii he seized With '' Eenorse that comes
too late" Having started If in tfi- hiehfa-
ln5in' sH,e. s, unlike 'tal Of sic former
Thurlow Wed, nc 20, over IA, oft-Fepea;ed
story Of Grceley'-. Or the Trijars's, foolish
talk during the three months just before
President Linc5ln's Inauguration, about let
ting the southern Sfates secede psac.ahly, If
they wanted to-very fo5iish and absurd
talk too-,5uel-s hila M about the Old .. On
20 Richmond " p'sr-ery, IN; then ,si,h up
lifted hands and b0rr5r-s.ricke1 tln-s, ianrs
On % the latest sensation rJi1o7 about Mr..
Greeley, nr Vallandigham snd the Trench
Minister, an says See there, now the
very man Who frst i,1'e9 the withdrawal
Of the Clifton S-a.es, anu consequent divis-
ion Of the Union" now, after 1uadred
thousand lives Aava bc5n sacrificed, and
twelve hundred millions Of treasure sQuander-
ed" is seen " demanding tine Intervention Of
the Great Powers Of Europe il favor Of
Peace upon the lee, terms attainsbl5, for the
sake Of Humanity and Commerce -,
Of course % II. 6 d" wouldntlet " I. W"
have it all his own way, and comes cut in the |
Tribune with reply, also over his own
signature.
To our view "H. G." doee not make
mach BY re-asserting his old opinion that if
the Cotton States had in a decent way asked
leave to separate from tie Union it would
have teen a vie plan to let them try it, be-
cause they would have been sure to wish to
come back again in little while Every
suppositi0n Of that sort is absurd, as having
no bearing whatever On the true relations Of
q government to the people who live under
it, and in the same degree no bearing on the
sctual case in hand-thet Of an organized
rebellion en- purpose to subvert by treachery
and force the National authority and inau-
gurate q new government on its ruins. al.
g." is more successful in biz attempt to
show that 4" T. W" has misrepresentsd him
seriously both about the - On TO Richmond
cry, and also about the ridiculous foreign
story. The necessity of Wig
orous conduct Of the war on the part Of the
Government TO insure success, is all plain
enough; bat the implication oE 81 Ii. g."
that every thing depends on what is effected
within the mex; few months, we &c not be
leve word Of. We see such opinions thrown
out every now and thsn-more. as it seems
10 us in most instances, for the FAKE Of max
ING q sharp point to a sentence than because
ne writers heartily believe what they ssy.-
We regard them as harmful, whoever ut,ers
hem
1t Is pretty evident tia; the elnbers /
Il an Old feud lie at the bottom Of this PER Q
'ona. controversy between the Two veteran !
tiitors Of New York and ALBANY. Each /
i tlen IS worried with the notion that tie c
world can not turn at sll Asisht, unIe-. lie b
.eepa fac: hold Of i;s handle, and wis; i :
zore. letrs lis antagonists hand OF frous il. i
n time :ney viii find ttat the world Is big
hing, ard very little affected by their scuf- :
ing, y