Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-08-21
CariyIe'S ssIliad,,

CarIyIe's s.IIiad',
The following Is the somewhat famous con-
tribution Of NJ Carlyle to the August num-
Der of MacmHaH's Mgga-iae.
lila (AuER1cANA) IN NUCE.
PETER u The North 60 Paul Of ne South
paul. you unaccouutible scoundrel, l find You
hire your servants for life, not by the month or
year, as I 10 You axe going straight to Hell,
you--'
PArL-"Good words, Peter The risk Is my
own am willing to take the risk. Hire you
your servants by the month or day, and get
straight 10 Heaven leave me 10 my own meth
Cd
PE1ER-"Yo, I won't 1 viii beat your
brains ont first 90 lad IS trying drcGlu!g
erer since, but cannot yet manage ~
May, 1869. T.C.
CowfESrs CT NE LONDON STAR.
I'VE know long ago what the writer had to
sayaJout 'Quashee and the discipline proper
Tor that humble and weakly brother. In his
life of Sterling Mr. Carlyle speaks with good
hundred ply of the weakness Of his hero,
who positively would have been for consult
ing the negroes themselves as 70 whether
tey liked u be slave- Or not and the bio
grapuer IL mucl amused al the notion OF a
rational Englislman thinking that
IL matiered in the least what the
slave, themselves might happen 10
/ icrl about their lot. Therefore, We can easi-
/ Is understand Jlat any yfIrt directed tow
a. Us emancipation ui Save must appear 10
/ NJ. Ca.lylr profoundly ridiculous and des-
piclblr y mig- " war for the sake Of con-
I q.,st and e annexation Ut territory, such
/ a> Frederick tie GREAT would have made
/ that. Oi course, would be sublime and glOrl-
uu. But war % set some millions Of ne
/ srUcs tree Il style Of undertaking which
/ the true philosopher, raised above paltry
pr,j.IIcv aud feeble sympathy, must look
down upon with lofty scOrn.
Il will be idle 10 dispute the political
correctness OF Mr.. Carlyle's illustration. IL
would BE- a waste OF time u show that not
Peter Of the North, but Paul Of the South,
commenced the beating out Of brains and
that Paul only did so because Peter had chO-
zen a President who hired his servants by
the week OF month, and not for life as Paul
always did.
CJntentedly then, we learn from
the Illias Americana that Mr. Carlyle
thinks negro slavery perfectly convenient
and unObiectiunable form Of servitude that
he considers Paul of the South a. quite iusti-
fed in retaining il at all cost that he either
knows nothing OF cares nothing about the
preliminary history or the political aspects
Of the present struggle; that he only sees IN
II a slave emaucipatOr at war with a slave
holder, and that therefore all his svmpathies
q earnestly with the latter such being
Nr. Clrlyle's views, We should prefer, for
the sake Of one who with all his faults Is a
great writer and a man Of genius, that be
had euvel0pcd them m that silence which he
50 often comments But a. be has chosen
% give them 10 the world, and in a stvle
which shows that be thinks be i delivering
an oracle, We can only express our cratihca-
ton that he too Acknowledges the American
war o. be a struggle for and against slavery.
DisA-rER To The p VI. Ba11Lsr.-Ilc .
New Orleans correspondent Of tie Boston
Trcr. I.~, gives tie ioll9vin. intelligence
"Ou the 9Th three coupan.ls or the Corps
q Am --, two companies Of cavalry and one
secrlu 90 H9lcoua's VI Battery. It. Over.
started -rom Port Hudson for Jackson. La. on a
klud Of orlyiug excursion. They reached the
place. had fllel their wagons With corn and lmI
collected a large number Of negroes. when thew
determined 70 5iy0uac Tor the night. but hal
scarcely SO determined when they were suddenly
attacked on al sides and completely routed The
two pieces cf artillery, six-p0uni Sawyers, about
10 U The Corps d'Atri4ue and part Of the cav
airy were ca,turcd. Tie remainder Of the par
y saved themselves by preciptate f cht. How
many rebels there were could not be as,erta5usd
his e-c-ral-y demonstrates ttnt the utmost
caution and l.sciul.ue must be- observed when
small company penetrate Sd far into an cnemv's
uutly away from rriui..ro,meuts-
d. uot that any special blame 5 attached 10
.he negroes tar cowlri.oe on this occasion. but
.le commanding oid-er certainly Was dea-.eut.'
NlDuLEBrRr CouvlvcDE>1.-The Sixty
irl Commencement % NIidleburv College
,cc.rei las, w,ek
On Iaesiay tlr,ulln an ora;ilu was jeliy-
.-cI before TIE Phi. 'mtJlesian SJciety. hv
7. ?. " ipI.e %. Boston, upon Courage.
p tHe a.te.u'.n Pr,t Condit, Of Auburn.
y l.. aeli'c-r. au lrlJiJn before the Phils- .
e-l 'lln ri.ig. In tie evening the usual I
'orSeltn PIE Elk ihition took place.
On Commencement day. despite the hot
'''i'H,r. g. ere WIS good attendance OF
iumni ami citizens. TIE following was the :
rdtr II exercises
PaAYER.
Music. q
l. Stlutatory 0raton.-L H. Blake. Wash
ington, Mass .
>. Oration--Search after Truth. Re. Cad- :
well. Huntington, C. Z
MUSIC. :
g. OrAtion-The Historian. l. Finn. Orwell :
I. Oration.-Tendency Of Democracy TO Univer-
sal Prevalence. Il. 5. Mccullough. Cha1v. n
ny. I
;. Oration.-Language, the Incarnation of {
Thought +. A. Scott, Bristol. "
). Philosophical Orauon-The Authority from d
Consciousness. G. W. Lewis, Lawrenccviue ]
Ny c
Music.
AFTERNOON. I,
Music ~,
e oraiion.-tear the offspring Of Ignorance. ~
+. IT, Seeley, Middlebury q
+. Oration.-The Influence Of a Demo,r,cv ON tr
Scholarship. VI. L. Story, Claremont. \. H. u
! Historical Oration.-The Law Of Colonies 10
Law Of Deterioration. R. 5 Tuthill. Yer th
gennes, III. Of
b PGem;-New England. Z A. Sturtevaut. sv
Weybridge ui
Naieiictory Orstion.-The Historic Method
Of Studying Mind y. b. Smith, Clarcn- re-
don.
MUSIC.
DEGREES clSTEREED.
rBAYEr La,
BESEDICIION Ina
| ne following degrees were conferred ioI
IL. D.-Rev. John j. Owen. D. D.. New In
TX City. res
D. D.-kev; Martin ~ Post, Lo-ansport. ma
l. Rev. LrdIx Teuney, Lyme, y. II. car
M.-Rev. Marston Ludlum. Niiddlebr- roo
hev; Horace D. Knight, Seneca Falls. tho
y kev. Thomas Bayne, Irasburrh
t'On = iiyue' Ludlow. Wis
N course upon fourteen of the class of ia.