Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1866-12-14
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FRIDAY MORNING. DECEMBER n, 1866
THE WEEKLY FREE PRESS
G.. e. ! y, J.. BES EDtCT.
FnrroFs AND PenpzlE-CRs.

FRIDAY MORNING. DECEMBER II, 1856.
THE WEEKLY FREE PRESS
THc BUrLSeroS N.rELr FREE PRS is pub
lizlcl every rrilay morning and contains the
latest news; reports Of Boston markets and Cam
b-iire Cal.e sIarEet; fun state. County end oeal
intelligence w,u collected Miscellany. sc, &c
>oca-s a-. outlay win he spared O. make it re- .
ia'le inte-ez-ia- ana va,uable famii5 Journal.
TIE c.rluiatio- CO the FlEE Pass exceeds that
oi ans pare. 10 tie region and it s. therefore, an
uu-i.sllei medium for advertisers.
We desire . give additional attention % tie Do
"a aers e tie various towns in IL and adjoining
Connie. IN which orr Weekly has numerous cir .
cu!atio1. and shall esteem 1t favor II Guy reader
wiz farua-irs ANY items Of interest
MR. Hor,cE Grrfur is already practical
ly counted oa-, as q candidate io- the L 5.
Senate. llcaIre4rei at one time t. have
good o.. look iar ire place. Battie know
Iec-- -hst Pres johnson favored b,- election
seriously damaged bis chances. and ,hey
were utterly ruined By himself Before
lsvpg Ncv York the other day. Old lee
ta,e t5rr in the West which is t. l1si til
alter ila election / 5 senator Haui- sueca-
s-. SIR. 61.eiav issued a loa- settlement Of
IFS view go d" o., true basis ar Erc1l--ruc-
ton. I5vls simply an elaboration Of Lis
laycli,c concert IF 81. impartial suffrage and
uair,.s.I amnesty b-t with This mos. sig
n'fc.Ht admission
..f am .r Universal Amnesty fir as im-
munity from ieat -f punishment or caliiscauon
Is concern l-eFln though Impartial Suiirt
Should or de present q, resisted and defeated.
Ia other words Nir. Greeley in fixing terms
Of restoration for lie South, would insist
OILY on d Uuiycisl Amnesty. lie would
pardon and restore To their full privileges as
ciIzeus. Davis and Drcckcaril5e, S!illl
and Mason, T3aabs and Benjamin, Forrcs,
ard Mostly. and If they and thcir brother
rebels resisted impartial suffrage Be would
Ietls 20. THIS, as one ny. journal r.
marked. !. Offering more liberal terms 90 the
rebels. than the Philadelphia Convention OF
Prssiieu; johnson had ever vcnturld 20 VEo-
pose. 1t would Re giving them all they ask
and much more than they expect, Since
this rronuislti,4 of lis views, Mr.. Greeley
has h,on formally dropped bY most of the
Republican journals which favored bis cleo
ton. and there i- BOW net ghost OF q
chance for him. The whole thing illustrates
very forcilly the peculiarly Impractical
character OF Mr.. Grecley's mind.
Mr.. RAYMOND Posl1Ios.-We copy from
the y. y. Imes, Tie following fuller state
men: Of bis position as given by Hon. Il. j.
Raymond, III the Eopublcan caucus, at
Washington last week:
Mr. Raymond desired 10 say that he had been
a member Of the Republican and Union parties
ever since they had existed that ne had never
belonged 10 any other party, or voted any other
than the Union ticket. He ind take part IN the
philadelphia Convention, but Lot Tor the pur-
pose Of uiurng the Union Party. lie believed
its effect upon that party would be 10 moderate
its action and strengthen II with The people.
He might have been right or not IN that
opinion. but this was the motive Of hi5 action.
BE regarded II not as party Convention, but
] ls meeting OF ElllAELe ANAl ~ - VI AAAN
! Union for consultation. lie did not change hrs
party relation nor join any other party IN
| consequence Of his action there. lie hoped lie
effect, would be 10 strengthen and moderate the
| Union Party When he found be was mistaken
| in this. and that IL was % be- used by the Demo
| cratic Party as g means Of Tesanlng The asceu-
| deucy he had Withdrawn from o., and supported
the Union ticket with whatever ability he could.
lie said this because be dld not wish his position
! 70 be Inisunderztood- He regarded himself 49, 81
| Union man, and should uralaoly act with tie
| Union Party and in support Of lis measures.
| He saw nothing il the propositions reported 20
the caucus by the Committee which seemed
Objectionable Whether he should meet 10
caucus with Union members OF not, was matter
OF little consequence. Ifthey did not wish u,
they had only to say So.
The caucus came pretty near saying sos;
but did not. and therein did wisely, as 1t
seems to US. The Union party is o. great and
strong one; butt is not So strong shat it can
afford to shut out, because OF past misiakes.
influential men, who nov desire TO wl.k IN
It's ranks for the same great objects which II
seeks. Such @ lloc-ss Of exclusion begun,
it may lie difficult to say where it would
end. If the y. Y. Times is to be excluded
from the Talty because Its editor went to
PaiadelIta. tic Tr',ne ought 10 he be-
cause Its editor does not support tie C1nsti-
: tu,iaraI Amendments. and is r5r impartial
suffrage and general amnesty" without ne
IMPARTIAL suffrage, If tic rctol- don't Ike
It. Tie Ernng Post would Lave TO lie
excluded also, because it las favored Mr..
Johnson's policy and SO on. \ better W
VIXEN contests are to be wasod Nd l,:nts
carried, is, without compTomi-e5r principle.
OF shadow Of turning from the right, to v,l-
come the and Cd all vho can d. Elective scr
wee. We E7r oar Stevens and S. 5snet.
Congress leo often forget Ut. H. q.
beautiful motto, with c.a..,.
malice towards none