Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1866-08-31

FREEMAN.
Burlington, Aug. s3, 1866. diff
SOUTHERN REsPoYsES.-rlc SouiLerncrs
by no means endorse the P..iladplphia Con-
vention with unanimity. The Richmond
Enquirer, the leading paper OF Virginia,
spurns the Philadelphia resolutions with
great earnestness. and Of the vote by which
they were adopted, 1t says I'VE protest in
the name of our people that they he consid-
cred no parties to that unanimous vote. -
The Enquirer adds
at is, indeed, impossible to read many parts
Of the address Of Mr.. Raymond, aud remember
that it claims to have Southern Endorsement,
without deep indignation. Whatever he may
think. the Southern people Al least spurn the
charge thst they are rebels ~ insurgents. -
They deny, too, that the Federal government
was on the defensive, and was lot the GssGilgni
in the war They deny, and at tn stake would
not admit, that they were cOHSiifufiORGiiy war
red upon. They deny many other ayerments
and dOgmas Of the resolution AMI address; and
Mr.. Raymond knew they dii aIi cur delegates
knew it, too. Why then press these things up
on us for adoption Why offend us, too, as in
some instances, by asking US 10 formally concur
in propositions which could not but infringe on
our sensibilities and why thrust terms and ex-
pressions INTO cur own mouths that We cannot
but regard as indignites Nothing is left US
but to sper them out ~
The Richmond Wing says
.'In go far as the address assumes that the
people Of the South are responsible for the war
that the war was a rebellion, that they are dis
posed to acknowledge culpsbility and contrition
that the Federal Government acted IN self defense
and under the Constitution, &c, Il assumes
lrhGthe people Of the South do not belieuc o.
feel to be true, and ichdf, therefore. they hare
no thought Of admitting"
The B5ston Journal pointeiiy remarks o..
this declaration
as no; this the kernel Of the whole matter
II the people of the South still claim that the
North is responsible for the war, that the war
was NOT REBELLION, that there is no culpability
and call for c0ntritlOn resting upon the
Southern people, that the Federal Government
acted on the aggressive and outside Of the Con-
stitution-if this is the case, what under the
sun was the Philadelphia Convention but sham,
q delusiou and the most contemplate OF mock
cries Why, if what the Hing says he true,
the instruction il not lat an end, >" aud we
must take care, or We shall have to fight /; OYER
again
FOREIGN NEws.-TLc whole Of the plot
recently discovered. to blow up the Houses
Of Parliament, turns out to ~. that about
five pounds Of fine gunpowdcr, done up in a
brown paper, with slow match attached to
it, was found about fifteen PAGES from the
Little Abingdon side Of the Victoria tower
At this spot, if the powder had exploded, 1t
could have done no damage besides breaking
a few windows of the House Of Parliament.
At tie propagation of Parliament GA tie
10th, the following passage ocearr in the
Queens slaech to the Lords and Commons. |
Abiding to the Fenian demonstration she /.
says:
They even attempted, from tie territories I
Of the United States of America, an inroad /
upon the peaceful subjects Of Her Majesty il /
her North American provinces. That ATTEMPTED
inrosd, however, only served to manifest in the
strongest manner the loyalty and devotion Of
Her Msjesty's subjects in those provinces, who,
without exception Of creed or origin. unite! in
defense Of their Sovereign and their country
Ii served also to show the good faith and scru-
pulous attention to international rig ats DISPLAYED
by the Government of the United States, whose
active interference, by checking an attempted in
vssion Of friendly State, mainly contributed
to protect Her Majesty's dominions against the
evils Of predatory inroad.''
The reported closing Of peace negotiations
between Austria, Bavaria and Prussia is
premature. Negotiations still Progress. but
it Is believed that they will soon be brought
to satisfactory and successful termination.
1t is said that the Empress of Mexico has
failed in her mission, Napoleon having, it IL
refused to grant assistance of
he French troops prior to their evacuation
# Mexico, to quell the insurgents.
In connection with this statement report
s current, with some degree Of eredibility, |
hat the Emperor Maximilian will soon re-
urn to Europe. :