Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-04-19

We desire TO give addlt.C AL attention 10 TIE Joe
cal r.r. Il the various towns in this aui ADJOINING
Counties. in which our Weekly has a numerous cir I
culation. and shall esteem it favor If our reader
viii forward Us any items Of interest.
TFags Two DOLLARS per year, in advance.
Bad Look for Bad Party.
The democrats are still shouting over Con
recticut, Is If one swallow made a summer
The ;ile has turned, !" they tell us-.-The
Revision has set in'-..The old days viii
return 10 US" IL is Of course n use 20
,alk 20 men, who have not yet learned that
grea. national revolutions never 20 back
ward Ia, With particle less Of iniatua-
ton, even these men would see :hat their
party i II drticulO morris. The death ratde
i in the throat of the democratic party. The
Souihorners hear it, if the Northerners DO
not, and they propose 10 cut loose from the
oor;-e that Is 20 soon to be. We have given.
at some length, the speech Of Ez-Goy. Orr
Of South Carolina, who said The dream
(ihai tie democratic Iariy would ever be
reinstated IN Iower) is passed. In ny Judge
ment il IL time 10 seek new friends and a new
alliance. We have quoted recently from
the Macon, Ga. Journal, which SAYS 1.-The
Northern democracy haye lent helping
hand wherever failure was certain to be the
result the exigencY demands new men,"
The Charlottesville (Va.) Chronicle takes up
ihe same strain. 1t says The result il
Connecticut is a very bad thing il 1t leads as
anew into the bog OF the Northern dem era
cy'-"the Northern democracy" it adds,
have Use FOR us in peace they have ncue
IN war. The Northern people have de-
termined to secure the practical traits Of
their victory, and they know that tie Tclcl-
lion is no! over, 80 long as the Northern de-
mocu.cy is undIspersed. There VIII be
no peace for the South until the democratic
party marches off the field" This is true,
and remarkably sensible.
The purpose Of the Southern democrats,
thus cropping out. will, when carried into
effect, leave tho national democratic party in
sad sad flight. Its main strength as E
national party has been in the Southern ALI
anee. 10 please the southern democrats,
the Northern doughfaces ran their legs of,
did dirty work without stint, rolled over and
over IN tie dust. again and again, for their
sport, like the poodle in the story Judge
Culver used to tell with such gust in his
political speeches. For the pap held cut by
some Southern President or Northern man
with S5uthern principles. the Northern de-
mocrats defended slavery as a social, moral
and political blessing, sustained the Southern
aristocracy II all its demands, and urged it
on 10 the war which was the death knell Of
slavery and Of the national democratic par
ty. In this State, where there was no hope
of State Offices, the leading democrats pre-
fcrred to keep their party conveniently
small, Just big enough TO decently and com
f5rtably absorb the federal Offices. And in
general throughout the North, the democracy
as A national organization derived It's life
and power from its connection with the
federal patronage dispensed by the South.
They are still hoping against hope that the
ancient times are to rCturn.
What the Northern democrats Will try to
do when they actually " get it through
them. :" that their former allies and masters
of the South deliberately shun their still
offered friendship and service, remains to be
seen But, indeed, they have little choice
OF alternatives Cut of from the Southern
head, the tail must die. And there viii be
few respectable mourners at the funeral.
Congress and the Conquered States.
After 80 much has Leen SAID by President
johnson and his friends in support of the
idea that the rebel States were entitled TO
recognition as States by Congress under the
governments he forced upon them, the fol-
lowing cxuact is somewhat refreshing. 1t
is quoted by the New York World from the
decision of Chief Justice fancy, in the Su-
preme Court Of the United States, in the
Rhode Island case:
Under this article OF the Constitution it
rests with Congress to dec de what government
is the established one in 4 State. For as the
United States guarantee to each one rtpubli-
can government, Congress must necessarily de-
eide what government is established in the
State before it can decide whether il is Tepubli-
can or not. And when the Senators or Repre-
senta;ives Of State are admitted into the coun-
ellis Of the Union, the authority Of the govern
ment under which they are appointed, as well
as Its constitutional character. is recognized by
the proper constitutional authority. And its
decision is binding on every other department
Of the government, and could not be questioned
in Judicial tribunal. IL Is true that the con-
test in this case did not last long enough to
bring the matter TO this issue, aud as no SEN
stors OF Representatives we're elected under the
government Of which Mr.. Dorr was the head
Congress was not called upon 10 decide the con-
trOyersy. And yet the right TO decide s placed
there, and not in the cOurts.''
This is clear and explicit, and under it
cisiyn Of the Supreme Court viii be 10
any care un,eting the condition Of the con-
quered States under the recent acts Of Con-
gress. The only wonder il that the World,
which has ali along been sustaining M.
Johnson's position that ell Congress could
do was to judge Of the qualifications of the
individual members presenting themselves
from the unropresented States, should pub
lish 20 clear justification Of the course Of
Congress.
A Very Important Announcement.
The Attorney General Of the United
States, On the hearing upon the Mississippi