Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-02-25
4 W0man's Protest.

We happen to know the author OF the
spirited and able communication which we
copy from the Montpelier J'urnal in another
column. She Is, as our readers will see,
clearheaded and discriminating person. She
is also one of independent Judgment, who
looks at things with her own eyes, and pins
her faith on nobody else's judgment. And
she is one. who in every sweet womaniy grace
and charm, is worthy to speak for the true
women of Vermont, and by whom they may
be proud to be represented.
1t was time for her. and such as her, to
speak. and we are glad that she has put on
record Just now this admirable protest against
the attempt to place upon the women OF our
State. against their will, heavy, unnatural
and irksome burden, under the sophistical
plea that it Is to improve their condition. 1t
is to women like her, that voters who need
light upon this question should look for in
formation upon the question whether the wo-
men desire or need the ballot, rather than to
hired lecturers, and the sensational reiormers
from abroad, whose business, by which they
live and make money, il agitation and dis
turbance of all the existing relations of So
ciety.
Over the dead body Of Greenwald, who was
murdered BY some unknown Splniard in
Hlvana, the Y. Y Sun lashes itself into a
paroxysm Of fury. 81 Let Admiral Poor, 1t
exclaims. - be instantly instructed to order
all Americans in Havana to repair On board
his sh ips; let one hour then be given to the
Spanish officials during which to execute the
assassin Of Greenwald; and, failing such
Justice, let the guns of the squadron play
upon the city until the execution has taken
place. Nlthing less than this already far
too tardy action will satisfy the American
people, or suffice to protect our citizens in
Cuba" The administration, We presume, Is
not quite ready to authorize the immediate
destruction of a large city like Havana to
stimulate search for an Undecided assassin
There l. another consideration which may
DELAY the b1mbardment for a short time.
1t has been a-certaineI at the State De
partment that Greenwald was no. an Amer
lean citizen but a citizen Of fIesse, and that he
went to Cuba On lIessian passport.
The y. Y. World has declared e war to
the knife " with the corrupt and yenal ring
which now controls the Democratic party Of
New York State with a sway as absolute as
that Of the grand Mogul over his subjects.
IL declares that New York must - shake of
the rule of the dozen sordid men Of selfish
hearts and narrow brains who have plum
dered us of millions yearly, INSTRUCTED our
material growth, made our markets, our
wharves and piers and streets, mere monu-
ments of their Iapacity, our elections farce,
and now have put up judges in our very
court houses to sell injustice for price. 1t
saws. Handicapped with this ring mill
stone about our necks, the Democracy of the
Union can no more win than they could win
in 1864 upon the peace platform OF Chicago
or in 1868 upon the greenback and reyolu-
ton planks of Tammany Hall. This mill
stone may drown chose who like it. We
prefer free air to the bottom Of the sea. ~
This brave announcement is followed up
with vigorous and able denunciations OF
the Tammany Thieves We haze seen
nothing bolder recently than this fight of the
Worlds. 1t is. in fact, fight with all the
power ond patronage OF the Democratic
party of New York, embodied in the persons
Of Tweed, Sweeney 4 Co, backed by Judge
Barnard. jim Fisk and the Erie road-as
dangerous political combination as ever
existed. The World will have the hearty
good wishes of honest men Of all parties in
such contest.