Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-04-29
The heart must bleed before II can feel.
The pool be { CUB ed before { can heal.
The mend still rend, as Of old IL rent,
The body Of him ON whom it Is sent
Not in Gust In's oiled grooves
The world TIA CHER level m1vfs-
the 'adderof God that upFard leads
The steps Of progress are human Heedf.

! bv the stern demands Of the necessities Of th'
2 hour, shall be forced, by the simple law Of
S analogy. to class the movement among those Of
a io,carar4 tendency, which cnly need It'll,
oiling tc make good heaiway.
: 1t Is impossible in the limits Of single news
paper article to hint at even majority Of the
salient points evolved or involved by this Discus
sion but one Of the most striking peculiarities-
, especially to sensitive man, is the very common
and almost universal attempt to g set up ~ tie
fyrGnt man for public reprobation. One gentle
man, of wide and well-deserved uotOristy, New
man Hal), writing of the aspects of the move
ment as coming under his observation in Great
Britain, aludes to this practice Of the parties Oh
our side Of the water as contrasting very IN
fAvorably with theirs.
1t is a suggestive fact, as seen under the ordi-
nary and proyerbial modes,y Of our American
women, that these aspiring sisters SHOULD be so
confident Of their ability to purify the turgi1
pool Of our politics by their own infallible excel
fence In times past | have felt justified IN
claiming for our mothers and wives. sisters and
] daughters, an equal average Of intelligence and
/ common sense with the opposite sex, where en-
7 i0y.Dg the sane opportunities ami also must
believe them equally susceptible 10 the arts Of
[ hsttery, the setuctions Of power, the lust for
/ gain and dominion, and the hcence Of irrespon-
sibility 50 that, exposed 10 the same temptl-
tons. they would fall into pretty much the same
reflections from duty.
Mrs Hooker. IN the IaGsD-adeni for March
81, SAYS ' Ii is the exclusion II mothers from
the government of the State that reduces the
politics Of the State pitiaby below the politics
Of the family" ' When We reiegate the gov
eminent Of the family 10 the fathers alone we
shall have picture in miniature Of the State SIS
now administered The advocates Of the rcw I.
theory have certainly this advantage that the Z
experiment they recommend has been rarely /.
tried IN the worlds history, and 50 cannot have /
failed rsry many times yet We cannot if we I.
would ignore the painful record Of the Sc Mon .
sters Of History" some OF whom tisgracei the .
softer sex. We are forced 10 recall the bloody .
Queen Mary and her sister EliEtheJh in the e1-
ercise Of power, and see how interruptions they
became. We blush at the thought OF the piriu.
degradation suggested by such names a. Mary
Stuart and LucretiA Borgia, in unrestrsinei in
diligence Of the bAser passions Of the heart
On the other hand, oueCt your own fair CORES
p0ndents from "a reigbb0riug town, who seems
10 hsve enjoyed ~ lest the common Advantages
Us
pores the low standard Of female attainment.
pathetically urging thst, with the right Of
suffrage once granted TO the seq. s. they
would have somewhat unto which %
aspire, the world might yet be in
i-0tei 10 woman for instances Of true
and worthy enieavor ami success. such depress
ing ut;erances from the ranks Of those TO whom
We are TO look ta,c1rling 70 the resolutions Of
this new gospel for cur own redemption, give
poor prophecy Of their efficiency in any great
aud good cause As II the sphere Of female act.yi-
ties were bounded ty anything but the wants
of the race, as if the duties and lsb5rs of the
domestic circle were tco insignificant for the
Oh faculties God has endowed them with as
# there were auyEhere in the whole range Of
human duty more noble and worthy worS than
the training Of race Tor Col and humanity
My own good wife whom have long ago learned ,
% regard as very struu- -miniei woman, only
a DAY or two since naively remarked, as she con
,emp,atei a rather lean tea table, thSt after all
that Is said about aspirations, not many things "
.eemel Of more c1nsei uence, in the way OF tenn .
p0ralities, thsn come'y and well loaded supper "
able ami doubt not she speaks the mind Of Is
most OF our thoughtful and bright-minieI sis
err, despite the ylcferati1n- Of wJuli-be phil
.nthropists from abroad a.
sod and the world they w1--h.p both to-e.b,- u
Draw not their laas from i'm bCt Is g. ours u
B. Ltrle O. bItls pre- per neither. Ir
The uncertain WI brings nth iIt barren 7er. ~
wise a. all divided c0unsels e. ~
tran-ers 10 God, fools in humanity. "a
gq Soo- ir great things au1 TOO great flr -old "a
While sti.l care not. waits upon ] would. C.
Charlotte, April d.. $50 r. ID. p "
SENATOR CHANDLER oS TEE WAR Paul 70
IN the 22i, the Senate took up Mr. Chambers 81
esolu;iou directing the President Of the United o.
iates TO appoint commissioners 10 open regota- in
ons for the annexation Of the Winnipeg Dis n,
let as a Territory or State tr
Mr.. Chandler said be had offered the resolu ~
On in the interest Of peace ami goodwill. au4 -
-oceedei to show the reasons upon which ner8- =
atoms should be commenced. First. that the 3
overnment had shown its rights to recognition W
maintaining itself for some time against all "a
tempts for its suppression. Second. That cur ~
m free Republic, which had invited the whole ,-'
'rd to come IN and occupy the entire CONT ~
NJ, could not cllntenance the theory Of
m'nion on our borders. that any part Of this ui'
ntlnent belonged 10 the Crown THfr9. That "'
6 injury inflicted upon in the haste Of the "a
iilsh Government to acknowledge the rebels A'-
oeligerents upon the breaking out Of the re- =,
ion, and her spoiliations on our commerce VI d
ring the war, must now be repaired and ue
NE good. His friend from Massachusetts fAfr a.
mnerl might apprehend that the Alabama VII
inns would be complicated by this proceeding 5lli
5 answer was that he Mr. Chandler hal .TA'
z since put on record against the British '1e
vernment mortgage on the Dominion lyipr Toa
III OF the United States Of -, 200 900. 900 WI
half OF the expenses Of our war. The time
not yet arrived for foreclosing the mortgage. 7
would now proceed 10 collect the interest mer
then referred to the vast territorial eyten, iea
population Of the Winnipeg District. the plaI
pie OF which, IS also the people Of British invs
lmoh, were now asking with one almost not
inimous voice for admission to the Union sam
II years ago the Senator from Massachusetts SUPP
T. ou inner had not come up TO his own POSI- here
D on the Alabama claims but he nov COW Seer
red with him, that Great Britain was iustIy the
equitably bound to pay Us one-half the ex- was
ses Of our war by reason Of her course nrin Of Al
rebellion. Pres
lr Drake remarked that his friend Mr. Sum Thor
J had probably set - peg higher and o.. the
Winnipeg" Laughter this
IT. Chandler continued, remarkinr that C-sat as is
am never could and we never expectei bsr thor
ay those claims in Court. and that the Upitai take
es Government now simply proposed to her shle
Il she Would rellnquish her title to any mart ing,
VI continent We would forgive her the debt. 10 Ia
title to any American territory Womb NJ, form
good II was based entirely upon the fact f0lloi
the DISCOVERIES had raised the Britisb A.. cious
IT, She had the right Of conquest bnf pIeit
ih'olVed only the rights possessed bv the conn
ue'eu, mol one lota more. Ii might be sand but u
IN 'ne purchase Of Louisiana from the thou!
ich we had virtually scknow leiged this right.
the nation then was weak to-day. Instead LII
i Pa ire. we would merely say to the nifty
nuisance ~ ', ,L mere was an intole- and
lda nov. That Dominion had become w., an mard
cradle nuisance 1t cost US to-day to pro Form
,ba" me n frontier n from smugglers alone that
ury suffered from that cause TO the extent -
iO,UOO,UOO a year. II there was strength s,a,f
On In the nation to abate the nuisance. II ~,
4 be abated. Referring to the existence of -,
anadlan Dominion As antagonistic 10 orr a.,
uiions, he said that if the British Govern o..
designed to continue indefinitely her SWAY 10 q,
, she must be prepared to maintain it by no,s5
a force as would Withstand the Government mel
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term Of this institution closed on FRIDAY cise t.
st week. The number that entered a., ~ ;"
A'i0H was D. oi "hom u received the newsp
hVe years certificate, AMI seven failed TO note
names Of the graduates are as f,llows prison.
emen-W. r. Nutting, c J. Allen. Aw man. ,
:, r. ) Ritter, - Blodgett, - Br,ds,,5 pears
wler Ladies-Mrs T s;,,- A.. killing
Ea,,L 'S' MISSES grief,
hetchum' Louisa NJ. Lyman. Orilla Clark. he is e.
A Morse, Alice NJ Butler, Sarah Parish der, he
Latham, Alice MILL Na. \, - el, be
Cousins, Mary Cn,gsvaII ~. rs. Real
rse and Alice NJ R11Ia- -. ~ crime,
Chittenden Coun,v ~ 80. - where
From renresan,at;o,s - - - Aad
we are satisfied that the Normal School at mem. u
lph is fulfilling well its mission in the ,iouoie
Oh training Of teachers. The thorough , essS an
drill in the English branches which the iOcH tne
is Of this institution receive, is just what yes'y