Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-04-08

The Springfield Republican evidently doe not
feel quite easy in its attitude towards some of
] the Verm5nters il has calumnatei. Having
commenced by charging the FREE Press with
" disgusting yitupera-iou. SANDER, &c it sub
sided in second article to , charge Of a. dis
arrangement % of the woman suffrage reformers :;
AID now returns to the subject to say, patroniz-
ingy that " the editor rof the FREE Pass eyi-
IDENTIFY means to deal deceatly by the cause he so
stoutly opposes. and by It's advocates" This is
perhaps sufficient retracion, 80 far Is this paper
Is concerned, even though the Republican re-
produces, in self Qualification the sbsurd.y false
assertion Of Henry Ballard, that Tot "a single
fair article on woman suffrage hal appeared N
the FREE Pass, lsor which there was the excuse
that the speaker was suddenly called on in 3
crowded assembly, and FOR tine moment probably
hardly knew what he was saying,) snd the sour
rilous personalities INDUCED in by Mr.. CARR
son, for which there was no excuse The Re
publican thinks Mr.. Girrison could not have
made such comments - - save under great
provocation" But they ,rere wholly without
provocation on the part Of the editor
Of this paper. Mr.. Garrison never quoted
line from, or made single specification against
the FRE Pass His provocstion - wl-
column from the Montpelier -frgus, which he
read, and on which he based an indscriminate
TRADE against the Vermont press, singing out
the editor Of the FREE Pass for special yituper-
alton but giving no Vermont paper credit for
any decen, y or fsirness in the whole discussion
But as we have said before, we do not ask the
Repp5iicq7 to take back anything more. on our
account Its chief SANDERS we're directed
against the citizens OF Vermont. whom it charged
with preventing far discussion Of the suffrage
question snl sgsinst the Republicans Of Bur /
lngton " whom it charged with disturbance Of 4
the suffrage convention, with treating the lady I
orators 10 " mob law and - sneaking abuse - Z
snd other false and slandeTous accusations.
These calumnies remain unretracted. though We
have fatty denied them and called the Republic +
cans attention to distinct refuts'ions OF them.
from leading advocates Of woman suffrage who
were personally acquainted with the facts and
these ISLANDERS, copied from the Rspuh.ic are
being scattered far and wide by papers which
the correction OF them will never reach.
lime WIS., Nuth the elltors OF lht ftsptbttCTu ]
were men OF courtesy and fair dealing. Who are
now the working men on that paper We do not
know but to whoever is responsible for the para
graphs on which We have commented, we cannot
return the compliment he tenders to u.s. He
evidently does not mean, 10 " deal decently' BY
the people Of Vermont and of Burlington. If he
did he would at least apologize for the abusive
half column, false in its assertions. groundess
as TO its differences. and ill-tempered and calum-
nious in IT'S comments, to which he treated them.
And till the Republican retrscts those charges.
it must submit to be branded a. a deliberate
slanderer.
POsr OFFICE CHANGES The following post
office changes have recently been msde in this
State Office established at Albany Centre, Or
leans county. and Edmund G. Carter appointed
Postmaster; Norris L. Stetsop appointed at Jack
sonville, Windham county, ice Alb,rt stet-
son, resigned and A. C. a.'ker appointed at
Barton Landing, Orleans county, vice Dean
Rogers, resigned