Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-07-14

Oar National hoi1zy was made the occasion
for much ei1riacs,iou Of Tlmmany politics. as
though there were some connection Between
Iamuauy an patriotism llr. Tweed Led Of vit1
the usual thing about Wrestling the Government
from the hands u its e1emies-as though he were
enc Of It's friends And, this Joke having been
levelei ST. ,he heads Of the sac5ems. suui-y GA
tors freed their minds in Ike manner. Letters
from divers prominent Democrats were real. Of
which one from Gov. Hoffman poo5-pooaei the
New Departure one frcm Gen Mcclellan az
proved the departure. and dug the grave Ct tie
Negro Question flthoms deep AMI one frum
Montgomery Blair revived the memory Of the
good old days Of jackson, when the Blair family
we're s1ueb1dies. And this vas Ismmluv's
contribution t. the glory Of Iac Day We Ce.s-
brsts
Who s-e these people that. beaten in $50.
beaten in 1854, sni beaten il SIS. anticipate
their beating Of 1872, with the reminder that
they have a Dung Uncas Al Albany who should
be transferred % The White House. and the as
surSnce thst 10 their hands alone can the Con
sdtuu0u Be preserved and the country protected
WHIST did they Do for either when both were il
peul, Are these the men who rallied the rec-
pie % the support Of the government when 10
vas threatened with overthrow are these the
men that confronted and crushed secessi1u-ihat
abolished slavery-thst made al men eousi be-
fore the laTs-that took the respousit -iiies
during long, exhausting, doubtful W2-. ani
have manfully fulfilled then ever since
Look ~ their reoord for an answer. L. 1850.
they were in favor Of the equal rights or slave
holders In all the territories. In ls5l, they re-
gardei auylattemp- TO pervert this conflict into q
War for the emancipation Of slaves as fatal %
all the hopes Of the restoration Of the Union
In lelZ, they declsrei inst the var, Sc then
conducted, mus involve the country IN bank
ruptcy snd dishonor. n 1858. they openly
and secretly lsbored 70 break down the war
for the Union by breaking down the draft
In 1864, they declared that the admins
trGIiOu Of Abraham Lincoln, hy its Usurpa-
tons, lis disregard Of the Constitution, its
violation Of personal liberty and States Rights.
its resort to military power TO su5yert civil
authority, is unc0mpromisiug and cowarilv de-
graduation OF the nsti0n in its foreign policy. its
pervergion Of the war from its original object
and lis showed determination to proi0nc il. to
compel the a. ab1ntment Of slavery g" has be-
come revolutionary 10 its character. In 1865
they were washed uudsT By their country's
triumph but when AZ last they we're able one
more 10 get their heads above water, they c.
up with bits Of resolutions in thair mouth
posing reconstruction, opposing impair ID. ,-r
frage, opposing the honest payment Of t5s -,
opposing everything gained BY re ~ -
everything the war had made nee ',f,I -
al last they inform Us that the seauies,s !, ~.
constitution as II is, and nus s,rs;,b-,--,. -
intrusted with its exclusi-e care :. Pr -
oui traitors on guard Is. ia palmer phrase. the
,uostAnee Of Their appeal BY the memories az
the past, Tor their policy for the ueejs Of the
blessn,, some aag perhaps, they may succeed
but nrst' they Eoad better get new lesders. ais
s1lss themselves under a new name. and emit
meeting II tsnn4ny Hail-Tri5uae.