Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-02-17

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France. Paris viii have tvcnty-;vo or twenty
three mentors. With this fallaess Of represen-
tstiou every man q note or influence in France
/ o2ght to be IL the Assembly
Recent 4iyices from Manitoba show that the
former accounts Of the rsv5ges Of The small
poz in that country we've not ogerlrava. It Is
estimated that two thousand Indians AID
settlers have ALLEN victims 90 this pestiieroe
within few mouths.
So far as We can nov judge, the -ocileu, ga
/ the Hudson railroad was disaster which human
/ skill could not f5rasee or avert The accident 10
the oil train sid the approach Of the other were
s. close ia point Of time that the ordinary pre-
cautions were unavailable. Altogether IL is one
Of those frigatfll a.spens-tioas which come %
show US by their impressive warning the fral
tenure By which cur lives ara held
They say there is a ielat.fa. sisl H.ias u.a-
Montreal. vho. notwithstanding she bss Ice,
both Of her legs above the knees has resolved
over dozen oilers OF marriage dari1z tle past
year. and refused them all. one Of her lovers is
member Of the Dominion Parliament She
speaks seven languages. Eal chains everybody
who cores uesr her.
one iue1p,i.a..s so.ill ul55,er.a. TL---
puzzle philosophers &, explain, ezai,5s The
g7ssipers Of s4uly Hill, y. Y, where AZ e.5?e-
uent took place on Friday evening, the clipping
party being a lady. who lef, comfortable home,
an iudulreut husband AMI Two interesting chill
iren. and linked her fortunes with NAN ola
enough 70 be her father, with li.tle character,
aud 81 equally iirinu,iva amount Of cash.
A Boston qapar. abiding 70 lie bin os ssua-
ter Mor.iI Of Maine. making il a r-iae to SCI
cr give any Intoxicating liquors TO any civil,
military or naval oacer o. the Government,
suggests tbs; new bureza sha-l ta established.
ofo5urse in the Interior department. a.,t
commissioner % J@-is Iu;lEica,.on, whose
duty it shall be 90 note the ia.'y walk Of Govern
ueut employees. AMI cause saspiciols clarac-
tiers 70 prou- -uce such wo-ls as " lI1ua riisa-
,uiiuity,' as C. test q s55-'c-y
TuE IzssrssEr- steamer le,t New York
on the Eth Of Jsauary. aul 8, vas expected she
would arrive IN seven OF eight days q; Sazaaa,
where steamer hal been ordered 70 stsr; at
once for Cula, with .el--ra7his ii'qated f.
Washington II was believed that this ,e'eErsIhl-
ANNOUNCEMENT would reach Washington ten days
after tbe.- departure. ye, Il is u5w - Jays
siuce they lef; EeT Yo;k. II is said the Ten
nessee s,artel without having made o trial trip
after her new engines were rgt 10 that the en-
gues were no, thought well Of IN the seryic,
and that several Of the engineer corps wao were
originally detailed fr tie voyage mauarel 70
get excused T. The engines have broken down
il, would not be possible 20 make rapid headEsy
under sai.. au5 the delay -s szrls.aatis on rdat
ground.
The San Doui1-o commission consisted OF
hon Benjamin F Wade. Pros.ieut White #
Correl. University, AL Dr. Samuel C.. Howe Of
Boston Frederick Douglass AMI one e his sons
accompanied the commission Paymaster 7. j.
Casvel, Z. s.N.. b7oibe7-ia-,av Of President
angel, is tae raynas,er Of the Tennessee. fact
which ads SO the anxiety with which Jews Of
her safety Is 4Fsitel 80 ou- city.
The principal evidence which our c1tauqorary
. D. I'd HH.aH
il a purpose 10 toue quarters 20 make a political
Tenpersuce uart77 IL tie fact that reso-
luton 10 that effect was ist-04arei into the
recent session q the Grand lodge OF Good Ten
dlars, sni the fact that delegate 10 The recent
convention al Burlington circulated an liver-
Using hsni-bil among The memoers-S'.
-3haHy Messenger.
The fact tha, somebody introduced such re-
solution sni that it bad some support, s GER
tainly evidence that there is some such psrposs
IS We have indicated. But We have never set 1
out 70 prove the fact. o. to muster 'eyiience''
on the subject Certainly We are not 50 silly as
to suppose the Little hsnd-bis alluded 20 had any
significance in thst direction. We alluded to
them simply as an illustration Of another point,
as The .iiessenger could have seen, if it had .
chosen to use its eyes rather than TO exercise its
rather remarkable ingenuity. (which We have /
had occasion GONE times 20 nctios beiore') in .
cur meaning
We saw TT to mention our b1lief, on Informs .
ton received come time before the session Of the /
Grand Lodge, that there was a definite scheme
on the part Of some to make political tempe
rance organization, and We had supposed We
made clear the grounds on which We questioned
the policy Of such action. twas not 81 al, as we
have said before and now repeat Tor the benefit Of
the Messenger, and Of our Winooski correfpon-
dent, because Of any effect il can possibly have
On existing parties. In Political point Of view
we see not the slightest cause for apprehension,
and DO not feel particle. Our Digestion to
such movement, as We have distinctly indi-
,stei. is on other grounds. We object TO It
.olely il The interest Of temperance snd Of the
orohibitory Law We believe that those who
would suocesssaliy sustain both must be united,
md rot divided by political ambitious and
ealousies. We believe in selecting for public
flee men Of high personal character for temper
.nce .nd integrity as vel SIS sbility. We be-
ieve thst the duty Of selecting such rests on each
Individual citizen that the proper place to
exercise such choice Is in the nominating con-
ventions and primary meetings Of the existing
political parties, and that the citizen has no
tight to shirk such duty, or shift OF his IN
iividual responsibility on to State OF county
committee. We believe, to come down to the
,sse in hand, that far better class Of nominees,
4 respect to temperance, viii be gained BY the
,ttepdsrce Of temperance men to their duties in
he nominating conventions, than BY standing
,loof and trusting to some committee Of two or
.hree men TO tell them if all is not right We
,sk for 70 committee to tell rs when the nomi-
nees Of the existing parties are or are not 1T
to be supported and We do not think
the voters generally need any such tute-
are. 1t is in view of these and SINH
lar considerations that such sn organization
for political Temperance sction seems to Us mis-
chievous If it IS nothing but form, mere
quaker gun, then it is objectionable beesuse ii is
a sham and because ii tends to create discord.
If it is in earnest, then it is ll-judged, for it
isnls to defeat its own end, BY interfering with
q better method of accomplishing ii.
These are in brief our views ane we trust We
have succeeded in making them understood