Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-08-11
Republican Defaulters.

rat.
The editor of the Democrat is either very
,ro,snt of the real situation Of Collector BAiey's
fairs or he is very unfair in his comments MI
R.ilev is defsulter to the amount Of about
-7s0 ono the exact smount has not yet been /
ssoertsined.
As SOON rs it was known by his bondsnen that
he had aed the country, they informed the Sec
,st.rv Of the Treasury thai they would make the
,o,s Good without suit Since that time the gov
.-,,0snt b,r been examining into the affairs OF
Collector Bailey with view to sscertAining the
e,act amount of the loss. This requires time
hs,,nsa Of the immense number Of csses which
hove N he examined. 1t is thought by those
vino know whereof they speak, that Bailey ls
dsf,plter to the extent Of about S2O0,OOo ont
+, /, known that his bondsmen are sble snd
ready to psy every dollar that the Government
Inst l, Is true, as the Democrat ssys-'hs'
these bondsmen are mostly RepuoheAhs'
.bon,b Mr.. Bailey was always Democrat
,,,.;l the q dance Of blood - by his party IL
1sra turned him over to the Republicans In TINS
turn he showed good sense, and charity eompes
rs to incline to the belief thst bis recent ais-
honesty Is more the result Of earlier associations
than from any republican affinity
or course the government are out 10 I'M
+rns If half million OF dollars or more II,
neonle II the mean time are taxed alInos' ne OH1
afr oGdTr and the scsmps are allowed to 60
scot-trec
In this the Democrat is mistaken Inc gov
srrment does not lose dollar, thanks to the
Dromptness Of Nj BAiley's bondmen-
That the people are heavily taxed IS the result
If the democratic campaigns Of Davis, Lee
stopevau Jseksou and other prominent leaders
of ,b,t marty. The scamps " we're " aiioWea
=. -, ,,,, ree,, when Davis and Lee were
allowed to GO unhung
The iles Of blaming the Republican party be-
cause Bailey proved to be defaulter Is as
absurd IS it is to blame the whole OAthohe
church because some thieves and ysgsbonds in
New York attempted on the l2;h of July last
f, revive the carnival OF blood that once swept
the orotestauts from France.
The Democrat puts another conumdrum
VIII the republican papers who hSve such
lolv bo--or of Tammany. inform us where Law
renee. smother defsulter IN New York CITY, nov
il Whv are not his bondsmen prosecuted .
Whv does not the District Attorney DO ms du'y
Wby should 80 msuy detsulters be permli'el'l ON
time 10 time. 10 escape with heavy balances que
the government, and nc effort he mAde 10 ou''''u
the game.
an rot 8 republican paper, bat car give the
Democrat the information II seeks.
Lawrence los, bis money gambling with Ger
tain prominent democrats, whose names sre
familiar 70 the people because Of their having
written N. c. sitter their names He ia de-
f,ulter TO the tune Of s6o.o 900, but his b9nisnen
are ready to pay the same when esliei on 20 do
50
/ The District Attorney has not prosecuted the
bonismen because they rendered the amount Of
the cefs,ca,ion ST once. sni as they sre smong
the wealthiest merchants and bsnkers Of New
f York. one republican and fou- democrats, the
government would DO very wrong in bringing
suit when no suit i necessary. A. soon As
lawrence accounts aye made up the deficit will
he made NJ by the boudsmeu. 1t Is TO be re
GREETED that the Tamuany iedci. clEno, he inside
Up So easily.
Why should the people be 50 heavily taxed a.
they are 70 support and 70 encourage such cut
rageous and numerous rascsliiies
The Democrat mentions tlr5 cases-those O.;
Bailey and LAwrence-aud then mAkes the above
l.ehrym5se inquiry. This Is ike the ant crawl
M ur the side Of Salomous Temple and e1-
claiming as il came t9 slightly irregular sur
face. What mons.rous deiormity Is ihis
Let Solomon boist No longer Of the grandeur OF
symmetry Of lis Temple. 50 long Is this insight
" spot is here" Bl; when the people looked
al the Temple they thought its wonderful com
pIeteness as a whole WAS 81 that human ski
c,uld be expected to achieve.
Looking at the gigantic work Of the kepuoii
can party, It is wonderful how fortunate it ha'
been il the choice Of It's servants. 1t had to
stand between two fires, from 1861 10 1865. th'
armed democrats under Davis and Lee and th'
uuarmed but fully Ss dangerous democrats IN
der Yalaudigham. Wood, Seymour and others
The Republican party put down the baes-s'Ab-
hing democrats in New ork II STA, and c.eaDel
cut the armed democracy st Appomatox IN 500
and since that time has bent It's energies to th'
task Of paving the national debt snd giving
equal rights to al.
II We are heavily taxed, whose fault is It.
cost the taxpayers over =. 600 600 to put down
the New York riots 10 1863. It cost that city
over 100000 70 pay for the little pleasantriei
OF the democrats who burned orphan asylum
aud school houses. anl plundered stores, AM
hung negroes TO lamp posts, all becsuse the Re
publican party wanted more men to put down
the Democratic rebellion We lost millions
through Floyd the Democratic Secretary Of
War. who sent hundreds Of thousands Of mus
kets TO the South. 50 that the rebels could seiz'
them. We los; millions through Cobb, Demo
craft. Secretary Of the Treasury, who purposaiy
depreciated our securities and sent gold South tc
] be seized by the rehels- but MI '141 So
nothing with the Democrat; all thst remarksoi'
sheet csn mention s the aro Republican default
ers who fel the country II poverty, and VIII s'
bonismen pay every dollar Of their Losses e
that not one mill comes out Of the Taxpayers.
There sre undoubtedly corrupt officials 10 the
Republican party It would be strange if there
-. -. ,.i,5;r,. IN ;rs LIST as il does hal.
million Of officers Of Stste and Federal
Governments but ] venture to say that
the steslines Of all the Republicans
combined would not pay for the s. plaster
ing" Of the Tammsny Democracy. which
to the tune Of three million dollsrs and
over, wss spread On the walls Of ten srmories IN
New York. and which never cost over $4,000
D.