Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-08-23

The rsrer which thu, caricstu-es ,ic I,'tl
re1pe, is the Bennington Free Pros. 2 i4.nor
organ Of the Greeley party
At a corner ru4 hole ia tAi; village, te7sral
Grant meetings are led each week. The speak
ers sic full Of The ipirit about 9 O'Clock il the
evening, and mounted en- : kag @. beer they
hsrxuEue the crowd. At one Of these ree;inqs,
list week, the writer tcok uo,eE, and this Wss
tie substance @: the speech " Be j.bes (hic)
GineTsl Grsnt saved tie country. (h.c,) and
boipe1 US build a railroad. (hic,) and if We
y,ie FOR the Ginsral, (hicl sure al he'll niyer
60 bSck on 10 (hic) 1rsinor says if we vote for
Grsnt, (hic,) be jsLtcr, (hic) he'll pty our
bonds DIED Boys Let's have a drink,
(hic)'
THs PBEmEST OF D5vGLAss AND SUMNER.
On Thursday last, the President freely s1d
calmly engsgei IL clnyerfstion with reversl Of
bic frierds chiefly or politics topics, from which
1t arpesrs he a satisfied with the situation $, re-
gtrjs himself When questioned IS to the
alleged slight 70 Frederick Douglass, he replied
that il Douglas did lot complain because he
WAS net invited by him to dinner, he did rot sec
Why Senator Sumner Should exhibit snxiety sli
indignation upon the subject. The simple fact
WAS that the CommiEEion5rs, with their Sccre-
tsry, having called to submit their report, he
invited them tc dinner with him. Frederick
Douglsss not teiug with the Commissioners, he
did not at the time think Of him, nor of others
who accompanied the expedition; but If Sisel
and Douglass hsd been With the Commissioners.
they would have been included in the invita-
ton to dinner, which wsg formal snd private,
having no ofi;isl significance whatever.
The President expressed his surlrile that so
much should be raid shout an immaterisl mat
ter, one that merely concerned his own house
hold The President remarked that no public
business is neglected fy his sbseuce from wash
iGgton, IS he attends 10 it at Long Branch His
coming hsck to Washington was not sbso.utclg
necessary for that purpose The Executive man
sion hsr been for scme time past undergoing ex-
tensive repairs, It being in come parts, including
those occupied by the Presidents family, in an
untensntabe condition, the plattesing oftte ESlls
etc, and the roof being in a lesky condition.
The Conversation turned on the report Of Senator
Sumner to the eject that Greeley isl better
AttiA 10 tLt b+aNh il4aI NnAl pEttlutEL dFdNks
the President replied be never pretended to be,
as be had repeatedly said, Al original Abolition
let, but lie favored emancipation sc =
war measure. When this was secured he
thought the ballot thould be conferred
to make the gift complete snd to
place those who had been liberated il the full
possession Of the rights Of free men. His views,
however On the subject Of slavery, were well
known, as expressed in letters to Mr. Wsshburne
snd others, sud extensively published, and hence
this was nOt a matter FOR dfpute. In the courte
Of the conversation he said, that while Presi-
dent should be in accord with the leading princi-
pies Of the party that elected him, it Wat essen
tial that he thou.d enforce the lsEs which may
be enacted and administered by the government,
not in the intereft Of party, but in those Of the
entire country. While he had no unkind words
TO utter concerning Senator Sumner, he was
perfectly wiling to place his &cts sgsinstSenStor
Summers words, and in this connection. he said
thst Sumner did not thow himself such
coed friend TO the black men as
be proltssej to be, when he was not
willing TO have civil rights bin stand on
its own merits, requiring only s msjOrity vote,
but insisting on bill Of ais own, IN amend
ment to the amnesty bill, which could not be
passed without msjority Of tWo-thirds Car
penter's civil rights bill, however. was passed
during the absence Of Senator Sumner, and, as
the facts show, much to his surprise The
PRECEDENT also said it will be seen by the Con-
gressi0Rai Globe that Senator Sumner did not
vote st all on the joint resolution recommending
the ratification Of the fifteenth amendment to the
constitution Of the United States This amend
ment, tince ratified, provides that the right of
citizens OF the United states to vote shall not be
denied or abridged By the United States, or by
any State, on account Of race, color, or private
condition Of servitude, and Congress IS entrusted
with power to enforce this article by sppro-
priste legislation. Sumner, the President Eaid,
lodged vote on this joint resolution.