Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-09-20
From the hnoxNillo ChrOnlcl'
Highly Appropriate.
MODEL GREELEY RE.oLUTIoSs.


JThereas, The millennium has dswned snd
the wolf is lying down with the lamb, and the
lion is eating straw like an OK, and the aboli-
tionists and fecces,ionists march un tr the IN
flag. and the radicals and rebels walk armare
arm, and the free-trsders snd protectionists eat
cheek by jowl, and the Irish and negroes es
out of the same dish, and Horace Greeley and
JEFF. Davis sleep in the same bed, and the suck-
ing child is playing on the hole Of the asp, and
women vote and ride s-strsddle, and every
thing is lovely and the goose hangs high; there
fore,
Resolred, l. That inasmuch as the time has
come for all men TO eat dirt and turn somer-
ssults, and no man thinks what he ssys, or be-
lieves what be thinks, we unanimously recog-
nize the absolute equality Of men, including ne
gToss, women and Chinese that we believe
mules ears are as short shorse's. and thst the
leopard can change his spots. and that the ne
gro is man and brother; snd having Slgsys
favored his admission to the ballot box, We now
welcome him to the sosial circle, having some
thing of an idea that all the world was born of
monkey, that things sre not what they used
to be, and that there is great deal Of upside
downed-ness and down-side upwsrd-ness, and :
bewildering mixei-up-ative-ness generally.
Resolced, 3 That being in grest doubt
whether the rebellion failed or succeeded, and
not being certain whether Grant or Lee surren-
dered at AppomAtox, and being Of the opinion
that the South was either right or wrong, and
that the North was either wrong or right, and
that neither was either TO hurt, We are unsnI-
mously in favor Of hitting by-gones be by-gones,
of burying the s.nrs and stripes in the same
grave with the stars and bars, and Of mixing
three parts Of "Dixie' with two Of " Yankee
Doodle" and of marrying the Union eagle to
the rebel buzzErd.
Resolved, T. That being liberal party, we
favor liberality in al things in politics snd in re-
ligion, in virtue and in temperance, giving per-
feet freedom to all, freedom to men, and free-
dom to women, oTiticizing no ones action; par
doning an occasional clean thiIt and washed
face; neither averri1g that there il heaven nor
yet denying thst there is q he'll; holding the Al
mighty in proper respect, st the same tine not
forgetting cur old friend Satan; believing thSt
nothing iB up or down, but that everything ia
standing or sideways, snd in .ll things, holding
very fast with one hand but altogether letting
20 with the other.
Resolvsi, 4, That the Contribution as i, is is
better than the Contribution SIS il was; that the
Bible Is ell very well in its place, tu; the Book
Of Mormon il newer, and the writings Of Con-
fucus older, and every msn is master Of his
own conscience and conduct, and hEs a right TO
make 8 god 10 suit hlmtef; that free Ehlskey
and universal ignorance, coupled with free love
and universal salvation, make earth a paradise,
and heaven o.rtaiaty; but that, nevertheless.
all things are turned round, and the times are
out Of joint, every straight ro&I is crooked, the
earth turns backward or its axis, men waltz
zigzag, and their brains are topsy turvey, the
world ia all beHitehed, and a Wonsn is the
coming man.
Resolrei 3. That inasmueh az Juiss iseaTi9t,
though once wicked man, siterEard became
an Apostle, and uasmuch Es Benedict Arnold
shed blood in defense Of American liberty, and
inlimuch as JeierJon Davis wss nominated,
we are heartily in favor Of Horace Greeley, be-
lisving as we 10 that the Democracy il not dead,
but sleepe,h, sEd that sll roads, from Greeley 60
to Grant; that Greeley Ess an original .boli-
tionst and .n aboriginal seccFriouisi that the
Abolitionis,s sad sccessionists llWAys worked TO
the tsme enl, sni their present combination Is
only renewal OF past cooperation, AMI wonder
ful viii it be in the eyes Of all men when the arch
enemy Of the Ku-Klux becomes their chief esp
tain, when the prince Of protection becomes the
king Of free trade. when the ohsmpion Of teul-
porsuce bear the banner Of the bAr-room tusi-
nes,, lni Satan leads the hosts Of hesven. Then
truly shall the ast be ifst, for gresi is ihc mgt
tsry Of Greeleynefs.