Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-08-02
FUT nc ITel Iflss IN I lIlIl
Mr, Greeley as a Secessionlst.


Mr.. Greeley Lac teen charged with fsgosing
the doctrine of secesrioa, IL critical period o.
The ration's history, when the South var pTofA--
ing TO tske itsslf cut Of the hated Union. That
the reader mEy Judge f5r himself how much
ja,tioe there il in the charge, We here copy from
the Tribune the substantial par. Of IN editorial
headed " B0rars Of Treason" which appeared
in that paper Of Dec. Is. 1850. Undertaking 20
define what is treason ard What il not, Mr..
Greeley 5sii IN that article:
- citizen may dep1ec.te the Union, curse e..
plot agaiaa q, yet commit no legal offence, sud
live under the fdll protection Of the laws
Nor is il treason for state to hate the Ugiln
aaiGsk Us disruption A state whole section
may cease to regard the Union az a blight on lis
prosperity and be fully jHtufci IN seeking iis
dissolution. And in spite Of adverse c!smor,
ace insist that, If erer third or cren fourth
Of fhsse states shsll have deliberately concluded
that the Union il injurious to them, sni that
their vital interests require their separation from
1t, then they lriH hare q perfect riga' g. seek
such separation, and should they 90 SO 5ritf reG-
sona5le patience and due regard for the fights
and interests Of those they leave behind, We shall
be gaiifei, their demand conceded"
The reader csc judge for himself What would
be tie encc; Of such sentiments appearing ia the
n !. Tribune.
Another Tribune editorial Of Nov @, 1860,
contained snolg other characteristic u,ierances
VI II. G, these We hold with jefferson 70
tie inslieusbe right Of communities to sitter or
- rs.k
oppressive OF Injurious, and If the cotton states
shal become satisfied that they can do better
out Of the Union thsn in it, we Insist on letting
hea go in peace. The nigh: to tecede may lie
4 revolutionary enc. but it exists nevertheless
aud We do not see how one party can have
right 70 do what smother party has right TO
prevent
We must ever resist the sEsectei right Of Any
State to remain in the Union and nullliy or defy
the lave thereof, 20 riMdrGu from itl Union
i Qnite smother matter.
and whenever sny considerable SECTION Of our
Union shall deliberately resolve to 20 out. we
thsl resist all c1erciye measures designed to
KEPT in. But while We thus upheld the
prsctics liberty ii not the abstract right Of re-
ctssion We must insist that the step be taken. if
Il ever shall lie, with the deliberation and gray
lily betting so momentous an issue
The act Ct recession be the echo Of IN uumistsk-
able popular fat. A Judgment thus rendered,
demand foI terarsticn - backed would either
be scquiescei in without the effulioa q blood. OF
these who rushcd upon carnage 20 defy OF defeat
II would plkce themselves clearly IN the wrong
Afr reading these citations from Mr.. Cree
ley't writing. in the era Of Sseeraion sz;tation
which ed to the rear Of Rebellion, rny Rspub-
lican h5erGl o. otherviEe can decide the oues-
lion whether Mr. Greeley waf then any lcss
secestionist in the abstract, than lie is nov in
fact the candidate Of seoeuicnists They know
their man, Who justified " Deliberate" recsssian.
Many good uen Of both parties, after tie var
allowed themtel7es to say, IS 10 doubt they
thought, vel, secession it dead now, cure, fer
ell tine that pestilent doctrine which has
lead to thst horrible rebellion will not again
show Itself for this century &; least. it viii not
agre shoW iiself Lit Us not be TOO confident. IN
ihe'e tine, Of fast things and great uprisings, it
is not hest TO prophecy what caraof he. The
prrciplCr Of State.rghis cent work out sudden
u Ike hep beer. I, tock the CID Virginia doc
trne Estate rights shout sixty or teventy wears
to rpen into rebeli.on. Tbs same Old principle
istihl eheFithed more or less, all over ana
through the late theatre Of It's workings and not |
little ia all rs.;s Of the Union. Il j, express-
ly svovei snd adopted 4, an article Of f.itb in
the cineinnsti platform. and Of course has 81 /
Ntys been cardinsl item in the Democratic
creed.
When he'd in true equilibrium, State rights
are a" Tigaii but when they .Ie interpo,ed
against the execution Of National law., laws ne
cesfary TO the interests and even existence If
,hei Nation itself,'tis then the iniquity snd the
CANCER becomes manifest to every true st.te.-
man The States have many rights, the Nation
n" fishh' but none more tslfeyident and in.