Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-08-16


tic most yillainously nasty weed that wa
ever permitted 70 grow.
! The Candidates Contrastsd-Th Duty O.
Young Voters
We aud IN the Rrti4al Herald forcible let
ter from an old and prominent citizen of Rutlsn,
Coua-r. Il :, addressed to tie Young Gentle
men Rutlsad County who are to cast their
l Firs, Lil'oi flr Pre,ilent Of the United StsteF
After sono wordr, imprcs,ing on his yOun.
friends the duty Of intelligent exercise Of HI
/ hrst tCty cf .he American citizen, he urges then
/ 10 read, before Clec,icn, gene Of the impcrtsn
I Lis.cricsl joeGments. bearing ca the question o
the rigb; of scoe,fion, such as Washington's iare
/ vel siJ.cst, Mr. Esdiacns letter TO Edward
Everett, Of Aucust. 1880. Mr. Webs:er's two
speeches or the Resolutions Of Mr.. Fooie, Of Con
noc:ie-;. il 1880, and nr Webster's reply tc
Vt Calhoun n 1883, speeches OF Mr.. Hlyne,
/ MIR. Cslhouu, kra other slceche, OF the late
orsc rs of di.uaion. and especially the writings
au3 speeches of Horace Greeley, now nominee OF
;he Democratic party fo- the Presidency. in
I which lie r,yutly s;iirms srl msiu!ains that
these " lal!iier. - h.i (.hi of coar,e now
hss,) fall and perfect moral right " to form
kn independent nation"
lie proceeds, "a follows:
/ Having resi this much yoa vii lie better
"pos'ed " than most Of your seniors, and will
nc: lie very likely 10 vote "a tae sscesh ticket,
hesiel by Horace Greeley, or suy other man.
In the prescnt presidential csnvIss. We have
/ before Us. very singular spectacle. At the
heal OF the Republican parry stands Gen Grant,
/ a Dsmac-1t Of tie cid s;hool, whore Democracy
wss never doubted. SCI is noF = Republican,
vkose sincerity ani feGliy his new relsticn il
/ beyond question 1t the head of the Democrats
party is Horace Greeley, : radical Whig Of the
oden time, and LITER LRepublicsn of the " most
straigh,eIt sect, >" snl Is the head Of the Liberal
f ReQuticSn party
1t IS conceded politically that Gen Grant II
,la ight msn in tie right place The szmo Il
u,t ccBceijd n rogsri 20 Nj. Greeley. Nature
I does lot admit of ere heSl being sufficient for
two distinct bodies Even tha SiAmere T~ius.
/ vh,se bodies ale jlincd, hsd 10 hsve tFc heads
and lisalc, iE,ercs.s ReyelSti1n q sgsiu.i 1t
50 No usu cza serve tgo us.ters.' " ei these
tFsin, 80 which = Air. Greeley gong to" bold
to. aai Shich deSpi.e o" Let US examine Mr..
Greeley little closer 70 learn tIc ra;urzi atsp-
tston Of Nr Greeley rs sprlicsb'e to HE 5eW
du,ics ana positions. Ap7rosch Ein On oae
t.le s1i he presents Tie gsuisl face of iieury
C.sy, aui h0ts out 10 yU- az admirable Csssy
ir favor of : protective tariff, 20 round TO ;he
oIroi.ie q Lil an ). Il telJii the ''i.ca nan,
the gfiu All terrible John c. Calhoun, the
/ prime mover Of TIE doctrine Of secession, and
--gs
meatur-s" 10 Keep any oonsiisraUe portion Z
cur Ca.-n iscu seeding Thich ,bal desire -
20 10 pass e. lie Republican tiie q hin, be
prlseuts you with the PhilSnrorhi1 face Of
Gerr.- Smith, snl has : Airl word s1i Cd
deed fr the oFfiosssd u al lsuds pass 70 tho
Democratic sue q lin Hud marx well The con-
trrst IS 90 presto change sqpesrt the sharp
sul vel. defined .eztIres q JEFF D.yis, who
through he " Medium H. g., - Insists upon let
ing tie Ccufeier&cv ego in peace, and lake
every l.sye zrl held the SANE in bondage til
tine shall te 10 lo7ger, Sui is low IN favor e
universal smuesty to every uurs7entsul rel
Lsulei reoyl in the land, sni IS he,i # the
Democratic psrtyi must now be conniyiug :; the
dt,rsnchisemeut of lie colo7ei people CT Get
Virginia, which .s nov being attempted by the
amuestiel reteis 4 thai state in the struggle
now heug Lsd over the constitution Of that
sjstc
Vel miy tie colo-ed people fear HorA,e Gree
ley. Four fsces on Cre body nay he turnel On
s pivot and c0nces, the chest, but il csuuo: tc
ic-e on tive lsrge bodies. I,two other bodies
can ie shoycl under tbis " -u-e head - Of H.
C. itIa'ELt saswer for "a idol to worship, and
it would not amount - ijol..ry, ;or there i' rc-
thing under heaven Ike the position which H1r-
ace Gree,ey s1i A.s tive p70teges nov occlry be
fore the World
Bat. ssy tie Democrats. 10 mXtter sb1u, tle
adaptation, cl parties Sni issues are g." dead
past" II the Democratic party is dead. Why are
they carrying this Democratic corpse .ni bug
qiag !; to tLer boson, All @hy i5e once manly
form u H.rsce Greeley down en- be mzrrow
bones before Us for fsvors which once he would
have scc-nei 10 ssk II dead. Why 10 they
not bury the ugly thing ' out Of sight? 10,
!; is rot d,&I, although il s,inkeih-ofs copper
head favor. Its playing desi 7oFsum Livery
vc;sry cf tie lost csuse baheves, s. You snl 10,
thSt-
.-Trutl ush,d 60 cath viii r.e again
The eternal e>ls ,l God src hers
I,ut error wounded. writhcs in pan.
Ari a.ed aLid her worahppers."
From suythir- you snd heard every mother 5
sou Of them regard the overthrow Of the l,st
csure ss " truth c-ushed'' by Grsnt, and their
confidence sni hope believe that in and through
Greeley, it will rise again" submit, ia it
fs.e TO keep Jeii Davis out ot the Presidency snd
put in bis bail az Prerijent? This being done,
Davis will triumph through Greeley On principle.
Chi fscio PER alum, facet per Sc - And had
rs lief " facet " in Davis IS 10 Greeley in sny
event Further, II is extremely hsz,rdou. to
experiment 4 this matter the people will tire
out some time, sni those who 10 &c; want
/ DAVIS hsi better vote for Gen Grant
How any f,ir-ninded man car bring him,ef
/ 70 hs'icve that il is the ''morsl right Of the
/ South TO seceie ard tskc the Locisisna pur-
/ oh,se. the FloriiS purchase and the Texas pur-
/ chsta without compensa';ou to tie North. snd in
/ direct violation of the Constitution Of the United
| States, ami the direct violation Of the farewell
| EiiTefs Of PRECEDENT Washington" psfses my
comprehension. The iles is either very sublime
OF very ridiculous Please DO not take suy stock
in ''the dead pkst - aEG dead issues. we'll
remember that in 1874 the Democratic rallying
CRY was "Polk Dallzs and the Tariff Of 1912. -
and in 1915 or 1916 this zane psmocr,,io par
ty repealed the tariff Of 1882 and chestei Penn
tylvana cut Of her vote. Trust no msa or par
ty that you know 10 be dishonest."
In 1874 the Old cry of coSliton helped defeat
Henry Clay. In 1916 Hon. W. c. Bradley pub
lshcd letter which cxonerated Mr. Csy from
this charge. Mr.. Benton believed the charge 10
be true. snd for thst reason alone was fierce
snd bitter opponent cf John Quincy Adsms'
/ administration, and tsid it was the duty OF
every honest nan to vote sgainrt man who
Was elected to the Presidency By g coalition,
when ,ome ore remarked that Mr. Adaus' sd-
ministration was pure. Alr. Benton replied with
eaergy, 81 DO not care if it is az pure ss the
Angels At the right hand Of the throne of God
il shall ccme DOWN, it wss TIC result Of cosli-
,ion, cir =" aal down it came
Mr.. Benton being dead, Democrat, in full
view CT TIE public Sre making coalition for =
oomproriise truck ard dicker candidate, whose
political status il . everything by turns and
nothing cng,' sni Ike the Irishm,n' e residence,
when asked where he vas from, replied,
From livery place but th'. snl Eoou from this -
And $; some time in his life, Mr.. Greeley
thought OF death and made his o"n spitaph, and
in it he thanked God he died in nothing debtor
TO The Democratic party, ard now he he, got TO
change bis e9itsph Sc be he, his polities and
srEoci.tee and lie buried on the Democratic eide
Of that political graveyard Of Presidential ss-
pirsute be h-s 30 much dreaded sni deprecated.
The cosltionists charge the Republicans with
ccntrsiizstiou First ask them to define what
they mean by the term then point cut where il
had been made msufest. They will ssy some
thing sbou; the ndministrstion Of the ku hluz
Of which Mr.. Greeley in common with the anti
slavery men Of the north were GO much in favor
think you will fail to find any centralizsticr
even by Democratic Eituetsts
The NEST substantial snd rcGEouabe aceuss
tion that have heard made VAS put forth By q
Greeley lawyer He sad in the presence o.
some thirty persons, that Grant had stolen tive
hundred and fifty thoussnd dollars and taken il
to North Carolina to buy votes With. | asked
him how Gen. Grant eouli 10 it He sn,wer.
ed thus, "you tell'' | told him could not
Then he said, II mus. admit Cen. Grant was
thief ~ s.xed him where be got his infcr.
mat:on1 lie said ''he read i, in the Albany
.4rggs," |; ia raid = thief is very apt 20 cry
thief [, nay be well TO Observe whom the New
York T-mm.nv .hisvet >rd other thisxs- sur.