Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-08-09

country, he would owe hie eiecueH einoe AZ La
case Their, would be added to the natural and
logical necessity which compels president to
sustain the party which sustains him, the hatred
which turncoat and renegade always bears to
bis old ssscci.tes and to the party which failed
to reward his thirst for Office.
Now the party which would cleo, Mr. Greeley,
il elected, is the democratic party. Ninety-hve
If his supporters, out Of every hundred, are
democrats. As the pamphlet circulated at Bal
tinore, in Mr.. Greeley behalf, said when a
! glass Of w..e- is put into barrel of whisksy,
/ the mixture i, not water, it is lrhisksy. In
/ other ways and places the democracy Gifco'e
the fact that they rhsll consider Mr.. Greeley's
election, if it takes place, purely democratic
victory We have before US, in Georgia paper,
the proceedings Of the Democratic State convtn-
ton Of that St.te, held at Atlanta on the 24th
ult = formal proposition, submitted by CON-
mittee of the libersls" to unite with the DEM
ocrat,l "and place in the field enc electoral
ticket giving you 1.-THE democrsts) the prepon
derance upon the ticket to which. your superior
strength entities you," was rejected. The DEM
ocrais expressed their willingness to accept the
support of;he Liberals, but declined to trest them
as equals or to give them single name on their
electoral ticket And the liberals swallowed the
insult. and announced thst " while unable to
appreciate the hbersity Of the invitation to
unite with the democracy OF the State without
representation on the ticket" they would still
support the Greeley ticket 50 without regard to
the political opinions ofindividual electors" Is
there any doubt that in Georgia, at least, the
succer, Of the Greeley and Brown ticket would
be return Of the Democracy to power, Ia
another column Of the same paper, ne md the
declaration thst if the [iemocraticl party we're
strong enough to elect ticket Of it's own. [.s
the writer has been trying 70 proyel it certainly
can If all its members stand by its color')
/ elect Greeley and Brown, AMI then it Ihall be
prepared hereafter to stand independently by il
| self
This is true everywhere. The democrats,
/ North and South, accept the sid Of the liberals,
simply tina; hereafter they may " stand indie
/ peulently." Thus the Glen, Falls, n. Y, Re
pu5iica4-the democratic paper Of that place
rays
" There lie to be 4 change Of policy, Of "A
ministrstiou, Of Congress A Democratic Con-
gress will come next. We shall then have
restoration Of constitutional Government. lie it
worth while to itsnd any longer lzmenting and
complaining about the instruments used 10 &C
compli-h THE great result l''
Everybody knows what " constitutional gov
ernmeut" means in the mouth Of an old line
democrat. 1t means the restoration Of the De
mooracy to power, srl the reyerial Of all the
fruits ofTepublicsn asoendency, 80 lsr as such
reversal lies within the power OF interruptions
snl rockies, men. What are the results to he
Spprehenlci IN suoh contingency nay be IL
ferrei from the testimony Of Mr. Ihom" Hart
well. for come years City Attorney Of Detroit,
Mich, snd ever an active Democrat, who hsu
recently returned home from seven months'
tour IN the Southern States, and who declares
ths,, in his opinion, " the safety Of the country
absolutely demands tie reelection Of President
Grant" The Impressions be brings back are
thus stated by the Detroit Pos.
e.. have Travelled Al! over the South, 80 ne ,aii,
" and you have no idea mere in the North Of the
bad condition Of things there. The Southern
ex-reAc elements are all ripe fer smother revolu-
ton, or shy other scheme by which they can &c
venge tn emselves upon the North anu the Gov
ernment They are bitter And dangerous since
the nomination Of Greeley. They curse the
North, curse ths blacks. and curse the Govern
ment with bitterness yCu have no iiea %. sui
threaten vengeance when they regain power,
which they expect 10 DO through Gree,ey's etc-
ton"
AgAiatt evidence Ike this Of which plenty
can be found, the opinion Of Mr.. Forney, whose
paper if .ot known to Us to he 50 one Of the most
powerful Of Administration oresus" but on the
contrary IS very doubtful friend OF the Al
miListrston, and who has been suspected for
months to he in secret league with the Greeley
men, is Of very little account
We have submitted in sceorlsule with our
corre,poudeuts request, some Of cur grounds Cor
the conviction, that he while he remains in bic
present compkny, is working consciously or IN
consciously Tor the restoration Of democratic
supremacy, and Of the supremacy @ the worst
elements Of th., p,rty-the bitter rebel sni the
thoroughly corrupt elements, Represented by
Jeh Davis ami Bill Tweed
To some Of the reasons for L contrary belief
expressed by him, We may reply smother Day
prraw.Ry .ND Urus1y Canal CoMPANr-
This rich sul powerful. company If enc Of the
most ,c;ive, enierprising, ro-iheAi oompsaies in
;hf country. In addition to thi, cans, it is
leasing or building railroads in al possible ii-
rections IN order 10 sd TO the value sui prodts
Of their immense coA' mines in iennIylyani.. .
Some two yelrt since it leased the Albany and
SlIgueh,nna railroad LSst yes- they leased
the Rensselaer, and SsrstogS Railroad and 10
braucbet. List week they entered into = cor
tract TO build railroad, thirty miles in length. /
from Whitehall 10 Port Henry. in order TO resch .
the famous iron mines Of ths, locality. A few /
days since taey leased FOR ninety-nine years, the .
Schenectady sni Susquehsnus RNilroai This .
road will enable the company to establish an
other large coal depot At Schenectady Next /
yez- they will build railroad extending from .
Port Henry to R5use's Point When the road '
finished in 1874, people can 60 from Albany TO
Montreal, without any change of cars, aud
without g-rg through any portion Of Vermont.
So says the Troy Press.