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

We uricrstsni our covTe'r uient's remark
J that be ir enc who is e willing 60 adopt correct
yiew.. 20 be IN expression Of willingness to be
convinced thu. he is wronr. A. ,uoh his CON-
munieaton j. entitled TO respectful attention
AL reply. He il also one Who " vi,hes TO see
republican principles perfetuitei' IL this he
| differs from most Of theliberals. The great ma
iority Of that faction care nothing for republican
principles. Their attachment to those princi-
rles and to the psrty organization which sus-
t,ins them, cessei'wheu they discovered that
they were not as highly appreciated a. they
thought iacy ought to be, ia that party The
managers Of the liberal party-h it is night to
call that party which il : mere tender 10 an
other psriy-ani their NOMINEE for president, de
Hberstely coa7pirei to destroy tac party which
has neglected to ,ufiiitntiy reward their sIhe-
tioa to it. They are now in constant collision
with the de,aocsatr, tske their orders from the
democrats. are more democrat thsn republican
in sill their desires sDl Fymp,thics, aud do not
openly ion tie democratic party, simply be
cause by maintaining sepsrste name and or
ganization they can toll Slong sni arAN over to
the support Of the democratic party and its
nominee. such .nen as cur correspondent, who
really desire .'to perpetuAtc republican princi-
Pies and would rtsr; back from plain and d.
rect support Of corrupt, desperate and dsn-
gerous party.
Gone Of the signcrs" does not rec that the
L" liberar' movement is scheme to restore the
democratic party to power. Let him stop and
consider who controls thst movement. The sin
eere and honest men At Cincinnati hsd nothing
their own way The men who made Mr. Gree
ley the nominee, were Frank Blair and certain
"T.mmany republicans The men who forced
the democratic party to accept him were the
southern democrats, assisted By TAmmsny. Now
WHY we're these l.Wlcss and corrupt elements
united in the election Of Mr.. Greeley Was it be-
cauie they de,ired to reward the man to whom
our correspondent, overrating his services and
forgetting the frequent dsmsge done to the re-
publican cau,e by Mr. Greeley, siys the repu5-
licsn party has been most indebted for its sue
ce,s? Do JEFF Davis and Toombs and Vance
and Semmei snd Tweed and Sanders {" desire to
see republican principles perpetuated p Can
any calm and Intelligent man doubt that they
took Mr. Greeley because they knew their man,
and knew that through him they could secure
power, and do the utmost damage to republican
principles We have not 4 particle Of doubt
that their advocacy of Greeley was due 20 Sc
cret AMI shameless trade, in which Mr.. Greeley
agreed to become their tool, to do his utmost to
restore their party to power, and in the event Of
SUCCESS to parcel out the Offices to them and give
TO them the control Of the u s. Treasury and
of the departments, which they had previously
counted on securing through the immense cor
rupt;on fund, which Tsmmsny, before its down
fall. yss to accumulate and use for the coming
election.
Again president must represent the party which
elects him. Gen. Grant had never acted with
the republican party, before his election, aud the
of5,e WAS rendered to him unsolicited and with
out pledges on his part. Yet he h.s been faith
full and true republican president. as nobody
doubted that he would be. How much more
certain il it that Mr. Greeley would carry out
the views and purposes of the party TO which,
if the calamity of its success were total on the