Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-04-26

Ehe papers in noticing Gen s,.ulari's ieiAlcs-
uon. DO go universally IN kindly tone towards
the General The So, A,bans Messenger ssys
.'Hsw 10 account for the losses-that is, spoci-
i.iaIv. ig difficult, bat % account for them in a
general way is not difficult The General has
been much in the society Of politicians Snd ex-
army otn,ers, who hsye been free lyers, sspeci-
ally when at bis expense. he Is = generous heart
/ el map, snd knowing that his income was cor
liierst.e, be has uot heststei to be liberal OF
T c.urJe su the detsIs Of bic accounts have teen
ke9, by sutJriinstos, and il is even said that the
/ General was so engrossei with the Aiministra-
ton Of the general stairs Of the office as not 10
+ even stop to add the balance sheets to know biz
standing Those who know him best are pre-
Fare1 to believe this, for they know him to be As
pub,ic-s piritel he VS., brave and SIS careless
be is honest
II went into bankruptcy az soon as be resiz-
ell bis situation, in order that his numerous in
ves,ments may be liquidIted for the benefit Of
his creditors. His b0ndsmen are Hon. R. H.
lloyt of 81. Adams. sni Col. L. B. Plat Of Bur
lngton. Ia bankruptcy the governments 8
IeI.errei creditor. 70 il is probable the bSl viii
Lot be required TO raise a very big amount to
make the government good. They are abundant
lT responsib e, 60 the government will loose
nothing. Whatever harsh criticism snyhoiy.
ior political or other reasons, may pas upon
Gen S;lnusri, now that he is down, he has
frankly shown his hand, and msnfuiiy stays to
face the music; sud next to the sorrow Of his
own fsmily will be that Of the Vermont soldiers,
who knew the General and loved him, and who
viii not now desert him, nor permit his fatality
10 politics to obscure nor even bedim the lustre
81 Do s I
theatre Of var
The Rutland Herald says
While the large circles Of his friends. which
z-e not confined TO the State, deeply regret the
circumstance, yet they deem it an omission Of
duty rather than crime-sud thst there is no
cali for bitter personal denunciation as often
tines is the case in tuch instances 1t is but the
results Of an extravagsnt life and liberal cour-
tesy towards friends. flowing from generous
nsture and liberal heart without criminal in
tent, and Is one Of those exceptional cases that
sppeals 10 the charity Of his fellows rather than
condemnation. Gen. STANDARD has, ami will
continue to have, w&rm personal friends, who
will sympsthise with him in his misfortunes,
while they regret and condemn his mifdeeds
The Vergennes VermoHter ssys:
The astounding intelligence thst Gen. Geo J.
Stsnnsrd, Collector at Burlington, Is de-
isu!ter to the amount Of $4,000, will strike
our readers with the deepest regret lis war
record Was the pride Of our State, and all felt
3 personal regard for the armed soldier, and
we're delighted at bis preferment. We fear there
is a lesson back of all this which our young men
should study carefully.
The Springfield Republican says
Too free living and general open-handed dis
tributon of money not his own seem to have
been the trouble with Gen. Stsnnard as with go
many government officers who have the handling
OF money. Gen Stannard won fine reputation
as a soldier during the war, and 1t is very sad
that it should be tsrnishe1 in this way.
The Democratic papers Of course blame Grant,
as they do for every thing that has happened
since be w.s President. The Burlington Demo
crat says;
With the expression of sympathy for Gen.
Stannard, in the above article, from the
FREE PREis1 all will unite. for he was uni
versally liked But sympathy must not cover
up dishonesty Scarcely day passes but from
some section of the country comes the report OF
embezzlement Of public money. In every case
the unfortunate man has friends who know that
he did not intend 10 do wrong. This case Is IN
our midst and we must look it square in the
face, and see where the trouble lies. We say
the Administration is directly responsible for
this malfesssnce, az well as for most Of like
cases