Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-10-04

:. far. ~ Grant and Wilson flag have
been flung % tie breeze in Boston.
Ii J., asserted that the mathematical prodi-
eic- Of the World and Tribune are huslly
engaged on an article, % be published next
week. t. prove that the vote for Hartranit
In PENNSYLVANIA viii De the real test Ot the
Grant and Greeley strength lu the state
H1rfford Co-rGat
The students If Willi~,1u Seminary at
Ea-thampt0n, Mas, have suspended from
a gymnasium beam flag. consisting OF a
skull and cro~-houe-, with the inscription.
" Horace died Nov. .. l772-
The coalitioni~tS are making desperate eff
forts TO carry Indiana. Hopeless Of We
tory above beard they are re-1rting 10 the
colonization trick. taking their material
from Kentucky. The republicans Of lndl-
ana are on the alert, and the fraudulent
voters will be- yigilantly tracked and RESP
lutely spotted at the polls
Ex-senator Henderson is doing woman
service for the Republican cause IN Nilsson
ri He Is -tumpiug the State, and is greet
81 lv large and enthusiastic audiences
wherever be speaks Meantime the coali-
tilni~ts are quarre.lng over their candidates
for Conerc=-. the " Liberals claiming
the lions share.
And now David Wiimor, OF Wilmot
proyiso fame. is paraded 81, a supporter
Of Greeley and Brown Mr.. NiImot died
some years ago.
Judging from the similarity Of the politi-
cal =. straw" the coaliti0nists do not pa
tronize railroads and steamboats, tl any
| considerable extent,
Senator Howe predicts thas Grant and
Wilson majority in Wisconsin will not be
less than twenty thousand.
The indianapolis Journal says Dan. Voor-
hes intellect Is as tragmentary rs his
character. 1t has come To him in patches,
and been pieced together ike an old-fash-
Toned quilt Sometimes he receives an I'M
pression-he never had an idea-througb
one patch. and sometimes through another,
and his opinions vary with the patches.
II G.. harp, unyaryingly on ''reconcilia-
tion. q" which means. in his case. demand
that JEFF Davis and John c. Breckenridge
and the men who sought TO carry pestilence
and the incendiary's torch into Northern
cities during the war. shall be honored
above loyal men while the ku-kluX law and
kindred measures To protect the colorcd peo-
pie in the South shall be repealed.
The coalition papers are expending much
venom upon the head of the gallant General
Burnside. and veterans who have heretofore
smypathized with the movement find in this
course ample occasion 10 rally in support of
their old comradc Let Mr. Grealey call of
his dogs; having ut Burnside won't pay.
Apropo+ of Greeley loquacity in the
present campaign, q contemporary publishes
this anecdote Of President joint Adams
Not long before the death Of the elder
Adams. he paid a visit To the old Cradle of
Liberty. Faneni Hall. for the purpose of
| inspecting picture of Washington then
recently painted by Stuart After gazing
upon the portrait for some minutes in 81
| lence. he said "Ah, gentlemen, Washing
ton was wise man; he knew when to talk and
whsn to be dumb. bat that id foal'-tap-
| ping with his cane a marble hust of himself
never could keep his mouth shut -
=. Stlaight-out democratic nominations
are very common, and bid fair TO make of
voting Il disagreeahle basineSs for the Gree
| leyites. because certain II be even worse
| than useless. There are sdch tickets for
electors in Connecticut. Illinois and Indiana
and in other States and in Indiana there i
a State ticket of that kind, the existence OF
which may have considerable effect on the
| sth of October. With autumn come in
| creasing indications of the fail Of Greeley
| ism, which Is dropping, and viii drop with
Noyember's leaves. yellow. and done
| brown"
The y. Y. Tribune thinks its political
| friends are trusting - too much to the drift
of the current" If it is right, its friend.
are an uncOmmonly trusting lot, for - the
| drift of the current - Is taking them over
| Niagara II Boston Irdrelicr.