Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-09-20

The London Times Of August 20 has a shTswi
editorial on American politics. which notes The
90 declining chances" OF Mr.. Gresley, and the
"ebb Of tide which fer time ran in bis favor"
1t &" does not sffeot to iissambe its satisfaction
at the probability Of Gen. Grants rc-elecii5u.
In this connection it says
at proves that there is, IS We have oi,el
maintained, sound core Of common senSe in the
American people. Who Tust be distinguished
from the noisy representatives Of their opinions,
from whoee tyranny tie common sense OF the
nation is, indeed. always struggling to free itself
There is from this point Of view something en-
coursging in the evidence that comes to uI from
across the Atlantic Of attempts to sster, their
own independence By massss Of eitizsns who are
accustomed to submit to their selt-e0ustituted
leaders more implicitly than subjects submit to
aatocrats When Mr.. Greeley's name was frs;
sgreed upon st Cincinnati there was general
expression Of opinion that his nomination con-
tained to many elements Of shsurdity TO be Sc
riously p1e7sed. Then followed the interval
when the organizers of tt party put forth all
their power to reprsss dissent from the platform
snd the ticket they hsd agreed upon, and
elaborate calculations we're indusiriously circu-
listed to prove that the combinations in support
Of Greeley must insure the object they hal most
I
hnve not been, and could not be, permanently
successful. The character of Mr.. Horace Gree
lev is too well known His rsshness Of judg-
ment and his looseuess Of speech are notorious
from eud to end of the Union. He has faculties
which have been OF good service to the nation,
and may be used again TO its advantage, but
| they mus, be employed in sphere far different
| from that to which he Eow sspires. The Presi-
| dent is the Chief Magistrate Of the American
| Union, and who csn think without smile CT
/ Horace Greeley SIS q magistrate at all man
who would be magistrate should keep guard
upon his tongue he should be firm in the opin-
| ion upon which be has resolved, but he should
not form it until be hss weighed all that could
be urged for or against it the desire Of justice
should possess him, and his actions should be
ruled by THE instinct Of self respect. All this
Mr.. Greeley is not. He is the very reverse Of it.
He ia defective where be ought to abound, and
he sbounds where he ought to be defective
SENATOR CoxKLIyG on VERMONT ELECTION. -
In speech at great Republican meeting at
Troy, on Wednesday evening, Hon. Roscoe COnk-
ling said
Six weeks ago no state had voted. North
Carolins (cheers) had not voted, Kentucky had
not voted. Its people in Fayette county and IN
Louisville have since voted, and in that strong
Democratic state they have repudiated the coali-
ton. Vermont (tumultuous cheering) had not
voted. Yermont-sye you may well applaud
where there are moie New Yorki7ribuRes taken
in proportion to the population than in any state
in the Union, has voted recently. The canvas
was the most exciting known in years. The
coalition fought as hard as it could. Every de-
vice of political legerdemain wss resorted to
everything thst " Liberslism " could do BY
fair means and foul was done, and what is th'
resulf
A voice-26,000. (Cheers)
Mr.. Conkling-The stsr that never sets mount
higher in the zenith. (Applause.) Twenty-siI
thousand majority Vermont is the yard sticl
to measure the Presidential canvass. If, in tha
Tribune reading state, Mr.. Greeley and thos
, who are with him in the coalition cannot max
J sn inrosd upon the Republican party. pray tel
me, if you can, where, from the Lake states t
those Of the Gulf. is the Greeley menagerle t
look for gainsl In the light of that vote fron
Maine which hope to read to you this evenini
before finish, the coalition fabric is shrinkin
like burning parchment, and you may read VIC
tory on the blazing forehead Of the political sky
Loud sppl,use-)