Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-08-02
Thai Letter Of Acceptanee.

We publish Mr.. Greeiey's formal letter Ct &C
oeptspce q the Baltimore nomination. There is
nothing new in thin greeting To the Democracy
s.vea more pronounced declaration for universal
.nnesry snI al uascsaly a,tsos ou New England
Iessase TIC Senator from that beuiehtel section
Och. Ua.en v.uli ret vo.e to admit Z North
C.-.ifasrs.ei &c asest ia tine Slns.s, 20 which
I-are4 Safe law declared him ineligible.
Mr.. urecley really ,auZ-a.uistes tire Democrats
r.-ir "a having lone sc The INST ahscIl thing
,fvhi.a be "e,er heard or read 20 Wit On
Aav:r. .zk.n L.u. % mor; decided enemy q
that psIty. even IN Us mort respectable sspeci,
a.. the bet Deu,ctatic candidate TO iua
.r..ast Genera, CRAM for Precedent" Ihese
were his sentiments s year ago, end they are
his sentiments today. and he practically tsgn;f
tie Democracy 4 ths very letter Of acceptance
with having taSen him riaply because they could
90 nothing e,se But though still claiming to
be Republican. Nr. Greeley's letter makes
him representative Democrat. He believes
t. "the amialle intentions q the reteis"
ard theref.re has right 20 rely or the
h5ss;y support Of BE Ku-Kluz. whore "fPirit'
he o'ee sssurej Us in tie Tribune "ttl lives
81 tae South Ard is very formidable
the more we see OF Mr.. Greeley in Lie
position az presidential candidate, the lees
dctslst5.c becomes his scsnialous treschey-
Es letter # acceptance is but prof that
Al ah=Hra-
I'll sympathy for Governor Vance Of North
Car5iia,; aud Lis fling at New England. nov
Who is Gov. Vance Let an eminent citizen Of
North Carolina, Judge Tourgse, answer. n
recent sresch st BccEes,er, y. !, be thus de-
scrisc5 tie career Ct Vance IS Governor Of that
STATE during the rebellion:
He became 1ntcrirt-hun.e- al 3 Y man
ioriur5r. Within the limits Ct my Owl dwell
lag place there can to-dsy be found forty
women confined for weeks within Al open Zen By
tic orders Of this m.n, and il the ZANE county
delicate women were tortured by their thumbs
icing placed beneath fence rails, while brave he
roes rat upon the rails in majestic care; snd tEls
man vas the suthor e there ontrzges. Tie T-s
the uza who sGii be would fight the Yankees
until he'll iroza over ami then die OF the ice. he
propls,i 10 nj he'll 20 full Of Yankees
that their feet would stick out Of the window
lie il the mSn who, in 1865, before The safe
Convention Of his party, declared that when
they got hold Of power in North CarolinS, it
would be lesa tolersbe for Raqublcsnism there
than for Solom and Gomorrsh in the Day Of
judgment lie il WAS Who sad only lat spring
that the Confederate deaf believed thst their
cause wss Ighteous, jast AMI holy, end, be
slat 70 ~
yox this is Mr. C-oeley's "pesecutsi 90
frierd, Tor The exclusion Of when from Tie ua',5l
State, Senate lie denounces the Republican SCI
at1rs from New EaglInd. Tie loyal people @!
tie Ead Dc not feel much SORROW ever this set of
these patriotic Senator's, they .re only iifsucei
that such nan Es Mr. Greeley should derclId
to eating " humble pie" by sympath;zins md
defending this outrageous Gebel, il order to &C.
cure Southern Democratic votes. But enough
ofMr. Greeley's le:est stump speech. Il vii
only ztsist in further alternating from him the
confidence Of the wire sad honest men Of the
country.