Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-06-21

there is vein OF Jolly IN ms hlsNoN H4NH' "
ferson has 50 long been apo;heosized that one
m.y candiily point to his fsilings without beng
,c,Dssd of defamation. And who ever read his
ARA without feelings Of profound regret, sad
nc,s ,nI COMMUNICATION for human nature in
vjsv Of what It is when taken at its beat Every
ex,reesion Of admiration for Iristocrscy or mon
.rchy-such expressions as Wendell Phillips is
constantly making on the plstiorm-many sus-
ni,iop. expressions taken on the authority Of If
re,nontible hearssy, some things which mean
nothing to .n unpreiudced mind, we're carefully
noted down BY Jefferson as evidence Of monsr-
chicsl plot. When at length retirement brought
leisure for calm reflection. he revised and al
ranged the collection, thk he might leave to pos
teFity, in good shape, the proofs Of how near the
constitution cSme to being destroyed by party
hungeriug ike the NEUROLOGICAL Saturn to de-
YOUR its own offspring. 1t is for the metspby-
s.sisns to .nalyze the workings Of crest minds,
by which such results as jefferson s "Arra" and
Sunner's late speech are produced
The people Of the United States arc rightly
Jealous Of the fair fame Of General Grant They
feel indignant At the attempt to 20 brand their
victorious leader that the words 'irst in wSr''
csa never be spilled to him without calling to
mind s string Of offensive phrases. They feel
not only that the attempt to obscure renown
won SIS w.s his, is injustice towards him, but
that in view of it Grant might sdiress to the
lov,l Americans the words Of Demcsthenes to
the Athe1iAus My sccuser, in bis
ea-srness to deprive me Of homer for the
moment, robs you Of those eu.ogies that
should endure forever Tie undtrets
which Wellington displayed for the re,ponsibil-
ites Of political life i. probably not too strongly
sisted by the eminent authority whom Senator
sumner quotes No one will think it is over
s-.tei who il familiar With his sturdy attempts
TO resist tie great Parliamentary Reform Of 81.
Yet il would be iDjulicioes FOR any Engiishmsn
to annex in,alting epithet, to the name Of the
great Duke '' who never los; al English gun
LAye hal 10 opportunity Of reading the re-
plies msie TO the sttsck upon the President; hut
[ have 10 doubt thar facts have been eiucel
sufficient to relieve him from some Of those dam
aging contrasts.
It Is but fair that the public should be remind
Ell Of the uuwarrsntAble quarrel Of jackson
with Calhoun, because after being elected to the
presidency. he learned CT certain criticisms Cal
houn hal made yesrs before upon his Seminole
camvairu. The public should also have tie
details Of bis ridiculous attempt to regulate
the intercourse between the wives Of his
secretaries, and the resulting cabinet quarrel
sni breakup. The wreaching which orc
administration r.sy give the constitution ough;
not to Justify similar violence on the part Of
snotber Content reference mutt be hsd to
constitutional limitations Yet Jeier'on's pur-
Chase Of Louisiana when lie honestly believed
the mearure Unconstitutional, his writing to
Nicholas, The Senate means well " The
House is As well iiIpolei body IS ever say, ~
Judge Johnlon's decision that his is;ue Of Ger
t..n circulars to the collectors was Illegal, his
attemp, BY virtue Of executive prercgatiye to
strip Edward Livingstone Of possession 4. New
Orleans, .ijuiged to him by the courts,-al
uudoubted f.cis-tugges; that against noble
administration rhetoricAn might bring, with
some show Of plsusibility, the charge OF uneon-
s.ituti0uSl assumptions. Daniel Webster felt
oitentimes conttraiued to accuse President
jackson OF unconstitutional proceedings. At
one time he affirmed ;hst Jsckson's principle Of
government was that of Louis XIV Of France :;
:. an the STATE Horace Greeley, when re-
viewing with wing indignation the admlnittrs-
ton Of Old Hickory, said, " The will Of Andrew
jackson, no, the constitution, was in those years
the supreme law Of the land"
The historical reader is naturally curious to
KNOW what Pontiac, Logan, Little Turtle. Te-
cumseh, OsceolS, and Black Hawk. think Of the
implied assertion that &" cries Of massacre and
blood - from the Indian regions are something
new. In this connection it seems appropriate to
quote few lines from report on Indian sffSlrs,
made during Msiison's administration. Gen.
Jackson, in the course Of his Creek campaign,
rent = despStch TO the war department OF which
the following il a part 1.-The fighting con-
tuued with some Ierverity shout five hours, but
We continued to destroy many Of them who had
concealed themselves under the bank Of the river,
morning We killed sixteen who hsd been con-
ceAlei.'' II Grant has mensced the Black
Republic it is = mo,t reprehensible act. Such
conduct towards weak nation contrasts strong
" with the remarkable Difference he has shown
towards Englsnd. Yet no one suppoies that the
Monroe administration would have made quite
so free with Florida had it belonged to France
instead Of 70 Spain. Certsin it is that in treat
ing with the Great Powers we never attempted
to secure satisfactory terms in the way in which
we proceeded when negotiating with Naples in
1892 Then, ss the chronicer relates, "a con-
siderable American naval force in the bay Of
Naples doubtless expedited matters" 1t
would be criminal to cite such facts as the above
to p.lliate wrong doing at the present time. 1t
would be ungenerous not to produce them, when
in view Of what our history has been, the exist
iog administration is made to appear contempt
bic by comparison with an ideal standard
In some respects. however, Grants admins
trston has fallen deplorSby below the average
dignity Of former ones. In many respects it is
not up to The demands of the hour Ifthe prefi-
dents friends insist that that he has not Cessrs
desire to set up irresponsible government, they
must admit that he ia not as was Cesar, 8 great
statesman, as well as great general, that he is
in fact no statesman at sll. The apology that
ne luetus well uthclNcs dAlOullVhs
If be had sought his present position it would
be tria.ng, but emphsticaly, the office sought
him, and therefore the apology has great weight.
Yet thote who are glad to accept this apology for
the Irregularities and shortcomings of the ad-
minstrAtion Of Grant, and who indignant when
the finger of scorn lie pointed at his personal
character, may consistently oppose bis re-elec-
ton For myself wish to say that If did not
sincerely feel that no President should be a can
didste for second term, should yet see sutfi-
cient reason for fsvoring the election Of Greeley
and Brown rather than of Grant and Wilson.
The interest that is every where being mani
tested with reference to the coming presidential
election is hopeful 1t would be gratifying if IN
the impending discussions sfpirit Of farmers
and candor might prevail. The excited citizens
in the play cry ,out on China, " Tear him for
his bad verses
Those who feel that in his srraignment OF the
President, Sumner has displayed unjustidabe
bitterness, should reverse the cry and say
pardon him for his lofty eloquence. With the
unmistakable evidence which he has. that the
extreme fsvors of Minerva are bestowed upon
him, it is not strange that for once he should
act as if enjoying the license which. according
to Homer, abe once granted to her favorite,
Achilles. Utter reproach with thy lips unres-
trained.
The people Of our State are as averse to rhetor-
ical government as they are to military govern
ment. 1t would be as difficult for an Anthony
to befool them as for Cesar TO enthrill them.
This disposition insures us against That extreme
rsncor by reason of political differences, which
elsewhere has 90 often broken the golden bowl OF
social harmony, loosed the silver cord of friend
ship, poisoned literature and prostituted rellg-
- W. Avn mi fraa hnWpyer from n tendency
to make those e1travsgsnt assumptions which re-
t.rd the progress of society and destroy the sym
metry of individual character. 1t becomes then
the sacred duty of every citizen to form a sober
Judgment as to the real Issues Of the hour. II
we were to judge each Of the parties 10 our early
history BY the verdict Of its ANTAGONIST, we
should conclude that the question of foreign po-
licy Was, whether we should invite over French
general to take the dictatorship or return the
States to their previous condition m colonies Of
George III that one Of the great questions Of