Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-08-02
NUMBER 3.

we Will go ahead a little further. Jei Davis
was considerable Of a character in the south dur
ing the rebellion. We, up north, men aud
women, boys and girls, ell said we would chang
JET Davis on sour apple tree" Yet the
trst man to 20 sni back his bail bond was
Horace Greeley.
l have now made three points against
Horsee Greeley. l think they are pretty good
pointf, and defy any one to prove that ! am
wrong.
This conspiracy sg.inst Gen. Grant ha, been
brewing about two years, and il was and Is
based on the idea that the Democracy are
purchssea5le and deliverable. suppose | w&s
In the inventory on the lat Of January last, bat,
gentlemen, they can neither sell nor deliver ne
lEnthusiistic cheers
Suppose We see what Horace Greeley has ioue
in the past, and, especially. in recent times. lie
went 70 Texas, and all through the great state
he made the same kind Of speeches-p.,tng
rebels on the back, and doing all he could to
make rebellion comfortable theory. lie then
went to ViekSburs, among rebel soliiers, and
said that he hoped the time would come when
the EOliler thst fought with Lee aud johnston
would occupy "a proud petition in the hearts
Of the American people ss tie soldier that fought
under Grant ard Sherman. Did he ret then
place hinifelf in position to be rebel candidate
for president? [Cheers Was there any De
mocrscy in that There never wsE ReDubli-
ekn or Democrat north Of Mason snI Dixon's
line that spoke out plain ami plump for teces
sion except lIorsee Greeley It is written in
his own hand and published in his Osn paper.
It Is in his o6n language. which is uumis;aks-
bic, and this amnesty resolution a. CjncinHsti
/ is almost in the identical language. lie went
I bail for Jeh Davis, and then be advocslei giving
pensions 20 southern soldiers. Some Of you may
say that to 10 30 would be inconsistent with the
constitution Of the United Slater. Gres; God
1 What does he care for the constitution He
ssys, If the constitution is in the way. rub
| it OUT In the New York Tri5ale for
the last twenty years. yCu can get si7ice
and doctrines 10 rub out acy Section Of the con-
stitution.
| believe II possible that some Len, who we're
unworthy or incompetent. or both, have got
Office under President Grant. l slso believe
that there have been defalcatoHs in the accounts
/ Of such men. The most that is claimed By the
| opponents Of Grant is 100000. NoN. what
did Tsmmauy do 1t had sold SI0O01, GOO OF
/ bonds on tie treasury Of New York city They
thought that with this money they could drive
| five hundred thousand people into the doubtful
stSte Of lndisra-thSt by dropping soGle more
[ il PenEsylvsEis, ami similar prsciica in other
states, they could buy their way 10 the tress-
ury Of the United States, sni quarter them
selves sud their thieves On me liie-bloOi Of the
nation.
The best laid p!aas O. me- AID mics
Viii gang agree"
Aud SO in this case. There w.l lit,Ie Irishmsr
namel Jenny o. Brien. He wanted to he msyor
/ Of New York They vent to him and offered
him S200,0 900 to withdraw from the csuiiis-
ture. He Iefusei. They then told him be WAS
an IriGhmsn, tul coui lot have the position
anyway He replied, 80 will chow YOU lie
went sni got the best accountant in New York
| and contrived to get hin into ofIice under Boss
/ Tweei. SIX months trauspirei, and then he
went round and said, Il want NY S200.001
Hecould n5t have it-they told him 10 get it i
/ he could. What did be 10 ? He went 10 the
| Times cftice, opened his budget, and 2ll these
men were iisccmitei AL Tsmn.ny Was Bgsiel.
lac only difference between Grant and the
Tsnmaay society is this, that Grant sends
thieves to the psnitentisry, snd Tsmmsny sends
her thieves to the New York city ofiees. That is
al TIE difference. [Gfsa; applause ard laugh
ter
Mr Greeley hss held oat, aui the South ex-
pscts ot hin, tbst in the contingency Of his
election. from eight hundred TO a thousand mil
lions viii be voted 10 them in the shape OF con-
pens.ticu, to pay for property destroyed and
negroes freed by tie rebellion. There is where
the issue comes 10. Ycu rec. that from
ny standpoint, no consideration could
/ induce ne 70 20 for Mr. G9eeley. He Wzs never
in cur houscnoli-uever With Cs-=lwsys de-
nou1ciDg us-isspi,inC ps hating Us His
position today Is disgrscefui to Us, IS il is ds-
graceful TO him. sn1 disgrscciul TO the AneI!-
Can nsue and people. an net willing to see
/ the Democratic party, TO which I belong, placed
in ary Juch fake position.
CEASE AID HIS PETITION.
Tle-e Is smother nan before the country
usu Eho, twelve ye.-s syo, was selling leather
an fboe-tsgs in G.enE He came fTon tie
coum1n Teorle re dii not belong to Tire sris-
tocrscy ; be is noi sn adams, but he has the
fresh, honest bleed Of the common people Of tais
country in his veins. (Cheer-.) lie went into
the army S. a pirate. he got down to Spring
field, AMI ou- great Governor, Richsrd Yates,
gave HIN = commission IS colonel Of regiment.
lie Wert to EelmoUt, sud meeting with an 1-ci-
dent there, licked tome rebels. Ec we-; 90
Donelson nc, with smother ile-s. AL
Whip.eI scne nl1e rstes. lie went 70 Yc..s-
burg, ard smother accident befell him, sni soIae
more rsbels we're thrsIhei At Missionary
Ridge, the zane fate befel him. Ia Virginia,
even up to the time Of Lees surrender. be We.
peculia-ly liable to the rsne kind of accident.
In lS6S be had another scciien- hspper.
(LIughtsr) lie tecsme President Of he
United States sad on the 5th lay CT November
next he will haze an ther -cci!ent hSppen 10
him. (TremsEi1us applause
He never said to snybciy thst be wss
pemccrst be did not say thst be was RCplb-
licSu lie simply said that II elec;el, he would
attend tc bis duty right along, and, gentlemen,
| submit 20 you the proposition that be has done
it faithfully, fea1leziy s0d honestly. (ChceTg.)
When be VAS elected President, instead Of
getting On bis knees TO Sumner or Trumbull, he
purtues -' the even teror Of his way" doipe bis
duty faithfully and impartially.
Then they say be lsts horte Tie fact is
that when lie vss IL the army be Nss entitled 10
tweuty-tso horteF. When be got h0me-soldier
hke-the horfes he rode in battle he took with
him 20 Warrington. lie hss got hslf dozen
spxyinCd horses in his stable now; one be rode At
Missionary Ridge, one At VickIburg, End one in
Virgins These internal cusses want TO make
4 fuss about suoh things as there they con-
plain thai, in obeiieuce to the feelings Of com
mon humanity, he has taken charge cf bis bat
tie horses-those horses thS; he usei when he
vss sighting Horace G.eeley's friends CGTest
chesrirg)
They say he hts bull pup Gentlemen, l
have been there and I know there ia not a dog
on the whole Of the White House premises
Platforms.
Let rs now look st the platforms Of the coz
tending pS5ties. A great note IS made BY the
advocates Of the Cincinnati platform shout sm-
nesty. Wba, dii the Republican party under
Grant 10 On this question They gave amnesty
| to sli rebels except seventy or eighty. Jed
Davis and John C. Breckenridge and their like
are not included in amnesty. When theY 10
works meet for repentance they may again be
e, fsts1 hut haT-