Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-06-13


| changed the Irst conviction OF tine calrnest
| minds North that while friends TO sheUnlon
they were friends TO be preserved from
their sense Of honor would not let them
refuse TO give their swords TO the nation,
vet the political drift Of the war was so
odious to them that while they LOCALLY
worked o 0r0ia defeat. nezi 10 O !grsGi de-
feat they wished to avoid a great rlctory,
and acted ana fought first feebiy and hesl-
tatingiy, hoping that the mere peacock DIS
play Of military power would save ITS vlgor-
Gus and bloody employment IN q great
pitched battle And 50 the admirers OF Lee
are the defenders and eulOgists Of McClel-
ian. the decryers Of Grant, OF Sherman OF
Sheridan If honest military judgment had
aught TO do with their declaration, Lee ana
Grant, as both sInEulnrly successful
soldiers. would be alike spoken Of respect
fully but II Is not military estimate that
these poisonous fellows make rs success
ful re5el they love Lee. a. a successful
JinionI1 they hate Grant as q cOld-biooded
UniOnist and reluctant fighter VINO forced
upon Lee much Of his glory, and gave years
of life to the C0nfederacy. they feel kindly
10 Mcclellan Tor services rendered ms
career Of conspicuous failure makes him
the very antipOdes Of Grant, whom they
sueeringly depreciate Mcclellan inca
capacity was Lees calamity Mcclellan
provided Lee with victory; Grant forced
| MIN TO accept defeat, and 50 these rebels
fill the air with praise OF Lee and OsIenta-
flousiy offer the right hand ofieLowshlp 10
] McClellan-gOOd. easy man whom always
/ think of as standing mOdestly ID Lee S
presence. nat IN hand. bowling respectfully
and saving will YOU nave the goodness 70
force me 10 retreat at your earliest convent
/ ence. as one who il not an otTcer was at least
/ a gentleman. for he certainly carried on
/ clrii war.a very clrii one against the enemy,
! in pleasing contrast TO Grant. Sherman and
! Sheridan. rude fellows, who thought and
I fought ike H0tspur. never deemlng II IN
manneriv 10 necessarily turn their swords
/ araiust Confederate soldiers. 10 touch their
/ torches TO Confederate cotton. Inc light
ninr nuieknesS with which Sherman saw
I Hood awful mistake. the prompt. decisive
! energy with which be pr0hted hy 1t were
qualities thar Sod had not given 70 the
8. Caesar Of the Chickahominy, and his
fondest admirers viii hardly claim to-day
that 10 think with Desaix at Mareng0. or
with Sheridan at Cedar Greek. that though
8 battle be lost NJ noon there is always am
Die time % win another before night. was
ever the characteristic military instinct OF
impulse Of Mcclellan mind Ills military
merits We're akin 10 the attributes OF q good
81 family horse that is expected % be
phleCmatic. 0bedieut enduring and SLOW
The mood of DESTINATIONS 'marnanimlty''
quickly yields % an angry invocation OF
curses on Northern men coming hItherWard
- 20 take the bread out OF their mouths,
and the hsGru literary gun pours forth more
Irish history than wOuld surieit tenlan. 10
show nov the Republican party mad made
srHr fuaIn nd ~ be lna
naunces the green rs having gone
back on the gray, IN allusi1u % the large
and growing strength of the Irish kspuoi- F.
cans IN tins city. and So hke O pack of fan .
atlcal Jacobites they wear ont their little .
evening in pledgIng the memory OF an in- .
famous cause and an infamous leader. long .
after both thank God. are safe n an imam
Gus grave And thus YOUR true rebe. 'stay
az home ranger during the war Is to-day
what he was then. the Te1In- element II T
Southern politics, that ioments all dIstur-
bances. organizes ana perpetratos all perse-
cuu0ns ana massacre
The South that mas fought us ia honorable .
hattie until she hal CALAMITY nred ner lazt
sho.. and had % las, dropped her shattered
spear from me nervelesS grasp that mad 81
long ana 81 DravHr upheld l.. is not the
South that rgtts us win curses nov. TIE
ext onfederate officers and soldiers are. asa
ru.c. the least 1acti0us. the most manly and
sensible OF al orr Southern fellow citizens
The turbulent are the class that / nave
described. vino. seeing themselves every uav
forced nearer the Wa-, becoming compar-
lively Insignificant sn1 uun0tlcol. with
ieSsenIng influence among the working and
cinsses. a5 they grew poorer
naturally grow more p0is0nous. ami Wneu
hoy r.u WAY rna lae~ am nor.
SLOWLY dying opposition 90 accepting q
results of the war expire 7 nave le--
crlhei TINS popular element thl- carefully
because lr ls found l0uuElu- and la-Il-
around hotels and other sucr fol 1i uema-
y0gues and political Incenclre- al the
south over and The New York -l'ur. has
been publishing through Ir- corresp0n-
tents. that nave been early 10 the wear pro- !
essl0ual tourists IL tho --rcc0us-ructe1 do
nam, The nar-r0Jm TAX and Tltuuerau8u
j sCch fellows. as q true and thoughtful
lIcture OF the dreadful wr1urs 30 alleges
Use South has suffered ana is still suffering
Il the hands of Congress ana the admins
ration and would have u- believe that
nese men are Trustworthy opponents lt the e.
nosi influential Southern public opinion 1
instead OF pnradInr the sIJIlaut urIerance- :
4 those political TIper-. why don the I 10 -
he practlc4-. active, enterprIsInr men OF ?
scIrImate bushes 10 the south. the new
orr HrInQ south. and not the old dl7ug a.
0uth tha- loais and drinks al DAY anl
amnles all night. l1l might 8- vel In-
3rTlew the narnacles on q ship s bottom T. Is
nj CIT the sentiments and feelings Of the n
aptaln and crew the harnacles. il suffered
D accumulate. only impede the good snip
witt passage over the sea they DO not 4
Grlq7ie ner, they DO not see. nor know. nor Z 81
are whether she ls going they are de- !.
-uctveiy parasitic pests when they Hasten ( -
sufficient number, and the good ship II
RECONSTRUCTED south only needs the bot
lm scrape1 % tneSe political and social n
lrnacles % speed her Iu successiuI voyage -.
Y the future. Don & lea us any more IN -
r7lew The Darnacle don ask dead u
at ana ola women q propheSv unto n;
5. but leave the dead beat o. the eniov- n,
ent OF the lazy dignity Of ms degradation. =
ID let The gossip ana spite of "0ld women Ut
z the sweet air of heaven. i I- must but an
D-1ntIt a. political vision and presclence. l8
'od IrItlHs. hencef1rth spare us that
ute recentiya newspaper IN Athens. Ca.
70 an editorial paragraph ezultinr over I'd
G death ol Ten candy. a. an old time pa
lppresSlr anQ closing 1r callIu- f7r . re
nree cheers i1r the gallant Mld0cs poo ~
% an Alabama paper explains Getrvz- --
rg ny openly charging L0nrstreet with CT
Hui ana treacher0us miscarriage Of MS
eat attack on our line. Truly now much A.,
tier. then. than Modoc Is an uureDent- -,
I. unprlnclple1 ''ex-rebel2'' Surely not II
lrase; IN ierocIry. ana menGacItv the No he
g Is outd0ne ny the New YORK T-1ufre- 8 an
Donents OF Southern public opinion. -,
or -lhlt Lees trsr peninsula campaign was &c
arled ny Intelligent military men Oh ths Con SIS
crate de as succession ol niunlers see an Az hi.
g Do h1rpe-g Magazine shortly after the war
iien BY the rebel general Jordan once the chic ne
feL heaure-l-d e stat. ten Ransom VINO com
lued North carolina division DO the army or ser
men ~ SiI-.aa qariaEtas entlrs va tod Of
lnicr-Qr as q great soldier o. Jos Johnston scr