Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-03-28

At last the boot attachment gave way, and
Mr.. Jones returned to the house a wiser II
not a sadder man
Prom the Boston Trayei!el.
Mr.. Phillips and the Sumner Petitions.
Mr.. Wendell Phillips, on the 10th, wrote
letter to Mr.. j. B. Smith, of our House OF
Representatives, concerning the sumner
Petitions, which has been Published. Like
all hls productions, it Is able and iervid,
and goes to the uttermost in support OF the
proposition Ito expunge the resolutions
consuring Mr.. Sumner, TO use the author s
own words, though to Us 1t seems that 1t
would be more appropriate to say that the
proposition Is to censure all our soldiers OF
the civil war, seeing that Senator Sumner,
only few months since. demanded that
President Grant should be "expunged
from the national government, because his
presence in it was Il sort of battle-hag III
scriptiOn calculated to wound the intensely
delicate susceptibilities of our southern
brethren, 80 who made such earnest efforts
to play the part Of Cain at our expense
and who, by the way. are most anxious that
he should pay them an extended visit.
possibly that they may see what an incar-
nate battle-fag Is like Mr.. Phillips as
80, - 'i'i' vi summer wa ii H.
Io'-lu ou' re va Ho' '''.,', -i-''''' '..'
EeslSle'. .uie Vi 10 sHlPi9 s'In7
are, and ever will be, the views OF the great
majority Of the people of Massachusetts.
! ln9t Leg iS'1'uIe' Nl'e"Aln7 Io' ,H' l.'.'1'
pau "s soou IisHt 20 7pcLA HS VI =.
nau' iIeeuo,il Oh spcech not p1il7 I-'i'liy- ~
one s!ue- UT sumner "g' ".'i1
Ms II Iehus' VIM eA'iel>.A ''',N n,':i
rlsht 10 utter their sentiments -n'' ma
lIS 'h,iAs IL j. '+S"y !" '0HI"t' .''li d"
man d III '7'.1li''''' --ll'' "H'' NiN'
20 No'l9"Ic any iHAii' u','''l' .'''
SUMNER vas NJ ensure anu i''' f.. -.,
""a we" uPH'.I ny NJ i'I'l1S' II e''''
be assumed that MI 9uilie' was
GenSureu oR,y oy aSsllnin 'na. 'Dc -
Ialure oi Na99dc cHu9Gtl9 mas 10 i'=". ~
express an opinioh 'n"t j. Hot "e-d ny .''', ,
sehl'elnah- III IeaStI ~ ~, ii .Ie ''-'
part VI 'ue question: Mr. / HIiiF9 p'77i'.
ate4y eAclaill. 9ho" me Ile comm ''i'i
y, or the natIon' tnat ever mas lhuiltei 7"e'i
an insult on any oil It's people 'Ieec' r.
pudla1eS II France ana 'ermah4 seo1it IT,
England allows no name on any 9l neg u'=
which can pam cavalier OF houhuHgaI "a u =
a scotsman or an lrlShinan- neh' III Los
l thinA, W IMAM lltt tp9A the nan on con
quered scotland anu caiIei lhe il'5 y, 'thl-
ers INTO the army he gave them PACK the'F
tartans. before mega he" 9.teriy l"eou
sistent would he nave neen haa ne required
them 70 harch uudet "ahuei9 Nn'Ie S'SgiiH
man saw WIiltea 'neir 7Ie1t I',l9'5I' ''''
dsH Al history i, Ia" vi tHl@ 'H'' ''l'y7
respect LOT 'he leeliu-> OF t.' COM "1l 70 .
long before the b-acA Ilnev' E's-i'I'
EdWhrd' acted u nerN 4H' To HIS TOY 4"i '%F
tive, ana since NaSAlh stoh renuAod Jus
men : eheer over ''fhWaIil' sun elln'i '''-
| ms sword, saying, Let posleTlly '"'''
Tor Us. II we attempt suci an Outrage
these insolent nag, We shaH ct the M9rli ,,i
the example OF IT, Here NE fhiill'-
makes ms usual muddle when he dlpS mt9
history, about which he knows little, ana
not clearly understanding even that Mite
II his alluslon i 10 ancient Vreece' We
know that the classic "reeks carried iheiI
| party ieellng TO an extent tlat Wouid nave
! led them To scorn a proposition IKE tha'
which Mr.. sumner has made: NlctorS ia
battles IN which ''Greek joined "reek
erected trophies on the Fields won and they
set up military memorials at Deiphi- Inc
! French have Afforded abundant evidence
and are even now ahordlng 1t, they th,ey
cherish party leeIng> 10 an ihordinaie ue'
| gree. The Germans are proud OF victories
| won over one another Inc PruSslans are
! proud ot what they dld at Blenheim
though Bayarians wer' of the defeated
army. They are proud Of what they
did at Rosbach. though that field wa'
won over Eermans as much as over
| Frenchmen. Very many of the greatest OF
/ German victories were won by German.
over other Germans, and they are yet hell
in honorable remembrance. Did not Fred
erlck the Great hight against 6ermanS
! That English flags do not bear the names %
battles fought IN the time OF the Cavalier
and ROundheadS Is the result OF circum
stances, Tor the English army was no
created till after the Restoration of Charlie:
IL. (l660), and the last great battle II
which Cavaliers and Roundheads Tough
was that OF W orcester (lGjl). To say tina
William Pitt took the ban of conquered
| Scotland, and called the liighlanders int,
the army, Is nonsense, Tor Scotland wa
not conquered IN TAG. The Stuarts, {.
whom majority OF the Scotch people wer,
opposed, were beaten at Culloden; an'
there were many Highlanders in the Duk'
of Cumberland army IN that battle,-an'
also many Lowland Scotch. There wcr
Scotch troops IN Hawley's army at talkirk
The elder PIT did not originate the plaI
for raising Highland regiments. Duncan
Forbes, OF Culloden, proposed it in l73s
twenty years before the date given by Mr.
Phillips; and the l2d regiment (llighland
ers,-the Black Watch fought with grea
distinction at tontenoy (l715), and it tool
part In the attack ON liconderoga, IN th
summer OF l'2S. That Cullodcn was in
scribed on the iiags oi the British regiment
that fought and won that battle, we cal
neither aillrm nor deny but we know tha
the British army long was very proud 0
that yictory,-as well 1t might be. for /
was won over the very bravest OF men, VIII
were badly led. England gave the name o
that battle to one oi her ships-oi-the-llne
which belonged 10 Nelson 5 fleet at tn
Nile, but got aground there. That wa
more than hity years after the battle O
Culloden TOOK piaee. Ahother famous ship
oi-the-llne was 'Ie boyne, nam
most offensive 10 irl7hnen- Assuredly
II 1t be wrong I" place names
battles on nags, cannot be right t
give them 10 hatiohIl shlps, as Englan
has given them, ana as she gave them j
Cromwell time, Wheh one OF the mos
noted OF her meh-oi-"ar was the Ndse55
named IRON that great victory (l6l5) 1
which the cavaliers, headed by Kin
Charles l., were crushed by the Roundheadi
led by Fairfax ana cromwell. The allusio
TO the Black Prince Is not very happy, fol
not to say that Prince Edwards cours
toward King john OF France was dictate
by that pride which apes humility, hi
father edward III was vassal Of tn