Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-06-14

The FREE Press alluded. the other day,
to two notable things about the Congressional
canvass in this District, viz: that the Demo
| Gratis were all for Barlow; and that every
man who has his price is for Barlow.
Strange to say, the remark did not please the
St Adams Messenger. In fact, our st. Al
bans friend went the length of pronouncing
it false. In demonstration of the falsity OF
notable thing number one, the Messenger
quotes the Burlington Sentinel, which said
recently that Mr.. Barlow was sure of the
Republican nomination, and that the Demo
Gratis must put up their best man against
him and show him that the Democracy have
no sympathy with traitors. This would be
all very well, and the Messengers point
would be well taken, if it had not been for
| the significant circumstance that the Sentinel
had, month before, indicated with perfect
distinctness its sympathy with and friend
ship for Mr. Barlow OF course, as sharp
man as Bradley Barlow vas not long in dis
covering that to allow every Democratic
paper in the District openly to take his side,
was not the most certain way to gain Rcpub-
lican support. They have accordingly modi-
fed their tone and now confne their help to
predictions that he Is sure to win. No
sensible man supposes that, in saying that
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say that he was likely to receive the Demo-
cratic nomination. The Democrats will, of
course, put up Democrat as usual, and will
vote for him, except in the contingency that
Mr.. Barlow should succeed in carrying the
Republican nomination and should happen
to want Democratic votes in order to be
elected. The Democracy Of this District
have no thought or expectation that they can
elect Democrat. As between the Republican
candidates, they are "solid for Barlow
and the circumstance that they choose, as
usual, to 20 through the form OF nominating
and voting for a Democrat, does not disprove
this fact in the slightest
From the force of the other iact-that the
purchasable material of the District is all for
Barlow-the Messenger tries to escape, cut
tle-fsh like, by throwing up an inky cloud
Of its own manufacture. 1t says tina. we
call "all'' of Mr.. Barlow's Republican sup.
porters mercenaries. The Messenger must
allow us to remark upon the "falsity" Of
this its assertion. To say that the whole
mercenary horde that can be bought is for
Mr.. Barlow-whieh is what we said-is not
to say that he has the support of none out
side of the mercenary horde. He has, Of
course, friends and supporters who are not
purchased or pnrchasable. But the fact re-
mains, that the purchasable horde is for him
and it il a fact which we commend to the
careful consideration Of the non purchasable
The Messenger adopts the Barlow tactics
of claiming everything and everybody for its
candidate, that il not openly opposing him.
1t is game of bluff and brag. One of
1.-THE foremost citizens of Burlington" whose
support Mr.. Birlow has counted on, and
made much Of, has been heard to say, quite
lately, that he would cut his right hand off,
before he would cast vote for Bradley
Blrlow-for he knew him. This citizen
spoke the thought Of many others who are
claimed for Barlow, but who choose, with
less boldness, to keep their own counsel.
Mr.. Barlow's friends, in their secret coun-
ellis, cannot, with their prettiest figuring,
figure out a majority of the Convention for
him. And if the Republican masses, who
have perfectly distinct idea of the kind of
men they desire to be represented by in Con-
gress-men of sound political faith, unsus-
pected record, and pure and correct lives
do their duty in the caucuses where this
nomination is to be practically settled, the
nominee Of the Convention will not be
Bradley Barlow.