Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-07-12


lr Is hardly candid or fair treatment #
Mr. Barlow 10 denounce him as an old
| time Democrat The charge
made 10 reference to improper, not u say
| corrupt conduct in the matter OF mail
contracts, is supported by no better proof
than the New York Sun-Rutidnd Herald.
Ii is hardly candid in the Rutland Her
aid to intimate that Mr.. Barlow is de-
nounced because he WAS an old-tims Demo-
crat. Nobody has denounced him for that
| lie has been and is objected to by many
Republicans because Democrats say land
Dobody denies it) that he has told them re
Gently that be is a. good Democrat as epsr !,
because Democrats take such strong in
terest i'll hl- success; because there is good
reason to believe that Bradley Smalley, the
Rind4 and other Democratic crJnies and
supporters OF Mr.. Barlow would have n
good deal moro influence with him, If be
should happen to get into Congress, than
any Republicans and because they fear
that his Republicanism, what there is OF IL,
is but skn-deep. and that he wouli, easily
and without shock to any of his instincts
or change of any of his practices, return
to the Democratic field and come out
iull-hedsed Democrat again. il the D,mO-
cratic party should carry the next national
election.
1t is Eot candid, either. to say that the
suspicious Oi corruption in his mail CON-
tracts rests on no better proof than the
New York Sun The disclosures OF Mr.
B,rlow's expenditures OF Sl3S. 900
in lees to lobby agents, men useful
about the departments; and ex-
partners and brothers of GJvernment off
cial-, who had services and influence fO-
salc''-we quote from the Sc. Albans Mes
s.nqer-rested not at all on the New York
Sun but on Mr.. Barlow's own testimony
under oath before Congressional commit
tee, reported 10 tho news dispatches of the
New York Iribue, Herald and Times. ard
never coutradictcd or discredited by any
body.
The Herald knows this to De 10, a. well
as We do and We need give no other an
swtr 10 the Herdids present words in de-
fence OF Mt. batlOW lnln Tue TtfHd )
own words of a month or two ago, before
one Of its editors had been seen" by Major
Chllis:
Mr. Barlow, justly or unlustly. is rcput-
ed TO be believer IN the stupid hnuncIal |
here~ies OF the SILVER bill. aud Is somewhat
tainted with the odbr that attaches 10 the |
mail contract service ~ the far West dur
ing the last ten years. We believe Mr.. |
Barlow's frank answer to these charges has |
been identical with that OF Oakes Ames.
who excused his corruption OF Congress ty |
saying that he only protected his Interests
from uniriendly legislation by giving a re-
tanner to the unfriendly legislators. Am.s
was in private deal honest his business
obliged him to spike every hostile gun
this is Mr. Bsrlow's defence of the use OF
money in the departments and out oi them
whenever the uso OF it arrested danger.
whether the enemy was black mailer or
raging reiOrmer. Taking this tor all 1t is
worth, the FRKE Pass IL rig hit in its con-
clusiou that llendee ought not and need
not retire to make room for bold. able
man, who is believed 10 look upon politics
a. mere matter OF business. and that con-
victions are valuable only lot what they
viii bring in tho market place Ru,idnd
Herald, April 30th 1873.