Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-05-10

THE HARD-HITTING sENATOR-AS ESTIMATE OF
MORRIssEY-THE EIGHTH WORLDS FAIR
FINANCIAL wHITEwAsHING - GENERAL
JOHN C. FREMoNT-JAMEs GORDON BEN
NETT's ARCTIC ExPEDITIoN-A STARTLING
TuEoRY-yANDERIILT AND ERIE

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Ioux = r,vvoHrHI,yrs oopnoy FEN
NErT's ARCTIC ExrEDITIoN-A STARTLING
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND ERIE.
NEW York. Nav 9th. 1873.
To thu Editor of the Free Prsss and Times,
The death Of .John Morrissev on Wednes.
dav. seemed 10 occasion go,d deal of gen.
u;ne sorrow both npbl;c and nrivate The
r.vsn,nor. al had words Of ,sa-o, in cb,on.
;o,;, :, Tho o;,u a,,s ,,,,o ,I,ood n, to1c
most and tho t.no- Of ;ndi,idu,I common,
was evervwbere favorable IN the deceased
TIN. evont ;,so,f wo. soorooIv srrnr;se
tho wonder be;nc thar human vital;t,
could have borne up so long under com.
plication of incurable diseases. Ever since
the election, last year, in which he squan.
dered the remnant of his already reduced
strength in his successful struggle to beat
Augustus Schell, Mr.. Morrissey has beer
practically doomed. That last struggle wa,
in one respect like SIMPSONS in the temple
1t pulled down the local pillars of Tammany
and crushed his opponents, but it involved
Morrissey's own life.
1t is curious and interesting to see the
various grades Of moralizing over Morrissey
in which the Press have INDUCED, ranging
from the ''goody-goody" style, in which
horror of the prize-fghter predominates, NJ
to sort of apotheosis of the hard-hitting
Senator's rugged virtues as many de-
light to call them. The truth, as usual, lie.
somewhere between these extremes. The
career of the dead man was quite out of the
usual order, and still he was by no means d
remarkable character. lie had a great dea
of energy. and enough ability to rise above
the obscurity in which he was born. am
afraid, however, that his muscle was prac,
tically tho largest element in this ability.
Had that not given him the sharp and
general notoriety which attaches to the
pugil.st, it is questionable whether his later
course would have attracted very much at
tention. Ills remuneration of the prize ring
clorifed him to the sentimentalists, so that
his assumption of responsibility was en-
couraged, and his political advancement
FASTENED with utter disregard of the fact
that this apparent reform sprung 50 little
from quickened morality, that he Immediately
became gambler and BOOKSELLER, and remain
ed such to the end oil his days. In politics
his merits can be briefly summed up. lie
would not steai' and he stuck py MS irienos
like General Chant himself on the other
hand, he was a thorough partisan; he never
originated any valuable legislation, and he
never rose in method or manner above the
werd politician. lie seemed to me sort OF
human mastiff, full of force, courage. and
fidelity, but with hardly more delicacy or
true moral sense than the latter.
The telegraph has given US the opening
ceremonies and scenes of the French Exhbi-
ton which is designed to leave all its prede-
cessors behind in magnifcenee as well as
time. The formal throwing open of the
mammoth Fair by the Chief Executive of the
French nation. assisted by three heirs ap-
parent to the thrones of neighboring conn
tries. and the ex-soyereipu of a fourth, is
hurriedly described as having been most i'm
posing. of course no particulars of the ex-
hibits have been received as vet, but the gen
eral tone of the messages. after making due
allowance for the rardonable patriotic bias
of o,r corresnondents gives satisfactory az.
surapce that Uncle Sam. notwithstand-
ing his tardy preparations. makes quite
n s.t;sfactorv chewing The main ex-
bibit from our shores. that the tele-
pranb has sneci6ed TINS far. il the immense
display of Howe scales. which. having swept
the honors at every previous Exposition,
have gone into this one more magnifcently
than ever. Their victory is foregone con-
clusion, and l only wish | could say the same
regarding all the rest of the American dele
CATION.
1t is an cdifying spectacle to see the eager
haste of large class of small merchants,
brokers, etc., to get into the friendly en-
brace of the bankrupt law before that con-
yenient piece of legislation shall be wiped
from the national statute book. The Dis
trict Court here is kept busy from morning
till night filing the papers Of hurrying
tbrong intent unon embracing what NAV be
.Lo:- a.. - 100, or s,.no;a,
'neir last enaneo W ge' 'o'' VI i"""'
whitewash and DO able hereafter to smile
sweetly in the face of an army of swindled
ord wrotbr,I b,, r.tcr,v beInIess creditors
N II,
An absence oil oil insoiSent laws "ouiu
doubtless work occasional hardship on hon
estly unfortunate men who, failing with no
spsn;cion of,r;cLe,v wcuId he unable tn get
iofhai uiScnarge' Out II "ouiu put a''oP
to an enormous amount of rascality in the
wav Of fraudulent bankruptcies. The action
:, Al. ..;,,a .;,h
Vi oons'eSS III 'n' ma ~ """'''u VIZ"
much anxiety.
The Gilbert Elevated Railroad, about
which tbere has heep nerbons more
80.
oi''er hshting IMAM aoou' any pre-
vious enterprise in New York, Is at last
a fixed fact-a double-track road being COM
,,0,.d % 5o,h s,root trial twin w.. m,ds
'''
over IL on TUESDAY last, ny us onlcers anu IN
vited guests, who rolled smoothly over its
whole lenctb amid n generaI waving of hats
and bandtercb;efs along the ronte The road
baa becomc np;te nonnlar as il annroacbed
cnmrIe,;or md believe tho nrnrorton of
;ts pr;c;nal obstrnrtionists 10 small Who
wonld now bc Glad to soc it taken owav,
II will not no omen N the nubI;c for some
weeks 10 come
General .Jobn q Fremont the almost
onnorent If Buchanan in the
nres;don,;o, namna;,n Of IsSG l. nener.
allv Snnnoscd 10 hs rerv ,;cb man
A Dozen wears AGO he y,o< rich his