Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-02-28
Mr.. BarIOW's Present Position.

The st. AlbanS Messenger notices the re-
cent assertion Of one OF Hon. Bradley Bar
lows friends and advocates, made after an
interview with our member Of Congress
elect, to the effect that no more would be
heard Of Mr.. BlrlOw's GreenbaekiSm. and
that she most certainly does not train with
the motley crew who rally under that the
Greenback banner in this State The
Messenger says;
On financial questions he Mr.. Blrlowl
uttered nothing new during the campaigD.
Instead of placing hims, Ii at the head Of
any body of men, he accepted the nomina-
tion of the Greenback convention after he
had accepted that of the Republicans, on
learning that they had not sought to place
him upon any new platform and had asked
nothing but the assurance that he still ad-
hered to the principles Of lis letters publish
ed eleven and four years before, which seem
ed to them good as far a. they went. Ii
was the Republican Convention, which bad
lust been jOined by u committee from the
Greenhack convention, to which he address
ed the remark that, if elected, be would rep
resent them with fidelity, to the best Of his
ability. lie might have made this even
broader, for all who know him knuw that
he will faithfully represent the interests OF
all the people in this district, regardless Of
party, even including the editors Oi the Bur
lington FREE Press ard LlmOille Ne1s, if
they have any interests mt Washington that
require his attention. There i no misun-
derstsnding in this district among any class
Of Mr.. BlrloW's supporter, a II his iinaD-
cial views. His utteranees have been uni
formly consistent and the same 10 all. They
are 80 now.
The above statement Is not conspicuous
for ingenuousnes7. Mr.. Barlow after his fail
ure to obtain the Republican nomination,
orsanized and sustained With funds the
Grecnback movement in tins district paid
tho expenses of its clubs hired Greenback
orators. and gave to the Green5ack party in
this distric. all it had Of lie and strength.
lie was fist nominated for Congress by the
Greenback district convention, and accepted
the nomination. lie vas presented to the
boiling Republican convention as 1.-THE
original Vermont Grecnbaeker" and as such
that convention accepted and nominated
him, showing in that andsother ways, al
well as by It's platform, that it was more of
Greenback than Republican convention.
+ all this was not placing himself at the
mead Of the Greenhaekers, We DO not know
what would be.
In regard to Mr. Barlow's present views,
his own declaration Is, oi course, worth
more than the N,ss,Hyer's MIR. Barlow
writes from Washington to friend in St.
AlbanS, under date of February 18th, as
follows:
Il did not think it worth my while to notice
what the FREE Press niz zht choose to say about
INT but II any of my friends expect me TO sbate
one jOt title of my principles as declared long
Ago and promulgated in the late campaign, they
will be greatly mistaken. | stand by all that
have written or advocated. TUT shall not ALLOW
any party to build Tor me platform that is not
mlne and expect me 10 stand upon it. Mine are the
convictions OF years. aud II seems to me that eI
periencs has verified them. At any rate, what
have uttered to all men are my principles, and
shall stand by thsm, and the Grew" whether
motley" or otherwise, that maintains the princi-
Piles of my various published letters will have me
with them"
This is square and inteligible. Mr.. Bar
low still stands by his published letters lie
is Consequently still in favor of wiping
out the Nltiouai bank currency, and
replacing it with sreenbacks. lie is in favor
Of initiating the currency by the issue Of a
thousand millions uf grecnhackS and he
iayOrs the other grecnback measures, set
forth at length in his letters. The men who
h)ll thoseiviewS, Mr.. Barlow tell, his friend,
will have him with them in Congress and
everywhere. This is creditdbie to Mr.. Bar
lows consistency, however bad his financial
views may be, and however he may misrep-
resent tho people oi Vermont in carrying
them out