Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-03-21

The Vermont friends of Hon. Bradley Bar
low say he is still good Republican, and
express the opinion that he will act IN Con-
gress in the interest of the Republican party,
and their confidence in him is not shaken by
the reports that he is now acting with the
Greenbaekers. They say he is not Green
backer, though he fayors some OF the theo-
ries advanced by those who are claSsed as
such lie is in favor of contraction rather
than an expansion OF the currency, which
fact places him in direct astagOnism with
many Of the Greeubackers. That he nay wish
to bring the Greenbackers over to the Repub-
lican party in certain contingencies. and that
he may seek to do SO, is not improbable.
but there are so many obstacles in the way
that he must be very hopeful man. and
have full confidence in his own capacity as a
political manager if lie expects to bring such
a thing about. As he was elected to Con-
gress in opposition 10 the regular Repu6ll-
can candidate, under circumstances calcu!at-
ed to cool his affection for the Republican
marty, the Republicans Of other States are
e1cusabe for not having that confidence IN
him which Is felt by those who admire him
for his great ability, and for those good
qualities which win and hold the friendship
Of neighbors and sssOciates.-B0stoHI Iraret-
Ter.
1t will be entirely safe to say that Mr..
Barlow will act IN any given case, as he
thinks his interests require. Beyond that
nothing is certain in regard to his action.
This District being still, in theory at east,
Republican District, it is more than
likely that M Barlow will not think it
best to wholly cut loose from the Republi-
can party, at least so long as he can main
tain any kind OF connection with 1t by
decl airing that he still considers himself
Republican, and as long as some other party
does not offer greater inducements to his
personal interests and ambitions. of course
the time is likely to come when he can no
longer ride the Republican, Greenblck and
Democratic horses, three abreast-when he
must act with one or the other party, under
circumstances which will definitely indicate
to which he owes chief allegiance. So far as
any principles are concerned on his part,
Mr.. Barlow's own recent declaration is, OF
course, more authoritative than any second
hand assertions of his "fricnds." Mr.. Bar
low stated, in writing, the other day, that
he still stood by his Greenback let
ters. In those letters he advocated
in the distinctGst terms an issue of
thousand millions of greenhacks-a tremen-
dous initiation of the currency. Standing
still by those declarations, as he says he does,
without abating one j)t or title, 1t can
not be correctly said of him that he - in
favor of contraction. rather than expansion.
The THEORIES" favored by Mr.. Barlow, IN
his canvass, embraced all the most danger
Gus ideas of the National Grcenbackers,
whose nomination he accepted. In all the
class i6catons of members Of the tOrty-sixth
Congress that we have seen, including some
made by Vermonters in Washington. MIR.
Barlow is classed As a Greenbseker. When
be does anything to take him decisively out
of that category, we shall all know it.
The Turkish war added six hundred mil