Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1838-08-24
For the Free Press.

incl, an article purportiDg TO be a c0mmu-
nica,ion bearing date at Richmond, and
signed "A friend to Mr.. Briggs in which
the originality and genuineness of the COM
munication in your paper Of the 10th inst.
over the signature Of "A Voter dated
Huntington, August 6, are denied in terms
by no means equivocal. and its pareniage
attributed to some officious friend of Mr..
Allen in Burlington. This blow OF the
literary genius Of the people Of Huntington,
is. I confess, what | did not expect, even
from the most inveterate enemies Of our
Hon. Representative in Congress. had.
indeed, a little expectation that some real
honest friend of Mr.. Briggs would come
forward, and in frank, open manner, vim
dicate the justice of his claims in preference
TO Mr.. Allen. The writer of the Sentinel
article, however, as if conscious that such
an honest method would not quite answer
his purpose. has descended 10 the low arti
fee Of making his readers believe that
there is not man in Huntington, either
capable or willing to support the nomna-
ton oe Heman Allen, as the Wing candid
ate for Congress from this district, at the
approaching election. 1t is of little conse-
quence TO US, whether the author Of the
piece in the Sentinel. be, bona fde, Rich.
mond man, or some one not far from the
Burlington post Office. who thus performs
the part Of ventrloquist. in hallIng his
readers from Richmond. can assure him
that if he will take the trouble to come to
Huntington, as far as ]. 3. Dikes tavern.
and there inquire for man by the name
of James Johns. he can provided he is
alive and not absent) be shown the identi-
cal writer OF the communications in the
Free Press, signed "A Voter and Halter
of lles; though he need not expect to see a
Burlington dandy, with watch in his fob
rufiles in his bosom, nor calf skin boots; but
plain, homespun fellow, in bis every day
dress. This Sentinel writer says, among
other things, speaking of my articles in
your paper, from their number, one would
suppose that oil the goose quilts in Hun
tiDg,on were put in requstlOn,' &c. or
words to that effect. Now. whether he
thought that the fealhered bipeds usually
called geese. were so scarce here that one
or two quilts only could be mustered, or
whether he was thinking that we were in
debted to the productions Of his little flap.
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though should Judge he latter to be the
most probable. But this one thing would
remark that among the thousand quilts
which | am confident could be found among
US, it is somewhat curious that we haveno
one TO step forward with one ready sharp.
ened, and in some paper, publicly defend
the conduct of the stubborn trio. who, as
delegates from this town in the Cambridge
Convention, formed the exceptions TO the
unanimity with which that meeting agreed
to Mr.. Aliens nomination. IL is true, u
caucus has been held, and resolutions pas
scd, approving the part the Huntington
members took in adhering to their frs,
choice, end which may be published; buI
the number who composed that petty ca
bal was very few. Let not the people Of
this district, therefore, mistake the doings
of this caucus as an expression of the feel
ings Of The freemen of Huntington in gene
raj on this subject. The 'veracious' writer
Of the Sentinel says the people Of Hunting
ton would feel themselves Insulted at the
suggestion of any person in that town hav-
ing wrote the commun icatlOns in the Free
Press. That the little squad who compos~
ed the caucus above referred, should not
feel much fattercd by the article signed "A
voter is quite natural, since as the poet says:
"No thief e'er feels The halter draw,
With good opinion oflhe law"
But | think the candid. rejecting portion
of our citizens have little occasion to fee
flattered by the course of the individuals
alluded TO. "A friend to Mr.. Briggs avows
his determination not to be diverted from
his purpose of voting for him. have no
wish to dictate to him nor TO any other
man how they shall vote. For my part,
assure HIM on The other hand, that | per.
sona'Iy know Heman Allen, and appreciat
ing his merits as ! do. nothing, short of
some adverse dispensalion of Providence.
will change my purpose Of voting fos him,
even though | know nine would be the
only vote he gets in this town.
A HUNTINGTON VoTER-.No mistake.