Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1839-09-06
OUR TOWN ELECTION.
The following is the result of the election
Tor Representative 10 this town, for
Baxter. (Whig,l 3l7
Lyman, Loco Foco,) 3O8
Scattering,
Majority for Baxter,

and two for Loco Focos ;-ndding the
three scattering TO Baxter's 317 and j,
makes The Wing vote Tor Town Represen.
atve 500. Give the other two SCATTERING
to Lyman, and 1t makes the Loco Foco
vote 3Io'-thus giving the Wings major.
ny OF Ten votes on the Representative tick.
eli. This majority might have been swell.
lee to thirty or forty if certain disaffec,ed
Wings had come to the Polls and voted
Tor the regularly nominated candidate of
their party.
we cannot omit to mention in this place
the unprIucipled and profga,e manner IN
which the Loco Focns have conducted in
relation to the election IN This town
Ihere can be no doubt in the minds If al,
ccma'd men, that there is in the town of
burlington clear Wing majority of no
less than 40 to so votes. but owing IN ,ho
desperate means made use of by the Loco
Focos, this majority is reduced to the mea
gre one of only 50. Nathan 6. Hssweu ,
man who has grown fat from Government
dnbbl'ng, the Breakwa'er agent in this
place, who procIaims openly, as we under.
stand that no man shall be employed to-
work thereon, unless a thorough coinc
Loky, and himself the Loco Foco candidate
Tor Senator in this county. led up or caused
TO be led up to the polls on the day Of cleo.
t'on' some 80 or 40 individuals who voted
the h'c' Foco ticket throughcu, on that
'cee..on. We wish the ireemen of The
'""a o., Burlington to ponder well uDon
hose acts.
Candidates for office were formerly it,
Tie more modest. But Mr.. Haswell
throws off all disguise in this matter, one
office under the General Government ,s not
enongh for The man. But he mast needs
make use Of The powers thus temporarily.
and we know not but e'ernally coded him
by the General Government, to secure still
another place oftrust in our State Govern.
mcnt.
We call upon the freemen Of ChittendeD
county, one and all to reflect for few
moments, upon the immense Government
influence with which they have had TO
contend.
And yet this is the man, who is so very
tenacious of his own rights This RICH, toa
seat in the Senate Chamber at Montpelier,
we suppose be means when he speaks SO
pompoosly of "my rights" and my priv.
leges' THAT he would debar portion Of
the quiet and inoffensive residents of this
town of the most sacred Of all rights, the
right of exercising the elective franchise
where they properly aud legally belong.
On the present occasion, however, we have
tlumphed- lorlously trIumphed over all
the deception and frauds Of our adversaries
over Government patronage. and over n
cabal both by habit and inclination corrupt.
IT'S a triumph, not Of correct PRINCIPLES
alone-but triumph of honest men over
old aud INTRIGUING politicians.
The BoUNDARv,-We understand that
Mr.. Forsyth, Secretary of State, has
transmitted to Governor Fairfield, the,
communication of Mr.. Fox to the Govern.
ment of the United States, relating to me.
mission of Col. Nudge and Mr.. Feather.
stonhaugb, by which it would seem lhac
the object is substantially what has been
alleged in the English papers. The Bri.
fish Government app.ebendng that the
negotiations respecting the establishment,
OF JOINT commission for running the line
might not be terminated until near tho
Close OF the present year, it was thought
the mean time might be pro6tablv spent
by that Government in making a tono,
graphical survey, and acquiring a moro
intimate knowledge of the territory in
dispute.
S'''' 'ar'ner-slnce writing the foregoing.
we have obtained copies of the following
correspondence which has taken pIdfe
between Sir John Harvey and Gov. Fair.
feld.-Saco Democrat.
Government House,
FREDERIcKroN. N. s., Aug. 10, 1880.
Major General Sir John Harvey has the honor
to acquaint Governor Fairfield, that Col. Nudge.
Of The Royal Engineers, and W, q, Fealherslo,