Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1841-03-08

Council Of CenSors. We this week publish the
list OF the candidates proposed by the Wing Con"
vention holden ut Montpelier in Oclohe ar last, with
the exception of Winsor County, which we
choose to leave blank for the Iresent-Vt. Times.
There is reason enough for leaviig out the
name of John A. Pratt, of Windsor. !, Mr. Pratt
Is willing TO become the candidate OF Eastman,
Grant & Go. let him owe his election D. the infu-
ence of the Scorpion party aud not TO the votes OF
the Wings. We presume there OF her men in
Windsor County besides MIR. Pratt, who could
honorahiy fill the Office f}eliotcS Fd!Gj Gdz.
1t seems to us, brother Moore that in your zeal
against the Scorpion clique, you have outrun dis
erection, and are thus playing into the lands of the
enemy. If Mr.. Pratt has pledged hin Iself to the
proposed alteration of the Constitution, because
the Scorpion threatened to sting him. it shows
weakness which should disqualiiy him for any
responsible station But this mast no be taken for
granted From our knowledge Of Mir. Pratt we
set him down as man who would not he fright
ened dozen scorpions, with real stnSs. II
Mr.. p. is in favor of altering the con stuion, we
believe he has reasons Other than the threats OF
lew powerless ocofocos and we will not cast
him off for his opinions on this su beet. That
would be just the thing - suit the mt ndicant par
tizans of the delunct dynasty, whose jaws are
now wide-sreichcd for small crumbs ofparty cap
ita, TO keep them from fanishiug We are as
much opposed TO II pledged and hampered ticket
as is our brother of the Gazette. The people
ought not TO be driven, in the few days intervening
between this and the election, 10 lortn hasty and
crude opinions on matters ofso much importance;
neither ought they to print council 10 he i'm
posed upon them, bound 10 n certain course of
action, without deliberations perhaps at any rate,
without The liberty of revising their opinions, if
Geliberation should prove them TO be wrong. IL
seems to ms wrong ; net only wrong, bgt proha-
bly, 6fnpractcob!e. There are many, we doubt not,
who would be glad to take the election of Saeri6s
and high baiif$ from the legislature and give it to
the people, but who not prepared To add TO
these the Judges of The courts and justices of tIe
peace others woukl include The whole; others
are against both projects, and in favor of greatly
reducing and Limiting the number of justices OF
the peace ; others still desire the election Of Sen
ators to be made trennialIy, or managed that
one third Of the Senate shall be elected annually
and others still there may I've, who are anxious for
the somewhat oft discussed project of representa-
ton, in the House, according TO population. Shall
we have, then, as many pledged tickets MS there
are different projects? Why not, if we nre TO
have any? But we nave dgrcssed from our pur-
pose, which was to say, that while we are oppos-
ed 10 all pledged tickets, we cannot say we will
discard a single candidate, because he is known to
he favorable to this particular amendmen or TO
INV other We will trust him with dozen I'm,
pledged associates. Again-t committed ut ALL
we would rather it be for amendments: in this
case, the people, by their delegates have the priv
D ege of passing upon the matter, and can reject
il they please. If the pledge be against a.
mendments, the people are debarred from all ac-
) ton, and cannot adopt any change, however de-
u sirable il may be.
j-Since the above was prepared, the Spirit o.
the Age (successor TO Scorpion) declares that the
It Wing ticket is on the whole composed of gentle
n manly fellows, some for, and some against thu
/. proposed amendment, aud that it is convinced i
= cannot do better than to support it. Well, this i
r. precisely what we have thought about the tickle
ID from the beginning, and we are glad to see tl'i
es Spirit right for once The Constitution is tn
IN common property of all parties; oil all 'h'ng'
therefore, is should be the very last to