Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1843-08-03
NOMINATION OF Mr.. FOOT.

otner column.
NOMINATION OF MR. FOOT.
The Wings of Rutland County, the friends of Mr.
Foot, will We feel sure be gn,i6ed in knowing thai,
his nomination /. well received and heartily respond
ed 10, in every section of the district.
The wings Of Windham ant Bennington counties,
by their magnanimity and devotion to correct, prn-
cipes, have proved themselves worthy of the name
they bear-Whigs Of Vermont But one sentiment
seems TO pervade the party throughout the entire
district, and that sentiment is union
II was OF course TO be expected that our friends
Of Wndham and Bennington would have sectional
and personal feelings in this matter as strong per
haps was felt by Us Of Rutland County-yet we
see the same disposition manifested to sacrifice
those feelings of preference for the glorious cause
which ,oould hare been shopn by the wings of Rut-
land county, had the selection of candidate be en-
made adverse to the unanimous feeling here express
ed
We copy the following from the wing papers in
Bennington and Windham counties as an evidence
Of the feelings there exhibited in view Of this NOM
nation. The bennington State Banner in speaking
of the convention and nomination says:
GAS was 10 be expected under the circumstances
a lively interest was felt and manifested by the
freods of the different individuals, whose names
had been mentioned in connection with the nom-
ination. 1t was ZEAL however, springing from,
and subservient to, their attachment to the gori-
Gus whg cause. And when it became necessary,
all individual preferences were promptly, cheer
fully and cordially surrendered. This was nobly
done, and like true wings as they all were. OF
the nominee we can say, as we could have said of
either of the other individuals mentioned in connec-
ton with the nomination, had the cnoice fallen on
him. he is every inch a wing and is worthy and
will receive the cordial and triumphant support OF
the gallant wings fthe First Congressional Dis.
trict of Vermont Mr.. Foot accompanied his &C.
ceptance of the nomination with brief and elo-
quent speech, in which he frankly and freely ex-
pressed his sentiments en- the great subjects of the
Tariff, the Currency and Slavery He run the
dividing line between the two parties and render
ed it as clear as sunbeam. He con,rasted the
principles of the ocooco party, their vacillating
noncommi,talism on the Tariff, their Sub Treas.
ury hard money, ultra destructive measures in re-
gard 10 the Currency, and their dough- faced
trucking to the Slayeocracy Of the South, with
the republican principles Of the wing party, their
incorporating devotion TO the protective system,
a sound uniform Currency and the maintenance Of
the Rights of the North against the aggressions
|, of the slave spirit of,he South His remarks met
n hearty response from the Convention. The en-
thusiasm with which his speech was greeted is an
earnest of his success at the polls, where he will
be elected by an overwhelming majority, as the
able and faithful Representative of Seventy Five
: Thousand intelligent and patriotic Freemen Of
Vermont"
From the BeHows Falls Gasetie.
DISTRICT NOMINATIONS
We received too late last week, the proceed
ings Of the District Convention at Manchester, to
accompany them with any remarks of our own.
Perhaps with little Of sel6shness, which makes a
man prefer his neighbor TO a stranger, we should
have wished that the nomination might have been
made from this county. But of the result we can
not complain. The candidate selected meets with
our most hearty and unqualified appreciation
Heretofore in bis public life we know that he has
a, all times ably and faithfully performed his duty
In placing him in a higher situation, in posi-
lion where be can haye an opportunity for more
extended display q his powers Of mind, we be-
lieve that the Whigs OF the District, while they
honor him, will DO great credit to themselves.
The proceedings OF the Convention were con-
Quoted in manner too fair to leave anv doub,
that the wishes Of majority of the Wings Of
the District were fulfilled by the nomination OF
SOLOMON Foor-In district containing such an
extent Of territory extending in one direction al
most hundred miles, composer Oh counties whose
inhabitants have lh,lc intercourse with each other
and where nomination involved almost the GER
tainty Of an election il nigh, well be supposed that
there would exist a great diversity OF feelings and
Interests 1t nigh, be supposed that those feel
ings and interests would Operate unGvorable 10
the success of our party. Upon this subject we
have had our fears, but are most happily disap-
pointed As in 1910, the Wings OF this district
are determined to go into the contest under the
good old motto In Union there is Safety
In the two other Congressional Districts in this
State in which the Wings have decided majorilies
their candidates are acknowledged TO be men OF
whom no dis,ric, in the Union would have reason
to be ashamed We are proud to say that in all
he qualities which fit man for The duties Of a
legislative Assembly Mr. Foor is fully their
equal. Few men are more eloquent-possessed
OF superior talent, quick perceptions, and Of that
Pfomps and ready power in debate which at once
grasps the subject under discussion and is 80 i'm.
Por,ant in public life, he will 10 doing the State
service also do honor TO her discrimination Of his
constituents
It Is useless perhaps, to speak Of Mr. FooTs