Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-05-08

RAILROAD MEETING.

NAIL hoA ~ WIZ t.Nb
Rail ts.d--Rsil.resd 7 10 po~ ,hs ook
CIV srovst -. We hare never secs man
,,cssd sp;ra that gsss - ssrs Prem
~ o. fuiusv saee.a, % as sshibtcd by
the sestiee wkrh eoa,sned al our village,
% To..dsy NJ this week This ~s,
meeting Of tho commute fonhe weesrn
route, from the Coaoec,icu, River to Bur
Iing,os, and wss suendcd b, gentlemen
from almost every town On the line u
would s~~n ihsi the articles receollv
published 10 the Ws,ehmsn 4 Journal,
have y, l~us had the affect to a,t our r-o.
pie up 10 n s~nse Of the Importance Of this
work. Much e,id, nee was elected al the
meeting calculated TO sbu~ the falscy Of the
assurn raion OF the fr,-nds OF the central
route ss the superior advantages of,heir
route Over our, and ~ We have before snid
the .p,rn now msnifrsed 10 such ~ to show
thu, WI -rn Vermont has at length stoused
donb,s thar she will succeed in her purpose
wbeu she '-u herself really nren the work
Il ns fact. not to be denied, thu, the very
hrong conviction OF the friends Of the Wes
tern route, thst the capitalists Of Boston
would he sure to zee the peculiar sdvanta.
ges OF this route over all o,hcrs, has in.
duecd deep and ss,,lcd sps'hy 10 res, upon
Them bat the m'sf' pre-. en'siions, the mis-
statements and the unfair comparisons in.
nituted by the friends Of other routes has
st length awoke Us from this spathy and
wo believe thu, the energy Of our people 10
no, ngsin'o be overcome. We believe ths,,he
merits of,his route will now be pu, in their
true light-is advantages properly exhibit.
ed, and when this sh'" be done and the
friends Of the route move with the spirit
they should, no reasonable doubt can rest,
a. to the result
We are not able to publish, thus week the
full proceedings Of the mee,in. above allu.
dcd to, but shall do % in our next.
Perhaps Loeofocism never better ill.irs.
ted itself than IN the reccn, case in Conncc.
,icu, l, occurred in this wise Mr. Giles
Wsllswor,ho of Windsor was Loo ofoco eau.
didale for Sta,rSennior in iheThird District.
and the Hon Richard B,con, Of Sim,bury,
wss.he whiS candidate who opposed him
The latter genllemnn was urged 10 preside
a. The electors meeting in his town, bu,
declined, oa the ground ,hul he was him.
himselfa candidate bu, in Windsor, Mr..
Ellsworth ~us chosen presiding officer
and acceW,d.he place In ,ha, town Mr.
Bacon received 202 VOTES and is legally ..
lee'ed IN the district by plurality Of one
hundred and forty; bu, Ellsworth the pre-.
siding officer al Winlsor, though he care.
full " returned the vote for himself omitted
altogether the return Of the 295 votes for
Mr Bacon, and he (El.wor,h) i, declared
officially electedI
This Is precisely the case IS stated in the
Hartford Courrn,, and unless there are
some very strong explanatory ci'cumaan.
ces'o mitigate tho enormity, i, is one OF the
most nagrant frauds ever committed and at
the same tiMe the transaction wa. rs
foolish ns ii wa, fraudulent for j, is no,
possible lha. Ellsworth will DO permh,ed
to take hi. seat We know of nothing
parallel to this proceeding, unIes, it be the
eondoc, of.he moderator ola meeting il
Colchester year or two ,inee-a certain
Mr. Bulkley-who voted twice on tho same
occasion once in his primary capacity"
and once more as presiding officer entitled
him 10 the casting vote. Cour &Eng.
War 70, o rtsos is 70, to the ,ase ofthe
South any more than OF the North or cen.
TIRE. Im a passion-if i, exists q, all
ofthe extreme West; bu, even 10 them, it
mu" be obvious the, time is fighting on
our side much more efeetually and unop-
posedly than any armies could do
The Charleston Mercury, speaking on
this subject, says
at s said that war for this territory
would be popular Ye, we remember that
nearly oil the speakers in both houses OF
Congress were very fond OF the argument
tina, taking possession Of the territory was
the very way to settle the matter wl.hon,
war They ridicued and denied The prob,
ability Of war Mr. Buchanan never admit.
pd II II i,very certain we cannot fight
for The ro''e,"on Of the territory, nj present;
for we could not Ike possession Of that
p,r whith the Brush claim, If they we're