Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-01-02
ELECTION OF COMMISSIONERS.

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ELECTION OF COMMISSIONERS.
The election for county commissioners
iakes place this day ihrough bout the state and
tho result is looked for with a deep interest
by the arden, portion Of both the opposing
parties.
We regret 10 sec that in most Of the coun-
ties OF the state this controversy has been car
ried on with a degree OF bitterness and ran.
court that, to our mind is unbccoming the
! character Of Vernon, Freemen. ], is not
STRANGE that, in time Of high political ex-
citemen,, party iecling and party prejudice
should carry men into a whrl of e1ci,emcn,
and lead them 10 carry on the warfare, " ith
zeal unbecoming 10 themselves and which
al times. might lead them 10 do grea, injustice
to their opponent. But lha,rational and in,elli-
employed IN carrying out a reform upon q
question strictly moral and in tho setll enc nj
OF Which all feel deep should en-
sirely forgot the ends they aim at and fall to
II the friends Of order, Of peace, of harmony
or temperance ON rhichercr sidc Of the
present controversy, ihoy may be fuund-cx-
pect thus 10 make the world better; they
will probably live TO find themselves most
previously mistaken. Ills not amids, s,rifes
or contentious that the heart 10 made purer
and reforms arc carried on; il is no, in the fgh'
that men become convinced OF HE error Of
their ways, nor 10 il by The application OF
personal inveciives that a man is ever CONVEX.
ted from the dclusion Of error and led to-see
the path OF truth and rgh,eousnesss-an
from which, he pefchancc, may be far stray
ing.
| Bot with whatever force tho above remark,
may apply TO other sections Of the slate
they certainly would not DO applicable 10 the
people Of Rutland County generally in view
OF the m,nner in which this controversy has
here been carried on. There may have been
on both sides, some, whose ardor has al times
carried them liule too fast and too far
bu, as general thing, We believe that on Ell
Tier side this contest has here been fairly
and deten,ly waged J, affords Us sincere
pleasure to say this, and the fact that it has
been so, may well be 4 source Capitalization
to all who regard the order and we'll beirg
OF sociely, and who really care for The ad-
vancemeni OF morality and virtue.
Fur our own par. We have RETAINED from
ist'ng siJes on this question feeling tina,
Ne could not. in justice to either party
The question al issue is ons OF highly eX.
CHING chsrac,et-snd in The present shape
IN which II Is before the people, in our opin,
ion Is on altogether OF sxpediency, This
question hss long, in one form or another
been BETTE the peope-i, has been argued
on both Sides and The people are fully pre-.
pared 10 render their verdict, upon which
ever side their judemen, may dictate, We
hope that every freeman whatever me- We
his feelings in reference TO this matter will
feel the subject of sufficient importance to
lead him to record his vote in accordance
with the dictates Of his sober and honest
judgment. Its important that The question /
should be soiIled, and II is desirable that il |
should be so, on the foil vote Of The county
II the question is allowed To pas, off with a
small vote--which ever side my DO defe a,ed
will regard the election as afordins no er-
preston a(lhe people OF the county, thoy will
be di-Saii,h with The result, and the whole
ma,tetwiN agalnfbe an open subject Of con,ro-
versy, To gentlemen upon 10th sides VIC
may say then, bring on, your foil force--Kcrp
yonr fsmpcr, wage the bstile fairly Aod like
men--and upon winch ever side defeat come
they will fnd il robbed II half its Jnlernen
We have only 10 say further in reference
TO this mailer, that the a,,smpi Of the volce
o( Freedom to produce the impression ,nat
the Herald had taken sides 10 this coniro-
vsr,y 10 az onfsn and ungenIemsnly, a. the
charge :. testRute Of reason and fr.iA.-We
sgain assent that the Herald has leni itself
10 neither Of these fActions-it has done no
more io' one sale Than the other, nor ha, il
refused 30 cunPly with the reasonable re-
quests ri either. We have PUBLISHED IN.
proceeding Of each party In conveniton--we
have Published the address Of the TemDe,-
anoe COMMITTEE, and gwen place to ,wp
"'" ''''n'"i'.'ioa' On 'sse Other ,s'., and