Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1847-07-30

One of the mos, noticeable of the poculidri'ies
of the system of party tactics so adro,ly prac-
iiscd in Congress By the "Dcmocratic candi-
date for Governor of Vermont. the Hon. Paul
Dillingham;. Jr.. is one very commonly resortcd
to BY that gentleman and in great favor with
the founders of the Albany Regency" school
Of politicians. We refer to the j"dicioHs ncu-
truiiiy that is attempted TO be gained by not
VOTING, We TO not by any means intend to
say that the bare fact of the absence Of the
name of a member from the lis, Of yeas and
nays is even yrima tncic evidence that lie p,u'
Tos,iy abstaincd from voting on tie question
decided The fact needs additional crcum-
stances to make it, ordinarily, worthy of com
mcnt. But where Il failure 10 vote is the result
Of design-iS the carrying out of a system Of
party stratcgy-those circumstances are rarely
wanting. Circumstances are stubborn and un-
manageable things-it is often times far easier to
dispose of direct than of circuinstantial evidence.
proof Of guilt. Mr. Dillingham; is a lawyer and
will understand the distinction,
In laying before orr readers, last week, tho
excessively judicious and conciIiaiory course of
Mr.. Dillingham; in the last Congress on the
WrMoT PRovIso, Il question involving an issue
no less momcntous and exalted than that of
FREEDOM or SLAVERY, we had occasion to ex-
hihit specimen Of this ncu'lwiuy manTuyrc.
Our readers will remember that the cunning
gentleman refused 10 rate al al on the fnai pas
sage of the S3,O00.OO0 bill. Now this with
holding of his vote at tie main crisis would
have been Of less questionable import were il
not for the awkward little circumstance of his
voting against laying me bin an he hhIc immc-
distely previous! As We have before said, if lie
il, ~ we are bound 10 suppose, man Of sense
aud an intelligent legislator, knowing the effect
Of his votes and willing to meet the response
billy which they imposed upon him. he refused
10 lay the bill upon the table because he wished
the main question TO be at once taken, and the
bill to be passed or defeated. 1t is under such
circumstances that the widest charity can dis.
cover nothing but the most unworthy and con.
tcmpiiblc trfng with the grave duties Of lccis
lation, TO say the least OF it, in the incohercn'
and inconsistent course thus pursued by Mr.. Dill
lingham-a course wholly unworthy an accrcd
tied representative of a generous constituency
aud especially derogatory to the principles an,
the dignity Of the people of Vermont,
But we will illustrate this trait in the polca
,cmperan,em of Mr.. Dillingham; a little further
When we say hard things Of "A prominent Wen
monter, we like to "spcak by the book" /
looking over the record whcreon is spread OF
his official action in Congress, it is little re
markable to observe that the list of yeas an
NAYS is not Ionored with the name Of Pan
DiIHnghan, .ir,, on other questions besides III
"'rarin Of 40" and the Wilmot Proviso q
the OH aud 10th Of December, 1915, Cor exam
pie, that sturdy friend of human rights Jon
QUiScg ADAMS, presented certain remonsirancC
mud petitions AGAINST THE ADMISSION OF lena
ASA si.AyEHul.plSG STATE, and moved that the
should be referred To a special committee an
be prn,cd--a motion sure, one would suppos'
To secure the appreciation and the support of "A
consistent aud honest aui -salcry men. III
motion was met by that Of Il pro-slaycry Soutl