Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-08-03

Town Committees.


DEAR SIR:-At our County Convention, some indi-
viduals appointed on our Town Committees expressed
wish that something might appear in our Liberty pa
pers relative to the duties of town committees. By
way of response to that wish will briefly offer my
views, to which beg you will suboin whatever else
you may deem necessary. The plan Of our State Or
ganzation embraces State, District County, Town,
and School Distrst committees. 1t is the duty of the
town committee, to appoint one individuals in
each school district in their respective towns, to
vass their respective Districts ascertain the views and
feelings Of every individual in their town, and use such
means as they may deem best calculated to lead them
to cote right And FIRST negativey-itis not yo,r d.
y to abuse ridcule, SANDER, rail ut your neigh
bors to bring them to the truth Neither will you com
pass any good by cunning artful means, by guile,
deceit forgeres lies-uh needs no such auxiliaries
The whole system of waysde lecturing street har.
angues &c. &c. known under the names of election
eering horse-sheding, &c., is little better. Few men
are discreet enough to do any good in that way But
positivey- is your duty to all honest and honor
able means in your power to accomplish your ends in
your several Jurisdictions And of all the means with
in your reach, am clear that will be found more
efficient than placing before your people Liberty pa
perS. You can often persuade a man to earn dollar,
and read Liberty paper year, whom you could not
persuade to vote with you by arguing with them to
the end of the year. The paper will not reply to him
when he is vexed as you would if he is ever so abusive
& aggravating, his paper will not abuse him. Another
thingfew of us know how closely our feelings, inter
est and opinions, are bound together Use your best
endeavors to induce them therefore, to buy the truth
They will be much more likely to be more fayoraby
impressed by paper paid for than one given them
Give man a newspaper teaching opinions different
from his own the chances are ten to one he throws il
by unreadf read, it read as another mans paper
conaing another mans opinions, with a preconceved
determination to give no heed to it. Let the same
man pay for and read the same paper-every enc thai
comes to hand is consulted with nteres-it is read as
my pdper-it contains one two of the units that
make up that dollar which my hands eaned-ten tc
one that paper will contain my opioions before cleo
ton. If a man won't read you may as well let him
alone-because he is probably one of those who have
all the knowledge there is in the world, you cannot Of
course enhghten him. But when you cannot SELL il
may be expedient to give suitable reading matter
And here occurs one thing, which has been done by
some town committees, which | much admire ant
would warmly recommend to all town committees
throughout the State viz they have supplied all the
cergymen in their towns with Liberty papers. &c
and do likewise Generally speaking however, l have
little faith in the efficiency of papers given a,oap
think lending better than giving. They stand bette
chance of being read
1t is the the duty of town committees to call al
meetings in their several towns for the nomination
town representatives. the appointment of delegates tc
county, district and state conventions to procure lee
turers addresses &c. on suitable occasions or in con
junction with the district committees hold dstric
meetings in different parts of the town. for the free
discussion of political questions, and to see that votes
are seasonaby procured for your State and county of
fcers at the coming electon-in short you are to be
the fac tOtms of your party in your several towns
do everything that faithful sentinel ought to do-lool
out for all manner of lying devices and seasonabl,
and truthfully expose them
Yours truly,
FRANKLIN.