The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-09-12
THE RUTLAND HERALD,
THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER u, isso.

CT The returns which We THU day
publish will give the resnl, Of the past
election beyond a = sradventurc; a re.
sui, a. gratifying to every true Wing
NJ il l. honorable 20 the State. The
Whigs Of Vermont, in this costest ,have
fully maintained their former enviable
character, rs firin and true Wings, aud
molly sustained the principles for which
they have so long aad so faithfully con.
tended
We have but one regret to express
in relation To the election, and that Of
course refers TO that If Member Of Con.
gress for this District--caused By an
unfortunate division in the Wing ranks. |
That an election could have been had
undo the existing circumstances was
not to be expected. but that the fact Of
finding ourselves placed in this posi-
ton, should give rise to The bitter and
acrimonious feeling, certainly express.
I'd on one wing Of the division, is to us
n thing to be regretted, and places he
whole matter ia a position where the
. coolest and most calm deliberalion must
be exercised.
What course, under til. circumstan.
ces, is now to Lc pursued----or villa.
course should now be carried QUITS
not for u., perhaps, to say. This. how
ever. we ,riN say, tba. Mr.. Lyman hav-
ing carried the county Of Bennington,
the residence Of both the contending
wing candidates, and the distric, be-
sides, against Mr. Miner, we certainly
think that if either Of these gentlemen
are TO DC adhered to, Mr.. Lyman is
most certainly entitled to the prefer
ence. That he was fairly and honora-
bly, nominated is not question for ar.
sumcnt. That Mr.. Miner failed in
securing q Legitimate nomination, is ap.
parent to every disinlerested person,
and We mi eht go farther and say to
very many of the strongest and warm
est personal friends the latter gentle
man has in this county, where lie is
, we'll known, and highly appreciated, as
,, he should be.
The result Of the Congressional cleo.
, ton being as it is. and no choice effect
ected-it now becomes the duty Of the
press and frecmcn Of the District to adj.
wise as to the course mex. to be pur.
, sued. The suggestions of some that
we shall have a new convention
, dropping both the present wing candi'
date, we must confess. does not strike
US favorably. Could this have been done
before trial of strength had been had
before the people, this course might
. have sootl,ed all the conflicting parties
though then in our judgment..the result
would have been questionable. But to
r take this course now, it appears to us
would only go to make confusion worse
COMPOUNDED, while we think that such q
> movement. calculated to force Mr.. Ly
man to decline, is hardly such treat
! ment of him rs he is entitled to expect
from the wings Of the First District
. for, surely, il any doubt, existed before
, as 10 his nomination. his vote in the
past Contest, is at least. a good substi'
tute for one
But the history Of the present diA
I fculty to the present time is well known
and we shall not again detail it here. -
The question is as to what next p
, 1t is well known that Mr.. Miner was
our first choice but the selection of the
; candidate being virtually conceded to
: Bennington County, and she appearing
to indicate her preference for Mr. Ly.
man--as his vote fully shows--we were
led to go for the nomination Of Mr. Ly-
man.
For ourself we have never doubted
the fact since the first convention that MI
Lyman was the choice of maj. of the vo.
tiers inBennington co.; and to us it ALWAYS
; appeared strange that such fact could
either have been misunderstood or dis.
regarded by the eminent whig poli;i.
clans from Rutland county that attended
that convention either in person OF Ly
proxy. For some reason, however. TO
r rs unknown, they either mistook or
were willing 10 take the responsibility
Of d'sregarding the plainly expressed
wishes OF the people Of Bennington
/. county. A nomination wholly unsa,is.
factory TO 10 the people Of Bennington
county was returned by the nominating
committee, Ia the ma.s conv.,,;o, N,