The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-10-10
NUMBER 80

known 10 yoa. A few moments amer
ven we're NOMINATED ~ Ratiset, I rr-
ce''ci n 'e'e2raphir Dispatch. saying
yoa were nosa,aa..,l. and wishing ~
Know n. IN casc yoa declared for Mr..
' iienry, l ~oalJ do The sntne. ;mmc.
d,a'cis replied IN the follow ing wor,S,
: Ia MIR t.ymau decline, absolutely,
I "iihoa, cnnditIons, wsit,,s -, bo, thu
convention, composed solely Of h.
frHnds. must nat nominate the eanli.
DATES new ono may bc property call.
cd tT thin purpose, bosh of Us hc,ng
out of the way"
| This dsepateas war pnb,i.hci In the
: fhcn,x The week nfirr ,l,c Rutland
! Convention. and IN tho Union Wh,c the
week following. You must have soon
I II. Tor II wa. in rrrly 10 The article con.
/ tanning n. that yen, published your carl.
| 1h. Monda, following tbs iuilsn,l
tons 'niion, addressed you the fol.
/ lowing ltlcr:
M,Sciirtrrn. Aug. ~. 1850
l'cGr Sir II secm- 10 me ,ia, some
Thing should bc done for ,Ac safety and
"nhm of the Wig party in this li,,ric,
and Tor that purpose ! VIII propose 10
You that both Of Us withdraw our names
aS cn' dilnics, anl recommend 10 te
Distinct Committee q place in nomina.
hoh Mr. lIcnry's nnmc, or the name q
my individual who was n candidate nf
th" Manchester Convention, cxrcrt
ourselves - or new Convention may
be- called.
VIII YOU reply IA soon IA convenient.
Very Respectfully,
Yours, &,-..
L.. MINER
Some days after. saw hy the zap.
crs that you hada meeting in Wfnri
ham county the lay hi, letter was
forwarded. | ai,crward saw tho
friend to whom | enclosed n copy,
and he Informed me. that, as You
were abscit he had not delivered it.
Eu: the letter was written and Cs.
wardc1, aud it is possible the frccmrn
Of the district will understand, tha. J
was quite as anxious to restore "ha..
inony' before tho election. as | have
been since and ] must he allowed
Ia add, that the "cxcitemcnt in the
Wing ranks was then quite as "a.
'alanins" to me, as it appears just a,
this time, and perhaps a little more
50. ! should at any time, whether I
had obtained more or less votes ,ha"
yourself have consented to withdraw
from the canvass, if you would have
done the same. 1t may be that Won
obtained few the most votes, but
yoa have not obtained majority of
! the Wing yotcs in the district. On
y about thrcefpur,hs of the Whig.
in Rutland and WinAham countie.
voted at all fr Congress, aud of such
as did vote m the di.tric. you have
not a majority. There atc more
scattering Whig votes than your
plurality, - and some Of your friends
boastcd before the election that YOU
would receive in the town Of Benning.
ton, LOO votes from the other ra,y
you doubtless know whether you
did or not You certainly received
much more than yon plurality, in this
Probate District from that party
1.-The verdict Of the WHY party at
tue ballot box is not in your favor.
! have no iouLit that more Wig votes
were cast for inc, than yourself, and
such is the opinion Of my friends, il,
all parts of the district. with whom I
have conyersed, or corrcsrondcd, and
particularly those residing in your
own town.
Can you tl.en ask me % withdraw
for yon, in obedience 20 the '.yo,cs
Of the Wings expressed through tho
ballot box Z"
l!y the proceedings at Manehes,e-, !
was deprived Of my vote Of the nnini.
mating committee Of this county when
eight Of the tOwns ~ then rcprcresem.
ed, aud "ine IA they lave aimee vottd,
were for my nomination and cleciion---
cieIt Of which hare ,oled for ine by o.
yrrwhciming majori,ics. Noihwith-
standn & iiHs ~iong received IL ,o.e4
in committee, ard you 30--and s at
ica., u your 'D'rs sLould lIaee been
added 10 mine, making 80 and 22.---
Then -ir, 10 lave oar friends from one
or Two towns, Who wc'e ,hrfe in mass
'o'r 10 lay HAT nomination on o. under
lhe Iahlr, nt your request, va.
proceeding not calculated 10 prOtluco
tie m.ldcrt feeling On The part of ny
ificn1,. f.Oni TIA, day 10 his, lcading
Wig. in al a.ts Of lie di.,fiei have
ad'itcl ne mo- 70 xitAdfaw
uble's ,nl dll lie sume. Sc,efa! geh.
i'cmcn called oa ne that evening IS ho
hal Go' sulponcd ny non ."atio., w,'i
* Gpcssci he san.o sieat. Among
o.LrI- lie mcml'i VI de D,.'.ict Com.
in.!iee fom WiHlLam county aid at
NJ hou,", in IL pr' etice Il se,eral
gentlemen, thai he had SUPPORTED sur
n9mina'i-n, bal could D.tcr afierr ards
'ulIorI 50. ut any ogice.
II is manifest Tia, l.a.mlny eanLot
le r stirred % lobg a. either Vi us i.a