The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-10-31
To The whigs Of tho Arst con-
s1csaional Oiat1ict


I should ssd re-. yos On il.e subject q
,i.s sppscschaec Congressional E'ceis'n
.ad particularly ~ ri~renc~ 10 hate
ief.cr II Mr. M,~vr., paspor',"s TO h
reply TO n,sue, to h'm Il the Esd o
Scecmirr
Ns,.a III, Miner. i,,i"r ~as r'rr,'i'
~ - .,,es, ~ss n,s uai,i v-Has days ais"'
.t. d1e. sas ,-r, suHch tscruri,i wi
bu.la-p. matter. ard preparing 60 l"a' +,
sc Nor,ps 'i~r sh',e 10Y jui, as oi.,
Il tho Wig S'r'c Commit cr,aed Il
coll me. All from her have bu, jasl
r.turu,i. On reading Mr.. slin'.'' i't
trr q 1td tsa' ,s-cur to me hat II r.
quiT,d any par,i-,Iiaf answer.
Bat finding ,l,s. any III, nee IN ~ gard
"a il. /. attempted b, NJ. Miner. suf
,-aicr. Co Lr construed into an admt.s'
i,,n II Iisc correctness 81 its statement
and co.ciu.,.n.. desire t" cay sotne.
,iune IN regard 10 il.
NJ. Miner commences he better y,
making hi- claim 10 u larger " big gam
uu the vote for Governor Ia HE North
'hir., the place of l'i, 'c-Idsncr. ''.a''
ia the sou,b-slire. where ! ieiir-.
stating The gain in lis Ii,,rict nj 1872.
and in mine. u, lsS.
Bot ~ order Ia maze this ont, he Is
obliged to adnp, new and unusual
mo !e of a.cer'aning Wing gains. IN.
,'"nd OF reckoning the gam Of Gov.
William. over b"ih opposing candidates,
and thu. shaving how much stronger
HE Wing party la. really grown, he
confines Ia. computation to the gam
over ,hc Free Soil candidate. Tie
vote tor the Free Sod candidate having
diminished and HAT for the other can
didate increased the pres,n; year, Mr.
Miner Ly ,hi- ingenious mode Of COM
pn,ai,oo. very quietly helps his Probate
Di.iri, TO gain If ~ to 30 which
doe, no, belong 10 il. and he thus makes
ou, , gain Of four more in tina, di.iric,
than in the South. BIT reckoning the
gain n every body else docs over both
opposing candidates, the gain in the
Nnrth-.i,ire uould be lIG instead of
1872, being II less than in the South
shir-.
Mr.. Miner aid. that " lille the .ain
~ the South is confined to the town Of
Bennington, that al ilc North is quite
uniform through the several towns -
Misunderstanding This assertion it will
be found that five other towns IN the
Sou h. hire, beside. Bennington have
made gain, and that there i only HE
small loss of eleven in two of them. In
the Norih-shirc l2S Of The gain Of 10?
is in the single town of Dorset, which
gain is abou, doubled by rejecting the
vote OF G5 for The old line candidate.
which las, year went for Necdham, and
there is a loss in Ruper, Of l7-so tia,
gate uniform in Mr.. Miners Probate
District would seem TO signify consid-
e,ajiy irregular and unerrn.
In another par, Of Mr.. Miner, letter
he ingeniously contrasts the vote of the
sou,i.shire with the vote Of only eight
of the nine towns Of the norih-,hire.
allowing the town Of Arlington in the
nor,,-shirc, which voted strongly for
me, to slip through hi. fingers without
being reckoncd at all, by which Mr.. Mi.
ner, to the general readers OF his let.
'cr,appears 10 stand neatly one hundred
better in his shire and in the county
than "A full sla;emca, Of The votes would
warrant
Mr.. Miner mex; introduces the sub.
Jcci of my letter addressed 10 him i'm
mcda,ely after the Manchester Con.
rcniion. pr"i,o.ing thu. the vote or the
county should determine which Of u
should continue to hc the candidate. and
a considerable portion Of hi, letter is
occupied with matters accruiug between
the periods Of the two Conventions n,
Manchester and Rutland. Mr.. Miner
assumes iha! he Was daily nominated NJ
Manchester, and that all were bound to
regard lin SO, though lie well knew
that II WAS denied bv my friend. and
~ fact that it WAS The very matter in
controversy. lie places himself upon
.is dignity ~ - candidate. ard declines
to regard all n worthy Of notice as
such lie also seeks 10 find something
out Of place anl improper in he time
and circumstances under whic! that
letter WAS addressed 10 him. which |
confess ! a'n unable to perceive.
Immediately after tho Manchester
Convention, i, wa, declared by MIR. Mi
ncrs friends that he would be support
cd ar n candidate on the strength of the
report OF the Convention. Ny friends
considered the proceedings III entirely
inopcralne bot insisted that if Mr..
Miner WA candidate, relying on The
report ct The committee Of the conv.n-
lion. shou'j also stand Il. candidate
on the strength O! the known feeling or
the convention. in my favor, and liza,
o! the county Of Bennington. from which
~ seemed 10 be conceded the Candidate
'hou!d come supposed unlil the re-
c,ip: o. MIR, Miners lester, that lie va,
aware u wi.a, believe very few who
attended The convention doubted. that
II lac MAS a candidate on the nth
OF its Proceedings. should lie one also.
Mr.. Miners frienis q, this ii,ac
cla'Iacd Iha, lac was the choice Of the
Wig, VI the County. and that was