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


The i"ings ef whiei, ven III ;bnk -
yoar letter. uni your friends claim, AZ,
b'n'l'ng us the psry' !, lotra tl,,n
and s'i looks far othrrwi-. In ms
lca say m your recent letter. Tia,
Your obicc, in wri,iug the arr, onr was.
"to fix upon far ard r,aiy node ol
terminating the controversy Va,
that ready" mode hiei compelled
th" 'rsc'ncn to go 10 the prtis twice,
when two trial. are all ,ha, en-, I've had
Under any circumstances l,ni allow
ing my humble self 10th ibr ugh an
the posccr 10 transfer tho Whigs Of tho
district over 20 year surposs. without a
nominatiou----as YOU then certainly had
nonc---was it "A ',ajr' prolr.i,ion' You
we'll knew there was bot ore " hi. pa
per printed IN the county, and no 9th, r
M the district wicL circulated much
here. That paper j. pubislied in YOU,
Village, and la> been uxolu,ivrly IA
your interest. So much 81 that IT ha,
refused TO publish any ding from nv
tricn'ls. Oh even Il conlnunca,,on o,,r
my own namr. after admiii,ng il truth,
Tins paper. yon must have been Hwn,, .
would have a great Influence. bcint t',r
only one ordinarily real hy The great
body of wings in this eouuiy. and lcirt
filed ms il was, wi,lI artio io. al. upun
one SIDE, with no paper .io coutrovrr
any Of its po III MS Besides vou werc
doubiirs, aware, that the matter would
continue to lave local ,haIacic and
the south district is much more ropn-
iou' ii'an the north. The town OF Ben
nngtun aloro gives nearly "a large "A
vote as the eight northern towns in tie
county, beginning wi Ia Sunderland il
~ true Il larger vote was cast for me ~
those right town than my '.l: and friend,
Ind any right 70 expect. having no pa
per. The vote stands 7ul for mvscli.
and l2G for You. while IN the town o!
Bonnin cton you had 600 to c.. a;ld in
the south dr trici loi1 tn 1873. II
wo,ild really appear tlin llis prorosi-
iion was not 80 very fam it there had
been no one concerned but ourselves.
YOU laving the PAPER a. your control
and residing in Il town that gives 800
votes.
Why. sir, without the vote oi Bca
ninston. and you may include Man
chester with II. lave majority IN the
county. But il the proposition ha,l
been fair rs to myself, and could bc
considered just and honorable 10 the
wings of the district. should have re-
ceived you vote at the next ballot, if !
had been fortunate enough under the cir
cums!ances TO have obtained the mos,
in il,is county? Your letter SAID no
such thing. 1t proposed TO leave it to
tlm wings of the district to take the
one that had the most votes in the coun
ty or not, ~ they should see ft. And
you will recollcci you snid in your speech
at the Manchester Convention aticr ]
was nominated, that you could have
supported any gentleman whose name
had been before the convention but one
and particularly, the gentleman who
had jnsi taken his seat, talludine 10 Cot
Towns,sy) bot you could not advise
your friends not 10 lay my nomination
on the fable, even under the table Oh
course il was myself you could no, sop.
port. aud whose nomination. YOU were
willing 10 have laid under the table
trust you nill excuse me for thinking
you remained Of the same opinion five
days later, whrn received your letter
especially, II, IN il yon nowhere iniima-
ted that you would support me IN any
event.
The proposition then III substance
was this, for me TO bargain with you 10
run ns a candiia'c without nomina.
lion. and ii you obtained the most votes
in bennington County, was 10 with.
draw my name, If obtained the most
you would withdraw yours, rcscrvinc
to Yourself the right TO oppose my ele-
ection in sach other way us you saw
tit.
After all had transpired 'ha, have
related, and knowing that We both un.
derstood the above facts, looked upon
your letter, A. one that would rot have
been written by an honorable gentle
man like Yourself, to IN indigiduaI
whom yon supposed was entitled to the
same oppeIiation.
Neither should have deemed !, prou.
or foF uf 10 lave asked pledge from
au honorable wl'is that itc would .up.
port the whig ticket, certainly II ! dis.
closed in the -ame proportion my H..
teniion Of opposing hi, election.
Iou say in your recent letter, tAai
900 ''beliese large majority oi HE
nhig, ia the Itrtrict, wcrc then wllln.
10 Lc governed Ly TIC voice Of he
wings, - br cxpres ssrd through li.c bal.
lot boA.' and ~il!, Abs vicw, you pub.
lrh j your card in lh. Herald. a iea
lays before tire election. lyu d.l not
"a in dat "rat1 yOr would .Iigcrl
me l. J o't,iuct the moi votes Ia the
district. bu' IN that event. "yori should
consider yoUF.,ii in dny hound 90
withdraw your Hano.' ! lor diI rled..
Ia support ma If obtained The
IaDst ,Oi's IN bennington county. Tbs,
- ~ n'a a'ldter- 81 10 me. and it ~a,
Published ~ - i..ie a p rieA that baJ
10 ,ig.c 10 reply, .i would A!,,r the
l.Sland con, ent.on Juu wrJe bcfore