The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-10-31

the letter Was forwarded 70 iIicr
whom hc does not name. 10 te deisres
81 ., ace. ha, tia, IN consequence o
nay absence FROM home, i, Was no. &c
! hvered, A, the risk o. bcin. though
iu1chari,sble, mus, be allowed /,
say tina, | DO no: apprehend the lci.cI
vas designed 10 reach me a, al. hu
Ass o,.ly ',;eadsi - he placed il .
situation ahcre .Vr. lHincr could lay,
the credit vita .hc voters, Of having
made the PROPOSAL, without there being
ANY possible risk Of It's being acccp,
ed. NJ reasons are. that with dali,
mails each way, between Manchester
and Bennington and Bennington and
Windbam County, there could lave
been 40 officially in having the letter
reach me in two days at the most, al.
ter i, LETT Manchester; ard because,
although the letter was not sent inc
the fac, OF its having been addressed
To me. was announced with all due
Formally in the Union Wing Of the
2sth Of Augu I, less than a week be.
fore the election. " hen it was altogeth,
cr too late for it to be acted upon by
The selection Of II new Candidate. AS
those whe made use VI the letter, well
knew.
And | think the tcle.rap,ic des.
patch Of Mr.. Miner 10 his law part.
ncr at Rutland, must stand in the
same position, both having quietly
SLEPT in the pockets of Mr.. Miners
special friends, until tho time arrived
Tor using them u the best advantage
with the people.
Nr. Nincr, | have no doubt, after
the Rutland Convention. confidently
expected that he should obtain II
much larger vote in the district than
I should, and that he should in consc.
qucnce be elected at the second trial;
and | must be allowed to believe that
he would not have accepted a propo.
sition for both Of us to withdraw ii it
had been made to him, much less that
he had any serious intention Of giving
ne an opportunity of acting Oh such
proposal from him.
Mr.. Miner undertakes to excuse
himself from abiding by the decision
Of the ballot box in my favor, because
he says that in his opinion, and that
Of his friends, l received a greater
number Of votes from the opposite
party, than my plurality over him.--
According to his view Of the matter,
if candidate happens to be so ropu-
lar as to gain any strength from the
opposite party, he should be dropped
at once, and one selected who stands
in no danger Of having his vote thus
contaminated. If this were a valid
ground Of objection to a candidate,
and l do not undertake to say it is
not, do not think it can avail Mr..
Miner, for l do not believe his claim
is founded on fact. From information
on which l place full reliance, 1 have
no doubt that the sympathies of the
opposite party, in most parts Of the
district, are with Mr.. Miner and
against me, and although | do not
think that either Of us drew largely
on that party, yet | believe that Mr..
Miner is indebted to it for more votes
than | am. And such is the opinion
Of my friends IL the different parts
OF the district.
believe that | have now gone
through with an examination OF the
prominent grounds of complaint of
Mr.. Miner, against the course | have
taken, and hope I lave satisfactorily
explained my position. If there are
any matters OF minor importance.
which | have overlooked, they will
doubtless be properly appreciated by
the intelligent wings Of the district.
There is one subject not referred
To in Mr.. Miners letter, upon which
l wish to say a word. | perceive
that an effort is making by Mr.. Nj
ner's friends, by misstating the facts
in regard to the controversy in this
district, TO induce the editors Of in.
faential papers abroad, TO countcn-
ance the claims of Mr.. Miner against
me, and that the Editor Of the New
York Tribune has been led to sup
pose that had in some way objected to
the suggestion made i'll his paper soon
after the late trial, for me, by CO
mon consent to be the candidate for
the present Congress, ard for Mr. Mi.
ner to run for the next. There could
possibly be no foundation for such n
suprosition. | would at any time
have acceedcd to such an arrange.
ment, for l have always declared to
my friends, that if | should be elect
ed 70 the present Congress, | would
under no circumstance be a candidate
for a reelection, which declaration
now repeat.
And now, in conclusion. would