The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1851-09-18
TI? Rut(ulA Airrul0.
THURSDAY EVENING. SEPT. IS
RUTLAND COUNTY MATTERS.

RUTLAND COUNTY MATTERS.
Ii !. sel,lm that we feel called upon
to undertake. u task personally more uD-
pleasant than in now making few re-
marks upon The course which our Wing
contemporary of this place seems deter
mined to pursue in relation to the results
Of the late clcc,io, in this county,
Nothing but a sense Of villa, is due 10 u
large, and intelligent and honest por-
ton Of the wing party in the good old
county of Rutland would compel us To
the performance Of so unpleasant du-
~ "a duty, which, however unpleas.
an, it may be to Us, will, il once enter.
ed uron,Le performed on our part with.
out finching and without fear or favor
on any land.
1t is well known that something like
year ago diversity of opinion exist
ed among the wings Of this county in
regard to the selection of candidates for
Congress. This division of opinion
made itself felt throughout the Who'll"
election and an animated canvass took
place. BY the friends of the unsuc
cessful candidate that canvass was con.
Quoted with singular fairness and with
out the slightest impeachment Of the
candidate they were opposed to. OF of
the motives of his supporters. The
friends of the unsuccessful candidate
claimed that in ability, in services rcn.
dcrcd the Wing party AMI in fitness for
the Office, he was greatly superior to his
successful competitor.-In all these re.
spects his eminent superiority was
scarcely seriously denied by the bulk
comprising the more eminent and can.
did Of his opponents.-A warm contro.
vcrsy also arose as to which Of these
gentleman had received the regular or
most regular nomination of the Wing
party.
But it is not our desire or intention
TO renew tina, controversy unless freed
to do so-and the readers of the Herald
will bear us witness that in no instance
have We made reply TO any OF the irrta
ting, false and foolish charges since bro
against a portion Of the Wing party il
the County. growing out of these hon
est differences of opinion heretofore ex
pressed, and acted upon. Suffice it t.
say that the candidate supported by thi'
paper on that occasion was defeated. -
To that decision we submitted with the
utmost checrfulncss and with the
more cheerfulness because, if not in ou
judgement The best entitled TO tina, hgl
Office, the successful candidate was emf
nently worthy and safe and trust,
standard bearer of the Wing flag o
Fermont-that never yet was trailed il
the dust The same course Of conduc
pursued by this paper was substantially
: pursued by the great mass of the sup
porters of the defeated candidate in tina
canvass. We had strongly hoped tina
: such a course, alike wise and just, woul,
have been pursued by the successful
party 1t is true that on this subiec
we had our fears from time to tim
awakened by ominous muiterings tina
were given forth that no man who ha,
. supported Mr.. Lyman should hcncefortl
be supported for any Office in Rutlan'
County ;-and when the County nomi
nations were. made, we could not shu
our eyes to the humliating fact tina
such an influence had been permitted I,
become predominant in the Wing con
vention. Of the three changes made il
our ticket, all was done in accordanc,
with the before Oft repeated threat tina
the supporters of Mr.. Lyman were II
be marked men and in one instanc.
a man who for twenty years had receiv
ed almost the unanim Gus support of hi.
district for the Office of Judge of Pro
bate-an office that should seldom if ev.
err be changed except for cause, and ir
which ripe experience is of all other.
one OF the most important qualification.
was ostracised for no other reason
that we could discover except that he
had preferred Mr. Lyman for represen.
.a'ive to Mr.. Miner. The people OF
that district have just passed upon the
doings of tia, conve ,ton, and by an
overwhelming majority in tina, respec,
have rebuked them. This rebuke j.
the more signal because it was render.
ed by Wings who gave decided ma
jorily for Mr.. Miner, and in now giving
a still more decided majority for Mr..
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