The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-07-09
MIR. BARRIERS Platform and his Candidate

MIR. BARRIERS Platform and his Candidate.
The Platform of the Burlington Conven.
ton, which nominated Hon. Lucrus b.
PECK, is understood TO have been erected bv
Mr. Barber. Its planks were probably sun
posed by that gentleman TO be in a perfectly
sound condition, when they were brought
out but, unfortunately, no sooner is II re-
spectacle candidate placed on them than he
breaks through. No man of any weight
can stand on such basis No sane nerso,
could reasonably have expected any other
result, than the catastrophe which has hans
peaed. The candidate seasonably discovers
his trescherous fooihold, and ESCAPES upburt.
Out the platform comes tumbling in ruins a.
bout the ears Of Mr. Barber. in a wav that
no doubt awakens in his mind impressive
reflections on Mortality"
MIR. BARRIERS platform seems to have becn
intended 10 outIIerod lTerod. He too we'll
Knew MIR. rEcK's opinions--hc too well
knew the opinions Of the people of this
State TO suppose, with lhe slightest reason.
MAT his ultra, fanatical, Disunion platform
would be tolerated for moment by either.
we bave half suspected that Mr.. Barber
deslgnedly drew up this most rabid series Of
balderdash, on purpose to force Mr.. PECK
oil the course. Did he not kno,c bis candi-
dates viewsp Did he not perfectly under
stand that he lisa Union, National Democrat
That he is for sustaining the COMPROMISE
measures as they are9 That he was ready
TO vote for them all, the moment bis vote
would do any good That he loatbes the
baoeas corpus aci of our Legislature from
the bottom of bis heart? So much, at least,
vas known TO some persons in this State. II
not TO Mr.. Barber.
1t rs manifest that here was designed to
be either bold swinde upon the peonle or
Vermont, to which Mr. PECK was expected
70 lend his name, or else that Mr.. Barber
played false to bis party in drawing up such
splatiorm, Ono or the other conclusion i.
unavoidable. Either Mr.. Barber intended
TO draw up such platform as would compel
The candidate 10 resign, and leave the marty
In just such an inexiricable embarrassment,
- they now find themselves in, or else h.
calculated uat Mr.. PECK was as destitute Of
pnnciple as himself, and would give his aid
to p'eco of duplicity and knavvr,. such as
v@mofH has rarely witnessed.
Nothing could have been worse m,nacca
ban this business has been by the Chairman
% the Locofoco State Committee. Napo.
'soh once said OF an act Of one of his cener.
els 1t is worse than a crime, il is bl,n.
DER This trick of Mr.. Barber is both He
was either wofully treacherous TO bis marty
or he intended 10 perpelratc political felo.
n.y. by uttering" counterfeit candidate
Whichever Of the crimes was intended. h..
committed most egregious aud unpardona.
Die blunder, and one that is likely to close
up his circutous political career, in no very
enviable manner. II no had aspirations
for the nomination just declined BY Mr.
rEcK' he may now surrender them forever.
Ills political services will hereafter, we trust,
oe devoted entirely to the Brandon Post.
The course Of Mr.. PECK, in contrast.
seems manly, frank, fair, and honorable. lie
knew that his opinions could not have been
mistaken by well-informed politicians He
undoubtedly had no expectation of receiy.
ing the nomination, except on moderate,
national platform. lie was unprenared for
such stride as the party has taken since
Ast year. After hearing of his nomination.
anu seeing the rotten platform provided for
him TO stand on, lie waited only for the n.
sual official notice Of the fact, to reply with
spositive declension. Finding there WINS No
prospect OF mis- receiving such notice, and
seeing his name in all The" Accommodation'
papers as candidate, he came oul with n
manly letter, respectfully though rather
numerically. Notwithstanding MIR. Bar
ber's platform, and refusing to be candi.
date, under such auspices.
II is little 10 Mr.. Packs credit. we think
that he suffered himself to be a candidate
oil such prrty last year, though on com.
para'ively unobjectonable platform. But
his course this year has been what every one
Who knows him had reason to expect, and
will elevate him in the eyes of all reasonable
men, Of whatever party. lie has always
been in regular standing with the Southern
Democracy, ms we said last year aud he nc
doubt enjoys the joke, of receiving the lib
eriy" and " Free Soil votes, as well as any
one else. They had witnessed his previou.
course, and were their own dupes.
VINO PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
THE candidates OF The Wings for the Presi,