Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1853-08-25
The Game OF the Opposition
Managers.

The game they are after consists OF the L. ).
Scnatorship and the State Offices; To secure
these, they want the Senate and the House !;
and to get the majority there they won't stick at
any means allowable by their porty usages. We
hear IA 'me quarters OF official aud oaiclous in
reference by federal oficeholders IN others Of
coalitions and generally, Of strong effort to
break down the Wing ticket for State officers,
and to defeat Wing senators and representatives.
on the SssEn Question. OF course il they
hope to succeed by Ram, they expect that Wing
opponents Of the Liquor Law will lcnd them
selves to accomplish their plans, while on the
other hand they hope to retain the votes Of tenn
perance democrats and free sotlers ito this
be added that one Of the locofoco nspirauts to
the u. $. Senatorship Is pr'icsscd friend oflho
Liquor Law, while other aspirants for office are
opponents Of the law, it follows that this plan Of
operations intends to use the rummies to support
a protessed temperance man and the temperance
men 10 support rummies A nice arrangement,
indeed To this we add an Item Of information
which comes to US from two sources, TO wit -
directly from an anti liquor law Wing, and indi-
reoty from one of the locofoco state committee
men. The item is, that war Is to be made upon
the Wing State Ticket open or secret, by cir
culatng an onti-lquor law ticket, composed Of
Wings This trick comes from the enemy. -
We have discharged our duty in giving this in
formation. Let the Whigs-aye, let the demo-
Gratis and free sellers also, who are in favor of
tar and honorable deaing-conslder what Is
their duty at this election
Censorship oChe Press The last Patriot con
tanned an unusually ridiculous article on the
Low and Order Convention. 1t was brief, but
full of bunders--a perfect bunderbuss' from
beginning to end. We were surprised By II,
and wondered how the editor of the Patriot could
Perpetrate so absurd thing until the fact trans
pred that the responsibility belonged to different
outhors.ln short the Patriot is under the cen
sorship OF distinguished politician, who now
ialls from Waterbury, as a keen lawyer, but
who would like TO hail from Washington as II
$. Senator for Vermont. We are told that on
the Monday succeeding the Law and Order Con.
yenllon there was gathering in this town of gen
uemen who were particularly interested in defeat.
ing the Law and Order ticket, and particularly
afraid that it IS bad job. Among them, it ap.
pears. was the gentleman TO whom we allude
and in order to secure the election Of his irient
Moody, (who had got on to the run ticket il
spite OF this gentleman's pledge TO democrat,
that the aforesaid Moody was the other way,
he instructed the editor of the Patriot not to wild
en- the breach IN the democratic party, but Il
put it on to the wings as hard as he peased"-
Hence came the Patriots article. We think i
just to the editor of the Patriot to let the publ,
understand the matter
r'aiing il on 10 the Whigs."-The last Pa
triot asserted that aviation fairly bolted the
whig organization, and avowed his determi
nation to support the ticket, whatever it nigh
be, Merrill ditto" An entire misrepresentation
Waltoi declared that he was at the Convention
as whig to defend the wing organization
against dsorgani1ers, aud expressed his willing