The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1853-10-28

have bccn strong. ana So shau'd have
hcprd n0 morn shout sctiof. rli O vrN
DO -rrui cnursr was pursu-d ard tha Free
SliI leaders csmu hack. - lsras ihcy camc
a. sA under = losrue or ifesf hetucrn
ihcm a1i o fcv lradlnr brms rats, with
no ~ir1rrcr bond ~ uuian than aa arrrr
mctt 90 DIVIDE tlc offices. Tho arrange
mru' WAS based upon nn prise ME. The
Free Soil leaders wcr len Al liberty Co
adopt the course which tho pursued and,
instead of acsin hoistiug thr usnaaal ban
ntr, tlot marched into the btincc ntic
camp with their own sectional color dy-
irg. and Thus became an independent rlr.
ment in the party. Indeed ycar letter pr,.
goods upon The ground that the party has
all along been divided into sections and
consequently that accounts must De- hHlaur.
al bots cen chem va the distribution of oih-
rre. Al %cxpcnenco proves Tint such a
coalition A. was formed IN lNt1 can mover
be thoroughly cemcnicd. Sooner or later
u vail fall TO pieces. Tho cohesive power
uf patronage cannci long .lye that which
has within itself the elements of dis-olu
ton. II is not, therefore. au, matter Of ns-
constituent. that the %'rc-uniou' was DIS.
solved az The late Symousn Convention.
Amer the league Of $50 had been bro
ken, aud the two sections had again be-
como separate parties IN form AZ well as
substance, u became necessary for mc, as
o citizen # New lork, TO mike ms choice
between the two tickets which hid been
n0mino'cd. NV reason for ptctcrrnr one
md rclcctiag the other sru trinrc the pub.
lie and mo one has the right 10 ipgotc 70
utr any pfHar pt.tttra Than fI,s. Nttat 4
have ayovcd. | rejected ouo ticket be-
cause the nomination had hcon effected by
means which no honest mnn could approve.
ard because the nominees had been brot
forward by men who had been hostile to
what | deemed the best interests # the
state in relation 10 the canals. | approx
I'd the other ticket because the nominees
were right on the question Of State policy,
and because those who supported II were
'contcndlur icr the PRINCIPLES which re-
stored the Democratic party to power. aid
placed Franklin Pierce a. tho head uf the
gof ermnent.' ! presume there can be no
objection at " a~shington 10 my maintaining
now A. | have always done before, The
principles on which the national admins.
tration stands and with questions Of mcrc
State policy you must allow the to say the
administration has no nghtful concern
What consequences will follow the re-
con, b-,,k II, IA, nar,, 10 r,,ro ,b.r r.,
Toll hnt / c,ol ,o,,on,bIy .n,6Jan, ,L.,
il The n,,ionaI democro,s IA, f5r ala
,,J tho g. .oii Iaa,,.r,s az
,ng n,1cr c,ls. col,rs ri, ,;oLa, LII
mn, rr, yotos o,on,h ~ h.', ,Ln W.
tbr,nrh with ,bnir nonin,bons pn, No.
have mo-, oo, a fair fold III. W.sht,,
ton Union. while profosaing ia sn,,k Tho
sentiment. Of the d,n5ris,r ,,io, L,.
,hrn,n lis ve,rbt ON tho siIo oc th, C-,o
soil lickot II has n-ndc1oLcn to d,cil.
upon the reculoritv of our convention. ana
10 sit in iud,nnnt unnn nnos,ious az moro
State pnIicvl fl tokos tho sidc oc ,boso
who have once proyed faithle.s IN tho mr.
ty. and mt thc Uninp in iron,rdv and do.
nounces those VIII have MI along supnort-
cd the princinlc. which restored tho n,rtv
TO power. II il NOW n co1,horor with tho
free soil prints IN this State somc nC which
II so lately read ont IF the dnmocr,,ir n,r
ty. Tho1oh that nrint Is mo, in ,,solt oc
great impor,snco. yo, ,brn !, nrocossos
without rebnke. IN do those ,bings ns ,hn
organ of the odministr,tion mncb n,iscbinc
may he dome |, matters Lt,lo ,L,, III.
chalmers there may be in private circles
so long AS there is no public declaration
,b,t M. p,nc, .no.t, nri,Lnn, a,,h'',""
However unfortunately the election NAV
terminate, the responsibility will rest upon
others, and not upon me.
Let me now notice the time, m,nnor
and motive Of your letter.
Il, 10 time. II was after tbo run,ure
and nomination of two tickots n, Svncusc
and the Two ratification MEETINGS in In
city; after the Coller,or had becn donoupc-
ed by the Free Soil leaders and nross,s
and the Prosldon, had boon called mon ~,
remove him; after hungry odico-srrkrr
and bitter politicians had visited wa.b,,,
ton TO misrcprcscnt and trndncn ,bat IN.
Ger. and to whose cl,mors ma vnn vail
know, he never made my ranlv. ntta, tho
Union had taken pronnd prainst ,bn ,,ckc,
of the nltiontl democrats. and in f,vor or
the ticket oftheir o~pponents ,brn If vas
that YOU first discovered couse far rom.
plant Of any kind nrainst the Collcrtnr
You had approved all his nominations with
a single exception. and in that case the
Office was abolished, Down 10 the rocriu,
Of your letter of the I'd inst. Won had nov
er minated 10 the Collector. in any form
that you disapproyed of his appointments
or of the manner in which th"y had beon
distributed.
as 10 the manner. You di1 no, nursuo
the usual course, and issno a %circnlsr law.
ing down a uniform rule for the g,vcrn
mcnt ofall Custom House officers b,ying
patronage to bostow; bat confined your M.
structlons to the port Of New York alone.
II the doctrine Of the letter is a sound one,
a Il.