The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-11-09

| on complain that the remarks IN my
former letter impugn your motives |
did no more than state facts--iacts
which you have not attempted to contro-
vert. and then said, Gas to the motive
of this move let others judge" If your
motives have been impugucd, it is be-
cause the facts themselves, and not any
words of minc. create the impeachment
| Nothing in vour letter has amazed me
more than what You say about my sclcc'
ting free sellers for Office No man can
read what vas said in your first commu
nicatiun without seeing that YOU called
on me to appoint a larger portion ct Ffcc
Sellers. or persons who had left the Dem.
ocratic party and followed MIR Van Nu.
rem on the Slavery question IN lSlS,ihah
| had done before You spoke of the
party ms being divided into different
sections" and complained that my op.
pointmcnts had been generally made
from that portion of the party to which
| adhered Nou were not speaking Of
the recent division at Syracuse, for had
made no nominations after that event
happened You were speaking of the
different sections as they had existed in
the past You knew very well that |
had adhered to that portion of the par
ty which had not deserted the national
standard in 1913, and no ono can fail to
see that YOU intended | should give u
, larger share of the offices to the Free
Soil section and its allies. And now
YOU think it worthy of - animadvciSion'
that have selected Free Sellers for
office
Yoa cannot escape under bubble.
| did not inform you, as you now find it
convenient to state that had " selected
free sellers to Office, "-mcanng persons
,who are now free sellers On the con
trary. spoke of appointing none but
= sound democrats, sincerely attached to
the principles of the party, and firm
I supporters of the national administra-
ton. | spoke of different sections s"
Of the party, just as you had spoken of
them; and told you, not that free soil
crs.n but that :" the free soil sccfion had
got its full share of the Offices. Your
auimadyersion derives all its force
from disappearing the language of
your adversary.
More might be said but if in review
ing this branch of the subject, you can
maintain your self respect, nothing that
| can say would be likely to reach you.
Having, as trust shown that the
reasons which you have assigned are ut
terly worthless, it now remains to in
qure what was the real ground Of reno
val. 1t was not until after the recent
break in the party at Syracuse, that you
found any cause Of complaint against
me. After the party had been resolved
into its original elements, without any
agency of mine. and by means which [
could not approvc-aftcr had been
compelled to choose between the two
sections, and had very naturally adher-
ed to my old associations with the ma
tional dcmocrats-aftcrt the papers which
professcd, without rcbuke to speak the
sentiments of the Cabinet, had taken
the side OF the free soil section, and de'
nounced as traitors those who adhered
to the principles which brought the Ad-
mnistration into power-then it was
that You first discovered that | had not
been sufficiently favorable to the free,
soil section. Can any man of sense and
candor entertain doubt concerning the
motive for your actlonf l think not.
You intended to take ground against the
national democrats.and throw the weight
OF the administration into the opposite
scale' nc men VINO .'au never swerVeI
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