The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-10-25
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MIDDLEBURY, OCT. 20, 1854.
Editorial Correspondenoe.
MoNTrrLIEn. Oct. q. 1851

tlon. Nearly all TIC clcctlOnS nave
however been completed /; the canyassing
committee have reported on the County
and Probate officers of several counties,
md nearly or quito all are ready to be
reported and considerable progress has
been made in the business of legislation
proper. The votes for members Of Con
rress wero convassed on Monday. and |
Messrs MEAcnAM. MoRRlLL aud SAniN
were declared elected
The principal source of delay, this
week. was the rofusal-ofa faction-chiof-
" Old Line Wings opposed 10 the
Republican movement to support the
regular nomination of tho "Unionn eau.
Gus for Secretary Of State. B. d. liar
ris Of Brattleboro, Ex.Sccrciary of
Utah, the recipient Of more important
official favors than any other young man
in the State, and who declared that he
"must have" this additional honor, (as
passport, We suppose to the new abode
he is about to seek will have to divide
Ills responsibility with his over Jealous
friends, or assume it ent irely himself
Previous to the caucus which rejected
his demands, he is understood to have
thought it highly dishonorable not to
abide by regular nominations. Happen
ing to fail, when his claims came to be
canvasscd, his views were suddenly
changed, and he has cost the state, in ir-
regularly runningJo, an Office he could
not get, nearly as much as he received,
two or three years ago, for running from
nm Office whose duties Lc had not the
courage to try to discharge.
We shall be pardoned for dwelling on
this topic, we trust, since it las been
prominent among the affairs Of the week.
The result is to US entirely satisfactory,
and such as became nearly inevitable az
ter the first four lallotings For the
attempts to place, us, personally, in a
false position, we care little, if the mat
ter is understood elsewhere as we'll as it
is here. Our election as Secretary of
the Senate was contrary to our solicita
ton or wish. Our resignation was pre-
scented, without condition or reserve, but
withdrawn, on personal solicitation, un.
I'll farther action should be had. Oc-
cvpying this position, We received the
regular nomination for Secretary Of
State, and from that time our name was
at the disposal of friends, for such action
as they thought proper Mr. Thompson
was also fairly in domination by q dis
ainct Republican" organization (ihe
same which supported Mr.. Mclean for
Speaker Which had acted by itself from
the start. The nineteen ballots, at four
different sittings Of tie joint Assembly,
tell their own story Tho coalition of
the Rev. Guy G Sampson, boiling Free
soiler, with Mr. Harris, boiling Silver
Grey Wing, vas attempted to be plas-
tered over BY the ingenious pctvcrsons
Of the amiable gentleman from Ncwfanc,
but none ofihe parties concerned in get
sing up this diversion retired from the
contest with improved reputation. We
hear but one opinion, especially, as to
the course of the Rev. cx-edior. whose
double defeat is generally gratifying to
his old associates.
1t may be proper further to SAY, that
we consented, while in the midst of The
protracted contest, to submit the whole
matter to the decision of new caucus.
of all who abide by the Montpelier plat
form of the 18th of July last. Had all
Others who were voted for agreed to
this, Ga concession wo had an honora
BILE T'ghk TO refuse) the matter would
have been earlier adjusted, But this
they would not all do. 1t only remain
edit re-elect Mr.. Thompson whose
claim, as hayiog held the Office but one
year, we base never very etrcnously op-
posed. though consonting to be can
didatc, should new nomination. be de-
ttermined upon.
r One or two curious articles on this
subject have found their way into the
Free Press, for which Of course the SEN
ior editor, prominent and highly os,
tcemcd Sepator,is not responsible. They
are unworthy of notice, and their origin
is we'll enough understooa
Que result of this long contest was
the consolidation Of ga great Republican
party embracing Mr.. Hunion and Mr.,
Judeyine on the one side, and Mr..
Washburn and Mr. Kirkland on the
other, with all intermediate shades in
eluded. This was effected by the adop
tion ola Resolution agreeing TO stand
upon the Montpelier platform (which
districtly casts off the name of Wing and
takes that Of :" ltepublican') and upon
no other inconsistent Herewith" SO
harmony Of State action appears to be
fully restored though from some re
marks made in caucus by the Wing gen
teman last named, ii seems doubtful
whether they know what the platform is,
or how long they will adhere to The pc.