Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-03-30

lend the caucuses him; elf, he should not pretend
tu. soaaApf what took place there without giving
lis authority for the statements besloes' d.
wavs looks suspicious TO see person toH,"eeef
To bel witness to important facts Oh winch lie
kau nothing himself!
/ A n. Mr. Barton seeks to give the imPres
sionl he does not expressly say. that through
tia lgntro'ling influence Fof Field BARBER
:. free sOil apostaes, or those who had puoncly
renudia,ed our prime pies and identified themselves
with ,hs nro slavery democracy attended the free
soil coucuses, participated In the deilbefatlons'
and ,rorc nermitted to vote and assist in the bar
cain sw sale or the Free Soil party "
So far as I am concerned the above is unquall
6edl, elise never invited any old liner or free
soil snostate, to come into the caucus or partcl-
nate n its deliberations on the contrary. as have
stated in frmer communication, joined WITH
Messrs Judevine and Bradford, the very chiefs
of the Fifteen in opposition TO any one beng
nerm;t,ed TO vote in our caucus in the selection
Of candida es unless they ould pledge themselves
10 vote for those candidates after they were nom
mated In another part of his communication,
Mr. Barton SAYS, that Mr. Welchof the Brandon
Post. gave the number of free soil'membefs whP
attended the first caucus, as iif>y, and adds: 81
6 OF these fifty membes, whose names are
given ten were old line democrats wbp assumed
the name of free sellers and were feady to cs OPP
crate with Field g. Barber. Fivc4f these. tea,
lippktical knares,. were Senators, and known tekf
iAfdaine democrats ~ -,
,iJS the first pace ets&ere.nUt. fly w6qs ns
NO themselves ais free soi'efsss if ~. AeH
- Eose!6re who aseS6 ;profateI 3speapcaa
(6al knaSes were lhe thses. : Majors IRON
vsssaS Se from Il nidla, saS 2abs sbee
SenstJ,s frss Glider dslll a:yarty nomidas
tedsby fiss,tTee soiIers, and Mere gun
lion If II, Isenecrats and free sstss, with The
"a eSr55ati0h Of suchE ~ Guy 9.
sampson arc tho especial eufgsts Of the
. FSid s i p Or One b. ssss ses rs
ac>old libertyl"&A and the OH two. were free
soilers of 1913. fAe Senator from Washington
County was elected " the free soilers and demo-
crats. The Senator from Lamoille County was
an original liberty man, and was eected by un-
ion OF the democrats and free sellers. These men
were all elected by the democrats and free soilers
uniting against the wings They succeedGL'n
beating the wings by the union Now was " tt
be expected that these men, in the Legislature
should mlsrepresent their constituents by voting
for the wing candidates Why call them 'spo-
lilical kuaves" and exhonerae the people who
elected them Why were they political knayes''
any more han MIR. Barton! He was elected by
a union of wings and free soilcrs, end it was not
expected of him that he could vote for the demo
cratic candidates. He was quite as anxious for
a union with the wings as these Senators whom
he denounces as political knaves" were fm a
!, ~ 4 Al ri
men did not determine the result in the free soil
caucus When the final vote Was taken, not one
Of them b. live, was present. There were
some three OF four members who were elected as
old liners, who came into our caucus the first
evening, and who did not appear to act there af-
forwards but their business tn re WIS not to CO.
ope. ate with " Field & Barber but 10 vote for
Needham as a candidate as speaker and defeat
Barber romlnation They co-opcraed with
Bradford, Judevinc, and the Fifteen - in the on
ly work they did, for they never voted in caucus
afterwards to my know edge They may have
been there, but think they did not vote hose
men were e0tnlo our caucus, without my know
edge or applob ton, and for the express purpose
OF voting agairt M be ause was such an I'M
practicable rec soiIe1, and after they got there.
yot d for the candidate brought forward by the
leaders of the "itlecn,' and vet ! am assaed
with charges OF treason and "perfdy," by
the champions of the - fifteen because those
men were there Rankcf political knavery''
than that is seldom Witnessed but TO sw"' p
this whole charge n,r,y away from myself
repeat, that ! took the ground in caucus that no
man ought to vote there in determining who our
candidates should be, and vi hat course we should
pursue, who did not vote for our candidates and
who were pledged to vote for the candidates OF
anolhe party M.
1here are, Alr. Eftor, several ether statements
of Mr. Baton. and some others of your cores
pond hts, which ao qually devoid of truth and
fairness to-Nhich might refer, hut have ex-
posed enough of the msrepresc la,!on and ma
ligni,y which have been showcred ron me, 10
convince every wpre judced mind that 9th, mo-
lives besidts the good Of the free sell cause ac-
tualed their authors, land will ireslass upon your
read RS no farther unless | am compelled to do
so in If defence If they are renewed shall
meet them rs they deserve.
Mr. Barton Mhis first communication, says in
the commencement
81 profess ahow'cdge ofcertdin facts relative
to the management and intrgucs of Mr.. Barber,
and some of his political friends which ought to
be interesting 10 he true and tn't!}W OF our un'
fortunate party
Ii must be evident from What YOUR readers
have seen of thisconlroversy. that Mr.. Barton
undertook to spetk Of many things of which he
had no personal knowledge, and either becaNse
he was msinlolned or because he "drew upon
his Imagination or his facts, he has given the
public a string If statements mary of which
were entirely vdil OF truth, and many Of which
were equally unst, because they distorted the
truth and made i speak false God In every
aspect in whci Mr.. Barton's course can
be viewed it mist be,evident that he is an I'm
scrnpuops man, md one who has not hestated
in his assault upn me-, to giveb both 'consrience'
and truth vac,tinn." T.. D. BARBER.
Middlebury, March 9th, 1854.
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