The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-05-23
The Waterman and its Troubles.


times, everything takes a notion to 60
wrong "Causes conspire" against US.
The best laid schemes miscarry. A man
who undertakes the job of managing the
politics of a State is especially liable to
such misfortunes. Even an editor who
has " for more than twenty years" "been
familiar with Vermont politics" can
hardly expect TO be exempt from the
common lot. Our friend of the Watch
man, even, iuds himself at last In du.
bious predicament Hc is in trouble
present and prospective.
He is haunted by npparitions. He is
ridden by nightmares. Hs sees bug.
bears in every dark place. He believes
there is a" damnable" conspiracy all a.
round him. He is uncertain into what
hands be shall fall. He is unwilling
longer, to take the word of honorable
men, without some further assurance.
The Hdtchmdn gives horrifying
picture Of SAM" declares its belief
that it is authentic and when we, as we
have been warranted in doing, intimate
belief that all this is a gross msrepre-
sentation, downright cheat, it calls up.
on us to point out exactly its variations
from the truth 1t is enough to say,
that if the editor of tho H,atchn,an has
access to all tho documents" as it pre-.
tends, there is no occasion for such OK.
PLANTATION. FIT has not, its preteDco
that it has, does not enti,le its awful dis.
closures 70 so serious a notice. 1t
would appear too much like "jcsuiti.
cal' trick to exsort secrets.
Besides, it may be true there is = Sc.
cret association in this state, such as the
Wdtchman has represcnted-a mid
night cabal. bound by solemn onths
rigidly crushing out all individual indie
pendcnce; violating the constitution
directly at war with the spirit of our re-
publican institutions compelling men
to violate their freeman's oath; and
prescribing men on account of their
birth and religious faith. All this may
be true, we say, Of some secret associa.
tion existing in this State. But We are
more skeptical than Mr.. Walton, if he
believes his own story. We think no
such abominablc conspiracy is going on
in this St.te-except in his own excited
and fevorish fancy. There it may be at
work, in oil its horrid reality. There it
may have all the effect on him of actual
verify. But we do not believe any such
organization-or one answering to the
description in any one particular-oxists
in Vermont beyond tue limits Of his
own skull.
The Hdtchmon wants Republican
convention called. yet is in dread lest
some of this terrible brotherhood should
attend. He" hopes" they will not pre-.
sumo to come. If they do, he hopes
they will be honest. He is afraid some
men may go into even two conventions.
take an active part in getting up two diff
ferent state tickets, and make trouble in
that way. In short, BIO wants some.
thing Gone, he hardly knows what, and
is afraid to do it, if he did.
Now, in all soberness, why not give
UP this tomfoolery? Let honest men
60 straight ahead about their business
Call your Republican convention, and
our word for it, the men who attend it
will understand their obligations in so
doing, and will vote the ticket there
nominated, allowing only the reasonable
individual independence you SO strenu.
ously-snd SO jus.ly-insist that no
majority shall ever violate. Cease to
abuse your friends, stick to facts and
eschew evil fancies, and your great trou.
blcs will probably vanish.