Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1856-09-19
PerROnal.


/ The last Patriot contains an extraordina-
/ " article on the action Of the Republicans
in this Congressional District. It is extra.
ordinary. first, in that the Patriot undertakes
to mcddle with the Republican party,--un-
mindful Of the old adage-" Mind your own
| business" It is extraordinary igain, IN that
the Patriot assumes to speak for the West
side Addison. Rutland and Bennington
counties. 1t is extraordinary, finally, for its
/ personalities. We do not intend to provoke
any contest or partake in any contest, if any
contest there shall be, beyond the demands
| Of strict Justice to the Republican party and
al concerned: but we cannot submit 10
Islander under our own eye, whatever lis
source or purpose. The Patriot charges
that Mr.. Walton and his friends had tchis-
pered the most scandalous stories, touching
the private character" oca distinguished gen
ileman, previous 10 the first District con
vention; and also, that in view Of the last
convention, an arrangement was made with
can emssary from Rutland" whereby
Walton and Hodges we're to. and eventually
did force themselves as candidates for Con
gress" We have already characterized
these charges generally us Islander. TO the
first we say, specifically, that Mr.. Walton
himself never heard lisp unfnvorable to
the gentleman alluded to. until long after I'M
favorable reports had been whispered 80
elsewhere that whenever named TO bin by
HE friends, he dscounlenanced them. and
euioined It upon those friends to have moth
ing 20 do with them and. finally, that he
withdrew as a candidate at the Rutland Con
yention. precisely and only because. if nom
mated, that fact might possibly be construed
into an endorsement uf the rumors alluded
10, and wound The feelings of many friends
To the second charge we say, specifically.
that Mr.. Walton made no arrangement with
| any body but that on the day of the CON
veniion at Middlebury, and when fully up-
priced Of the course TO be taken by those
who we're not for Mr. Walton, the deleca-
ZION from Washington county unanimously
T hNNh NAANit NNt FhhfNif " "a NNillllIfN OF
their own appointment. That delegation
was large. embracing from sixty to eighty
gentlemen, and representing nearly every
town in the county We believe they did
what was, IN their judgment. eutirelv right !:
though It is quite possible that they. aud the
District, may be greatly mistaken. We will
try to have il prove otherwise so far as Mr..
Walton s concerned, For oulself, we will
add, that we have had the qualification Of re.
ceivlng assurances from gentlemen of both
conventions. who we're most concerned a.
gainst us and best informed as to the whole
transaction, that our own course was-as we
have ever designed ITO be-eyery way honora-
bic and right Our assailuni 10 the Patriot
is either mslnformed as to the facts, or inlen
tonaly unjust and 1t strikes US that his
public allusion to private matters, under the .
peculiar circumstances, is a gross outrage
upon the friends OF at least one of the per.
sons Implicated.
We are authorized and requested to say. in .
reference 10 smother assertion in the Patrot
article alluded to above. that the Hon. Geo.
T. Hodges was never brought forward for
Judge Of Probate in bis district at the hte
election that he was never voted for nor
thought Of for that appointment; neither was
any one Of he name thought of or spoken
of so that The whole story III the Patriot is
al entire fabrication, and deserves to be fat