Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1860-02-10
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THURSDAY, Jan. %, 1860

terest and Importance; for nothing done, to
to be sure John Sherman had been for six
weeks most thoroughly, sayagely, and unjust
ly abused and any body, who happens to re-
member that Mr. Sherman was in a position
where his assaiants Lneo he could not resist
and resent these attacks as they Justly de-
served, will not be slow to add the adjective
cowardly Certainly it is not brave to attack
even brave man, who has his arms, his
legs, and his very tongue tied. After SIX
weeks of abuse designed Of course to break
Sherman down, the attempt was made to fix
the responsibility Of disorganization upon the
Republicans by the pretense that they could
elect somebody else. "Why don't you drop
Sherman; You can elect Gov. Corwin, OF
Gov Pennington, or anybody who is not
stained with the Helper book why do you
persist IN crowding US with John-Helper-
Seward Sherman e. To be sure, some Of the
men with this plea in their mouths, would not
offer to ro'c for any other Republican; nor
even would the iorty-one gentlemen, who are
pledged to Revolution, agree to submit to any
other candidate and so the Republicans had
no possible ground for abusing sherman
They would not promise to do it, although
they did declare that they were not bound to
sherman, and everybody understood that
John Sherman had been, and then was ready
to decline, if any other Republican could OBJ
tain a larger vote than himself That con-
tngency had not happened so Helper must
be again pressed in to the help Of the disor-
ganizers, and Mr.. Clark the author Of the
Helper Sherman denuncistion took the floor
TO insist. for the tenth or twentieth time, that
nobody shall be elected Speaker until John
sherman. and every other man whose name
was in the Helper advertisement had been
condemned John sherman saw the occasion
and instantly seized it, bIandly asking i
CLARK would Withdraw his menacing resolu-
ton. ,rru temporarily. 60 allow him to make q
fan explanation and then in short SHARP
and spirited little speech Mr. Sherman stated
the position IN which Clark had placed him
VIII the gentleman from Missouri relieve him
from that position NO. says the gentle
man from Missouti-"No p! This was bad
record for the democracy There is not ,
fc in the land who cannot have the priyi
Iege of pleading not guilty, and putting his
accuscr- to the proof 1t was denied TO Johr
sherman Nor was that all instantly, just
as if there was no longer any help at all in
Helperism. there was a stockade Of question,
revealed, bristing all over with little spikes
to scratch John sherman In fact, thoy had
found out that he was Republican. and the!
could never consent to his election for thai
reason And that is the true reason 1t Is
not satisiact one to Mr.. sherman
friends, as the ballot yesterday, the first fol
long time clearly showed John Sherman
came up to the magical, interminable and in
visible three votes Of an election. Aye--"in
visible We do not see where three more
votes can be had, and there can be no cleo
ton, by a majority, until half dozen of Sher
mans opposers consent to be ".nyisble' too
Whenever the Administration ,gishes an or
ganizaton, it has only to withdraw half doz
en- votes The sacrifice is not very grea
one. especially if it be considered that tn
supporters Of Mr.. sherman now actually rep
resent majority Of the freemen of the ma
ton.
4 Scrub race for the Southern Tote
Whoever has had a sharp eye upon tn
Congressional record, will remember that
very early in the session, committee wa
raised in the Senate, to investigate the Han
per's Ferry affair report the facts, and ais
any measure of Legislation necessary to pro
tect the slave States from insurrecton or in
vasion. Some weeks afterwards, will be foun
resolution, introduced by Senator Douglas
lnokinu IN LEGISLATION for thp protection &