Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1861-07-11
THE COURIER AND THE CALL FOR
A COUNTY CONVENTION.


imagination is at times wonderfully prolific,
and in this instance particularly so, has re-
Gently discovered " mares-nest" among the
deings of that villainous little clique of Rut-
land politicians" he has so long been watch
watching and feeling it a christian duty which
he owes to the freemen of the County, in his
last weeks paper he devoted nearly col
umn of va luable space, and any amount of
wear and tear of brains, in exposing the ras-
eally transaction.
We cut from the article the following ex-
tracts, being that portion. which more particu-
larry refers to US, and to which we only pro-
pose to reply:
The office holders OF the Republican
party in this town have had a special meet
ing, and, as usual, in order to dictate to their
party in the rest of >the County, they have
issued call for a Republican County Con-
vention, to be holden at Rutland on the 9Th
Of July, and, with brazen impudence, have
signed the call, :" By order Of the County
Committee Now, in order that the rascality
of this movement may be exposed, we assure
our readers that the Rutland Herald has
never had any authority whatever from the
Republican County Committee for calling
County Convention at Rutland on the 10th
instant
:" AS matter of course. the Daily Herald
will deny these things, and as everybody
writes It's editorials, nobody is responsible for
its assertions. The Republican County Com
mittee, we assert, have made no call for
County Convention neither have they au-
thorized any one else to do so"
The editor OF the Courier we'll knew that
the Daily Herald ,couid deny these charges,
because be knew they were made without
any foundation, and were To1a. .N.--E D..
As far as our knowledge extends, no meeting
of any kind whateyer,-e special, public,
OF privatc,-has been been held by any portion
e our citizens for the purpose OF considering
tbs matter, and no call has been issued by
them for County Convention to be held on
the 10th Of July or at 'any other time.
The only cali we have published was sent
US by member of the County Committee
from Brandon, and published, at his request,
in the Herald,--and that too without the
knowledge of a single person in Rutland,
outside of our office, SO much for the facts
in the case,
We might also add that the call, in its
terms and spirit,we believe does not fully &C
cord with the views of large portion of the
Republicans of " Rutland" and Rutland Co ,
Not that they would wish to obliterate party
lines merely for the purpose OF forming mong-
rel coalition with those whose only object is to
get chance at the offices, but. IN
view OF the present exigencies of national
affairs. to throw open the doors Of the Conve-
ntion sufficiently widet to admit all, without re-
reference to party who feel to sustain the pol
lev OF the present Administration in crushing
q out treason and rebellion. And we feel con-
fdent that. in that event, the Republicans
would be sufficiently magnanimous to allow
other parties fair representation upon the
ticket The question of a Mass Convention up
on the basis above indicated is already occupy
ing the public mind to some extent, and we
publish in another column communication
upon the subject. to which we would invite at
ten ton. The object. of course, Is not that we
shall have two tickets in the field, but that
some means may be devised TO change the
character of the Convention already called
to a Mass Convention, similar in its nature TO
the recent State Convention held at Mont
pelier.
The time is short for action, but we trust
that such means will be taken as shall affect
the object: and tor this purpose we would IN
vite suggestions and expressions Of opinion
upon this subject through the columns of the
Herald.
In these times of treason and rebellion it is
of more importance that the people should
be united. than it is who are to hold the Coun-
ty offices. And therefore all the interest that
Is felt in the matter is that the offices shall be
Glled by men who are competent, faithful
and honest,-and plenty of these can be
found in both parties. Hence the Courier 5
attempt to get up an excitement and create
division among the freemen of the County
under the cry of dictation from this tancied
" clique in Rutland" lily accords with its ed
TORS late oft-repeated " No Party preten-
SONS, and we believe the attempt villas
has many other similar ones of his,-prove
abortive, and Only recoil upon him.
THE FOURTH seems to have been very
generally celebrated in this State, and espe
cially in Rutland county. Spirited celebra
films were had at Brandon, Wallingford