Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1861-07-18
THE COURIER AND AMALGAMA-
TON.

too much of Republican character. The
Courier's call is signed by over one hundred
names, and we are happy to see that of these
preponderence tends to the Democratic
side, and among them the editor of the
Courier.
1t has been said that one man can lead
horse to water, but that two men cannot make
him drink" 1t may with equal truth be
said, that though one man may convince an
other of a falacy-or the error of his ways,
twenty men cannot lead him from an error
AGAINST his will We believe the Courier
man TO be incorrigible, and therefore shall
not, at least while he is in his present mood,
attempt to win him from the lonely and al
most solitary political paths in Which he is
lust now straying, We do rejoice to see,
however, that there is little vitality left in
our contemporary, and that he can procure
the names of more than fifty Democrats of
Rutland County to sign such call as he pub
ished yesterday, believing as we do, that
signs to stand by it-unless it may be the Cou-
rier man himself We rejoice, therefore, TO
see this patriotic movement, on the part of so
numerous an array of Rutland county Dem
ocrrts, in throwing down party lines, for the
time being, for the purpose Of rallying to the
support of the Union. We hope, and with
the exception above made, we belieue that
the signers of this paper are ling hon.
estly and with a view to the greatest good to
the greatest number. We would give the
Courier man the same credit of honesty,
could we do so with propriety, or could we
see the least evidence Of an honest purpose
in his present movement. But how can we ?
In another column Of the Courier which pub
lished this call, we find another from the
Democratic State Committee, for Conven-
ZION at Montpelier for the nomination Of
State officers, and one Of the signers being
John Cain! This would look as though all
"party considerations" were not, as yet, en-
tirely thrown away by this heretofore immac-
ulate apostle OF Democracy, who would now
play fast and loose 3" with the Republican
party, not only, but with the democracy it
self Regulated as the leader of his own
party, he now assumes the dictatorship of
both. But it is to be hoped, in the present
instance, that he will neither mislead or be-
fog either
The editor of the Courier, through the
columns of his paper, and in public and pri-
vate conversation expressed his sentiments,
as man and as Democrat, in favor of Mr..
Holbrook as candidate for Governor. The
other officers are of minor Importance in the
minds of those who now throw aside their
political preferences, so that they are filled
by competent and honest men. Will the
Courier man dare to saw that the nominees
are not all that? Why then, if he is as hon
est as he processes, does this second call for a
State Convention appear in his colump'
with his own name attached
The truth is, the matter looks as if it this
was only one of the Courier's stratagems for
personal agrandizement,a and should be treated
as such, until he comes forward and pledges
to carry out by his vote what he now pro-
fesses
The Courier says that the call for Coun'
ty Convention was made . at the request OF
a large number of freemen independent OF
party associations" yet admits, that 1t was
(soo priptod SlnS sent
from thence into the different towns for sig
natures. This was all proper and right, and
hundreds of other sgners might have been
obtaized. All we wish to do in the matter,
is to PROFOUND to Mr.. Cain few inquiries,
for the benift of all concerned, and they are
these:
Will he be bound by the action of the
County Convention called by him, and sup
port the nominations there made ?
Does he regard vigorous prosecution
Of the war" as the policy of the present AID
ministratIon
Does he regard the President, in his acts
true to the party which elected him?
And if so, can he sustain any part OF the
,,ol;cv Of the Administration without so far
coming upon Republican ground?
If these queries are answered in the affirm
alive, we would inquire, then, is it possible to
entirely throw aside party politics and sup
port the ''vigorous prosecution of the war =
And Iastly-can the policy of an Admins
tration be honestly sustained, and support at
the same time be given to an opposing party?
These inquiries we hope Mr.. Cain will be
able to answer to the satisfaction of the free
men of Rutland county, and we await his re-
ply. But who ever before supposed that either
Democrats or Republicans, in an exgency