Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1862-02-07
Whats Up 1.-Two Remarkable
Conversions.

The Bennington Banner OF last week, has
an article warning " those men in Wind
ham County and the northern and central
part Of the State, who have already begun
to lay out political plans, and share pros
pective official honors.p The Banner fur
Their intimates that this man is set off for
third for member of Congress, &c Now,
although we live in Windham County,"
We are not posted Oh the matter Of which
the Banner speaks, and trust it will make
more thorough disclosure, that we May I'M
derstand who il is that are thus plotting
such variety Of political movements. The
Banners article being SO entirely Greek to
us, we submitted it 10 prominent politician
of Windsor County, Chat being central
part of the State,') and after reading the
article through, declared that he did not
know what it meant, and guessed the Ban
Ner didn't himself
The Rutland Courier, too, has made sim
liar important discoveries OF late, and makes
similar threats, and often goes SO far as to
intimate that Gov. Fletcher, DIR. Powers,
and others are going to do some terrible
thing. Now there is something rather sub
lime in all this, after all; and our highly
esteemed cotemporares ought to have a
o,ni. q. Il
cries made in the vast political quarries Of
our State. At first, their discoveries seemed
and We supposed they were meant for a
"ghoak." And it may prove SO yet. These
two papers have OF late been exceedingly
conservative" and especially our beloved
friend of the Courier. who claims the Bu,,-
ner as a convert Now how it is that our
conservative brothers of the quill, should
know what such " radicals y" as Gov. fetch
CT, DIR. Powers, Rodney " Marsh, &C. are
going TO do, is beyond our comprehension,
and therefore il looks "ghoakey" The
Courier man was formerly one of the rank
est anti-slavery men in Vermont. In those
days his henest old Scotch blood seems 70
have all run eat, and as consequence set
ties more or less into the slough of negro
slavery, or as he calls it, nigger on the
BRAIN" But he has repenied Of all this.
and for month or two past his repentance
has been apparently very sincere, q and
also our excellent neighbor Of the Bcancr,
too, has repentcd, and thinks Anti Slavery
ideas are " harmless in time Of peace. y
whereupon the Courier announces this fact
"a " A public cohesion" and after copyinc
the same, proceeds TO the rite of confirma
tion, and then pronounces the following ben.
edicIion: :. The Banner may now consider
itself member of good standing in on
church " I! These rites we're extremel,
solemn and impressive, and for true patho
baye. We presume, never been excelled il
the political annals Of the Green Mountain
State.
IL is proper that we shoIld add that III,
'Cosuier's claim as acting priest on such &C
-casions, IS priority Of repentance
Now all this took place nearly two month
ago, and we watched the ceremony wit
great interest, and We trus; with due soler
nifty After such baptism iuto the hol
ghost OF conservatism" we expected I
see the total extinction Of the traitors b,
fore this late day. Both protesting to SUI
port the Government, and each elaimin
that the administration was with them. an
consequently" conservative" we we're lie
20 believe in the doe,riee Of apsihila.ian