Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-09-03

SOMETHING ABOUT POLITICAL Rec
oRps.-The Courier of Friday last has an
article called forth by our bringing 10
HIGHT a small portion of the past record OF
i,s editor. As a matter of curiosity. we
nropose to break over our usual rule, and
for once, as briefly as possible, notice the
substance of 1.-THE style is beneath notice
|. The Courier has in the outset some
thng TO say concerning "those that are
mad to lraduce and vilHfy Mr.. Redfeld's
GOOD name and fame" First, we only
oopiel extracts from his former speeches
and resolutions, lfthat Utilities HIM it is his
misfortune, not our fault. Second, as to
beng paid" for writing for the Herald I:
we publish a loyal paper and its patro-
mage pays US accordingly, The Courier
has no right TO envy us ON this score, for
ii might become loyal also, and so perhaps
pay expenses. Copperheadism is not a
profitable investment in the sturdy little
state of Vermont That is the Coarier'S
misfortune,
H., 1t speaks secondly of the extracts
n from It's editors letters to the Brandon
POST, published by us, as purportiag to be
extracts but admits that they were as
correctly given as our report of his town
meeting speech, which is striking ad-
mission Of their accuracy. ltfurther does
not deny the genuiness of the letters in
question, which is striking exhibition of
|modesty for it. We, therefore, pass tina
by as also its insinuations regarding the
editor of the Herald secretly opposing Mr..
Woodbridge, which we have already de-
MED
Ill. 1t pays thirdly a great compliment
TO the Herald, in this way. Without de-
nying the writing of the abolition" let
tiers to the Brandon Post, it seeks to throw
discredit upon the reliability of the Her
aid and so suspicion upon the accuracy
Of its quotations from them. The only
thing it can rake up for the purpose is
reference to an accidental omission by one
N the printers of THIS establishment in
n r.1ng up the paper some years ago, Of
ssbnk charter advertisement, thing which
was all explained and adjusted satisfacto-
bly, at the time, as the Courier knows
Nell enough. Now, bearing in mind the
Courier's well known fertility p6nUentioa,
keeping in view that it was seeking for
somethng to dscredit the Herald, and we
appreciate the compliment it inadvertently
beslows upon our paper, 10y its failure,
through inability to bring forward any |
in}ns more damaging than a printers mis-
take, several years old We are as CRATE |
FIJI as We can be, knowing that the COM
lIment was notintentisnai.
". The editor of the Courier saws |
w. democratic principles never change. /
r. protested in 1850 to belong to the de- |
nocracy. He processes to, now. Now
d this article he admits tina h. wrote the
n tiers in question, and wants 10 know If
linan has no right to repent Of his evil
rays when he finds himself ia very bad
pmpany z" If he was democrat in
800, is democrat now, and democracy
lces not change, why should he repent,
Phi what cf?-Who was very bad COM
lany," for the editor of the Courier, in
LS50? The chief of this ''companyr-
her candidate for governor was it must
y confessed - Mr.. Redfeld Yet the
Burner accuses us of eigyytag MIR. Red
III!
Il y The Courier next proceeds to show up
= past record of the Herald 1t says
VI editors Of the Herald voted for Taylor,
STAKEHOLDER, IN l848, and for Scott in
So that it denounced such Abolition
sts as the editor Of the Courier then was,
nj did divers other horrid pro-slayery
hsngs, IA those times when slavery had
n shown its worst features aud capabih-
VI by occasioning armed rebellion against
u Union. The Herald is an old paper.
A. has had several editors. We might
aead an a}jbi We were not here. We
"a nothing to do with the Herald in those
imes those who did can take care of its
score, which we presume was right. con
'stent and patriotic. We didn't vote for
'aylor or Scott; there was one slight cir
amstance, to mention nothing else. which
Iterfered with our voting for hem il
~ not be worth mentioning, but we will
lvf 1t; we were not in those times Vi vot-