Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-05-19

allow us 10 say that we consluer MS ar
ticle, which we copy in another column,
very absurd one. II makes statements
and expresses apprehensions for which
there are no grounds.
| 1t is not "the people" who are asking
for the delay of the National Convention;
but 1t Is (for the most party the sore
headed politicians and aspirants for Of
flee, who cannot sse Mr., Lincoln as they
wish, and desire a change of administra-
tion for the sake of a fresh scramble for
the spoils. Nor have the people any fear
of a nomination being "forced" on them.
They are abundantly able to take care
of themselves in that regard. The Pres
ident is to be elected by Their votes and
J they will vote for the man of their choice,
| OF that the Freeman can be sure.
Nor Is it the case that the champions
of Mr.. Lincoln are almost to man en-
joying federal patronage. The direct
| contrary of this is true. The majority
of the party hacks and politicians by pro-
fession are opposed to Mr.. Lincoln to-
| day, and would succeed in returning
him to private life beyond doubt, if it
were not that he is so strong tcith the peo-
L.
the masses that gives him whatever
strength he has with corrupt men, while
honorable and disnterested officeholders
| if there are any such-which we sup
pose our friend of the Freeman will new
| er own till he gets an office-have as
| good right to express a preference as to
candidate, as other people, and their
| preferences are entitled to as much res
pect.
As to our State, the talk about "vet-
eran army of ofiice-holders" and a people
"ridden" by them, is the shecrest and
| rankest nonsense. We are astonished to
see such stuff in the Freeman. When
did the Freeman see Union or Republi-
can State Convention in Vermont in the
hands of the Custom House, Internal
Revenue, and Post-Ofice departments?
We never saw one such, and we have at
| tended them all. Certainly we have
! heard or seen nothing indicating an in
tention on the part Of holders to
| control the next convention. If forty
Custom House, Revenue and Post officers
are present at that convention, it will
be more than we expect to see here
But we trust they will all come, if they
they wish to. They are citizens as well
as other people, and have perfect right
if the yare in favor of sustaining the Gov
eminent, to participate in the conven-
ton. We trust, too, that there will be
thousand or more of the voters-as
full and fair a representation of the hon
est and sensible yeomanry of our State
as is possible-present too. And we
have no fear as to the result in their
hands.
From the Green Mountain Freeman
Our only purpose, in the article we
printed last week, was to stir up the |
people to attend the Convention. We |
are just as hostile to the schemes of dis |
appointed politicians, as to those of sue
cessful ones, and SO our friend of the |
Free Press, who is postmaster, and so |
naturally, as well as honestly, for Mr.
Lincoln, has our hearty good wishes that
he may continue to pitch into these dis |
appointed politicians, for we have no |
doubt they deserve it. In fact we think !
an oflice-seeker is not engaged in the
highest calling possible for an intelH-
gent and honest man to pursue,-and |
there is not much difference between the |
one who fails and the one who succeeds
unless the former profits by the lesson.
quits the pursuit, and gives his energies
to some more independent business.
Our opinion that the Office holders and
their immediate friends will be at the
convention the 18th, in pretty full force,
may be an error, but we are confident
more than half OF the forty, which the
Free Press thinks will be the outside
number of these gentlemen who will be
enough interested to go from the whole
State, will be present from this county
and every one of them can give hun
dred reasons why men in Office should be
Kept in office, clinching their argument
with the little story about swapping
horses when swimming river. 1t NAV
be that the custom house, with Mr.
Clapp at the head will be sublimely in
different to the result of the convention.
and he will probably write to all his de-
puties to stay at home and attend to
their official duties. Possibly nobody
will see Provost Marshal Gleason at
Burlington the 18th, or if he should be
there he will be making only the efforts
which all unseltish patriots make in such
an emergency as this, that the govern
ment in all its branches shall be admin
lstered by the very best men to be found
in State or nation. We should not be
however at finding both
these gentlemen exceedingly busy and
1t would hardly be strange if they should
consider the salvation of the country
depended wholly upon the continuance
n Office OF all men now in official posi-
ion. a :
From the Vermont Transcript
Without too much presumption it NAV
)e proper to anticipate the denomination
II the present incumbents. Party usage
Is well as the fitness of things. would
Indicate that course of policy, and, we
presume, it is the general wish and ex-
pectation that not only the Governor and ,,
Lieutenant Governor, but the present
Efficient State Treasurer should be nut
IN nomination again.
The delegates to the Baltimore Con t
Ventlon,as well as their alternates, should i
De men of influence and ability who in
he language of the National Committee I
desire the unconditional maintenance
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