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

ton and timely appliances, are common
ly successful in carrying out the plans
they wish, and comprising the ends they
have in view. The people at conventions
are, of course, expected to ratify such
nominations as these few have obtained,
and endorse such action as the manag-
ing few have devised.
While politics in Vermont may not be
so great trade as in some other States
of the Union-New York for example
still we have symptoms enough in this
State of disposition, not to say deter
minaton, on the part Of the few to con
troll the many, to arouse the people to
the danger they are in, or may be in
hereafter
These suggestions are made at the out
set of Presidential campaign, for no
other purpose than to arouse, on the
part of the people, reasonable caution
in respect to what may be expected, to a
greater or less degrees, at the different
conventions that may be held in the
State during the year, and to which they
may be cordially invited"
From walton's Journal .
Remember the State Convention at
Burlington, Tuesday, May II, to appoint
delegates to the National Convention
The Freeman announces that three
fourths of the federal office holders in
the State, and their friends, will attend,
to stake care that their own interests
receive no detriment, whatever may
happen to the Republic" We have
seen or heard nothing to warrant this
statement and we think it will tend to
provoke rather than prevent official in
reference. Notwithstanding this prov
ocation, we shall be surprised if any
undue pressure of this sort shall exhibit
itself-and to prevent trickery by any
body, insiders or outsiders, we recon-
mend to the people to attend. The
doors are open to all supporters of the
Government and the Union, without
other commission, pass word or shibbo-
leth. Moreover we advise them 10 90
determined to act prudently and patri-
otically avoiding all occasion for jeal-
ousy and factious divisions among the
friends Of the country.
From the Burlington Times
The Union State Convention, it will
be noticed, is to meet in this village on
the 18th inst. 1t will doubtless be a
large gathering, as besides the State
ticket, four delegates at large to the
Baltimore Convention, and two electors
at large are to be nominated. We trust
it will be a gathering of the people, and
as there will not be much, if any, con-
troversy about the reelection of our
present state officers, it is to be hoped
unusual care will be taken in selecting
a delegation Of our ceyy best men to 90
to Baltimore. The action OF the Ma
tional Convention will have great infu-
ence upon the destinies Of the Republic.
and we want to see Vermont rightly
represented there, according to the
wishes of her people, not her politicians.
We commend to the attention of our
readers the sharp, strong article from
the Montpelier Freeman. Though "a
Their severe upon the Federal office hold
ers, who we cannot think have any idea
OF controlling the State Convention, still
IL contains much that is worthy of the
gravest consideration by the people of
the State. The emergency demands a
convention of the honest, large minded
loyal men of Vermont. Let us have it,
From the Bellows Falls Times
The Montpelier Freeman of this week
in an article on the State Convention is
too sweeping, we think, in it's assertions
about the office holders of this State. 1t
says there are some three hundred or
four hundred of them in the State. and
that three-fOurths of them will 90 to
the Convention or see that their next
friends go, and intimating of course
that they will control its action, and by
this means the nomination of Mr.. Lin |
coin for reelection is to be forced upon |
The people. This is not true at least so |
lar as we are concerned, and in fact we |
believe the Times was the first paper in |
the State to advocate postponement of |
The National Union Convention and
have yet seen no reason to change our
opinion. The Bennington Banner. too
another office holder" has advocated
It's postponement, and SO ar as we have
with office holders, they have
lot only favored postponement, but
nave expressed no desire to force the
domination of Mr.. Lincoln, against anv
other good man. There NAV be office
holders who entertain some of the
eellngs attributed to them by the Free
nan, but it is not true of them nc
shoie' indeed we believe they are di-
'lded upon the subjects referred to, the
'anle as any other class of citizens.