Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-05-19
RUTLAND HERALD.
THURSDAY, NAY ~, 1864.
The Sssae Convention.


The comments of several OF our state
exchanges upon the convention to be
held next Tuesday at burlington, will
be found in our columns this morning,
There is no difference of opinion in re-
gard to the state officers to be nominat-
cd ID is universally conceded as we
supposed it would be, that the present
incumbents Of the offices of Governor,
Lit. Governor and Treasurer, should and
will be re-nominated without opposi-
ton. ....-.-..a.=...--..-
7a But some discussion has arisen in re-
gard to politicians, and especially Office
holders, attempting to control the con-
vention, We apprehend no more danger
from the ofiice-holders than from the
ofiice-seekers. The clamor against the
former has originated from the latter
The convention Is necessarily open to
{ both. But it is also equally open to the
people who belong to neither class. If
the people are for the denomination of
Mr.. Lincoln, it should make no differ
ence that the office-holders are for him
also, for that Is naturally to be expected.
II the people are opposed to Mr.. Lin
coins denomination, it should make no
difference that the oflice-seeke,s are OBJ
posed to him also, for that, too, is natu-
rally to be expected, If Mr.. Lincoln is
the man for the people and the Union,
we cannot afford to lose him for the sake
OF ousting few postmasters and Gus
tom-house officers If he is not the man
for the people and the nation we can
not afford to keep him for the sake of
disappointing few who are hungry for
post-ofiices and custom houses The
question Is, aoho shall pilot tie Union through
ne dangerous storms Of the coming four years,
and not whether the delegates selected
will have tendency to keep A., B. and
Z. in petty post-ohices, or to put d. f.
and F. who will make no better post.
masters, in their places. 5I
1t behooves THE PEOPLE to rally to the
convention and see to it that their wish
es are represented in the choice of dele
gates to the Baltimore convention. We
nope they will. 1t is hardly necessary
to remind them that the choice of dele
gates is at this time a matter of supreme
Importance; that strong but disinterest-
ed men should be chosen men of no
particular clique or faction, men who
are free, and will have the disposition, to
act when the National Convention as
sembles, in accordance with what shall
then appear for the best interests of all;
men who shall be able to sacrifice per
sonal preferences or prejudices, If neces-
sary, to the good Of the nation; men, in
short, who shall be wise enough to COM
prehend the situation at the time and
Iree enough from partizanship and un-
alterable prejudice, to act as the exigen-
cy may demand.
1t follows from the above that we are
opposed to closely trammeling delegates
with instructions at present. While it
will be proper, If desired, that the con
vention should declare its first choice for
the presidency, in case it should be clear |
ly for any particular candidate; and
while, if this is done, the delegates, as
representatives of the people, should act |
generally upon such declaration, vet !
they should at least be left free to exer-
else discretion which circumstances
may demand-at the National Conyen-
ton. We should, in short, be able to
select such delegates that they will not
need strict or positive instructions.
We would urge upon the people that
they attend the State Convention; that
they attend it prepared to act in a spirit
OF concession for the sake of harmony
and the general good, but also prepared |
TO give expression to their wishes and
enforce them. Let the people rally.
|
Our WOUNDED FIRED ON BY THE Pro
PIE OF FREDERICKSBURG. A Washington
dispatch states that on Friday a num-
Der of slighsly wounded men, who had
been ordered to the rear, made their way
to fredericksburg, under an escort of
fourteen armed men. On entering the
town they were fired upon by the citi-
zens with shot-guns, pistols and such
other arms as were obtainable. They.
however, succeeded in passing out and
proceeded to Acquia Creek, where they
hastily constructed RATS and moved
some distance out into the stream. They
finally hailed gunboat, which took
them on board and brought them to
Washington Monday They are now
quartered at the Armory Hospital. The
party number two hundred and eighty.
Fredericksburg is now occupied by such
OF our forces as to induce respect on the
part of the Inhabitants.
Among the above wounded were the
members of the 4th Vermont mentioned
10 our paper of yesterday as being in
the Armory Hospital, Washington.
D Before crossing the Rapidan.
Gen. Grant wrote to the President a