Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-06-14

ronage, and will give their support to
such measure, when the matter comes
mp In direct and manly form, IL will
be remembered that Mr.. Trumbull's
amendment did not profess TO do this;
indeed, on It's face it conceded the Presi'
dents right of removal. Aud Mr., Sum-
ner himself will not go farther than will
Messrs. Edmunds and Poland In any le'
gitimate way TO give protection to the
freedmen, or to secure all proper guar
antees from the rebels before they ere
again admitted 10 the slsterhood Of
states. Vermont has reason 70 feel
proud that she has men at Washington
who will not let the question, "What
will my constituency say ?" bias their
Judgment in favor Of this policy or
against that; but who, rather Initiating
the sublime example OF Pompey, viii
say, IL is necessary for me to do right
IL is not necessary for me TO remain
senator.
The relative merits Of the different
candidates for the succession are being
freely discussed by our state journals,
and for the most part with the utmost
candor and good feeling. Mr. Morrills
friends urge his claims on the ground OF
his usefulness in the House. The friends
of Judge Poland vie with the friends of
Mr.. Morrill, in their acknowledgment OF
his services in the House, and cOncede
TO him those qualities which ensure him
position in the lower branch, but deny
that he has the ability, native or ac'
quired TO maintain himself In the Sen
ate And no diSparagement is designed
here. Omnipotence is not an ordinary
gift. There are diversities of talent.
Mr.. Morrill, has always acted in that
province where things are considered in
detail. This is the cast of his mind He
is emnently a man of facts and figures,
and would make capital Secretary OF
the Interior, but without that breadth
and scope which would enable him to
grapple with great legal and constitution
al questions even if his course in life had
been such as TO have disciplined his fac
ulties in that direction. A review OF
his political record evinces that he re-
cognizes his limitations here. He never
discusses questions involving legal and
constitutional points. The first William
Pitt was made Earl of Chatham, and he
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House OF Commons went into eclipse in
the House of Lords. Some one asked
Lord Chesterfield what had become OF
Pitt "He has had fall up stairs, was
the reply. And many who would other
wise prefer Mr.. Morrill,, on this ground
give their support to Judge Poland. If
the friends of Mr. Morrill, feel that the
position he now occupies is incommen-
surate with his abilities, they should re-
member that John Adams said he rose
from the Presidency to represent the
people in the House of Representatives"
The position which Senator Poland
has gained in the brief time he has been
at Washington sets at rest any fears
which might have existed in the minds
of those who did not know him, lest he
should not be able to maintain that
equality, and when we remember such
men as Phelps and Collamer, we almost
feel justified in saying supremacy, which
Vermont has so long held through her
Senators. On the ground of long and
faithful service to the State, Senator
Poland has even a better record that Mr..
Morrill,. Years before the latter became
public man, the former sat upon the
bench and added lustre to the illustrous
names which have adorned its record.
| This is the school in which Vermont has
| educated most Of her statesmen. Full
statured they have gone from it to con-
tend in that forensic arena with equal
weapons, with the best intellect the sis
| ter states can furnish. E.