Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-06-07
Preparatory Training for the
senate.

Under this head the Montpelier Free
man discusses the Senatorial qualif-
cations of Judge Poland and Mr., Nor
hll, with reference to their previous
wocations and studies, taking excep-
|aon to some remarks of ours which it
quotes. That the Freeman may be fully
understood we quote the following pas
sage from its last issue
The "questions" which Judge Po-
land has spent his life in studying and
discussing, so far as the public know,
have about as little similarity to the
/ TQuestiOns" that "mOre than all others
ball into debate the ablest Senators,
mat an action for false warranty Of a
horse has to the question Of reconstruct
ng states and settling upon durable
foundations the future Of the Republic,
fhe great debates in the Senate, and in
Deed in Congress, are upon questions
that never, in any Of their aspects,
eame before our supreme or county
/ courts, certainly not on this side Of the
| mountain, however it may be at Rut-
| lani The Presidents power, the rights
Ets FEDERAL citizenship, the relations Of
! BE states to the federal government,
te financial problems before the coun-
| tY the powers and duties of Congress
/ h the rehabilitation of the Southern
i &Sates-these topics have not been the
1 si'ework" of Judge Poland as judge,
sthOugh he has doubtless given thought
1 2 them, as all intelligent men have, in
/ the last few months. We have no in
\ tlination to abate anything from Judge
4 Poand's reputation--but when the
HERALD praises him as statesman, we
think it must be from what it expects
o. him, and not for what he has done"
i We ask our readers to carefully note
the above extract. The Freeman copies
Ahat portion of an editorial in which
1--we say:
III Judge Poland has had the education,
theoretically and practically, which
ald the foundation of the late Judge
VoEamer's Senatorial success. Con-
atutions and laws, national and State,
pave been the study and practice of his
nature life and the readiness with
S1lch he entered into successful de-
Mte in that Senatorial chamber Of
AfoDg men, at once ranked him among
v leading members"
The truth of which the above is q
AnpIe and unvarnished statement, is
hparent enough to all intelligent men
ermont. The Freeman does not con-
hOVert the implied statement that the
ne Judge Collamer owed his Senatorial
Access mainly to the previous training
his mind in the study and practice
I0nced by his duties as lawyer and
Juoge, during a very large portion Of
= mature life. Had the Freeman, or
y burlington Free Press which en-
4 ~Ises the Freeman's logic, denied the
T. contribution of that eminent iurist's
0esslonal training to his successful
q Ter as Senator, and made the de-
I. 100, in his lifetime, before the can
% lor his successor had sprung up,
| 'ould have met the derision of every
slgent citizen of the State, irrespec-
oI party Or faction. The editor of
freeman has acquired professionally
knowledge of law, we believe, and
y 1'ust know that the very prelimi-
. studies required for admission to
Bar afford knowledge Of National
e state constitutions, and Of Interna-
4ai law, which very few men acquire
sue OF the PROFESSIONALISM thete is