Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-04-19
RUTLAND H EkALD.
FRIDAY, APRIL IS, 1866.
The Vermont senators and the
St,sktOn Case.

The Rutland HERALD regrets To see
tbp Senator stockton case dragged into
this state and made an element in our
Senatorial canvass" Perhaps the HE'S
Am wishes to h!t N" journal, since we
osye what We thought was fair argu-
ment on the merits of the case. So be
Il Though the eject Of Senator Pc.
igud's course on The Senatorial question
was in mind when We wro'e. 1t was
there only rs an incident in The case.
and not very important one either.
The Senator motives were ummprachcd
by US and they are unimpcaChable;
therefore. we 40 not suppose mis- vote
will have much weight In the Senatorial
question. suppose II will however;
WHY shout IN, HERALD nave any ere
rrets except that Senator Poland
should have voluntarily exposed him
self to fair criticism Is he not respOn-
sibls for his Official acts We regret to
see the HERALD so sensitive on this mat
ter.-Noatpeii'r JoiVnol
It may possibly take the nightmare
pressure from the mind of our Montpel-
Ter r,end, when we STATE that We had no
reference whatever to anything that we
had seen in any Vermont paper, when
We wrote the article referred to by the
Journal-that we had not then, nor
have we now. seen the Journals cdito-
rial on the Stockton Csc. BY some in
advertence the paper has lot reached
us Bnt the Journal cOnfcssus itself hit,
and illustrates how "the wicked flee
when no man pursueth."
The Journal now admits that Senator
PoIand's motives are unimpeachablc,
and we hope its worthy aud intelligent
editor will stick to this and not at
tempt by insinuatiou what his convic-
ton will not permit him to do directly.
We marvel that our friend should ask
why our regrets, when we stated that
men were electioneering against Judge
Poland because he dared TO vote with
other distinguished Republican iurists
and Senator's on a purely legal question,
according to their convictions of const.
tutional duty, The Journal, we are
panied TO see regrets that we are sensi-
tive when we see Senator Poands mo-
tives impugned, and dishonest tricks
employed to iniure worthy, high
minded and distinguished Vermont iur-
iSt in the discharge of his duty We
are sensitive, and we wish our friend
were little more so. If he prefers
some other one to fill the seat now Oc-
Cupied by Judge Poland, we can take no
exceptions to that. But too much of
that easy political virtue too common
among politicians when they have a
hard spot to get over, ought not to be
exhibited by one so intelligent aud so
experienced as our friend.
The Journals editorial referred to in
the extract quoted at the head of this
article has, it seems, elected a reply from
Senator Poland which we copy below.
By this reply it appears that our Mont
peler friend has been INDUCING in the
politicians art Of insinuating what he
was unwilling to boldly assert. He
wanted to use the influence Of Senator
FoOts name in behalf of his cause, aud
he went to insinuating, so that his read
ers might get an impression to favor his
wishes, although that impression might
be false one. This is poor trick Of
poor politicians, and unworthy of men
who prefer an open, manly way of doing
things. We have no objections to our
Montpelier friends prelerring some one
else to fill the seat now occupied by
Judge Poland, but we insist on fair,
manly canvass. We subjoiu Judge Pc
land s reply
WAsHNGroN. April 5.
Hon, f. p. WALTON,-
Deer Sir On my return here last night
/ found your paper Of the Goth ult con-
tanning an article on the Stockton case,
and critiCisng my course 10 relation TO
it. | very fully acknowledge the right
Of the public press to review the action
Of men holding public position, and to
condemn whatever they disapprOve, aud
believe ] have never in an instance at
tempted any public explanation Of any
act of mine which has thus been ques-
TONED. | would not in the present case,
except for one sentence in your article
You say "Now we have to add that
Senator Poland sustains Mr.. Stockton,
while Senator Foot is on a sick bed, and
thus Vermont is wholly on the side of
Mr.. Stockton. This incident will give
peculiar interest to the question in Yer
mont, and if the facts warrant the con
clusiOn that there is reasonable doubt
against Mr.. Stocktou's right, the vote OF
Senator Poland will be much regretted
and justly condemned"
You do not say directly that Mr..
Foot would have voted against Mr..
Stockton, if he had been able to be pres
ent but such, think, is the clear impli-
cation
So far as 1 have means of knowing.
Mr.. Foot, if present, would have voted
as did. After the case had been very
carefully examined by the committee
and we had agreed to report in favor of