Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1866-10-05
The Third District.

We perceive that some persons al0
disposed to delude themselves WIN
the supposition that the result OF the
recent election in this district has set
tied that of the next, That. however
is by no means the case. Ii iOVo
votes had made an honest man OF Por- /
tus Baxter, or if his large plurality
had even indicated him as the hrs'
choice of majority of the republicans
of this district, the opposition to HIM
might possibly now be dropped. But
the fact is that many more voters IN
the district are convinced OF Mr.. bax-
ters personal unworthiness, than be-
fore the election. Many a worthy
Baxter man on little cooler reflection
has been obliged to own to himself
that the public has obtained nothing
approaching a relutation OF the seri-
Gus charges against Mr.. Baxter, as es-
tabli,hed by the testimony OF three
unimpeached witnesses, and corrobo-
rated by his own letters, and has
reached the conclusion that he would
prefer a candidate whose record has
no such stain. Many another, going
over the canvass in his mind and re-
calling the conduct of his candidate
and the nature of the means and APP
pliances used to swell the vote for
MIN 1T the last Otvosivu, 4rss,-----;1 he
could no longer strain in that crowd. y
Many another has asked, if it was alb
solutely necessary that the gratifica-
ton of Mr.. Bakers personal ambition
and pleasure, must be secured even at
the cost of a permanent division of the
party?
The last election simply settled sc
much as this; that at that time, and
with such light as was before them, g
majority of the republicans of the dis
trict preferred to vote for Mr.. Bax
ter, rather than for Judge Hoyt. Il
has NOT settled the question whether
a majority would not prefer j. S. AID
ans, or Chaplain Woodward, or Rev
o. G. Wheeler, or Homer E. Royce
or Hon. Levi Underwood, or Hon. W
G. Smith, or Judge Adds, or some
other good man of recognized ability
and worth and unsmirched reputation
to both of the two leading candidate
in the last canvass.
One fact cannot be overlooked
that there are four thousand eigh
hundred Republicans in this district
who cannot vote for Mr.. Baxter un
der any circumstances. They can
not regard him as a fit representa-
: tive of Vermont; they oppose him o.
principle, and they haze not the slight
| est idea of Withdrawing that oppoS
ton, until they are ready to ahando
+ all resistance to corruption in our pc
= ties. to acknowledge an election t
/ Congress as lite-leaqe Of the Office
, and to lie down in abiect submissio
r under the control of the incumbeu
+ while he lives, and when he dies, {
: the successor whom he may name
I his viii.
>. Exactly in what way the preferenc
! Of the people, i'll this matter, are t
| find expression, we cannot certainl
:. say. We understand, however, thu
J. measures are in progress to secure
/ convention, representing those VII
: desire a restoration of unity and ha
+ mony in the party on some new MAJ
: Any such movement, we think, WI
Il have the support of the great majorit
O OF the friends Of Judge Hoyt in tn
f garter, and We should hope of mar
/ of Mr.. Bakers supporters. Certal
= ly the permanent well-being of Il
E party which must be the mainstay
d of the country in the stormy times b
Il fore us, as it has been in the pas
8 ought to be regarded, rather tina
&c the claims of any individual, be the
is what they may.-Free Press.