Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1866-05-30
QUESTION FOR VERMONT

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articles from the Burlington papers, and
then makes use of the following very SEN
sible remarks 1T is doubtless well un-
derstood that the Times supports Mr., Po-
land for the Senate, while the Free Press
favors Mr.. Morrill,, .s.s+sJ ....a
The Free Press and Times appear to
be somewhat antagonistic as to their pref
erences for Senatorial candidates, and II
these dailes can manage to retain their
present good temper, and keep their judg-
ments cool, we anticipte much profit to
ourselves in the discussion. 1t is a most
fortunate thing for Vermont that she has
three men so eminently worthy of the hon
ors which their respective friends would
bestow upon them, as Messrs. Poland,
Morrill, and Edmunds. The main diff
Guilty to be apprehended is from the selfish
motives and passions of those who seek to
inAame and prejudice others, in their ef-
forts to attain their objects. Men going
to Washington and returning with axes
ground, or with axes to be ground. or with
axes that couldn't be ground, and subse-
gently entering the field with these axes
mainly in view, are not the meu who
ought most to influence the sober, think
ing, honorable minded farmers, who con-
stitute a large portion Of our population.
The trader, the mechanic, the professional
man-all have equal, but no more than
equal rights with the farmer, whom we
first named, because he belongs to larger
class, which as a whole has perhaps more
at stake. --.I .... ..... . ...a
"We have spoken Of the three candi-
dates as emineutly worthy the honor
sought for them. They are all men eff ex-
perence, Mr.. Morrill, having more Con-
gressioual experience than the other two.
He has been eminently popular and SER
viceable to his constituents, to his State
and and country, as representative. And
if we are not grossly mistaken in what we
see and hear, and in what a0e think aoe
knoO, many of his best friends regard the
present position he occupies the very one
in which his own interests, and the inter
ests of his State and country demand he
should remain. 1t by no means follows
as logical sequence that because man
makes good and useful member of the
House, he must prove the best member of
the Senate. -'
mo mans character stands fairer, NOR
rally, than the representative Of the Sec.
ond Congressional District of Vermont.
No Vermonter has had larger legislative
experience as a representative at Wash
ington since the days of Rollin G, MALTA
ry and Horace Everett. His fortunate
position as Chairman of the Committee
of Ways and Means has enabled him to
manifest those practical business qualities
to which his early training have materi.
ally contributed. That he could command
the influence, or make himself as useful
when transferred to the Senate, very many
Of his friends are disposed to doubt That
he has made himself as useful in the
House as the late Judge Collamer did
when he was a member of it, or as he
would, had he been member during the
past ten years, few if any will be disposed
TO question. 5 ".. 1853
But that he can command the inAu-
cnce in the Senate amid such Titans as
Fessenden and Sherman, his best and
most sagacious friends will hardly have
the presumption TO claim. .e..t al..
Hon. Justin s. Morrill, has won lau-
rels of which his State may well be proud
and whatever Congressional laurels he is
to win in the future, are to be gathered
on the same Aoor--and, also, in the same
field. .t.1 amg @ sr sogI ge ig.I.
Judge Poland has had the education,
theoretically and practically, which laid
the foundation of the late Judge Oollamer's
senatorial success. Constitutions and
laws. national and State, have been the
study and practice of his mature life; and
the readiness with which he entered into
successful debate in that Senatorial cham
Der of strong men, at once ranked him
among it's leading members He leaped at
a bound into national reputation. In
little less than six mouths of Senatorial
experience has'attained reputation for
practical craftsmanship and ability which
very many others, respectable for educa-
ton and talents, have not acquired in two
full Senatorial terms. ~ .a tf.py
This is not very surprising, when we
look at the life-work of Judge Poland,
where he has studied and discussed the
very questions that more than all others
call into debate the ablest Senator's. g.l
while the House is the place for men
like Mr.. Morrill,, the Senate is the more
appropriate arena for such legal minds as
Judge Poland. The Free Press speaks of
the transfer of Judge Poland from the
Bench to the Senate, and suggests that
but for that transfer, the public mind
wonld have been more unanimous for Mr..
Morrill,. uaru.t sEt tt.g. 500
"Very likely; but when that transfer