Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-08-01
Senatorial.

The Boston Standard last week urged judge
Poland's IS claims to a seat IN the Senate, n
an article of nearly two columns length, and
we were surprised to find, III paper editet
with the ability and fairness which usually
characterize the Standard, Considerations Of
the kind pressed in this article. The Sand
ard says:
ave ask has.it occurred 70 the jealous ad-
vocates of Mr.. Morrill,, that they cannot be
successful, without iDjuring Judge Poland !;
without absolutely wronging him -
This means, We suppose, that Judge Po-
land will be positively s. wronged" if defeat
ed next fall, for the, Standard adds
g Examine well the grounds upon which
you are to base your opinion, and satisfy your
selves, that 1t Is your duty to turn ID and
help an interested ring of old politicians dra =
Judge Poland from his seat IN the Senate, then
give him a kick, and turn him out upon tins
world, disgraced and abused. We say satisfy
yourselves that this lie your duty, before you
conclude TO help make Justin 5. Morrill,, Sen.
aeor."
And here is more of the same sort
The question which we at this time pre-
sent to the people, is this ; are you prepared
ut the beck OF an interested ring Of office
holders, to turn him out of his seat in The
Senate, which by occupation is his, to max,
room tor another man simply because thai
other man wants the place, or his friend,
want it for him 1t is apparent that this can
not be done without blasting his prospects u.
public man. Before the people will consent
TO this, they must have the very best reason
for SO doing. Vermont can iii afford TO thu.
put under the ban of prescription, one Of bel
abless sons and brightest intellectual stars
Mr.. Morrill,, if not elected, is not sacrificed
only as be sacrifices himself; for he can re.
tain his place in the House if he desires but
when he voluntarily abandons that, and asks
the people OF Vermont to help him sacrifice
Judge Poland, he asks good deal and VT
believe. that the candid, fair minded, homes
freemen OF the State, will hesitate long before
they consent TO do 1t. In fact we cannot be
lieve that the people will ever consent to thus
become Judge Poland's executioners.
If the editor of the Standard was not hare
pushed for reasons why Mr.. Poland should b.
elected Senator, he would never descend Il
urge such considerations as the above The
Standard knows, or it might know if it would
inquire, that Judge Poland took the appoint
ment as Senator, understanding perfectly
well that Mr. Morrill, would be a candidat,
next Fall He thus voluntarily left the bench
where he might have remained respected anc
honored, to enter the field as candidate fol-
Senator, and as a candidate against Mr. Nor
rill. He took the appointment because b,
thought 1t would help him In the Canvass, anc
not because the people asked him to take il
Had not Judge Poland's friends persistently
urged Gov. Dillingham; to appoint him. III,
Governor would have appointed some Othel
person. How preposterous,-not to use an,
harsher epithet,-after all this, is it for Mr.
Polands friends to insist that their candidat,
has "right" to the place, and talk abou
s has seat" as though he had some sort of
title to it And how ridiculous to pitlfull,
beg the. people not to g kick" and IS disgrace
and " abuse" Judge Poland, and turn hin
out upon the world and sc become Judg
Poland's executioner," when they simply ga,
that they prefer Mr.. Morrill,! If there ar
two candidates one must be defeated. Judg
Poland took his chances of this defeat whel
he offered himself as candidate, and hi
friends ought to fight the campaign out lik
men, and not shed tears in advance over tn
disgrsce Of q defeat. If he is better MAJ
than Mr.. Morrill,, he ought TO be elected /
no is not. he ought to be defeated. Vernon
cannot afford to elect any man to a seat in tn
U. S. Senate, simply to save. him from 9TH
chagrin Of defeat. If Judge Poland's friend
have no argument left but that, their candi
date bad better withdraw from the canvas,