Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-06-20
Mr.. Morrill, ms a Legislator.


election 70 the House, aud urging that he !,
peculiarly fitted for a seat in that body, bu
would be out of place in the Senate, adds:
Blu. il lie will not withdraw it, and is D.
ter -Ined Irrevocably % urging himself again /,
Judge Poland FOR the Senate. tn, only que
tIOa 70 be considered By the people of Ver
mont Is, which Ct .he two men is the bes-
qualified b. natural ability and Iifa-IJng traiIs-
ing, 20 succeed Judge Colianer IN the Sens
OF the United States. Judge Poland, we b.
lIeve, Will De tie choice Of thu people for that
place. 40 Mr Morrill, would 5tess be ,hei
chtIre for liz present. pesisI01. AT. Morn.
Is . man @. acts ami details. He never f.
Ures IN jehett= upon great legal or constitu
tIJnsl qIeetilns he leaves the sphere of his
usefulness when n leaves his present ch.iT-
nan-hip. Judge Poland has already show
that he VIII stand IN The front RANK OF Sena
tors, as did his predecsssj Vermont IL
small STAT, AID /, 4 Only b ssnti- to Il.
Senate men whose intellect, leaning ana
training specially adapt them 10 that BODY
that she csI retain the inaue1ce there whic
such men as COll8msr and FoOte have giyeI
her.
We are pleased 10 ind the Herald nov
ready 10 meet tie question on it's merits
Thus far the papers iAtoring in the interest
thing else but the fitness OF The candidates
MIR Merrill. friends have never denied Jud c
Poland's righi to be = cfndilate, while bolt
The Herald and the Times, pers outside Mr..
MORRILL, district, a,4d the vest eide Of 81 Z
mountain, have repeatedly urged that MIR
Morrill, ought not 10 be candidate for the
",nate- We might have said that Judge z, =
land, II he chose, could be nominated ana
elected o. the House In tie second district.
and thue seek public lie through the san e
grades Of promotion which have been followed
BY Mr.. Morrill,. We might haze urged thar
Judge Poland YVES of mere service to the State
as Cniei Justice than he could be as Senator.
"a lie was by his = liie-work y famiiIar viii
al the duties OI that position, and the Stat,
had therefore right 10 insist that h. Should
remain the bench We did not urge these
consiGeIasicus, beeaUse We recognize the rigit
of every non 10 be d CANDIDATE tor any ctfc,
IN the gilt Of the people, and to seek that
office by ali honorable means. Judge Poland
had, therefore, an upimp achGble right 10 DC
q Candidate iOr the Senate, and ME. Morrill,
has the same rIghc TO be candidate Tor the
same position. The question only remaining
IL, Which Is the better Ian ior Vernon, to
elect to tine Senate?
Just here We take issue decidedly with the
Herald. We believe Mr.. Morrill, 20 lie judge
POland's superior in every quality Of states-
manzhip. We believe him 10 be So, nom hi.
habits OF thought, his culture, his scholarship,
MS mental discipline, his familiarity WIZ
both the sorm and substance OF legislation
his acqIa n ance aud lnhueuee with the states
men vi the country, MS readiness ana tact II
this coIiducs " busIhess, his conscientious IL
dustry, and his success as {. legislator. The
PEOPLE know Mr. MosrIil. Twelve Years o
public service Lave given him character as Ia
legislator which few of the representatives OF
the people have been so fortunate as 10 gain
This has not Deem the result oi MS brilllancy Oh
huencJ as u de5ater, but OF the soundEess OF
his reasoning faculties, the ciearness of his
apprehension Of the wants of the country.
tie fidelity and zsa.i of has Labor, the persist
ency OF his IndomItabie purpose, and the
genial courtesy of his manners which 8 lei
him without d personal enemy in Congress.
" hat Mr. Morrill, mas undertaken ne has &C
compiished. lie pushed the Agriculture
College bill against ali SORTS OF opposition,
unit! he sew il triumph The Morrill, tariff
is the fruit of ais Iabors. The Jaw for the
punishmen: OF polygamy IN Utah should De
credited to him. The atrog alton OF The
Reciprocity treaty was almost wholly his
E,.- n lar sh-es. ~
the revenue laws of the country have been
shaped much more oy his hand th n by any
other member Of either branch Of Congress
ln short, We do nv think ih4t any other mem
Der of Congress has cen the thor OF 81 much
legislation, which has now a permanent
place IN our statute books, a. Mr. Merrill. Il
II MT too much 70 cay thai lie IL the author
vi NILE sections of the federal laws than
Judge Poland IN his position a. Judge ever had
occasion to read, much less to j1dic;aIly con-
slider.
But Judge Poland's friends tell Us that Mr..
Morrill, :" never figures in debates upon great
legal and constitutional questions If they
mean By This that he Is lot competent to dis
euss such questions, and does not ably discuss
them " whenever there is occasion for such dis /
CUSTOM, the Statement. Is contradicted by the
proof. Two years ago Committee, oi which
MIR. Pendleton, OF Ohio, was chairman, and of
which Mr.. Morrill, was q member reported a
resolution that members Of the cabinet be en- /
titled u seats on the floor Of the House with
the right to participate In the debates, some
timing after the manr er of the practice in the
Eogiish House of Commons This was, il +
the language Of the Herald, a :" great legal
and constitutional question
The resolution was urged By Mr. Pc dleton
with the graceful rhetoric and the abundant
learning which characterized all the efforts Of
that leader of the Democratic side of the /
House The measure bad the hearty support
also OF many stIOng Republicans Mr.. Nor
Ill made iuli and elaborate ptech against I
1t, II which he discussed the question In all
Its phases, legal, constitutional and practical. /
In that spsech he showed familiarity with
the English constitution and practice, and
with our own, as they affected the question
before the House, which would have added 10
the reputation OF any State judge; and his
general reasoning and his argument from the
early Practice of the nation were SO conclusive,
that Mr. Pendleton attributed the defeat of
the measure to Mr.. Morrili's speech This
was no question of finance or revenue, of
''iacts and details" but of constitutional
law as well as practical sagacity and states