The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-08-13
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this sheet that their organ might aspire
to . subscription list. local habitation,
and a responsible director
Tins paper contains cal for Union
Convention Of '.all who are opposed to
the legislation Of the late extra session
Of the Legislature, aud who would re-
heYe themselves Of the effects II that
Legislation. TO nominate candidates for
county officers TO be supported at the
coming election This call is signed,
among others, by some seventeen citi-
zens Of Rupert What effect had the
legislation Of the late extra session up
on the town Of Rupert 2 Rupert has
done nothing for the new road, was not
asked to do anything bg its friends, was
not permitted to DO anything by the act
Of the Legislature. Then this action of
the Rupert gentlemen is not TO relieve
their town from burden forced upon
il, but to relieve Manchester from bur
den which it voluntarily, and cheer
fully assumed. And yet may occur TO
some uncharitable ones among those
who are thus offered the kind assistance
Of their bretheren on the other slope Of
l the mountain, that this action is not SO
much TO relieve the suffering people Of
the bonded towns, as as it is to aid the
Rensselaer, and Saratoga Railroad Com
pany One half of the signers of this
call are the citizens of towns not bond
cd, who have none Of the effects Of the
legislation of the late extra session to
| relieve themselves from. One half of
! the remainder are Democrats, who are
not half SO anxious to relieve the towns
| from the bonds as they are TO divide
I the Republican vote.
We learn from the leading articles of
this paper that the Legislature has
I robbed us Of the first essential rights Of
free citizens of free Republic, and
that so great wrong must be crushed
in its incipient stage; and we suppose
these signers in towns not bonded are
the ones who feel called upon to do it.
/ But why have the citizens Of Rupert and
other towns not taken this strong
ground before The Legislatures of
'63, "a, '65 and GG, passed acts ai-
thorizing towns to raise money by tax
alton, and otherwise, to aid in building
railroads. The pecuniary interests OF
4 Rupert were not more effected when
Manchester was authorized to raise
money to build road, tnan when
Stowe was authorized to raise money
for that purpose. The violation of the
4 general principle which these gentle
men are now SO ready to yindicate, was
the same in one instance as ia the other
and yet, when year after year, towns in
otherp portions ofthe State were authoriz.
ca to raise money to aid in buildingroads
ia which these people had no interest
4 no objections were madei and it is only
/ when towns in Bennington County arr
authorized TO raise money TO aid a road
which it is their interest to kill, thai
these gentlemen have discovered til,
enormity Of the action Of the Legisla
ture. II seems as though their part.
in the matter was sufficiently apparent
to show All, in whose interest are th,
scattering few in the bonded towns
who sign this call with them.
u This call is issued by persons who
might be expected TO desire union
party and third ticket on this or any
/ other question The list is largely
composed Of those whose party is toe
feeble to give them anything but tbs
honors Of nomination, and Of those
+ wRsse pagty has"honght too little o
them 10 give them even that If all th,
disappointed ones who have aecumu,
lated in the ranks Of the Republican
and Democratic parties the past dozei
years, expect their wounds to be heal,
ed at Arlington to-day, the convention
viii fail to meet the expectations Of its