Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-07-15

= one seemed to appreciate it more than NJ
. Hendee himself; and we arc told that b
expressed his obligations to many person
at the nominating convention. an | sal
that when his two years expired be mcau
to do an equally handsome thing b
Powers. How we'll he has remembers
these obligations we shall see. AccOro
ing to his Oa0a public statement. made
ourselves at MorrtSciHe a feeo days since
in the presence Of a dosen men, he ha
been several m0nths-sincs Detembe
last-pledged to the support of Mr.. Cam
of Stowe for this office; aud so late as tn
fret week in May, by his own relation
he was carrying out his pledges to Mr.
Camp But in the second week of Cour
be learned that Powers friends desired t,
make him a candidate, aud suffers him
self to be convinced that he has had -;
call' to the same field, and commences a,
active canvass fol himself in violation o
his obligations to Powers, to say the least
and of his express ans admitted pledges
to Mr.. Camp. 1t is true that he SGy,
that he has nothing to do with it in any
way, and lays it to certain rdmpaginow
| friends whom he cannot restrain Is Mr.
Hendees position by his own admissions.
an envlable one? He says his friends
think he ought to be rewarded for his ef
forts in behalf of the Rail ROad-that he
has spent time and money and is entitled
to REGARD We confess that we were
sorry to hear Mr.. Hendee repeat these
expressions, with such apparent approval
as to leave an impression on our mind
that h. had first framed the argument
and procured his friends endorsement.
We supposed when VIC elected him to the
Senate that he would perform such duties
as the Office required. for the interests o
Lamoille county, without asking of us
auy further reward han the Office itself.
So far as his cash expenses are concerned
he has the best assurance that they will
be paid. Besides, as one of the commits
siouers. he is at work at the expense of
the corporation, and will be paid whether
the Road is built or not, at our expense,
which is perfectly right,
Again, he says he expects general
Rail Road fight this fall, and therefore he
must 60 again. Well, what is this eight ?
Has anybody any information about any
'uch "impead,ng conflict" among Rail
Roads and Rail Road giants. as makes it
'ur imperative duty to re return Mr.
Hendee to the Senate? Nobody seems
o know where the fight is, or who the
Garful enemy in dire array is, except
Mr. dendcc himself aud until he poluts
is to some Iortentous host in grim and
hostile array, We shall LOOK upon all such
eports as mere "camp rumors" He
aks in parallels about fight" aud
Ices not point US gallant Esquires OF the
ballot to as much as Windmill against
which to tilt our spears So far as We
ire concerned, we want no deception. If
here IS 10 be terrific struggle here, We
want to know who is our enemy, aud
What his strength After a careful sur
'ey of his outposts, We will dctermip !.
what force, and what kind of force, ce
need to send against him. If .eavy
guns are to lie used, we nigh. choose
one mon. If il is to be a "ropph
and tumble fight" where good honest
thnmpS, Jpmps and h,ca :ks are to he
given and taken, and Strategy is to be
actively employed, to foil a subtle ad
Versary, rel risk Towers While. if
Fabian policy wcr to be employed, or
any tall running we might think of an
other The only fight We have heard
suggested is one to recover some of Hen
dee's baggage train. lost in the last years
campaign 1t is said our charter has to
be amended so that the road can e built
through Fairfield to Swanton. If this
we're so, it would prove that the county
needed better lawyer than Hendee in
the Senate But we do not understand
that our charter needs amendment in this
respect. The general law only requires
that the charter name the route, Nth as
much certainty as the nature Of tie case
,otU admit Our charter provides that
the route shall be Westerly, down the
valley Of the Lamoillc River, through
such t0acns as may be necessary a. d mast
conccatent to connect with the Vt. and
Canada R. R. at some point &c. This
does not coufine it to the line of the river.
If it did, how could We get from Danvile
Westerly? Danyille is long distance
fron the Valley Of the Lamoile. Besides
the act gives us the right to go through
such towns as may be necessary to cor
meet &c. and is drawn precisely like al
Rail Road charters in the state. and no