Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-08-06
THE RUTLAND HERALD,
THURSDAY, JULY 80, 1863
ur. woodbridge and Ills Caium-
niators,

niators
There has been studied and persist
ont attempt on the part Of the opponents OF
Mr.. Woodbridge and tho newspapers in
their interest, to convince the people Of
the First Congressional District that their
representative in Congress had failed to rep I
resent them with credit, and had
proved unworthy of his trust, Those
who have served with him and have been
daily observers of his Congressional ca
reer, and his action upon public quos-
tions, are perhaps as well prepared to
Judge Of his performance Of public duty
as those who, from personal and interested
motives, seek to defame him, and would
have the people believe that his Congress
sional term has been one Of lack of inter-
est in his constituents, and had failed 10
reflect honor upon those who had CON-
mitted TO him the high public trust. We
lay before our readers letter received
from Hon. John A. Griswold of Troy. y,
Y, who has been his colleague in
Congress and is now the popular candi-
date of the Republican party, and will be
The next Governor Of New York, Had
not Mr.. Woodbridge public and private
character been attacked by the press, and
copies circulated among the members Of
Congress at Washington containing the
unjust assaults, the matter would have
been allowed to remain unuoticed; but
that the people may understand the mo-
tive> and reasons for these violen, aspcr-
sions Of character, we publish it
Troy, y. Y, July %.
HENRY CLARK, Esq:
Do1r !Sir.-Yours Of the 26th inst is
At hand. | am entirely at loss TO ac-
count for the charges which you inform
me are made against Mr.. Woodbridge for
his Congressional course. Few men,
think, are more highly esteemed than Mr
Woodbridge by his associates in Congress,
and NO one certainly has evinccd more
vigilance in the discharge of his duty.
Officially and personally ! have known
him Tor years, and in both relations he
has always impressed me as sincere
friend and high-toned gentleman, above
corruption, in or out of Office.
Very truly &c,
JoHS \. GRIswoLp.
Hon James F. Wilson OF Iowa. chair
man Of the judiciary Committee, writing
under date Of July 9th, says ;-
The article referred To from the Free
Press has been copied into the Express Of
this city, severely commenting on his
course as public man. The meannc,- Of
~url attacks IS unu,terablc, and l hope
his constituents will soundly rebukc the
Authors Our associations, a. member, If
She slmo committee, for some Eve year,
have been sUch that have no patience
when -ee such an article as the one al
luded.to If hi, constituents do not de-
tcui him from such assaults have great
ly mistaken Vermont character.
RETURN AFTER TuIRrY YEARS RN>-
i~HWENr-An old man. named Samuel
Wa~hburnr who, during the patriot war
.nf lS3,. WAS bani,bed for lif,. ,o Van Die.
mans Land by the Canadian government,
on Thursday evening arrived in Buffalo
IN search If his rnIat;vos wbo li,.. q,
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y, 1924 and bavi,e, t,Lo, mar, in tbo ,,,-
triot war in 1897. was boni.hed f. Van
Dieman's Land for life. At the time If
his Punishment he was twentv-two wear.
of aye. Two or three wears ag, Queen
yi,t,r;, is.nod s. ,,roclarn,,ior l;hor,.i,,,
the victims of war wbo vcro confined on
Van Dioman. Land but no nrovi ision ,y,..
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