Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-08-26
The Independent and the Regular
Nomination.

issue, attempts to explain why it pro-
claims bolt among the Republicans in
this county, and assigns reasons why it
acts in conjunction with tho Courier in
giving the information to the public, and is
assisting TO SOW the seeds of discord. We
are happy our contemporary publish ed the
article on Irregular Nominations" in full,
for, to use the language of Mr.. Cain in a
recent letter. "the antidote should 90 with
the poison"
The author of the Independents editorial
seems to be in great deal Of distress and
anxiety of mind for the fear that its
late debauch with the Courier had so de-
moralizad the HERALD that it would not
support regular nominations They have
received enlightenment upon this subject,
and find that it is not necessary for US to
apologize for so doing, as they do in the
article to which our attention is now
in charging the HERALD with making an
"attempt to rule or ruin the interests of
our goodly town. He has lost the "com-
prehensibility of the fitness of things
for he had been reading the columns OF
the Independent for the last six months,
which has almost weekly invoked ruin
upon the interests of our goodly town, and
has also openly advocated desolation in
our streets by favoring the building of
railroads around the town, and that pub
lie enterprises that would tend to foster
our prosperity should be Stunned by the
citizens of Rutland. This, if not the
precise course they have pursued, is the
practical application of their theory and
arguments.
They charge the HERALD with copy
ing the Free Press article referred to.
Not 80 The HERALD never published
the Free Press article. The day after its
appearance in the Free Press the HERALD
denounced the article and asked why that
journal was so ready to meddle with Rat
land county politics, and informed them
that they had been misinfoSmed as to the
condition of affairs. The HERALD has
given currency to the Free Press article
in no form except to deny its premises.
The Independent says that the HERALD
has attempted to blind the eyes of the
most common observer, and goes on at
length to show why there were reasons
to suppose that slight disturbance was
being made in the smooth waters of Re-
publicanism in the county" Not so. We
have never attempted to blind the eyes of
anyman upon the subject but rather to open
the eyes and enlighten the understanding
of Republicans in the county to the fact
that the rumors of great uproar about
to take place, were but = heresy, origi-
mating with Mr.. Cain, endorsed by the
Free Press article, and still proclaimed by
our Republican contemporary, that the peo-
pie might not be misled by this syren cry
of division which was being stalked
about our county, that the voters might
fully understand that this cry of " bolt
was all a humhug. Also that they might
know who it was that was aiding the
Courier man in electing Il Republican
upon the Democratic ticket by calling at
tention to the fact that Mr.. Cain was rails
ing a terrible rumpus, and that terrible
cannonade had already commenced, and
Rutland county was about to send a
Democratic nominee to the Senate.
The author of the article says: I'VE
would have liked to taken peep into the
sanctum of our neighbor when he penned
(alluding to paragraph expressing sur
prise to see them join issue with Mr..
Cain in advocating the Democratic tick
OF 'and seen how surprisingly sur
prised he mnst have locked W hen the devil
who was undoubtedly present on the
occasion-snatched the quill from his
grasp" etc, and concludes by saying, I'VE
leave our friend in the care of the devil y
All, we must now confess ourselves
Surprisingly surprised to be committed
to the tender mercies of the devil by the
reverend doctor who peuned those words,
after he has, for nearly quarter of "a
century, preached to the Christian public
that there was no such being as devil.
his views have been so modified upon this
subject, az that he now so generously
commits his neighbors to the protecting
care of the king Of the internal regions
which he has so long taught had exist
ence only in the disordered imagination
OF the Orthodox church. Having thu
been consigned to the guardianship of thu
imp of imps, we can only say that VIZ
after election, and the Republican connt,
nominations are triumphantly elected.
The Independent gravely announces te
the Republican party, that it does MOI
feel bound TO support regular nominations
This il strange doctrine for n journa
clamoring to be Republican to lay befor'
the public that il does not feel bound
to support regular nominations, legiti
mately made, in a regular convention o
the party, and holds itself ready TO boil
any and all nominations. II this is theil
position we are not surprised that they
have thrown themselves into the arms o
Mr. Cain in fostering and making tn,
public believe there is bolt in this coun
ty.
We are told also that they do not car
to make any particular railroad interest
fitness for office, but in the same para
graph say they do not wish to see tn,
Courier man attempt to ride himself int
the Legislature upon the decaying carcas
Of any bonding scheme gotten up for hi
own particular benefit" This is q yer,
elegant way surely of not wishing to dral
In the railroad question by making an
other thrust for the hundredth time a
the special subject Of interest to ,Rut
land at this time. We wish to ignore tn,
railroad question in our county politics
but We should not expect to advance tn,