Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-05-27
RUTLAND VT, THURSDAY MORNING, 1862

julius Converse. all honorable and high
minded gentlemen, and we wish they
might all be Governors, but as they can
not all be at once, and as it devolves upon
us to make selection, let us do it with
out any inyidious comparisons. We be-
leve the people cannot, at the present
time do better than to take Mr.. Converse,
for reasons few Of which we will now
proceed to give And, first, we cannot do
better for the reason that he is eminently
qualified for the position. His long expe-
rience and distinguished abilities as a
lawyer make him well known among the
members Of the bar, as well as others, as
a man fit to be Governor. His many
years service as leBi-iator-some ten or
twelve, if / mistake not-bear testimony
to his ability and the confidence reposed
in him by the people. No one, | think,
ever heard him speak upon any subject in
the Legislature without interest and
profit. Always ready in debate, able, clear,
fearless and withal so exceedingly
courteous that his opponents in debate
could but smile at his charitable manner
of exposing their fallacies. But if there
was any one quality standing out in the
character Of Mr. Converse pre-eminentlv
above the rest during our late war for
tie Iniou it was his unniuching cour-
are and unyield,ns patriotism. He never
for one moment doubted as to the final
result Of our struggle. am knowing to
an incident which / will here relate in
connection with tins that occurred during
the war 1t was amid some OF the dark
est hours that We saw during the rebel
lion in 1862 or 6i that Senator Callamer.
whose memory We all cIeriss, was home
on a short visit from Washington, and on
meeting with Mr. Converse, his long-che-
rished friend from boyhaod. he uubosom-
Cd to him his donb;, aud fears a, to the
result If the var, saving ho thought we
had la.tt,r make the best term. ,,e could
with tie rebels. for he feared. and had
reason t., believe, we never could conquer
pcaea and -yo tie Jnion-in hort,
'i''i A' ".@ 'f. u' discouraged. sad Mr..
Converse '' I'M" e '''I"i'''f !
''iH't hear yo" tax so. assure YOU
Nir' v" SHALL triumph Ia tic end There
Is ''f'"" and PATRIOTISM enough Ieft yet
IN the North IL pui TINS rSheillnn down,
and i, will Ie put down.
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