Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-06-21
TheSt Adams Messenger comments as FOL

TheSL Adams Messenger comments as fol
lows on the nomination of Senator Wilson
Thst such man-New Englsnder that he il
and deeply beloved by the people Of Vermont
should not have received the support Of this State,
early and la;e, ia 4 circumstance redouniinE 10
our discrelit. The Bellows Falls Convention,
under the manipulation Of other interests, III
struc,ed its delegates contrary to the natural and
well understood impulses Of our people, and CON-
mittel the State for the first time in the history
Of the Republican party, and against no protest
but our own feeble voice, to policy which had
nothing in it to commend it TO the people and
which, but for the greater wisdom or the more
unselfth zeal st Philadelphia, would have
caasei the party to turn its back upon liberal
elements whose support, at this juncture, is sb-
solutely essential TO i;s continuance in power
Thanks, therefore, for the true but liberal Re-
publicanism which hiss distingui the6 the PhilI-
delpha convention, and now, if Mr.. Greeley
draws any considerable support from the Repub-
licsn party, it will be from men already CON-
mitte1.
What a blessing it is that our S;s,e has in it
one master mind-snd YET how sad that it has
tat one-oapsble Of understanding by instinct
the impulses Of our people" and 50 gifted as
to see every time, and to know beyond perad-
venture, what is the part Of wisdom. The Re
publican State Convention, representing al
partt of the State, and largely composed of promi-
nent Republicans, hitherto somehow supposed to
know something in their limited way OF the pre-
ferencss Of the people OF our State, adopted, i;
seems, policy which " had nothing m it to
commend it to The people," snd the editor Of the
ST. Adams Messenger wss the only nan in the
State that discovered it, or had the pluck to pro-
test sgainst it He vas not present st the
Bellows Falls Convention, which was the only
considerable gathering Of Republicans that has
taken plsoe since any question arose concerning
the nomination for the vice-pTesiiency; but sit
Ing in his aanctum in the northwestern corner Of
the Stste, he knew in a minute Whist the people
Of the State at large wanted. and what they
ought to want and ought to Esy they wanted
and now he does not propose to be hindered by
any excess Of moiesty from telling us all, how
much wiier snd better he is than any and every
other mortal that has undertaken TO tpeak for
the party, in this matter.
TIL the bursting on the question Of this light
from the Messenger, which (b.ying no smoked
glss, at hand) We confess dsSsles US little, we
had really supposed that the Bellows Falls con-
yention was an intelligent and fair representa-
tive body Of Vermont Republicans, knowing their
own minds and those of the voters they should
have Represented. We never discovered any
sign of " manipulation - Of the convention.
We thought it extremely natural that Vermont,
which led off for Mr.. Colfsx at Chicago and has
always, as we supposed. thought very highly of
him, should rtill support him sgain,t the field;
and when by very. large majority the delegates
to the State convention said they preferred Air
COlfsI on the ticket with Grant, we strongly
supposei they knew e1actly what they we're
about OF course body which could make
such foolish and discreditable blunder as that,
could do anything, or omit anything; and in
point OF fact, we believe. the convention didn't
do a solitary thing that the Messenger has found
occasion to commend
Buff it wts go discreiitable to the Bellows
Falls Convention snd the Vermont delegates to
Philadelphia, to express a desire to see the old
ticket sgain in nomination. how happened it
that majority of the New England delegates a;
outside Of Massachusetts, we're for
COlfGz2 How did ii happen that till the con-
vention actually met, the prevailing opinion was
that Mr.. ColfAx should be and would be re-
nomin.tei, and how Was it that the closely
though kindly contested if,ue between Wilson
and ColfGx, was only settled in favor of the
former by the action Of the Pennsylvania dele
cation at Philadelphis, which after having
voted to give the majority of the vote ofPennsyl-
vsnis in the convention to ColfAx, reversed its
decision, on the same day. and voted TO 90 entire
for Wilson. Of course there was no ''manipula-
ton" about thst-they don't know any thing
about manipulating in Pennfylvsnia-; but can
it be that very nearly one half of the delegates
to the National Convention were either fools or
knavesi
Seriously, we assure our friend of the Messen-
ger that some very good friends of Wilson at
Philadslphis,-ws mean Of bis special advocates,