Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-09-25

MS present position. They are trying also to
prove that he is an old man, aud even the
very papers that thought honorable old age
was a crime in a candidate for the Governor.
ship of Vermont, think man In the very
prime and vigor Of his powers to be a sinner
above all who dwell ia this district on that
very account Give US young man" they
cry, "who is still in the gristle, with his bones
full Of marrow and his breasts full of milk.
Judge Poland" they say, " has not honored
his oihcc-has not held up the fair fame Of
Vcrmont--has not equalled his colleagues,
aud has fallen short of his predecessors
Now, Mr.. Editor, this stuff is of a piece
with the mud which was thrown at Governor
Stewart, and Governor Converse that is to be-
It is difficult to characterize it as it deserves
It certainly is fit language to come from those
whose high esteem Of themselves prevents
them from discovering the worth Of others
Nothing so stands 10 the way Of just ap-
probation Of the excellent qualities Of other
men, as enormous, inflated personal vanity
So long as Judge Steele thought himself to
be the ittest and best man to represent our
district in Congress, we could but be amused
with his exaggerated sei.estimation. The
disparity between his opinion Of himself aud
the opinions Of others Of him, was so great as
q only so excite a smile at his assumptions
4 But when be allows his vanity to darken and
despse Judge Poland's record in Congress
the feeling Of amusement at his folly passes
o over Into sentiment of contempt for his
- ignorance 1t has not been my fortune to
D have much personal acquaintance with Judge
f Poland. But am not ignorant Of bis public
J.. career. When he was in the Senate of the
= United States he won for himself and for his
State no inconsiderabe fame He was every
4 inch Senator, as noble Roman as any one
: Of them ALL aud the Senate Chamber was
S houored by his ability and his urbanity. |
= well recollect that we many years thought
the State could hardly do better than keep
4 him there, and our respect for him was not
@ lessencd, though we concluded to promote Mr.
!. Morrill, to that place for his long and distin.
gushed services in the House Mr.. Morrill,
c seemed to US to have the first claim to the
n more honorable position, because he had SO
# well served US for twelve years as a Repre-.
q sentative. So we sent him to the Senate and
4 asked Mr. Poland to 70 to the House And
/. [ know not how it is that Judge Steele and
Y his friends are dissatisfied with his record
d there, unless they have some personal and
l. selfish end to gain, aud it therefore serves
their purpose to bcIittle greater services thar
Judge Steele can ever justly hope to rcndcr
" to the State
No Mr. Elitsr If Judge Steele mus
have Judge Polaud's place. let him not try t.
, get it by depreciaing the services of ou
present distinguished Representative Their,
Z has been no public question Of any imporianc,
before the House for the last six years, il
which his influence has not been powerfully
felt Judge Poland has wonderful common
sense. His ideas are always practical, forci
bic and effective. lie has not the rhetoric o
Sumner nor the acuteness and sharpness 0
Edmunds, but he has u perfect comprehension
Of public questions, and an admirable gift o
n stating his ideas so as to command the con
le sent of his hearers think the House coulc
8. i'll afford to spare him now, that the Stab
re would suffer great loss il his non-electioh
ID and that under no circumstances and in Ii
e period Of time could the gentleman VIII,
&c gave the address before the Literary Societie
ID of the Vermont University, last summer, b.
d expected to equal the record Of lin who's
ID seat he aspires to fill. | presume Judg
re Poland has made mistakes | am not awar
y of them But there is more solid power
10 more real craftsmanship, more commanding
g ability in Mr.. Poland, with all his faults an,
E. all his mistakes, than in Mr. Steele if h
ID never had fault, never committed mistak
ut in his life
t. My neighbors, Mr.. Editor have been talk
y ing over this matter with me- and they shar
g in my opinion Quite number of them ar
IN 10 the habit of dropping into my house Of al
&c evening, or of rainy day, aud they hay
's desired me to say, in your paper, that
l. Judge Steele has not heard Of Mr. Poland
t, record at Washington, and is ignorant of tn
facts and reputation Of his public life, the
cannot in conscience vote for so ignorant
le man. Or if he is not ignorant of Mr.
Poland's distinguished services, and belittle
0. them only for his own personal ends, then il
IS conscience they cannot vote for so maliciou
IS a man. do not like to say this, but fee
\. compelled to maintain the honor of tn
n Second District when it is so wrongfully as
lie sailed in the person of its honorable Repre-
?. sentative. | have seen Judge Steele on tn
is BENCH and heard him on the platform.
/. have never had any but sentiments of respec
/. for him till he undertook to undermine hi
IN old friend in this canvass, and to advance
h himself by decrying an ADLER man. After
N term or two more, perohance | should hay,
!. been willing to give him my vote for Congress
!. though | know ADLER aud better men in ou
"A district than he is, whose modesty is no OBJ
.. lection to them in my eyes. But he viii
l. now never get my vote, nor the votes Of ny
Il neighbors. He will lose the nomination fol
% Congress as Billings lost the nomination fol-
n Governor, and will be candidate again never
more. Those aspirants for public favor who
try torde into office by the defamation ofmer
whom the people delight to honor, have here
g short shrift and very deep grave
ORANGE County.
c In the correspondence between General
!. Morrow and Special Indian Agent Dodge
/. just published we are informed that in the
8 late raid in Utah. the Indians ran off more
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