The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-04-02
MlooIrburp Aeeister
TUESDAY. APRIL, ., 1872.
The Herald as n Critic.

slpil vi OIlniOu ANU MiHu upoi tho suiItVt
Of MIR. Stewards reelection as Governor.
Whereupon the Rutland Herald in an
article not entirely free from exposure to
criticism as to its logic and coherency,
sets up for critic; and in this Office
strikes right and left, exhibiting a power
Of vision to SEQ what does not exist, only
70 be accounted for on the theory that
the writer was in the spssms Of delirium
tremenS. Is tho Herald indignant because
political matters are referred to the peo-
Pic? Would an expression of wish on
the part of the people endanger the slate
Of any Congressional aspirant in the
vicinity Of the Herald office ? We should
be sorry for that of course. But the
people will, in tho end, have the matter
to decide and it does not seem to us to be
entirely out Of place or unwise that their
wishes should be consulted instead of de.
ferring the preliminaries of selection OF
candidates wholly to the few political
msgnates who assume to control uomina-
tions and hence elections
The Herald thinks differently. Is it
opinion, we have so far departed from
the usual custom, as to be entitled to the
distinction Of having written "the strang-
est political document vet published it
Vermont one worthy to be preserved
as q curiosity 10 some Of the historical
archives OF the state ~ Well, if fame is
thus thrust upon US we must submit to it.
We shall say very little about the
Heyalds iDis-ststements. We did net ex-
press our opinion as to the certainty OF
Gov. Stewards reelection. if he wishes
it, though we might have done so, as did
those papers to which We referred. So
also we only quoted the opinions Others,
as to the contingency Of this wish for
second term. Whether Mr.. Stewart can
receive tie election to either of the two
offices, Governor of the State, or Member
Of Congress, we do not pretend to say.
If the people wish it, who is going to say
it shall not be so-unless it be1he Herald?
We think the people do wish it, bu, do
not pretend to any supernatural power to
forecast the popular will, and are ready
therefore to receive indications Of it
through the ordinary channels, such as
discussion, &C., and when we have found
that will, We propose to bow to it as grace.
fIlly as possible.
We do not know that Mr. Stewart has
ever expressed q personal wish upon the
subject, and We do not expect any solicit
tation for either Office BY him. If the
people were to wait for solicitations from
him, both Offices would be vacant until
the crack Of doom. Neither can any one
I've asked to support Mr. Stewart for any
position on his own account, He might
well retire from public life, satisfied with
the laurels he has already won. Beyond
what he has had is mainly service rather
than honor But the people have claim;
upon his service aud he will recognize
them by obeying their mandates. This
is tho position we took before, and it i,
the right one.
Our personal preference is that Mr.
Stewart be reelected to the Chief Magis
tracy Of our state, position which he has
honored by his able and dignifed admin
istratiou, during the last two years.
1t is fact, much to be regretted, tina
.he Office Of Governor Of Vermont hac
formerly conc 10 be regarded as only {
convenient sugar plum with which tt
crafty the ambition of unsuccessful poll
teal aspirants as they were quietly laic
away upon the shelf; or the price Of ser
vice after life of labor and intrigue fol
others. Mr. Stewards term has don,
something toward removing this unfortu
nate stigma. 1t has not been an uncom
mon thing to hear it said Of the successful
candidate for this Office, in the conven
ton, ut means that he is laid upon tn,
shelf; he wont be heard Of again in poll
tics"
But while this arrangement would b,
satisfactory to us We cannot assume, a
the Herald asserts that we do, that tn
people may mt prefer some other arrange
nent; aud as before, we ask them to ex
press their wishes. Far from claiming tina
Mr. Stewart has mortgage upon one o
both OF the Offices 10 connection witt
which be has been 20 prominently named
our assertion was, and our assertion still
is, very modestly as we think, that tn
people have claims upon him which
will recognize By accepting either service
il they call him to it. A writer, in th
Herald Of Saturday, who seems to hav
no other aim than to bolster up tha
Journal in its lame attacks upon us an
MIR. Stewart, and in its general "cussed
mesa" on the subject of cur State polite
speaks of the REGISTER as "Mr. Stewart
home orgar." We are not in any sens
tine organ OF any man, or any clique, {
ring, and do not even know GovernC
Stewards wish in the matter.
The following brief extract from ii
Free Press of Friday, will show that Ii
gore candid and thoughtful, when NJ
inspired by any personal ambitions ar
vanities, think differently from our neig
bors Of the Herald, as to the bearing
our remarks upon the Governorship, tv
weeks since;
The editor of tho Rutland Herald b
been a candidate for Congress perha
mot wisely" certainly not "too well
and he is understood still TO indulge
Congressional aspirations. Ofcourse Il
Herald does not fancy the idea of Cove
Dor Stewart becoming q candidate
Congress from the First District, and
talks in very absurd way about "mol
cages on Offices" parceling out offices
and "iorcing" candidates on the peop
Its remarks are called out by au artic
from the Middlebury Register, which '
copy elsewhere, and which we must 3
seems to US a very fair and candid oil
in no respect open to the captious cri
cisms of the Herald. The Register NAL
enc assumption-that Mr.. Stewart IN
be reelected Governor if he wishes, o
this the Herald comedies. The Regis
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