St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-10-16
Gath" OH Judge Poland.

t'r". Alfred I"wu-vnd. GaIlD tia,
Icgmlal Washington Correspondent oi
the Chirag" Itb"Hr. has AT one tim,
and another written sharp things al
Judy" Poland. pLlIicullrl} of hi com =,
against puly @dnN. He l. one ui tn,
ldclr>t new ~pJprr writers at the daN .
and Whether t"I 81 against. hi> letters
alr more than commonly Iradahlr. and
generally able. show ing Il keen Insight
mt" the merits al the case which h,. =
tahin" up. The follow iu: i hi> rcgul.tl
letter +" the Tihnmc und,l date OF >,pt.
II. immediately aircr the result WIS
known "t the contest in the SECOND Dis
tll"t. 1t dId not come, /" "ur notice
until the Present wrck. but ~ one. nl
the ''"pmi"u>" in the east. it l. worth
putting "u record. 1t will rc>lrcialN
interesting /" those p"liticiau> born
since tia, tirdi, M"hlirI Investigation.
and " ln have in >uIII, WAY received the
impression that the chairman of that
great "mgrr>~i"ull Inquest is Il .Whitr-
washer. y" uurc exact measure of
the occasion ana the nun has been put
on record than "t'arh gives ia the r\-
tract quoted below:
Judge p"land'> trtrlt has been vari-
"u~lN received 10y some with Il
rhuchIr. 10y others with moral. hl Il
,,,,,,l i'll 4
he i really defeated nr Withdrawn. and
~ the evil that men do j. said to live
after them. let not the good h,. WHOLLY
inferred with his bones. If he WAS not
personally honest. that quality of hon
r>ty WAS drtrImrt amongst his cumtrm-
poIaIIc~.
He WAS Il man To strike one with in
tcr'.Si at first view. and. after while.
To be WhullN forgotten. and. after some
Years. t" rrc""er his position in the
mind. with strengthened consideration
and respect. He WAS i very moderate
and conservative man. Slavery being
n" issue where he lived. and without
advocates. :" that. although Amti-Slav-
cry. Ii" WAS anything hut Radical He
WAS Il Judge by long career. and Il firm
though mild Judge. not reckless nor
tcrocIoI~ III amy Scntcnc" he a,lminiS-
tered. but. within the orbit of his Sc
verify. unttlnrhin". ~ Il Judge, he
served his state faithfully a> Il lawycr.
he performed the most Luxurious and
imgrItriul work of this period. the re-
vision of the laws. which he stuck to.
with II small t"rI"rn hope. until the
mighty task WAS done. and. if he hr DO
htIchllN buried NOW. this tome in gran
lie might Ice his covering. He Was a
national man and n Magistrate. is a
senator Is Il Magistrate hy the Consti-
tuition, advisory of the Chief Maris-
tr;itc; and. aS Il senator, his work WAS
mild. diligrnt. aud broad. connected
with Il proportion "t >rlt-rcsprct which
more ardent men aIc apt to- forget i'm
their Inscriptions prccipilancv to he
Scrupul"u>lN earnest. As Il Magistrate
III the House of Representative. he led
the van of Investigations and expired
under the growing .jacohiniSm of that
KIND "t fury, ~ Vanguard and I.afay-
cite were tramplrd ont 10y Il lower and
wilder order of rci0rmcrS That he WIS
not indifferent t" the public outcrv, WIS
shown III that process against the Credit
Al"bllIcr people, where every agency of
the party. and all the implnratIuu of
the opposite party, were cXcrtcd to pro
cure Il mere cXiIurtation without Il vic
Inn. lie brought III both II finding and
rIilpritS. and they were the actual cuI-
prltS. Other men were inVciulcd by.
through. or with them; but these lat
Ter public opinion or private pain bun
lshed sufficiently. The two men po-