The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-07-07
CORRESPONDENCE
suites Attorney.


vEnoESvfs, VI, Juno % 1874.
Editor Of hc Register;
While at the convention in Middlebury
on the Oath inst, regretted exceedingly
to hear temperance men make The asser.
ton That no temperance man would vote
against Mr.. Lucia as States Attorney,
any man that supported Mr.. Chapman
was a rummy." These remarks | think
were very imrrudcut, and did the temper
ance party a very great injury. claim
to be as strict a temperance man as there
is in Addison county, aud have always
been termed radical on that question,
having never tasted drop Of liquor in
my life. And | hope il ever become
so foolish as to do so, that may be struck
out of existence before it reaches my lips
that l may die sober.
But when few radical temperance
men get together and undertake to die
tate what the whole party shall do, and
those that have mind of their own and
object to such ruling, they arc cast out as
rummies. This is mistake, and it has
weakened the party beyond recovery for
this campaign. For we claim all tenn.
pcrance men have mind of their own,
and when you take away their rights as
Freemen, no man will submit to it. This
privilege they prize above all things.
Now Mr.. Editor. no man will dare to
assert that Mr.. Chapman is not just as
strong a temperance man as Mr. Lucia.
And If the temperance party had put Mr.
Lucia into the field as the radical TEN.
perance candidate, and Mr.. Chapman as
the conservative candidate, which is the
true platform for each of these gentlemen,
no one would have taken offence at this,
and the radical party would have been
stronger than it is to-day There are IA
great many good men in this county who
would vote Tor "a new candidate on the
ground OF one term principle, provided he
possessed the necessary qualifications to
discharge the duties Of the Office. Aud
no one undertakes to say that Mr.. Chap.
man is not qualified Tor the position The
action Of the convention confirmed this.
which We assert nominated and ratified
Mr. Chapman as the Republican cundi.
date for States Attorney for Addison
county.
MIR. Editor, we will now move our as
serton. In the FIRST place every town
in the county was largely represented and
selected their committees fairly, anl with
the exception Of Bristol and Shoreham,
both Of which towns were very largely
represented, and giving Mr.. Chapman
nearly seventy.iive majority each. Other
towns that instructed their committees to
vote for Mr.. Chapman run from ten to
twenty majority in his favor, and The
towns in favor Of Mr. Lucia run about
the same way in his favor and when the
committees assembled in their room they
stood tifty-two for Mr.. Chapman, ard
thirty.fve for Mr.. Lucia and we find
by figuring up the different maorites for
both candidates, that Mr. Chapman would
have about two hundred majority in the
mass convention; aud it is to be supposed
that the men who selected their commit
tees in the forenoon knowing the import.
ance Of being at the mass convention in
the AFTERNOON, were there without any
doubt aud | have no hesitation in say
ing that when the ballot was taken Mr..
Chapman's nomination was ratified. But
the President declared himself in doubt
as to the the result of the ballot. No
man could decide in the manner in which
the vote was taken, it being by acclama-
ton, aud there was probably Il thousand
voters present; aud four hundred radi-
Gals would make as much noise on such
an occasion as this as six hundred con-
servatives Then again not one Of Mr.,
Chapman's friends were in favor OF an
adjournment without having ballot ia.
ken in some other form well knowing what
the result would be, but the radicals on
the contrary strove from the commence
ment to defeat 3 ballot. Now as Mr.
Chapman was not rejected, and consider
ing all these facts we claim was ratified,
there is no plausible reason why he should
not be acknowledged By all, as the regu.
lar nominee for the Office of State. At.
torney for Addison county
a Total ABSTINENCE MAN,
AND A VOTER