Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-09-14
sONE VOTE,
ST. JoENsBURY, Vt,
Sept. Sd. 1874. (

as always before-voted as | thought
my duty. Don't you think the tsgc men
in the second district. who deteTm5ned
to beat Poland, Obeyed the old preeept
and increased and multiplied greatly, or
how do you read the figures ? What a
wonderful discovery. at this late day,
shat his career had been q failure p
Why, we did not make any ner diseov-
cry. Some Of Us, who are true Republi-
caus, Rerer voted for him and some
here, who worke,f and voted for him
faithfully, had no heart in the work.
They knew he was erowding himself on
his friends. notwithstanding he affirmed
at the Convention that it was . matter
Of Indifference to him. We think we
needed part Of your advice-we tried to
be sensible. " and oct ''dispassionately."
yet with will. Don't you think we did
so In earnest? No; Of course we do not
Ea0ac any other man viii or can obtain
as good record for honesty, as Judge
Poland but we do know that one Of his
most jealous supporters often declared,
previous to his nomination, that he new
er would sustain man who participated
in the salary grab" fraud. and did wall
over the Judges signal defeat. Are you
sure that in acting up to our convietioEs
Of duty, we have benefited the demo-
cratic party" and done what we could
to ''split up the republican party p
Why, sir, We always supposed true re-
publicans believed in and praetieed bol$-
ing from the men we could not trust, in
order that the party might be worthy Of
the confidence and support Of good men.
We did Uot choose to trust Judge Poland
as our political leader and representa-
tive and We knew we had voters enough
in the second district who dared to throw
of the yoke Of allegiance. All is it
possible? mo other man" in the Re-
publican party in this district, rs his
equal in ability and experience" Well,
perhaps you are nj ht. But there may
be some fully as retiable, and we think,
as competent to represent the integrity
and intelligence of the party. But, alas !,
the hopes Of evil councillors are cut of !;
and now the Republican party in the
second district must be content, and
have second rate representative, and
occupy the ''tail Of unimportant commit
tees, - and so be able to do the country
but little good. If that is true, then
Congress viii not need provide him
salary grab bill" But, Will it not be
rewarding Us equitably for resorting to
deception, falsity and unfairness, and
doing more dirty work than ever PoIand's
friends have done % We are thankful
you SO kindly admonish Us of our wrong
doing, and warn Us Of the fearful dan
gers ahead but we do hope and pray
that We may, as republicans, be enabled
to escape the coming destruction. We
cannot 20 back on what has been done :;
but We assure you, we will try and DO
aettsE as soqR a psy the Gs9ysrnor gives Us
as you can for US ONE VorE.
We cheerfuIly give space to the above
communication, as we desire to let both
sides be heard, and rather admire the
style Of the piece itself. The writer was
doubtless very happy when he penned
the above, and in exuberanee of spirits
fills up his article with scorn, sarcasm
and exultatiOu- He challenges an an
swer, and we undertake to answer some
Of his questions:
Yes, we think you worked we'll, and
are sure you must have been very busy
to have invented and circulated the
amount Of false and perverted matter
that you got before the people, in the
last few days Of the canvass. Did YOU
have hand in getting up those plaeards
that were circulated and posted in your
end of the district few days before
election? What was the expense Of get
ting them out ? Your forces increased
wonderfully in the last few days, sure.
Men heard Of acts in Judge PoIand's life
that they had never heard of before. and
they believed them to be true and voted
against him. There was no time to
prove the falsity Of many Of the asser-
tons made against him, or to allay the
Juror Of excitement that then existed.
''One Vote says he never voted for
Judge Poland. He was either demo-
erat, or one Of the very few men who
had milf or pique against him, for no
candidate ever received more enthusi-
astie support than Judge Poland, for the
three hrst times He says. I'VE tried to
De sensible and to act dispassionately. +"
1t YOU we're Of those '.feW" We spoke Of
IN the previous article, you were not in
condition to know whether YOU acted
dispassionately or not. Men erazed with
political excitement. and bent on defeat
ing political enemy. viii not listen to
reason, and are not very scrupuIous as
!" the means they use to accomplish
their ends. We do not think the mass
Is voted otherwise than as they believed
to &c right; but they had been prejudic-
ed by the great ado made about the few
unpopular acts in Judge Poland's official
life and were ready to forget all the
good ne had done, because he had car
ned $1,000 a little too long in his
'breeehes pocket" It was much easier
70 get up opposition to Poland. BY call
ing him salary grabber," a .xbite-
washer and press gagger," than it
would have been BY giving true record
and history Of his political life.
The writer asks. '.if We are sure that
the action Of the disafected republicans
benefited the democratic party. and
split the republican party" If to in