The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-20
NOT 70 BE FORGOTTEN.

Let hy-VOnCS De Dy-goneS is some
times m excellent maxim it may general
" he good policy, but ii is not ARRAYS right.
Upon the principle that it is not always
right, we treat our criminals Amnesty in
It's place, is well enough, but it may be
carried too far Amnesty and pardon are
about the same thing, and both are a prac-
above. When the governor of Massachu-
sets pardoned the boy Pomeroy, he prac-
tically carried out that policy, but he was
guilty of n terrible wrong TO society. The
other maxim. which only expresses the first
in other words, forget and forgive" is
well enough in its place, but its practical
application i, not always right any more
than it is true policy. SO in reference to
political nominating conventions, after
nominations arc once made, it is generally
better to "lct by-gones be by-goncs' and
join in a hearty support OF the nominees,
when it can be done consistently with honor
and conscience. So far as the several gen
tlcmcn nominated at Burlington are con-
cerned, and the means resorted to-for
/ in fact no means were rcsorted toto Sc
I cure their nominations. no man need hes
itatc to give them their support. Their
| nominations were the spontaneous, free
/ will tributes of the people of Vermont 10
/ then integrity, characters and qualiiica-
lions They neither sought the nomlna-
/ tions or ondeavured to influence others to
seek /; in their behalfs Their friends did
not cnde.vor TO pack caucuses or resort to
any other appliances 10 ensure their sue
/ cess, save by arguments addressed to the
reason of individual voters Their triumph
is moi so much their persona! triumph as
the triumph Of the people over the politi-
/ clans.
With the result as it is, and one over
which We most hcartilyrejoico for the honor
of the state and of the republican party,
we should "let the dead past bury its dead,
but for sundry new appliances, this year
for the first time, introduced into the poll
tics of Vermont. We have no intention of
again calling attention to the writing of let
tiers, the personal solicitation of voters, the
hiring of teams to carry men to the caucus,
the short notice given thereof with the evil
dent intention of its meeting the eye of only
few favored ones, the quick dispatch of
business in other places without waiting for
| the attendance of others whom it was
| known intended to be present, or to the
| packing of the primary meetings in certain
! parts OF the state All Of this we believe
to be an innovation in Vermont politics,
reprchensibe in practice, of dangerous ten
| deucy, and nothing more or less than an I'M
| demanded attempt to wrest from the SOW
ereign people one of their dearest rights and
/ privileges, the privilege of freely express
| inc their opinions and the right Of The ma
| iolity to govern, We do not intend, this
morning, to fully expose that to which we
alludc-wc shall do that hereafter, and,
we trust, with a point and force
that will carry it home, and awaken
the people of Vermont to the at
tack that has been made upon their honor
and their rights. We do not sag that a single
delegate rae 6yiJed. We do not sag that a
single man soM his r0te. We do not say that
a cote ,rdS cast in That convention othey5cise
Moh de conscience ami juagment Of the man
casting 70 3iciGt,d We do say, how
eyer, that the hotel bills of certain dele
gates were paid by man who, in war
tmcs would be called the quar.crmastcr
or paymaster of Il certain candidate. We
know, from personal observation and from
the positive information of others, that the
hotel bills Of only the delegates who voted
for a particular man were thus paid. We
| know, also, that the hotel bills of certain
editors and other supporters of the
same man were paid in the same way. II
may be none of the business of the public
who pays the hotel bills Of this man OF
that, but when they are the hotel bills OF
delegates to n state convention, when they
all vote for one man, and that man or his
agent, quartermaster, paymaster. or what
ever he may call himself, pays the bills il
is a matter of public concern We shall
veltilate this matte. further hereafter