Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-09-14

tioa. and asking him If the annunee-
meat Of his name vas aatherinl hy
him He replied. and claimed hat
misunderstood. or misinterprete< bis
statement to ne. that be only aeat me
to understand that be had net tha de-
teTniRed te be candidate, kavsoaly
TO say, that If such vas AIr. Densoas
purpose. be was either very infelsctoas
in his use Of language, or I was sery
unfortunate in understanding it. ans en-
tirely failed to ascertain the very frt I
was in pursuit Of.
/ Nr. Denisoa said further in his lstter
that if he received the nom;uatioa be
should be very grateful. and that if
received it, he should eheerfully support
me.
have stated the matter thus mipate-
". not for the purpose Of raising any
| question between Dir. Denison md N.Y.
self, but to absolve myself fnm the
charge of thrusting myself into ,oatest
for the candidacy,
Having thus become party to con-
iiet for the candidacy without expecting
it, | endeayOred to as candidates usually
do lneite my friends to active exestIon
to have my supporters at the eauetses
for the choice Of delegates. Both ny
opponents did the same. rs-eTSe3
the nomination at the convention BY
handsome majority over both my oppon-
ents- Everything pertaining to the
election of delegates and the conduct Of
the convention was perfectly fair and
honorable as far as l have knowledge or
information. l believed it to have been
50, and l supposed the contest ended.
But a portion of the delegates, who sup
ported my opponents left the convention
held separate meeting. nominated Mr.
Denison and opened a vigorous and Bit
ter canvass Having been fairly NOM
mated in regular convention | refrain
ed from further effort.
Just on the eve Of the election eireu-
lars were issued and handbills posted
throughout the District alleging that
my nomination. was in no way binding
upon the party because I had procured
delegates to the convention By buying
votes with money. l learn also that
most marvellous tales were told of the
amounts expended. with detail of cir
eumstances. What influence this had
do not know have only to say that
the whole thing is a sheer fabrication
1 never expended penny to influence
the vote Of any man, nor did | ever au-
thorize any one to do so for me. nor do
| believe any one did so.
Both before the Convention and after
ward. | was stigmatized as . Credit
Mobilier Whitewater. y "a salary grab
ber. and Press gagger." Ny course
upon each Of the matters referred to BY
these epithets is open and known ta all
the world Would not desire to change
it. 1t will bear the closest scrutiny,
and when all interest to malign NE. has
r1=l-~=-1 anrar haE1 nc, -,v---~I
ton will meet the approval Of all Just
men.
It has been alleged that I belonged
to Rings Precisely what this means
| do not know, but as I understand it.
1t was intended to charge me with hav-
ing Joined in the support of some unjust
scheme, with a view to nv own personal
gain, or the personal gain of others.
| have to say, that | have never given
q vote or done any public act whatever |
that | would not have been glad should |
have been witnessed by every one of nv |
constituents have never done any act
IN connection with ny ufiileill duty, that /
was not according to the dictates of nv |
Judgement and conscience; and | have |
never directly or Indirectly been the /
gamer of one cent by any vote or other
official act.
l have not aspired to be a leader in
Congress, | have eontented myself with |
a laborious and faithful attention to ev- |
cry duty, trusting to such effort alone
for my standing in Congress The posi-
tons OF difficulty and responsibility in |
which 1 have been placed. and the man
ner IN which those responsibilities have
been met, In nv judgment have not been
discreditable to you. or to the state.
You can doubtless easily fill my place
with man of greater ability than my
self and one who will attain higher po-
sition IN Congress, but do not believe
you will ind one whose service will be /
more faithful and conscientious than
mine has been
| have seen 1t stated that the ezpIa-
nation OF the vote against me, was that
the people Of my District had lost conf
denee IN my integrity as a public man.
1t would give me great pain to believe
this
have never been inzensibIe TO the
good opinion aud APPRECIATION Of nv feI-
low men l have endeavored ali nv
ilfe to deserve it, BY honestly fulfilling
every duty to my fellows, but a. ipdi-
Vlauals. and as constituting the conmu-
nifty or state