The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-08-04

NERGENNEs. Jnlv 30. 1874.


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Radical has our sympathy when We see
the uncomfortable position in which he
la, placed himself He has run himself .
into the uncomfortable Lucia rut 30 deep
that he cannot get out, and now he is very
DESTROYS that all temperance men may
." 90 it blind until they find themselves /
in the sane inextricahc difficulty This /
is natural enough, but We beg to he cx.
cusca. We had much rather be g consis-
tent practical temperance man and be
called "tummy,' than to be the tail OF
d iow impracticable soli.conceited, sell.
righteous, ovcrbeariBg radicals. who are
never happy until they are miserable.
This class Of men seem to think that to
get together and make iunamatory speech.
cs and pass childish and mrracticablc
resolutions aud 20 home, and on the next
issue OF the county PAPER read them, i. all
that is necessary to bring about IA reform
Here we differ again High professions
Of religious morality, temperance and lib.
rality are all right enough, providing those
"h' I'OiSco ''itHI IUi AuNbi iHlp l'ldlttf,
but not one of the immediate followers Of
Radical would spend any time or dollar
to save poor drunkara's iamily from
starvation,- thoy 0''gH pray for them.
Now Mr.. Editor we do not intend to
proloDg this discussion, but we started to
correct few absurd statements made by
Radical in your last issue. We in for.
mer communication stated that the Coun.
ty Clerks record would show that under
Mr.. Lucia the expenses in the liquor suits
had largely exceeded the income from
fines aud we now say again that we were
right All the money that has been re.
ceived for the last tro years for fines is
| Sl,210. Now take out Of this sum $500
for the salary of States Attorney and
you will see that the State has only 1910
to pay all the costs of the numerous cases
in which nOlic prOSequi was entered in
the County Court, and the endless NUN.
Der Of cases that have been tried before
Justices in the different towns throughout
the county where judgments were given
against the State, which failed undoubt.
cdly for the want Of proper legal sagaci-
ty or care in their preparation before
commencing suit.
Radical is not the first person that has
set himself up as an angel OF light, that
upon a close inspection at the thin cover.
ing au observing person can easily see the
dark shade OF moral depraviiy that is
hidden within. II he is as pure and spot
less ali the way through as he assumes to
be, VIC fear that his angelic qualities will
soon lift him. like Enoch, above this rum
stricken and sinful world. The PEOPLE
have learned to distrust these shoddy an
gels, and use reason and common sense
instead of following the lead OF hair
Drained fanatics. Mr.. Radical asserts
that We either did not know or misrepre.
scented the manner in which the commit
tee stood. lie is Just as mnch mistaken
in regard to this as he is in all his other
we gave the reason and accurate figures,
We thiuk, to show how Mr. Chapman was
nominated aud ratified for States Attor-
ney. These figures have not been con.
tradic.cd by any facts, but simply by Mr..
Radicals assertions unsupported by facts.
r lie has no; given his readers the slightest
proof to supper, his assertions. Mr..
Radical quotes our assertion that the
radicals not being satisfied with the action
Of the convention in nominating Mr..
Chapman, put Mr. Lucia forward as their
candidate, and asserts it to be untrue.
We would merely ask Mr.. Radical to
give some proof of its unruthiulness.
We have already stated the Radicals
had done all in their power to defeat a
nomination other than Mr.. Lucia. In
our own city tor long time previous to
the convention they held nightly caucuses.
Were these meetings for the purpose OF
relieving the poor or distressed Gf so why
were they not held during the winter
no they were to devise plans to defeat
any opposition to Mr.. Lucia, who they
had asserted should be elected, and threw
it in the teeth Of all who dared to think
he was not the right man, that Mr.. Lucia
should DC nominated or no one, and they
came to the convention fully organized,
every man having his place assigned to
him and was in his place like actors on
the stage. When Mr.. Radical tries to
} force upon us such actions as fair and
, just we simply beg to be excused. As
my opponent has not given any proofs to
sustain his assertions we hold he has shown
; no reason why all Republicans who wish
to hold their allegiance 20 that great
national party should not vote for Mr.
Chapman their regular nominee.
A TorAL ABSTINENCE MAN.
T AND VOTER