The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-07-28


ever since, and we admire their pluck in
doing it--even if, in so doing, they have to
sacrifice personal preferences and oppose
men whom they privately acknowledge
would do more credit to themselves and
and more good to Vermont in the national
councils. Once there, he was reelected
not, however, without opposition which
we, at the time, thought and still think
wrong and foolish-and again, two years
ago, was elected for the third term with
hearty unsnimity which any man ought to
have been proud of, and should have been
willing to have retired on. With no par
ticular fitness for the place, except such as
he has gained by experience as his best
friends, those who know him best-are free
to acknowledge privately, it Is only those
who live at a distance, and "distancc lends
enchantment to the view," who find any
thing remarkable in the man-lhese repeat
ed tokens of public favor have not satisfied
him, but he still cries for "more." The
! people, as we have said, desire change.
and if there is FIJI expression of their
will there will be change
To procure this change, Rutland must
speak, tonight, in words that cannot be
misunderstood. There is no necessity that
her delegates should he instructed, because
Rutland favors but one man. Her candi-
date, and the candidate of the county, is
! Colonel Charles II. Joyce, gallant soldier,
an able lawyer, skilled as a legislator, an
eloquent orator and thorough logican,
prompt as a presiding officer, man fresh
| from the people and, above and beyond all,
an honest man of tried integrity, who has
proved himself equal to every emergency
in which he has been placed Such is the
man whom Rutland, with hardly dissent
ing voice, presents as her candidate to rep
resent the First congressional district of
Vermont in the f0rty-fourih Congress. II
is not because we doubt for whom the del
egates, elected tonight, will vote that we
say that Rutland must speak SO as not to
be misunderstood Far from it, With
the sentiment Of Rutland and Rutland
y
dare vote otherwise than for Colonel Joyce
But you can vote for a man and defeat
him at the same time. Under the garb of
friendship many fatal stab has been
given. Rutland might be thoroughly can
yasscd and not two score Of men could be
found who would dare say that they were
opposed to Colonel Joyce and in favor of
Charles w. Willard. But and we say it
with regret, there are Il handful of men
men, too, who have received the favors
support and Offices of the people, and have
been ready enough to call in the Colonel's
aid-who, if they could, would rip open
the old feuds and sores of Rutland county,
keep them alive, and while pretending to
support Rutland's choice, stab hlm from
behind. Rutland county now is, as 1t al
ways was prior to 1866, united We are
all as one man. If we desire to send a
Rutland man to the next Congress we
must keep so. The primary meeting, to-
night can determine tie matter by sending
delegates who will represent Rutland and
they will represent Rutland by acting,
talking and voting the same way We
don't want a delegation that will stand
around with their hands in their pockets,
and allow the prize to be stolen from them
Prior to 1866, Rutland county had what
she desired, because she would unite on a
man and then stick to him through 'thick
and thin
We are united now, and the action of
Rutland's primary, this evening, will de-
eide whether or not We are to remain SO.
Why shouldn't we be united If we have
opposing interests or opposing men, here
after, let us do as Washington county did
six years ago, get together, talk the matter
over, reconcile differences and, if needs be,
agree upon the weakest man. The weak
est man is sometimes better for local inter-
ests than no man. Washington county al
ways acted upon that principle, and see
the officers located in that county, We
can do no better than follow her example,
especially when we have the best man to
agree upon. Since 1868, when Judge Prout
| ltll tlt bCuiI, ltulidilt tOuIlt hus ilOl MAUI
even, a state office, and why? 1t has been
because there has been no union and har-
mony we have been divided up into feuds
and factions; different men have claimed
the same Office and neither willing to
acknowledge the claims OF the other; all
have acted on the principle every man
for himself and the"-but we will not quote
the rest, Now that unity, at last, is at
tanned, for heavens sake let us keep it.
Rutland, tonight, can make that unity
hearty, warm and lasting; or she can
make it treacherOus, decetful and luke
warm. We believe that her, action Will
be such that the people Of the county
shall once more act together, as
Of yOre, with hearty unanmity
that will carry all before it. 1t is not fol
Rutland alone that we plead, although, this
time, one Of her sons will carry off the
| honors, but for the whole county Look
at the past and see if it is not SO. Wher
5 Rutland county was united, Tinmoutl
furnished Nathaniel Chapman for CHIEF
JuotSV, OHitVu plaloo u'etilct Juusc ahC
United States senator; CastletOn furnished
Samuel Shaw and ChauncY Langdon a.
members Of congress; Poutney sent to thu
c same place Rolln c. Mallory; Clarendon
+ gave Theophilus Harrington to the suprem,
S bench; Fmrhayen had William c. Kit
trcdge for lieutenant governor and circui
= Judge, while Benson adorned the bench o
u the supreme court with the honored anC
e beloved Loyal c, Kellogg. We have no
d pretended TO mention them in order o
time or give hall of ting names, and hav'
> left ont the men who have made RUTLAND
: illustrious in the state history; but we have
= said enough to show what harmony, con
: fnrnncn n uinlhinn % rono..l. az.