The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-07-03
THIRD DISTRICT.

What do YOU or know about them !
Personally, | know nothing about
them. do yon2 Will not such queries
force every man who has Bradley Bar
low under discussion in his mind to
this conclusion: Il know nothing
about the matter, only what | have
learned of it from the Burlington Free
Presa." You may have heard some
body say something, but you know on
honest meditation that that somebody
knew no more about it than you did.
Now shall VIC as intelligent voters be
moulded by rumors, and theories, and
gossip. when we do not know a single
fact upon which to pin our conclusions'
Admitting now that YOU occupy this
position with me, let us honestly and
fairly look at the evidence before us,
and its source, and see whether there
is in it enough to lead us to oppose
the nomination of one who is univer-
sally admitted to be the strongest man
in influence that this district could
send to the next Congress, where, as
Republicans, We need our utmost
strength. First the source Of the ev-
idence: 1t is all taken from the
New York Sun. one Of the worst Dem
.ocratic sensational papers, and it is
all used not especially against Mr..
Barlow but against the Republican
administration of the Post-ollice de-
partmcnt, and is one only Of the many
attempts to manufacture Democratic
thunder. Secondly, in considering
the source Of this evidence, we find it
given us second handed by the Bur-
lington Free Press. Now we do not
wish to make any charge against that
paper, but it has swung the "mcrce-
nary horde cudgel 50 fcrcely we ven
ture to ask if it supposes the people
so dull as not to know that it does not
send its enormous edition throughout
this district at its own expense! No,
it gets pay for those papers, which
would be all proper enough if it made
the canvass fairly. DO YOU wish to
know that this paper has an undcrly-
ing selfish purpose? Then let us con-
slider that when Mr. Barlow ran for
State Senator, it said Of Mr.. Bar
low: "IIc is Il square Republican,
4 gentleman Of hjW personal chdrdc-
ter, and an able, experienced, and al
ways influential legislator" but now,
forsooth, lie is q terrible rascal. Why
does the Free Press just now discover
the rascality? Is it because evidence
of it existed of which it was ignorant
when it wrote its concentrations oil
Mr.. Barlow or is it because it has al
object in opposing him and is endcav.
Oring to produce an unfavorablc
impression by the publication of mat.
ter, which it knows to be of no force
in itself but only to avail in creating
prejudice? Bear this fact also in view
namely, that Mr.. Benedict has beer
to New York for the purpose Of inves
tigating oldfles Of the papers to secure
campaign thunder, and therefore al
there is, in all probability is alread,
published and before the public. II
looking it over what do we find that i
so very damaging? This brings us t,
the charges themselves, which nov
let us examine.
Inthe Sun article there are four spc
cilic charges. Unsubstantiated charg
cs ought not to prejudice us any on
can make charges. 1t is easier t
make them, however, than to substan
tiatc. We take it as highly proba
able that i'll a canvass where the Ere
Press has such personal pride at stalk
it has left out no important evidence
and yet Oh the first charge there is nc
feathers weight Of proof. I'll
second charge is that the last Of NJ
Barlow's routes connect two throun
routes. 1t does not show such to ha,
bccnthe fact, but admitting that it wa
what is there to the fact? 1t was
route Of several hundred miles
length. The mail route Oh the Z.
o. is connected with the mail route
the South Eastern BY a stage mi
route from Hyde Park to No. Troy.
Now that is sad fact. This is a t
weekly, too, instead Of weekly.
There are only few little villages
the route such as No. Hydepark, EIDE
Lowell, etc. Now those folks livi
OIL up there, can't want their m
very often and what is the use of q
route? We who live on the z, &