Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-08-12
WHAT DOES THIS MEANq

WHAT DOES THIS MEANq
At the close of the very sharp canvass
which resulted in the nomination of
Gen. GrOut for congress. the friends of
Mr.. Barlow very cheerfully, so far as
appearances went, accepted the situation |
and cordially assented in making his
nomination unanimous. In doing this |
Col. Clarke, Mr.. Barlow's right hand man,
made very neat little speech, and Mr..
Barlow in Gen. CIRCUITS room, in the |
presence of large number of gentleman,
volunteered to say, that inasmuch as he
had been handsomely beaten, he should
give the General no more trouble. All
the republican papers in the district,
the Messenger on the morning after the
convention, hoisted the name of w. w.
Circuit as congressional nominee, and
there seemed to be a cheerful acquies-
cence in the result. In very few days
however, the Daily Messenger came out
with several columns devoted to the pro-
mitigation Of the greenback doctrine of
Bradley Barlow. One of his letters
published about ten years ago, another
addressed to Ben Butler at later time,
and an article which appears to have
been of late creation appeared at the
same time. This edition of the Daily
was given very wide circulation, and
as it contained nothing else of special
interest, it is evident that the object
was to scatter Mr.. Barlow's financial
theories far and wide.
In the meantime numerous greenback
clubs were being organized in Franklin
county, and an occasional one elsewhere.
A call was at once got out for a Green
back convention at Burlington, which
met, passed few resolutions, appointed
a set of officers and adjourned to meet
at st. Adams on the 22d inst. Of late
an occasional article has appeared in
the Messenger which shows there is
desire to find some excuse for boiling
the nomination of Gen. Grout. The
reasons for such a course are exceedingly
Aimsy, and to those disinterested will
appear to be far beneath the character
of the Messenger, or of Mr. Barlow.
Whether there is a serious thought or
desire on the part of Mr.. Barlow to 60
back on his pledge or not, we do not
know, but most of the last weeks papers
report this as a foregone conclusion.
If this is the case, and Mr.. Barlow is
really in the field asking for the votes
Of the freemen Of his district, we shall
have poorer opinion of humanity than
ever before. When a man of Mr.. Bar.
lows standing goes into political cam
paigD, it is to be expected that he will
use all fair means to win. but if defeat
ed that he will cheerfully abide the
consequences. Other candidates should
do the same. How has it been in this
case? Mr.. Barlow was early in the field
as a candidate; he has the credit Of
being very bright, sagacious man; he
has had experience in political campaign.
ing and all the knowledge necessary to
successfully conduct canvass; his
means for paying the legitimate expens-
es of canvass are ample; it was the
boast Of his friends that he had the aid
of nearly every Republican newspaper
in his district--he had also the assist
ance of the argus, the Burlington Dem
Ocrdtic and Hatch Of the Palladium
His organ, the Messenger, which is ably
handled, devoted a large share of it
editorials for many weeks to Mr.. Bar
lows interests. This paper was scattered
broad cast over the district up to tn,
time Of the meeting of the convention, s,
in the matter of newspaper help b
had sufficient amount. Of active
influential friends who devoted mon
ey, time and energy to the work o
the canvass there seemed to be an abun
dance; in the important job of carryin
Burlington for himself in the caucu
he had personal supervision, being o.
the ground several days previous to tn
caucus. At Hydepark he had a YER
large majority of the outsiders and i
I.amoille county had the assistance {
Parker. Gleed and Hendee. Whethe
true or not, we do not say. but it wa
reported that the powerful influence {
the railroads in the district were exerte
in his behalf, 10 which may be adde
the help of the custom officers and ii
sympathy of many democrats. With a
this, it would seem that Mr.. Barlow ha
strength sufficient to walk through IL
convention triumphantly. The resu
showed only a fatal lack Of few votes.