The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-05-28

AT The Ncrgcnncs Ncrmontcr, Wnlcn
for obvious reasons is turning the crank
for Col. joyce as the nominee for rep
r%esentativc from the First Congrcssion-
al District to the next Congress, says
that it is the politicians who arc striy-
ing to defeat him. 1t adds:
The Middlebury Register, organ (sclf-
constituted or otherwise of one of the
aspirants, i'll an article, damaging 10
any man in whose favor it purports to
be written, When read by the people
who know the facts; labOrs hard to dis
pose of the Col. in some way, for what
purpose? simply to make vacant a place
for Office seekers.
The eyes of the Ncrmontcr arc blind
ed by sundry favors not consisting en-
tirely in a supply of the interesting pub.
docs. from time to time issued by Con-
gress, or it would consult facts a little
more III estimating the opposition to
Col. joyce. We doubt if this opposi-
ton has any other foundation than a
conviction on the part of the voters OF
las district tAat he is by no means the
,1o5l efficient representative they could
have ia Congress, and that it is their
right aud their duty to send n better
mau Il they have him to send. We
have never mad an opinion that Mr..
Joyce was a first class man, and while
we have always admitted that he show
cd considerable ability rs a writer OF
f,rciblc and stalwars political essays
tpr tle pages of The Congressional Rec
! ord, We have always held that this &C,
complishment formed a very small
part CT the duty ola practical legislator.
, Bat he knows how TO make himself
popular, and his record as a congress.
man has presented no acts which could
be severely criticised, if there wa,
nothing especially worthy OF common.
dati0n, and for this reason, VIC suppose
the people have wished to give him his
SHIRE of terms. Having done this, nc
reason exists, on grounds of either sen
timcnt Of Of utility, why they should bt
called upon to give him another term
They have in ex-Gov. Stewart a mar
whom obey believe will be better abb,
60 add 10 the influence of Vermont il
Congress, and they will probably signi
fy their desire to avail themselves of hi
services in unmistakable terms. TIL,
VcrMon,er IS mistaken in calling tn,
! X 'gister au organ of one of the aspir
ans. lie Register simply desires tn,
election Of tie best man, and by the
common consent of the unprecedented
and disinteresied voters of the district
Mr.. Stewart is considered the besr
man. We hardly think Mr.. Stewar
deserves 10 be called an Office seeker
We presume he has the ambition natu
raj to all men of moro than ordinar,
ability to occupy political places wher'
their talents can be fully cxcrted in the
service of the public. But he il
not a seeker after Office in N othcl
Sense, and we doubt if he would allow
himself to be put forward as a candi
date except there was a general demand
for him.
In the light of the facts the followin.
from the same editorial in the Vermont
er is no less ludicrous than fulsomc:
The record of Col. Joyce in Congress
ia nt,a nf trna gfaiacpnanchin a,.I .ln.,,
ton 10 his country, ever ready to stant
in defense of Republican principles
and, we may say, the only representa-
tive from our state who eau or has th,
courage to rise in his seat in denuncia
ton of the schemes of his opponents
and who has many times caused thei
cheeks TO tingle with his sharp and tell
ing remarks.
viii the Vermonter please state wha
acts of craftsmanship Col. Joyce is b
be credited with. We are not speakin,
of talk, of which no doubt a great dea
is distributed in permanent form
throughout his district. When wer
those "shnrp and telling remarks
made Oh were they in fact made OK
cept under the rule of "leave to print?
The Colonel Is q gallant and agreeabl
talker on Inc stump among a fricndl
constituency, bnt that kind of talk
, not the kind which tells in the halls G
Congress, and Vermont ought to b
represented by o man whose talk
more effective in moulding national leg
~islation for good. 'Waking up III
brigadiers" may omuse, 30 does a do
fight; but Vermont, with only tire
representatives, had better send onl
men who viii be useful congressman.