Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-07-11
TIE SECOND DISTRICT CANVASS.
A statement Tor Gem 1srou,

. HesSTS' Edu0rs.--As the question Of candidates for
enoer OF Congress Is at present Of interest to tue
people OF this district you will perhaps permit me the
privilege OF using your columns in writing In regard
TO Gen. Grout, who Is a leading candidate zen
GrOut 4s years Of age and hence IN the ygor OF his
manhood. He belongs to the class OF men who OBJ
tain distinction solely, account Of strong natural
aDlnty resistless energy and indOmitable courage.
Obtaining good acadeinical education he entered
law school whence be graduated with honor TO com
ehoo raetce al the bar In Orleans County at time
when there were many able lawyers practcng In this
portion Of the state. He soon obtained the Standing
which caused him to b. made states attorney and in
TINS sphere became more widely known and respected
Early In the war he enlisted as u private and left .
young wife I'm very frail health to do what he could
or nus country He was made captain aud afterwards
lieutenant colonel He was in Gov PrOctors regiment
ana acquitted himself with honor. Soon after his re-
turn he was made brigAder general Of the state mill.
A, whence he obtained the title Of General Sent TO
the legislature three times by his town he won dis.
unction In the House by his broad and lust
s9n OF al public matters, and especially in his ef-
lo 10 Keep tue rate OF interest at six per cent at
Tune when there was strong effort on the part Of the
monied men 70 raise the rate, remove the usuary
restriction. Afterwards the county sent him 10 the
senate two terms and In this branch Of the legislature
on his second term, the senate made him president
For some years there had been eforta IT, mt ce,
Grout IN nomination for Member of Congress In the
thrd district, and, in exceedingly sharp contest
be d'i Aied Bradley Barlow In convention and receiy-
ca me nomination. Barlow bolted, flooded the dis
trct with money, purchased a portion of the press
ana, oy the fouiest means ever used u Vermont was
Erected Two years thereaftcrA large number Of the
WORKERS Tor Barlow, ashamed Of their former con-
duct and smarting under the disgrace volunteered to
help right the wrong by giving Gen urout a hearty
support. lie went 20 Congress- and there as Ia web
known, won high honors in the one term which he
spent at the capital His friends 10 that portion Of
the new second district, formerly Of tho old third
thought he ought to be returned ~ did many in all
parts OF the district but the friends Of Judge Poland
m4ut qult9 strenuous and unsuspectel effort on his
behalf, and the nomination gwen to Mr.. Poland
There was considerable feeling In the matter and A
strong disposition to bolt. very large number Of
tue friends OF Gen. Circuit well 40 the enemies Of
the nominee besOught the General and laid down on
him heavily that he might permit bolt In his behalf
ne opposed the matter from the rs and did all that
reasonably could be done TO dscountenance it, Judge
Poland has had the term he sought, and withdraws
and naturally the voters in large portion Of the dis
trct are turning toward Gen. Grout His success in
the various spheres to which he has been called his enc
term III Congress, his present acquaintance with pub
nc men and measures and his natural fitness for this
pOsuoh AL seem TO make II most mt that he should
receive the nomination. and be permitted on courtesy
70 serve again where his services ought TO be OF
beneht to the state and country.
In the northern portion OF the district his suppor
WIN be unanimous this embracing Orleans ESSEX aud
Caledonia counties If there are candidates from
VIII be divided, otherwise Gen. Circuit will have a
very strong-almost the entire-folowing from these
sections, Ihere are many In Windsor county that IA
Nor the nomination Of Gen. Grout.
Tue people Of your section Of the state, less fam
Jar with the candidate named and Interested as they
naturally would be, for local candidates are PERHAPS
looking in other directions but we are very snro that
their support OF Gen. Grout would be az hearty as
Windham county.
The General possesses many qualities that specially
Mt him for the place He Is endowed with strong COM
mon sense, is an indefatgabo worker as courageous
as man well can be, and has the greatest pride In the
name and welfare OF his own state In private life he
Is pure; IN his town and community public-sprited
anu benevolent citizen, and in all his places OF trust
able honest and successful. ] have written more
frankly than might have done, had not known that
one OF the editors Of The Phoenix was familiar wifi
the facts herein set FORTH and personally acquainted
with Gen. Grout himself. Truly, HENDERsoN.
Orleans, July I'd, 1884.