Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-07-26

one side Of a matter which has two sides
and then call the account given true &C.
count?
Our correspondent below, whose anony-
NOUS article was alluded to last week, las
now given us his name his communica.
tons, therefore, are given to the public
with the utmost cheerfulness. We design
to give all fair hearing, who have just
and proper claims to be heard. Our cores
pondent declares his intentions TO have
been good We certainly have no inclina
ton to put wrong construction upon his
former communication. After hearing our
reasons for judging of it as we did, he shall
decide for himself whether, or not, We have
all the way treated him fairly.
For the Vermont Telegraph
MrDDLEBrRy, July IS. 1897
Mr., Murray: Dear Sir II wish to ask
you a question, and should like an answer
to it, either through the medium Of your "a.
per, or privately. 1t is generally admitted,
believe, that when individuals are so deep
! " involved in crimes, that the interests Of
the community and the dictates OF strict
justice require that they shall, receive the
highest degree Of capital punishment
THEY are beyond the reach of moral RET
ormdtion Nowif all Southern slavchv!t
ers, are "menstealers," ."robbers," g ee&
merchants, kidnappers," soul-dealc7s,"
"thieves," " rascals, >" and "cutthroots, " and
"wholesale pirates" would it not be expe
dent, lawful and juslifable for the Northern
people, would it not be their imperative d.
sy, to raise an army Of sufficient physical
power, 10 march against this band of south
ern desperadoes," and exterminate them
from the land? Do not NATURES laws. tie
dictates Of reason and justice, the calls Of
humanity, and the injunctions Of the Bible
require this2
An answer is respectfully requested BY
FAIRLY.
=. MTDDLEBURY, July 81, 1857.
Mr. Editor ~ was some " hat surnrisel
at the reception of my communication. ora
stupid article" addressed for your consL.
Grafton, last week. The writer handed the
communication to Mr.. Smith, an intimate
friend, who said that he was going to Bran
don, and would willingly convey it; bu; the
writer has since learned that Mr. Smith
charged his determination, and did not 60
to g.; and that he deposited the letter in the
post oihce here; and this accounts for The
".mockery' and the foprPence L" imposifiun.
-FOUR suspicious are perfectly groundcS>,
with regard to the writer of this "stuYjd
article" That communication is no: tie
! production Of any southern slavery spirit II
Mlddlebury college; no-if it is the stupid
article OF some "northern dough-face." it
was Penned IN the spirit Of christian kind
ness, by one who is a warm friend of the
brohen-hearted, degraded slave; one who !,
strenuous advocate of free discussion ard
| OF equal rights and a candid answer to it
IS respectfully requested. By inserting the
above remarks in your valuable paper, YOU
will much oblige FARlY.
AS for the nsoekery, our friend is request,
ed to look, for moment, at the circum-
stances, and then he may decide whether
we had any reason TO use the term. His
communication was anonymous. Then the
superscrIpton, "Politeness Of Mr.. Smith,
was on one corner of it, while on the other
we were charged with six cents for postage
when ne has had drawn from his pocket as
many fourpences and dollars, in as many
different ways, in the shape Of postage, as
are drawn from newspaper publisher; lie
Will probably take view of the matter d-
ieren from the one he entertained on read
ing our notice last week. 1t is the easies
and most convenient thing in the word 10
write on letter, "by the politeness Of Ibis
or that, and then throw the letter into the
post Office. The present is not the first Of ?
the fifth that we have received in this va
or the ssimposition" would not have been 4
noticed. Another way in which we have
several times been imposed upon and de-
frauded is, to write, "paid, and then suffer
the letter to be charged. OF this descnP,
tion, we have received not few. Some, Of
both descriptions, have proved TO be mis-
takes, and we are glad to learn Of the pres
ent case, that the writer intended vel
enough.
Now, for having called it a" stupid article,
If the writer ,oas not serious and candid
in asking his question, whether it i, not 'n'
duty of the people of the North to 60, sword
in hand, and liberate the slave. Of the Sofa
by violence, his whole article was an m