Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-04-08

rather partial. think you should snare
part Of the blame. But your stand at
certain meeting do not think justified what
followed. . These are my views. hope
you will receive them kindly, and make
such reply as you think the case demands.
State the matter as it was-since you have
commenced it-that the public may be
rightly informed. J. HoLcoMB.
Faithful are the wounds Of a friend.-SOLonaon.
Let the righteous smite me; it shall be kind
ness !: and let him reprove me it shall be an ex-
ceent oil, which shall not break my head.-DGUid.
The reason l did not introduce myself
personally in the remarks which brother
Holcomb censures was, would not seem
to attach undue importance to myself, or TO
my own acts. In the matters where there |
was collision between myself and others |
more particularly, chose TO speak of trans
actions rather than of individual persons. |
But my good friend has felt called upon to
censure my course, and in doing it he per-
sonales me, as being, in his opinion, more
or less in fault, which calls on me for
fuller statement of the case, and involving
something of personalities. do not CON-
plain Of his personalities. am less squeam-
ish about personalities than some are
Vulgarity and personal abuse hope always
TO eschew and avoid. But in administering
rebuke or reproof, believe it to be highly
proper, at times, to say, "thou are the man y
IL have committed fault, by all means
let me stand censured. If am convinced
of having committed an error or done aay
wrong, 1t ought certainly to be my privilege,
as 1t is my duty, TO acknowledge it. If
am not convinced, the liberal and candid
will allow me to entertain my own opinion.
the opinions Of others to the contrary not
withstanding.
! Brother Holcomb has not specified where
In, or wherefore, he considers | "should
share part Of the blame" l apprehend,
however, from personal conversation with
him, that understand bis views in the
case, and will indicate my understanding of
f them, at the proper point in the statement of
the facts. l do not suppose that, when
] brother Holcomb calls on me 10 estate the
/. matter as it was" he asks for full report
> OF all the proceedings Of the meetings in
: which took part; but that he wants
fuller report than before gave, so far as it
concerns the matter in which l ought to
r "share part of the blame.'' This shall
r be given with the utmost cheerfulness, and
= with all the correctness that the distance of
I time and other circumstances will now per-
. init. Before entering upon the more full
J statement Of the facts, must be allowed
!. 10 congratulate myself that neither my
It faithful friend, nor yet any enemy of my
IS self or of the cause l advocate, has con
l. tradicted or denied single statement OIL
It mine heretofore made. The only COM
+" plant is, that, as brother Holcomb "consid
. ers," it was "rather partial" Whether 9
; fuller statement of the facts will help my
II opponents, remains TO appear. My good
d brother Acknowledges that the stand tool
did "not justify what followed" MARI
that.
> Now then to the facts-in stating which
j. | will commence with the position occupied
10 by myself at the time the difficulty arose.
6 When the previous meeting was adjourned
u the floor was mine, and had been yielded
= by me for four or FIVE individuals to speal
!. successfully. During this time that wa.
IS standing by and cheerfully yielding my
e. right, person not belonging TO the Societ,
ar introduced an amendment to an amendmeu
W which had been supporting. The meet
ing adjourned with the understanding tina
the floor was mine a; the commencement o
the next meeting. AT the commencement
Of the next meeting this amendment from
out of the Society was again crowded for
ward and allowed to be introduced TIL
:, introduction Of it occasioned some littl
sparring, back and forth, and some excite
ment. The mover of it, however, from on
Of the Society, was permitted 10 make hi
- speech in its support-after which / OF
N tanned the floor with my remarks whic
would have been in order, not only at th
" commencement of this meeting, bur som
- time back in the previous one, aud whic
now occupied from twenty to twenty-fiv
et minutes. was followed by a member
III the Society who made some statement
IN which j considered TO be erroneous Whc
10 | arose TO follow and correct him, the chat
&C. man requested me 10 be brief. promise
'ne ! would. At this poinl-while was occu
pying The hoor-an individual, not belon
"'e ing 10 the Society, arose and interrupte
NV me, asking that these "long- wasted" -t
= which it was supposed he meant lon