Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1841-04-12
From N. Boston Alias, .april s.

BuRLINoroN, VT April l, le4l.
VIII you do me the favor 10 suspend publishing
any mistatements respecting me until you henr
from me, which will be soon?
Respectfully, in haste, your obi sery't,
We shall publish with pleasure amy communi-
cation friend may send us, and he may rest as
sured he shall have full scope to defend himself
in our columns If he deem himself aggrieved.-
We are not aware, however, OF any misstaements,
either intentional or accidental, unless he refers TO
the letter OF our correspondent, which spoke of
him rs having been the means of eleciiDg John
Smith to Congress by the division Of the Wings.
Whether the charge he true, we do not know, but
il we remember right, Mr.. Briggs was poted for
in opposition to Hon. Heman Allen, the regular
Wing candidate whether with his consent, we
know not, and shall he pleased to learn that il was
not through my agency of Mr.. Briggs that the
Burlington district was misrepresened by the
aforesaid John Smith.
II we remember correctly, the letter Of the
correspondent OF the Atlas not only alluded in an
ill.tempored way to the contest, which unforlu-
nately resulted in John Smiths election in 1888,
but also contained direct personal assault upon
Judge Briggs an assault, touching his character
and standing in his profession, which is utterly
unjustifiable. Few lawyers in this section of the
state have more extensive practice at the courts
than Mr. Briggs. We think the letter writer did
moro than this the inference naturally TO be
drawn from his letter seems to us to be, that The
nomination of Judge Briggs unsatisfactory to
the people of the state, and bad appoinarneats>-
There was in it, them to our view, double NJ
tack'-one upon Judge Briggs, and the other upon
the ddninistr alton and we will remark by the
way, that we were not little astonished that the
editor of The Atlas should have suffered his col
umns TO be the medium of such an attack That
there is dissatisfaction, to some extent, among
those who were anxious for the appointment Of
other gentlemen is indeed true. The friends Of
other canddates-nnd as worthy men they have
many warm frends-are undoubtedly disappoin-
ted But beyond this certainly have seen nc
demonstrations of dissatisfaction indeed, the fact
is, SO far as we have observed, that 10y the mass Of
The people the appointment has been well recev.
ed, and is quite as cleerfully acquiesced in as
would hive been the appointment of any Other
individual under the same circumstances. Blu
even were there strong and universal dissatisfac-
ton in Vermont-why, we desire to know, is thi.
to he trumpeted abroad through the newspaper.
of other states? and why, too, must it be accom-
panied with IN assault upon the Collector? /
strikes that the people of Vermont can be hear,
ut Washington when they wish it, without speak
ing so loudly as to be heard every where else
and we believe, too, that when they ask or pro
cure any change in the collectorship il must b
for some other than Mr. Briggs profession
al standing, or the ba"e which may, or noy moi
be Justly due him for John Smiths election
The correspondent OF the Atlas has done wron,
to MIR. Briggs (unntenonally, we hope -an'
th'as given his friends occasion for offence. w
say this because it is true and were the sane in
j. lstice publicly done to either of the other candi
dates, we should feel bound publicly to condemn
IL. Forbearunce and libcrality, il possible q
| east stern justice-must be carefully observed.