The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1841-10-15
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The Rutland Herald, speaking of the letter Of
Rev. Mr. Harvey, exposing the hypocrisy, mean
ness, &c. &c. without end, of Brown the NEGRO
woMAN-wHIPpER, says:
".dny statement made By Rer. r. l.. Harrcy
may be reiied upon as strictly true, Few men
regard right and wrong, in actions and speech, with
that scrnpulous adherence to justice so well known,
by those who are acquainted with him, to be n
prominent feature in the character of Elder Harvey
and it must have required injury Of no ordinary
occurrence TO induce him TO come out before the
public with an exposure"
Trnc, it was an "injury Of no ordinary occur
renee" that induced Mr. Harvey to " come out be-
fore the public with an exposure;' aud if,hc editor
Of the Herald could have heard from the lips of
Mr. H. as we did, the particulars of the whole trans
action, the little things that could not well be pub
lished, he would have felt his blood boil, as ours
did, with indignation towards the miserable villain,
May the Lord have mercy on him, for acc can't The
cry, the malgniiy of the whole affair is without n
parallel in the history Of the State. Mr. Harvey
himself and family were reduced to the very brink
of beggary and starvation, by this Infamous villain;
and that too, in defiance of the voice of the Lcgis-
lature, had openly expressed their opinion in his
favor and provided for his support. The very bread
they had put into his hands to feed out to his chill
dren, Brown snatched away and told him and them
to starve together. Every member of the Lcgsla-
ture Of 1889, knows, that when he voted to raise
the salary of the Chaplain of the State Prison. it
was with the expectation that the increase was to
90 to Mr. Harvey and to no other man; and little
did they dream, that the very vote they intended
should still retain his valuable services TO the State
and suitably feed and clothc him for the same,
would turn him out of house and home, to starve.
The Herald further says:
"Our inquiry is not, whose party is going tn be
injured, or who Of our political friends will be Of
Tended, in exposing the corruptlons and misconduct
Of public officers, and those abusing ther trust can
never find shelter from our shafts because they
profess TO be wings. The wings came into power
with the avowed intention of reforming abuses
and Of turning out ILL knaves, rascals and I'M
beetles from office; and as wings, how can we re-
fuse to give the public information of the mscon-
due, of wing public officer, when, as in this case
there is substantial proof that he has conducted in
an abusive manner towards individuals under his
control, if not even with downright yillainy and
dishonesty towards the State' Shall pe with sla-
wish, knavish servility trucklc TO party, conceal
crime and cherish corruption as the locos have
ever done, or shall we endeavor to do something
for the public good by exposing that corruption
Wheresoever found, whethar among friends or foes!
The latter shall be our course, please or plague
who it may"
The matter is not viewed in political light, in
this vicinity. Brown is a nuisance, and the whole
body of the people earnestly, night and day, pray
10 be delivered from his presence. So mote it be.