Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-04-27
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Brother Murray Having seen thai
the language we made use of in our AID
dress in the first number Of the Journal
has been construed to signify what we by
no means intended, and meaning pu
upon it prejudicial to the candor If no
verGciiy of the Committee, we feel our
selves entitled to small space in your
paper for our vindication.
We have been charged in effect with
having used language calculated and de-
signed to represent ourselves as appointed
by an act Of the Convention, and with
thus attempting to deceive the churches.
In answer 10 this we deem it sufficient
to say that we had no such design what
ever. We say in the Address, :. During
the meeting of the Convention at Poult.
ney." for the purpose of specifying the
time and the place of our appointment,
and for no other purpose We stated two
things as facts which are facts, viz: That
we we're appointed at PouItney, and dur
ing the meeting ofthe Convention; with
out the slightest intention of leading any
one to infer that our appointment was an
act OF the Convention, as such. Had we
been so appointed we should have said so,
but no such thing was said, and no such
thing was intended to be inferable. We
ought perhaps to have foreseen that under
exislingclrcumstances our language would
De exposed 10 misconstruction, and to have
sought TO be more definite, and consider
ing the waste Of ink and paper it has
occasloned we regret we did not. But
our aim was brevity - and knowing that
the delegates from large proportion OF
the churches were present, we supposed
that the circumstances of our appointment
would be sufficiently understood without
going into them further. That we should
design to deceive, and lead the public to
infer that we were appointed by the Con-
vention, must at once be seen to be pre-
posterous. For must we not have under.
stood that every member of the Conven-
ton would know it was not an act of
theirs! Would not the Minutes of the
Convention show this2 How could we
hope 70 avoid detection for a single day2
Whatever may be thought Of our intep-
rIty ard cancoF, how could we have any
possible motive in This case, to make such
a miserable attempt at deception2 We
most solemnly discIaim the imputation.
JosEPH FREEMAN,
RYLAND FLETCHER,
JoHN CoNANT.
Brandon, April FL, 1912.
N Ar ks.
This comes too late. The lateness oftbe appear.
anee and oil the circumstances show that il Is ex
so''se-'hat the Committee put forth such niece
''s now because they feel driven to it. and dare
MOI longer ~ithhOld. When they see how their lam
guags s understood in Virginia .nd s..I -. 80:
nation O me honest rising against them al home
they perceive that digni6ed silence, viii
or answer their purpose. II they mean, : .has.
themselves honest men, why did thew n, oa..
shemseyes, At the suggestion Of brother Tbom.. :
sheir Convention at Brandoni
Bot they have not mended the matter now, ef,e,
all-bui rather made il worse. They say--aknow.
ing that the delegates from large portion Of the
churches were present." &c. This is the hird |
atsehood thar has been stated in the cass-and il Is
not the least Of the three. In the first place, Ian
guage was used which conveyed the idea to those /
who did not know 10 the contrary. that the Com
'nitiee were appointed BY the Convention. And the
chairman Of The COMMITTEES declared in their Bran.
10 convention that the language chosen ras no,
700 'Pedperfently." Next. samuel Griggs. men,
~ q ne Board. and an active member Of the ca.