Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-08-17


what | have quoted, go back and read what
follows in connection. shall not stop here
TO notice the wonderful idea which was
largest in his capacious mind just then
The accidental fact that fell out while he
was thus initiating himself, is of more i'm
portance to ne, and to the cause of truth.
His main idea shall be duly attended 10
afterwards provided do not forget it!
and provided there is time and room, and
there are not other things of more import.
dnce!
But TO the accidental fact. By the way,
its being accidental goes 10 show its truth.
The fact and concession come out in these
words ave HAD HIS CHARGES
LAID BY These six words alone, from
his own mouth, fully sustain the view |
have all along taken, and show beyond con-
lroversy or evasion, that he has been deal
ing in the grossest insolence and imposition,
on this subject, from the throwing out of his
pretended challenge TO the present moment.
what he styles his proposal" and in what
he has since been saying in connection with
lit? Why, my "charges." And he bias
been hooking his readers with pretended
readiness to meet those charges, if | would
only furnish him with them = when he has
all the while had them "LA1D BYm |
have before said they were in his hands.
He has now unintentionally confessed it,
and thus exposed and exploded his own farce
and mockery. + E,
/ The truth is-just as stated il before
he never intended to have an Investigation
| of The case. He meant to demand of me
the doing of a thing which he knew would
not do, because he knew it ought not TO be
done. He knew had gone through with
the investigation and put my work in his
hands, 10 be disposed Of as he pleased. He
knew he had elaid By" the documents, and
set himself to watching the effects of what
/ had done, on the minds of the people.
And when he found the Journal convicted
of iniquity, in the minds Of all the candid
who had seen the Telegraph, he saw he had
got to make show Of readiness for inyes-
/ ligation. So he began by talking about "a
fair and full Investigation" See intro
duclion 10 his proposal" in the second
paragraph Of his piece, on the 174th page Of
the Telegraph. If when he had said this,
/ he had Oh tbo o., ,Fa4l..s
might, other things being consistent. have
, shown himself sincere and honest man.
But instead Of doing this, he takes it upon
himself 10 dictate terms. Now mark what
they are. After have brought my charges
and sustained them at length, and put charg
!, es and proofs into his hands, he now has
the efrontery TO cali on me TO go over with
il, and at the same time assumes the right
!, TO dictate as to the space that shall be occu-
pied, and the way it shall be done! The
space he appoints, at the shortest is about
what he has already occupied with his far
cical parade in the matter, and at the long.
. est nothing like being adequate TO g fail
and full investigation" AS for the qcdy,
s should have no objection to it, aside from
5 his limiting the space, il had not mysel
It already gone through with the investigation
: Of the easel But, in view of the fact tina
I had once gone through with it before tn
readers Of the Telegraph, he knew that hi
+. "proposaln contained perfect outrage uf
Il on fair and honorable dealing. And h
meant TO have it so. Because be knew
would not condescend to use children's pIa
e with him. Then he could go off, as he ha
ofl done, and keep up his talk about stair an
d full inves,ig letting g the Baptisis
!. Vermont have the facts - laying call th
facts before the jury" &c. &c. More tha
this, notwithstanding Ihad taken up til
: matter and laid ii before The people, fror
: time to time, as it came along, he couI
:. accuse me of fear of investigalion-of col
e seriousness that cannot sustain my chars
It es"-of backing out "-of using "cunnin
or "-of REFUSAL &c. &C. &c. B
all this he hoped to raise a dust sufficient
>. hide the shame Of his own nakedness. B,
L he will be mistaken. The people are not
L be thus imposed upon. II they are-if The
4 will support paper in such Juggling an
IS lesuitism, for the hiding Of its own frauc
n and baseness--or if they are so blinded vii
sectarian prejudice thai they can no, see II
g shutting, and lodging, and dishonesty
70 this whole transaction, on the part of Il
OF Journal-then have greatly over-rated the
love Of truth, and their intellectual and mo
nt al discernmeat.
D. shall no,rr zinc so,.o.ol H.. =,