Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-03-11
Communication.

WASHINGTON Cry, Feb 90 1912.
To the Publisher Of The Buriing ton Free Press:
SIR-By the kindness of friend in the fourth Con-
gressional District OF Vermont rece we'd some week
since several numbers OF The Free Press under date
OF the Dist OF January doubtless forwarded with n
view of attracting my attention an article n serted
IN the editorial department, containing some structures
the course ha pursued, and the votes had Z "
en-, IN relation 10 the Bankrupt aw, So called; pI
which, the writer would seem disposed to arrpIra
me before my coustituens
To them, most cheerfully hol | myself amenabe
and in the result, II they convict OF error the con
sequences thereof must rest on my own head.
The article referred to- being fraught with vari1u.
allegations and nerrogatorles, TO which II Was doubt
less intended should make answer, it may be expe
dent here To give SYNOPSIS U the sane n pref i'm
mary lnducelnent to what may here write
In the first place. the writer regrets that shoulC
. have seen fit o change my vote without giving rea
IONS either TO the House 20 those who elected me
| for such extaOrd nary proceeding and that IN,
con tltnents will not he satisfied with my course
without good an sufficient reason for the change.
The writer also alleges, that the measure, "a Bank
rupt Law has been favorilc melsure with the Whis
party for the last three years and inasmuch as suct
| men MessrS. Adams, Clay, Webster Davis, Sar
gean and Berrlen, together with the Cabinets of Har
rIson and Tyler, have given It their cordial suppor
! | m ght finding myself in such company, be wei
excu ed for differing with Mr. Prentiss as to the con
stitulionality expedency of the law And | an
! shrewdly asked by the writer, whether il is the mar
of sage and wise leg,a ion after having fra An.
] hon Ia
voice to repudate and repe., II bef1rsts eyceenrs
or defects have been ,esed bva sinrlc DAVIS exnar
encel Ara whether suppose il will add a slliiar,
leaf TO the chaplet OF my fame in favor of re
peang law in January, which contributed TO form
in July, wIthon; giving my constituents soll,ar,
reason for Inc change
AGi am assured by the writer that quite lmhe
Of my constituents desire answers to these questions
! &c
| If my constituents have had any anxiety on III
subject, or have been IN any wise ANXIOUS that shoul
| plead TO the indictment, make answer 10 III
charges and nerrngatorles, perhaps some excuse
due for my long silence on the subject | confess
had doubts to the proprety of noticing the artlcl
at ALL Notwithstanding It's apparent editorial charac
ter, contained in an old and respectable wing pape
having an extensive circulation, both IN and out OF m
own District knowing, did, that the old editu
had long since ceased TO edit the paper aud hndin
from strict examination thai editorial Responsible
rested on either the paper ltsefor the article TO whc
I have referred; and that this was the manner
which the paper going forth TO the world: Bl
learning of late that other newspapers lnNermont 81
recosn re theFree Press one of the political organ
and journals Of the day, have thought proper
waive that objection.
, Another, and as legitimate reason, perhaps, IL
, the delay, has been, that my constituents, befo
I. whom stand arraigned, might have ample ume
compare the allegations OF the writer, with Their pr
sent and past reeo tons upon the subject matter
tanned IN the article; ana also TO give time for con
mencement of operations under the Bankrupt La
in various sections of the country, which whould Il
better enable them Judge as TO It's merits or dene
its; and hence as 20 The expedency or lneNpedlenc
of the Law. And inasmuch rs the article IN the FRI
Press seems intende 70 place me before my const,
, | en- n, many Of whom know, aAd all Of whom n
spect (hut do not know the writer OF the article)
is with them hold communion and not with hun
And here | VIII ass them, whether Bankrn'
Law, Of any kind, has been sasori'e measure VIZ