Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-09-06
VERMONT TELEGRAPH.
ta9. Ftatr For Me Vermont telegraph.
pRorEssxoNAL MORALITY,
Saturday, September 2, ls4s.


PROFESSIONAL MORALITY.
Brother Murray: On the first page Of
your paper OF the 9th Of August read an ar
,icle under the head or"Ignordnce, Iyas
ice and Persecution IN Brdintree," which
began in the following manner. g.
"The viIlainous course that has lately
been pursued ia this town under the preience
oflegaI Transactions, ought MOTTO be kept Sc
crer. IL was so much like the Irquisiuon of
Rome, thai some ofthe moslinhuentlal ADD
respectable men ia town were beard TO say
that the chopping block was all that was
needed 10 make the work complete, aud that
,ney would rather be banged and done With
il than be tried by such a tribunal" And
acain.-"The whole Town seems 70 be In an
uproar about il, and probably will not oat-
grow il for FIVE years" ,ss S9a>b
Now had the author of that piece and his
neiohbors lived in some Of the larger villages
where lawsuits are frequent; where the I'm.
justice and persecution" Of which he con
plains are so common that people expect, as
matter Of course to suffer uader them, they
would not be, think, in SO great an 'uproar"
but what they might outsrow in less tban
five wears. / am OF opinion that the public
rood rcqnires the exposure Of such cases, 80
,nas,he people may see and judge for them
selves Of the manner in which their property
apddearestrights are Glchsd away from them
under The preface vf :, oad'qinistertng gus
tee ~
The Braintree case so strongly reminds
me q nv own which was uried in Brandon
VILLAGE last spring that will attempt to give
von short history Of the substance oilL !
was appointed for the year .1S4l The priosn
nal committee ofthe fourth School Disr'c
IN Brandon. In 1912 Rufus Flint, then res
,dent Of the district, at au Illegal mee'ln'
where only a very few voters attended, re
ceived, | believe, only 3yoles for commute
which was majority Of those present
Flint assumed 10 act afterwards as commit
Tee, contrary TO the wishes Of nearly,th
whole district, and without the least authoI
i,y from Them. During The yeatl acted a
n T n
school money belonging toihe district whic
was not all paid to me during the year 81
the reason Gas The Town treasursr mio i'nN
my) that the constable had neglected 70 co
lee. his tax bill and pay i into the ireasur
Sub co ienily the constable VIM. M. Feel
owe me his note for the money and 4 ga
him The order. i,ia alHl "a Eal
Nowcomes The difficulty. Rufus FIJI
called on me repeatedly for the order or :
| money. 4 consulted with most. II not a
,or,he inhabitants Of the district on the, pI
pristy OF giving up the papers and I'D money money
l Flint The whole Of them, with only =
i or three exceptions, informed me that ~
i was wholly Irresponsible, that il was
sarato entrust him with the money that
was no, The COMMITTEES Of the district,
advised me by all means, 40 hold on 10.
p,pers tiIl I obtained The money and -
rav tito. she tsacher. but not 10 Flint. lv
now importuned BY Flint more and more
the money or The order, and on refusing
paw 1.-THE threatened me with law suit $
ing thai be was sure Of collecting i from
Where lie obtained his legal Information
sequel will show.
Soon AFTER this I received -"dunn'ng
teri ron Deacon BorSiiIai DarenPer2
lawyer BY "prcfsssic'l'' Informing me
writ would come unless certain u u
hsppeasdi aAsthess things did moi hal
,be writ 5000 followed. Il was noiam'
IN lsurprise that Davenport should, q
worthless fellow, commence a suit whic
knew 70 be contrary 40 natural right and
.,ice. Blu, K. pos mystery % many,
he should commence. suit without
certain cfkis fee. II however, soon
appesring lhar he was probably owing
for labor in .building barn, this seem
be satisfactory explanation Of me
matter informed'msnY Of the Prln