The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1844-09-25
For the Northern Galaxy,
ST. CLAIR AGAIN.

are always ready TO correct errors whenever
they occur l expect to have this laid
before the public; as this ReU. Mr.. St. Clair
comes to the very grave conclusion that the
statment have before made must be, OF atleast
looked the mestI like ,cilful tdlsehood caicu-
lated for political effect Of anything he had
been obliged 10 ans1cer''-I deem it all impor-
tant to me to furnish the proof to show what
| stated to be true. And here you have it:
The following named persons came before me and
made oath, That being present in the office Of the
Northern Galaxy in Middlebury, VT, and hearing
conversation between J. Cobb Jr., and A. ST Clair
l heard MIR. St. Clair make the following answer in
substance, to accusation of Mr.. Cobb that he be-
lieved him to be a Loco-Foco, and that he believed
him to be using all his influence for that party-to
10 which he replied-'' That he Loco Foco in
| Vt.-but in N. II. he was Wing" To which Mr.
Cobb said, ''then may understand you always go
with the smaller party!'-s'Yes" said Mr.. ST. Clair,
/ always 60 with the minority"
! A. NJ. TAYLOR, Jr.
A. F. GOODNO.
Subscribed and sworn to
this 2ls, day of Sept, 1874,
Before me, E. r. WRIGHT, Just. Peace
did hope that this Reu. A. St. Clair would
not for his own sake compel me TO prove him
out to be, what almost every one is willing TO
concede he is, moral pestilence, tainting
community wherever he goes, by his false
hood and SANDER. This fellow after delaying
an answer to the 'card" published in the Gal
axy until day or two before election, comes
out with long and very ably written certifi-
cate made TO order from E. Markham, fresh
convert TO Sd partyism, TO prove conversa-
ton which said Markham nerer heard, all this
after St. Clair had been informed by Mr.
Markham that the conversation TO which nv
card had allusiOn was at another time and at
another place. Still the Reverend exultingly
asks the reader Take the paperin which |
( Isl. Clair) published note on this false state
ment OF Mr.. Cobb, and see how completely it
[ agrees with The certificate of Mr.. Markham"
St. CLAIR says, see how my statement and
Mr. Maxham's agree. Suppose they do
agree that no such statement was ever made
in Mr.. Anglers office, does that prove that
Mr.. 81. Clair did not state to me in the Office
of the Galaxy, what | said he did, before the
above unmpeachable witnesses, that ale
was Loco-Foco in VT, and Wing in n.
| HI" | think not. He goes on and says -
"What think you now of Mr.. Cobb's pro-
fessed surprise at the appearance of my de-
NAL of the statement, and of his second pub
LEGATION ofitl Does it look like Intentional
untruth" for the sake of desired result or
mott"
| still am at loss to know what could have
been the design of Mr.. ST. Clair TO make the
statement above alluded to, before SO MANY
| witnesses, and then deny tin this public man
ner, knowing he very we'll did, that had
ample proof to substantiate my statement,
unless he has adopted the motto of some 9TH
ers ofthe same kidney ''that lie well stuck
to is as good as the truth Then comes No.
3 of his notes appended to Mr.. Maxham's
certificate, Stating that a "Clergymdn'' is
ready TO give certificate, if desired, that after
the charge was first published in Mr.. Bells
paper he asked Mr.. Cobb if he believed that
| Mr.. St. Clair intended to state that he was
Loco in VT. and Wing in n. H., and that
MIR. C's answers were so eUdsire as 10 produce
in his mind the impression that MIR. C.. did
not believe it,"
"A Clergyman is ready to give his certifi-
cate and so FORTH" just as if because Cler-
| gyman said so il was proof positive-lust as if
a Layman could not state fact which might
be equally as true. And what was this Cler-
gyman going to sayl--Why, this Clergyman
is ready TO state thatI did not say TO him at
that time, believed that St. Clair had told
willul LIE-nOr that believe him to be
scOundrel-a swindler-"a hypocriie-"a
wolf in sleeps clothins"-''a religious rene
/ gade, "&c. &c nor as the Granite Freeman,
a Liberty paper in n. said, that Re tcas not
honest, and ought not to be trusted'-but that
he had ''Sfretched the truth most con 1ouRded-
iy."
''Look at Mr.. C's. long, abored care, claim
ing of Mr. Bell, as matter of justice to be
heard in paper in which Ihadsaid nothing,
and which Mr.. Cobb publishes; his sneering
contempt italicising the word Rer. "And
Rer A. st. Clair, who has of late been en-
deavOring to enlighten the good people of
Middlebury on the subject Of third party pol
itics," lugging in the fact that lie had left
pro-slavery for an anti-slavery church; aud
affirming it to be "the unanimous opinion of
all who had ever become acquainted with him
that his word was adoubtful kind of commod-
ity." These are all very bad points in wit
ness, which 60 far to impeach him, by show
ing that he is too deeply interested and reck-
less to have much regard to truth"
| The reader will perceive that the Rer. gen
tleman affects great deal of surprise that /
should ask Mr.. Bell, as a matter of justice to
myself, to be heard in his paper, over which |
have no more control, as to what shall be in
serted and what shall not, than ST. Clair him
self. or any other man. So it don't seem TO
be SO very strange after all. But the last
charge but not the least, is that the boy who
''set up" the manuscript, by my not writing
a very good fist, made mistake and put the
| Rer in ltac which he thinks must mean that
he was kind ofquack divine, and ''lugging
in the fact" that he had been in and out Of
almost every church in Christendom until
at last he had landed his restless spirit in the
True Wesleyan Church which is free from
Slavery, that being the Alpha and Omega of
his political and religious creed.
! A word more in regard to Maxhan's GER
! tifcate. The position Of Mr.. Markham is tru-
! ly trying Ons, which forcibly reminds me of
story that is told of an old man who
called his only son to his dying bed to give
him some advice, and said TO him, at is my
desire that you should get property-get 1t
honestly if you can-but at any rate get It."
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