Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1846-12-31
"HASKELL s. PALMER" s. REGIS
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TER.
MAJ. KIMBALL:--I perceive by the last
number of your paper, that you have in
serted an article from Haskell and Palm
cr," which common courtesy requires me
to notice through the same channel. |
am glad that you set them a good example;
and desire they may follow it, and insert
articles in their paper, under similar cir
cumstances. II there is one thing truly
detestabe it is the praclic of some editors
or Publishers, of allowing assaults to be
made upon individuals, and sometimes
over fictitious signatures, and then reius-
ing the assailed party an opportunity of
making defence, through the same publ
cation. 1t is punging dagger of moral
assassination at the hearts Of the unsus-
pecling, and then. closing their lips, that
they may not declare their innocence may,
worse, it Is holding back their hands, that
they may not bind up, and heal the wounds
which have been inflicted by some I'M
o known villains, crawling about in the
dark.
Suffer me to assure the candid reader Of
I. the AGE, that, sincerely as we may regret
the eyasons and sinuous manner, in
D which Haskell g. Palmer" have met my
= truthful and strait.lorward remarks con-
d corning their Register, we ought TO give
= them full credit for using their own names;
t for, excepting such editors and Publishers
= as above alluded to, there is no human
y being so much beneath all feelings ofres-
n pect, and so far without the pale OF COM
mon charity, as the man, who will COM
pose and offer for publication, articles of
slandcrous character, over any other
than his own undisgused signature.
But, before ! 90 farther, let me certify
the reader, that | am truly sorry that H.
g g. P. should have taken course which
J. compeIs me to say,in defence, what will
no, rebound to the credit Of the Register.
protest, in the strongest manner, that in
. my notice fit, (Age Dec. ~ there
h was nothing to detract, in the least, from
=, its real merits. No reader, so far as !
can learn, so understood it, But, on tine
other hand, | charitabIy gave it more credit
than it deserved, and this engage tc
show, if II. g. P. desire it, by an appea
to ndisputable facts. So far from speak
ing slightly even, of the Register, | said
n in so many words, that probably there
J. were not more mistakes In it, than in oths,
= ANNALS of the kind; /. e. other Registers
IS Hence, insist, that H, s. P. had nc
grounds Of complaint whatever. If any
body is wronged, 1t is the publisher of the
Register, which is less afflicted with er'
e rors, than the one named; (for all of them
n are incorrect in some degree.) Hence, il
j. Walton g. Sons should come out upon me
for having presumed that their Register !:
,. ~ full If errors as Haskell s Palmer S
d they would not be so much out of the way
r. [ can only plead in extenuation, that
" leaned to the side of charity, without mean
r, ing any harm to either patty
But, ask the reader TO bear me wit
l. ness that | did more than the above, t.
lie favor the Register; for, having named ;
1t few errors, which met my eye, as took q
= momentary glance at it, dipping in. here
h and there ;-errors which are so papab!e,
= tina. no man can possibly galn-say my
a statements;-I again put in qualifying
n clause, SO as to prevent any possible mis-
5. construction, and said, "such mistake:
e are Of no great consequence &c. though
y the statistics cannot be rery correct" I
was tho farthest thing on earth from my
ri intention, to derogate particle from the
l, true merits of the Register.
. Now, how it should happen that no.
IS tice ofthis kind; so plainly, so candidly.
IS so charitaby written, should have disturb
e ed the very persons who were most to be
r. benefited by it, will be uncomfortable to
!, many readers. Why rail about mes
G Why not show that have stated some
d untruh in the case, or spoken TO the dis.
C paragement Of the Register? Let them
do that, and will hold myself responsible
to suffer all the pains and penalties of per-
q jury; or any other evil in this world or
+ the next, which strict justice may award.
Haskell and Palmer do not contradict a
sentance in my article. THEY knOw better
than to do it, 1t is true, TO the core.
The difference between us is this: |
state facts; they publish eraSions of those
facts, and insnuations, as groundless, as
they of course are, beneath any thing but
passing notice.
Leaving each reader to judge for him