Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-04-15

then accepted and laid upon the table, and
the meeting adjourned for dinner.
The election Of Directors was the first
business of the afternoon, which, with other
matters brought forward, occupied consider
able time. The report was then taken up,
and without any discussion referred to the
Directors Some other business was hur-
riedIy introduced, the committee waiting
for the first available moment to call up the
resolutions, if not taken up by the Presl'
dent when, without any torewarnlng, a
motion TO adjourn was made and put, and
the meeting declared to be adjourned. The
whole was but the work of a moment. In
the hustle of a crowded room, the motion
was not even heard by the committee, and
not dozen ayes and noes, taken together,
were heard. Expressions of deep dlspIeas-
ure at the abrupt and unlocked for break
ing up Of the meeting, were made by many
By some the proceeding was regarded as
trick 10 prevent the resolutions from being
considered. ANY Inference, then, from the
way in which the action of the committee
is spoken of by Mr.. Quincy, that til 9th
resolution was detached from the report by
US, because we judged it best not to press 1t on
The attention of the stockholders tor their a.
doption, would be as far as possible from
the truth The sole object Of our action
was to save time TO the meeting Tor the full
Ter discussion Of the resolutions when
brought up in order, as il was expected they
would Ire. Mr.. Quncys remarks only
made It the more evident to US and to 9th
ers, that the 9Th resolution, and indeed, al
of them ought to be passed. At the samt
time, we say plainly that neither then no
at any time, did we suppose that the Dlrec
tors, whose acts we have condemned, i'll
tended to give Mr.. Quincy authority to u.s.
the credit Of the company in such name
as, from his letter, we understand tito hav
been used by him. More than that, we dl'
not get the impression from his remarks
nor hear of its being received by any on
else, that he claimed any such authority
although we heard severe remarks enough
as to what he did say As to what infer
ence ought to be drawn from the facts tina
the Stockholders did not act upon the 81
resolution under the circumstances, other
can Judge IS we'll as we can. This is Gel
tain no motion was made under whc
an remark or any one of the resolution
could he made in order, and there was
fair opportunity to make any such motor
Had one been made, (and nothing but tn
unlocked for adjournment prevented it, an
a fair discussion allowed, we did not dout
then, and we do not doubt now that all tn
resolutions would have been passed by
nearly unanimous vote. if the vote had bee
taxi en- in the usual manner.
This is no place to speak of the merit
or the grounds ofthe several resolutions
The reason for them were contained in til
body OF the report. We claimed no speci
b. credit for The report nor for the resolution
5 The report was brief one, perhaps twlc
as long as Mr.. Qincys letter; and as to Il
e resolutions, we do not see how any persc
u entrusted with the same duty, could hay
u reached any other conclusions than we d
y 1t is true, we have regretted their suppre
sion, because if published they might ha'
n called into action in the minds of the stoc
e holders moral force to AID very much Il
y efforts of all who, in their official relation
q have been striving to bring about an ia
> proved condition in the company's affair
g We regret il now for another reason. lila
J. they been published this communicate
would have b zen unnecessary.
81 j. WHEELER, Committee
n. G. w. BIZ EDICT, oi
a DANIEL BALDWIN, } Investigate
ct April 5th 1882.