The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-08-29
j. WARNER.
7s the Editoy ofme Md&e5nry Register.

1S the Editor oftie Niddlc5nry Register,
SiR-The repeated and unjust at
tacks which have, for the last few weeks,
been made upon me through the columns
of your paper, would remain unanswered
by myself did not a sense of duty to the
County Convention and the friends who
have placed me in nomination for the Of
flee Of Senator, impcl me to reply.
/ shall do this in the most concise
manner possible, and cndeavor to avoid
any remark that will prolong a contro.
versy which. it seems to me, is unwiso
and uncalled for.
have been charged. through your pa
per, with seeking to alter. Improperly
the present listing law, 80 as to prevent
debtor from ofisetting or deduciing his
Indebtedness from his personal property
As you were at the time Assistant Clerk
of the House. you should know this TO be
an unjust charge. In 1850 | was Chair
man of the Committee of Ways and
Means, to whom was referred various
petitions and propositions to alter the
existing law relating TO this point. |
remember the point Was urged by sew
cral farmers, who stated that, under tho
present law very large amount of the
personal property Of the State disappear
ed, and left the taxes to fall too heavily
on the real estate. At the request OF
those gentlemen, and by vote of ma.
iority of the Committee. the bill was re.
ported to the House and, on a motion
to dismiss rose in my place and stated
that had no objection to its dismissal,
that reported it as the organ Of the
Committee, and that | felt no DISPOSE
ton personally to advocate or vote for
it.
| am also charged. while a member Of
the Legislature, with having " uniform
y lodged all temperance questions" and
the Journals Of 1850 aul / sl2 are cited.
Perhaps it will be sufficient, in an
swcr, to refer Gully to $50. when. as the
editor says. the first prohibitory law was
passed / well remember its history.
The yeas and nays we're first called at
an evening session. and n motion was
made to DISMISS, which only received in
its favor some - votes. did not at.
tend the evening session. At the sec.
ond calling Of the yeas and nays, was
present and voted with the gentleman
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