Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-07-08

Committee did not give the lines the Will
at the same time that they gave it to us;
that we did not get the Chairman OF the
Committee to request us to say anything
that the true call was not "drawn up by
us, if drawing up means more than the writ
inc down of Just what the Committee first
decided to have written that no member OF
the Committee gave the Times any official
copv of the call that the Times call is not
.exactly like the committees call, nor
little more accurate in phraseology; that the
Times did not publish it without thinking Ct
the Free Press that the Chairman is not,
and has not been in any dilemma that he
never asked for copy of the call tor the
Times and that the Free Press has shed no
tears, and expressed no Indignation IN this
matter. Most of the Times article is there
fore, not to put too fine point on 1t, sheer
fabrication of the most impudent SORT As
for the small remainder, we have to say that
the three members of the County Com mittee
met in our office on Friday afternoon, that
they there determined upon the date OF the
Convention, and upon the phraseology OF the
call. and how it was to be published. As to
who held the pen to write down what the
committee decided to have written, that IS
of no more consequence than 1t was who
made the pen or ink or paper. The call was
signed by the three members OF the commit
tee and left with us to publish the next day.
The Committee intended that the call
should appear first in the FREE Press, as
there are good and sufficient reasons why 1t
should, but they did not slight the Times in
any way When one of them spoke of hav-
ing manuscript copy of the call made for
the Times, we remarked that there was no
need of their doing so unless they chose, as
we would save them the trouble, by carrying
in person, in the morning, printed slip OF
the call to the editor of the Times, telling
HIM that we did so for the Committee. The
implication that we interposed an objection
to any ones furnishing manuscript copy
to the Times, or that any discourtesy was in
tended or offered by us to the Committee or
to the Times, is false and absurd. We made
our offer in order to obhge both the Commit
tee and the Times. OF course, the call was
the Committees own, and we could not, had
we tried, have prevented their making fifty
copies of it, if they had chosen so to do.
OF course the FREE Press might have pub
lished the call that evening, had we chosen
to do so day in advance of its date. OF
course, too, we were surprised to find in next
mornings Tunes a call bearing the names Of
the Committee, but differing in phraseology
making the election Of delegates Totcn bust
ness instead of the business of the Republican
roters of the Towns, and dated day before
the regular one signed by them and left with
us the afternoon before. The chairman Of
the committee apparently shared our surprise
and without request or suggestion from US
asked us to make short statement for him
which we did, in as few words as possible
and be it noted, WITHOUT the addition of ant
1lluuo1 to the Times, or any comment or CT
preston Of opinion tchaterer. What foolish
babble it is then for the Times to talk Of the
FREE Press showing " i'll temper" shed
ding tears" or exhibiting " virtuous indig
nation -
The Times CLAIMS the authority Of . q
member of the committee, - Understood to b
nr Beecher,) for Its course. The Times ha,
shown itself too reckless in its language OF
this matter to be relied on for exactness il
any part of its statement. If its account OF
this point is true, it remains for that " mem
Der of the committee" to explain how HI
came to alter the arrangement,
of the committee respecting theil
call, and to sign, without their leave, the
names Of the other two to different docu
ment from the one prepared and signed by
them all, whereby the committee is made t
appear before the public, as having ISSUED
tlro calls for one Convention Such a pro
ceeding is disorderlY, and of dangerous ten
dency. whoever is justly chargeable with i
in the present case, and however free h
may have been of evil intention