Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1862-11-21
FREDERICK HOLBROOK.
By His Exccllency the Governor,
SAMUEL WILLIAMS,
Secretary of Cira and NiiHary A6airs.
BANK QUESTlON-SPR vs.. FACTS.
MoNIIoR OrrcE, ;

MoNuoR OFFICE.
BRANDON, VI, Nov. 18th, 1862
Hon +. p. WAIroN:
Dear SIN. r. Spugue, Jr., again call for
a word from me through your columns In reply
TO his week insinuation that the Monitor is a
mere mouth-piece for certain few ! will say
that no man knows better than Mr. Sprague that
the Monitor is published for the people, he him
self having asked and never been denied the use
OF its columns. IL is news. indeed. TO the cti-
zcns of Brandon II portion of the Sprague fani-
ly have been disornsd and disiaherfe3 and that
the whole family circle consists Of tioo--father
and son.
unquaihedly assert that Mr. Parmenter is not
the real author Of the article published By SpraCue
AS " Mr. Parmenters article That garbled
statement is o mougrel, Marsh-Spngue chicken,
patched 10 accomplish object entirely worthy
the exalted source from which it emenatcd.
Mr.. Parmenter informs me that the article WAS
signed after cursory perusa, without due consid-
Grafton, and that by it he is made 10 state what is
not true in point OF fact. And he unhesitatingly
declares that II the article was now presented TO
him he should wholly refuse to place his signature
thereto.
This most certainly cancels the pretended testi-
mony of Mr. Parmenter, which has been so pomp-
ously paraded before the public 1t also serves
70 give the Legislature a faint idea of the peculiar
faculty possessed by some for spoHging out reluot-
ant alBhltuTest desired ccfliucatcs, &c. Al the
time OF the purchase Of the late Brandon Gazette,
had Mr. Sprague informed me that the precise
conditions OF the sale matter which rery
particularly concerned himself personally and the
public generally, | should have freely granted him
the privilege, (Which do not Withhold from him
even now of copying the erdct conditions of the
sale as recorded upon the back of the original bill
given by Mr.. Parmenter--the same 10 have been
mounted as a mammoth ptlcard and by him borne
about the streets of Montpelier and Brandon, 10
his hearts content These conditions of the sale
would most certainly show who did really purchase
the property.
The certificates ofMr. Davenport and Mr.. Par
menter do not prone anything concerning the num-
Der OF voters or persons, signing remonstrance
against the re-charter of the Brandon Bank. They
do not certify that they have examined the oriqi-
nat circumstances, and II is well understood that
they did not examine the originals aud come TO
such and such conclusions. but that they examined
merely what purpOried te be copies Of originals
Now If the old post Office game of this Sprague
family has been re-enacted, il will leave quite a
wide margin for speculation in relation 10 these
so called copies.
Mr., Sprague knows that ! have never repre-
scented that only three or tptW demonstrated
against the wishes of the majority That pre-
tended quotation and represention Of my comments
IS a simoH pure humbug. | have and still do
maintain that the real heartfelt opposition TO the
Brandon Bank, as am institution, does not extend
to number exceeding half dozen But those
lew Wonld sooner reign in HI than serve in
Heaven. ! am, etc,
DANIEL L. NlLLIKEN.