Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1862-12-12


Brandon, VI, Dec.
tpiron FREssAs- Dear 81 | am not informed
lby Mat principle of iiir aud dsn'cfosicd deahug'
your ncighbor Of the journal permits parties T. make,
through his paper, personal and scandalUus ATTACKS,
without allowing the parry assaed to tepel the attack
willing Bug the privilege The fact know TO exist.
Hence ,sk you 10 do me the favor TO publish the
closed article, written for the Journal my defense from
the lying attacks make upon my characcrby the leaders
Of The late opposition to the brandon Bank, aud to
which The Journa has given willing circulation
Yours, ID. l.. MnIrKRN.
Following the above is an article exhibit
ing neither candor nor truth, but where the
author having apparently exhausted his own
stock OF vituperaton, without as be says
"haying endeavored to exhibit undue feeling
gives out, because he " cannot find language
sufficiently strong to rightly charac erza the
desperate aud unscruplous nature and the
destitute meanness Of the last dying efforts OF
the Spraguo party" &c. The gist of the ar
/ tcle Is that Mr. Parmenter was not the author
Of article published in the journal in Nov,
over his signature. we would not question
the yeracity of Mr. Milliken even when we
have the proof a, hand, did he not take this
method TO assail us. The first article to
which he aludes was brought into our office
at the same time with statement from the
town clerk Of Brandon and were both by us
Incorporated into and article signed by N
I Spiague, jr.,' and had every appearance Of
being genuine. The second article Mr.. Par
menter brought into this Office in person and
signed bis name in the presence Of the fore
man and was in the same hand writing Of the
former article over his signature.
We will inform our contemporary Of the
+" Monitor that the principle OF fair and
dtmtereted deaiing' ot the journal is to per
NIT the advocates and opponents Of any pro-
position, principle or institution, in which
our readers are or may be interested, the use
of our columns so long as the writer's observe
thot courtesy common to intelligent society
and the interest 10 the subject continues
But when they forget the oivility due from
one gentleman TO another and are reduced 90
the last and most desperate Of arguments sun
mitgated he,' brazen humbug,' els so
ilterate be cannot write" &c, 10 our iudg-
ment he has longer auy claims upon dis
interested journal, and especially is this so,
after the subject has been disposed of, and
only the irritation remains offcelngs inadycrt-
antly narrowed during the heat Of the con-
troyersy, and while communications from both
sides have been since alike rejected The
charter Of the Brandon Bank has been ex-
tended, we think the friends Of the measure
at least should be satisfied
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