Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-04-03
Plymouth secession.
From the windsor Journal, March 2ls,


Plymouth Secession.
From the windsor Journal, March 2lst.
Has PLYMOUTH Seeded IA correspond
ent writes us from Plymouth, as follows -" Near
the close of the town meeting after many had left,
the Hon j. w. Stickney moved to instruct the
town treasurer not TO prosecute in case any man
refused to pay the tax on his dog, in compliance
with the new State law, Some OF his friends Sec
ondcd the motion, and it passed He then moved
TO instruct the Listers not TO take the dogs on the
list at all. which was also passed
Now suppose we are free from the State; have
seeded. The South seeded for her negroes but
we seeded for our dogs" PLYMOUTH.
! From the Windsor Journal, March 2Sth.
Tyson FURNACE, VT, March %, 1868.
Mr. EDITOR My attention having been called
to an article in the Journal of the l4th inst, head
ed Has Plymouth .Seceded9" / find your corre-
/ spondent, over the assumed signature OF "Plym-
puth' makes unauthorized use of my name TO pub
sh two distinct fasehoods. First am made the
prime mover of vote of the town to instruct the
town treasurer not to prosecute IN case any man
refused to pay the tax on his dog" i believe it is
generally understood, even by those that make no
pretcnsions TO knowledge of town business, that
the treasurer has no power TO enforce the payment
of taxes that duty being by law part of the bus
ness of the constable and collector therefore the
falsity well the ignorance OF the hrSt state-
ment appears plainly on its face
Second, the undersigned is made to ask the town
to instruct the listers not to take the dogs the
tax list at ALL" This is, qualify it as you may a
| bare malicious falsehood no such motion was made,
advocated or voted for by me; neither was there
any attempt on my part to have procured the max
ing OF such movement in the town meeting referred
| to.
The originator of these statements knew them to
4 hn false when he made them If he the
time.
Now, Mr. Editor, it is supposed, even here that
we are a part of the State of Vermont, and cannot
be written into secession by your correspondent,
who seems to have been attacked with dog the
brain, about the time our Legislature was in ses-
sion last fall and now appears to be in the ncipi-
ent stages of Hydrophobia. Respectfully yours.
j. w. STICKNEY.
PLYMOUTH, VT, March "a, 1868.
Mr.. EDITOR From late number of
the Vermont Journal, first learned that
the old rock-bound and iron rveted town OF
: Plymouth had seeded" had stepped
quite out of the control of the State of Yer
mont. The correspondent who first re.
vealed this idea to the Journal, assigned as
lDG EtdSUu lUI SuCtt I6UCiiiUuS
that the law for taxing dogs did not meet
|, with favor by decided majority of the
town; in other words, sc we seeded for our
/, dogs"
1t is fortunate that we have a correspond
ent within our comparative limits that can
pen nicely finished article for the press,
and still more fortunate that we have a
large and respectable looking newspaper SO
conveniently situated, in which such article
can be published If it had been other.
; wise we should still suppose we were par
} of the great County of Windsor, and yet
a parcel of the loyal State Of Vermont.
A large majority of the town, however
do not noao believe that we have seeded
and give strong proof of our high toned
5 LOYALTY. They say it would he impossi
$ Bile for our town to be either voted, writer
or read into secession, when one-tenth o
our population have gone into the field to
q battle for the STARS AND STRIPES, anG
# this one-tenth being made up of our bes
e young men,-when men who claim oul
hillsides and valleys as their birthplace
have bravely fought on every battlefield o
: this rebellion when the bones of our son
are bleaching on southern plains, or lii
thickly buried beside the great father 0
Is waters. When copperheads were discover
&c ed on New England soil, and no man re
9 nowned for eloquence appeared at our In
u ION meeting to arouse US to more vigor
: Gus policy, some Of our own people, VIII
- usually were only attentive listeners, arose
d fred with true patriotism, and at once be
); came eloquent for sustaining the constitu
ton and laws, and pledged anew their live
and fortunes to put down all rebellion, wheth
= er North or South and when our leadin
At church members became so filled with th
spirit of patriotism as TO forget entirely tn
time and the place, and talk long and lou
against every supposed appearance of st
cession, even within the walls OF the sane
~ tuary on the holy Sabbath day. And you
nj correspondent begins TO be of the sam
Q opinion,-the article in the Journal to ii
"a contrary notwithstanding. Yours, &c.
'ei Lass V***.
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