The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1866-09-07
THE PROOF OBTAINED AT LAST
FROM HYDE PARK!
POrtus Bakers Denial Nett!
PORTUs DAxTER's vENALITy EXPOS
ED BY HIS OWN LETTERS.


We reprint the following from the
Lamoille Newsdealcr, printed at Hyde
Park, and brought hither by Express.
The last card of Mr.. Congressman
Baxter has been played, and he is now
proved to be corrupt, by letters from his
o,cn hand.
Read the exposure and hand it to
your neighbor. Then rally to the polls
and rebuke corruption in high places
at the ballot-box.
The election OF the Hon. Romeo II.
Hoyt will follow as matter of course,
if the people turn out on Tuesday,
September 18th, and do their duty
Let the corruption ring be broken
at once and forever.
HYDE PARK, Ser. 3, 1866.
Col. E. B. SAWYER 20
Dear Sir,-At public meeting at
Newport, Saturday evening, MIR. Por-
tus Baxter made a public denial Of
the truth in the statements in your
letter, dated Aug. %, published in the
Burlington Free Press, and called for
the proof He also publicly absolved
all parties from any and every obliga-
ton of confidence to him respecting
any matter communicated by him, or
referring in any way to the charges of
corruption made against him. He al
so introduced to that meeting, Gen.
George p Foster, who claimed to
state that he knew of the contract be-
tween yourself, Mr. Benton, and Mr..
Storrs, and that it was only an agree-
ment for money to yourself and Mr.
Benton, that Mr.. Baxter had no con-
nection with the matter whatever, and
that he did not believe it to be true
that you had any such letters as stat
ed in your communication, and that
he believed the charges that had been
circulated, were circulated for politi-
cal purposes and to injure Mr.. Baxter
We, therefore, respectfully request
you to produce the letters. We think
from the facts above stated you are
absolved, by Mr.. Bakers course aud
statements toward yvu,-from every
obligation TO him, and that you owe it
to yourself to vindicate yourself, and
confirm your statements by producing
the letters. 4ol. faait
And allow us to add, that the publ
cation of these letters, under the cir
cumstances, will, in our judgment,
meet the hearty approval Of every
honorable man in the district.
Very Respectfully,
GEO. j. STANDARD,
j. S, ADAMS,
II. G. BENTON
HYDE PARK, SEPT. 3, 1866.
Messrs. Geo. j. Stannard, j. S. Adams,
and r. G. Benton
Gents, reply to your note OF
this date, requesting me to make pub
lie the letters of Mr.. Baxter, allow me
to say, that / have hitherto steadfastly
refused to make them public on ac-
count of my personal regard for Mr..
Baxter, to whom l have been under
many obligations. Since, as appears
by your note, Mr.. Baxter has himself
not only expressly absolved me from
all obligations to him, but has also
both in person and by q man speaking
for him, endeavored to impeach my
veracity and that of others connected
with this matter, l regard myself free
to produce them, and bound to do SO
for my own protection.
Accordingly, / hand you, herewith,
for publication, copies of those parts
of the letters relating to the Storrs'
matter, and submit the originals for
your inspection.
/ shall retain the originals in my
own possession, where they have al
ways been, and will show them to any
person who may ask to see them. l
shall also show them at a public meet
ing at Wolcott to-day.
may add that the original agree
ment was made orally between me and
Mr.. Baxter, and was that Storrs was
to pay $3.50 per annum, and / was to
be responsible for that. and that Mr..
Baxter repeatedly called on me in per-
son, and by these, and other letters
which / have lost, to have the agree
ment fulfilled.
will further state that when Mr..
Baxter called out Gen. Foster to i'm
peach my veracity, he had in his peck
ct copy of the abstract of these let
ters which l had furnished him the
day before.
Very Respectfully,
Your obi,
E. b. SAWYER.