The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1866-09-07
From u, D1fy Free Prcss, Aug. 20.
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public will be Interested to know that
failing in getting the nomination there,
Mr.. Baxter is now calling upon rs to
make good his outlay
This cool demand is made in the
shape OF n document drawn ND by
Mr.. Baxter's attorney, jacob Mack.
IN which he rccites that the plaintiff.
Mr. Baxter, has announced himself MS
candidate for election to Congress :;
that thereupon the editors of this pa
per, greatly envying the happy state
and condition of the plaintiff have
been trying to make people believe that
MIR. Baxter, Whose high standing
with the administration at Washing
ton is duly related, had secured the
appointment of bad and corrupt men
to government officers in this district,
and had been proftng personally and
pecuniarily by the patronage under his
control and that thus we, the wicked
and malicious defendants, had brought
Mr.. Baxter into public scorn and
disgrace, with those to whom the in
nocence, candor and integrity of the
plaintiff were unknown :" and that the
plaintiff Bakers good name, fame and
credit, have been brought into public
scandal, Intamy and disgrace among
all his neighbors, and tho good and
worthy citizens of the State, who be-
hoye the plaintiff to be guilty Of the
oflenses and misconduct imputed to
him, and who refuse to have any con
versation, acquaintance or intercourse
with him; and that thus he has been
greatly injured and damniied, to wit
Mt Derby, aforesaid to his damage ten
thousand dollars, which we are thus po-
htely asked to pay. The document
recites some of the language we have
used and copied from other papers
about MIR. Baxter; but fights as shy
OF ali alluslon to the Storrs case, as
Mr.: Baxter does in his public denals
and speeches
Now we have to say to this, that
while there is considerable truth told
IN this document, and Mr.. Baxter
might have made tho statement even
stronger, MS to the depth of disgrace
into which he has fallen, amongst ali
his neighbors," there is also consider
able in it that is not true. We never
envled Mr.. Bakers happy state and
condition in our lives we don't think
he has been in very happy state and
condition lately; and we respectfully
decline to pay over any ten thousand
dollars for his use and benefit We
hear that our neighbor of the Times
and one or two other citizens OF Bur
llington, in like manner are to be or
have been called on thus to contribute
TO Mr., BaXter's future support, which
the people of this district are about to
decline to pay for any longer
Seriously, this bringing of libel suits
just before election is very cheap and
silly performance on Mr.. Baxter's part.
such proceeding never did, and can
not now, alter in his favor single |
vote for any candidate. There is not
voter in the district so dull as not
to know that it is very easy matter
to bring suit before election, and to
withdraw it after election none that
will not see that such a commence
ment OF sham suit prcUes lotlsing !;
none that will not say, if Mr. Baxter
wants to vindicate his character, let
him do SO by calling for the produc-
ton OF his own letters, which every
one now believes to implicate him,
and by meeting the facts which bear
on HIM with such crushing weight
and not by an action of law, which
cannot even begin to have a hearing
before next December.
If MIR. Baxter thought to frirhter
us IN this way. he has "missed hi!
guess" We have inueHted NOTHING
against him, and it will occur to think
ing people that we have probably no
said what we have about him, without
something to fall back on, in the even
of being called on to support our allie
cations in court of law. We shall
be most happy 10 do so, whenever w,
can have the opportunity. In THU
State, fortunately, the proof of tn,
truth forms n complete iustifcatio fol
an alleged libel, courts allow prett,
wide range OF testimony, and sub
p@na overrides all promises of secrecy
We should like nothing better than
the privilege Of placing under examin
alton and cross examination, on Tia,
stand, VIM. Clapp, Rolla Gleason, N
w. Bingham, Aleck Noble, Carlo
Baxter, n. L. Sheafe G.. n. Dale, N
z. Bowman, Il. Il. Whiting, H. n
Barber, w. b. Yiele j. ID. Hatch. r
G. Benton, L. b. Sawyer, l.. p. Poland
and number of other persons, q
whose names we have little list
And if ~e made nothing out Of tn
revelations of Portus Bakers person
al and political character, of the char
acter and fitness of his appointees l.
office, and of the nature of the trans
actions which have been going on il
this district for the last six years, whicl
such trial would involve, the pa6H
would make enough to Justify us il
making every exertion to secure sucl
an opportunity. We have no hope
however, that it will be permitted us
If 1T should, We promise our reader
Emusic" ahead.