Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1866-06-01


ofhe COMMITTEES to consul, NTH the editors IF
me Chronicle. To the Gmrai Cohvmtioa
ofthe Go, gregationai ministers and Church
es Of Vermont!
The undersigned, Committee Of the Genor-
al Convention on the Vermont Chronicle, take
this method to lay before you the results Of
their action.
On the lth day Of December, A. ID. 1862,
Mr. Bishop, hen editor and proprietor Of
the Chronicle, sold the paper to Lyman j.
McIndoe, Of Windsor. "The indeutures
made and concluded between Nelson Bishop,
Of Windsor. of the first part, and Lyman j..
Mcludoe, OF Windsor, on the second part,
witnesseth !" " That the party on the first
part, Ia consideration Of the agreements to be
performed by the party Of the second part,
hereinafter named. doth hereby sell and trans
fer to said party of the second part, the fol-
lowing described property, viz: Here folio VS.
a description of the property pertaining to the
Chronicle) The said party Of the second
part further agrees to employ the said party
Of the first part for the term Of three years
from said first day Of January next to edit the
said Vermont Chronicle, and to give him, as
such editor, control and direction Of the edit
ing Of said paper for the time aforesaid
And the said party Of the second part hereby
further agrees that in case Of the decease OF
the said party of the first part before the ex-
pifauon Of the aforesaid time Of three years,
and thereafter, IN The future, the said Chroni-
Gle shall be edited by some person duly APP
proved by Committee appointed by the
General Convention Of the Congregational
Ministers and Churches Of Vermont Of the
Vermont Chronicle
Near the termination OF Mr.. Bishops en-
Ragemept, yousf Committee requested Mr.
Mclndoe TO fulfil his contract and appoint an
editor they should approve. He consented
to do so, but made no attempt to comply with
his agreements, or his assurances to the Com
mittee. On the 5th Of February last we again
called bis attention to his Obligation, and
sought 10 put him under a written agreement
that should give US satisfactory assurance
that he would carry out his original contract
in good faith He declined entirely to give
the Committee any written or verbal assut-
ance to this effect, stating in explicit terms
that be invested SIS, 900 10 the Chronicle
in order to obtain control of it +; that control
he now had that control he never would re-
linquish, so help him"
We we're satisfied from our interview with
Mr. Meindoe that The Vermont Chronicle bad
passed completely and forever cut Of The
hands Of our Consention and Churches. We
we're satisfied that the present proprietor was
determined to break the stipulation Of bis
contract. and to use the Chronicle, in conuec-
ton with bis Utker papers, for his own inter-
est, spective Of the relation II had always
/ sustained 10 our Convention, of the wishes Of
our ministers and churches and Of his own
agreements. We were also reluctantly com
PEELED 10 regard il no longer the time honored
organ Of our denomination in this State, but
simply as the private speculation of Mr.. McIn-
doe. Having repudiated his obligations be
has no moral or legal claim to our support
and no right to represent our Churches.
Meanwhile. knowing this state Of facts,
various associations snd influential ministers
and laymen have desired the Committee to
make arrangements for the publication Of a
new religious paper which shall be the Or
gan of our denomination in this State The
Committee have not felt authorized to do
this, but have concluded to submit. the fore!
going statement to the ministers aud church
es--to publish it before the meeting OF the
General Convention, in order that the dele
gates of the Convention may take the su hject
into consideration and come prepared to rep
resent The opinions of che churches ia respect
to the establishment Of another paper And
in case it should be the general wish and
purpose TO surrender the Chronicle wholly to
Mr.. Mclndoe, without any further attempt
to secure his compliance with his agreements,
and to establish new paper that shall more
fairly represent our denomination, the Com
mittee would suggest the following resolutions
for the consideration and action Of the Con-
venuon. II the Convention determine to es-
tabIioh new paper, it will be necessary to
take some such action as is proposed in them
fesoived 1bat Vie Committee of the Cen
eTal Convention, to be appointed for this pur-
pose, proceed immediately 70 make arrange
ments for the publication Of new religious
paper to be the organ Of he Congregational
Churches Of Vermont, and that we pledge
our cordial c0-opeiRuon and aid in this en-
terprise
Rescued, That the same Committee be au-
thoraed to raise By subs ription, or in such
way AS they may deem best, the sum OF TWEEN
ty five hdndred dollars, to be sed in defray-
ing he expense Of establishing q new paper
and that the subscribers to suco fund may
form company for the publication OF paper,
to be the organ Of our thutches, which com
pany shall be ia correspondence with this
Convention, through it, Committee, and shall
be rubjeet 10 such rules ar may b. mutually
agreed upon between them. And the Con-
veniion pledges its operation with said
company loug as it shall act in CORES pond
euce end harmony with the aforesaid Com
miree.
All OF which is respectfully submitted,
GEORGE b. TYLER,
T. Fairbanks,
w. II. LORD,
JAMES I. HYDE.
BRArrLEBoHo, May 1866.