Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1866-08-31

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An extract from the Erat;leboro Record
has becn extensively circulated, printed in
handful form, bidding all Republicans be-
ware oil voting i5r Mr.. lloyt, because hc Is a
johnson man. The above show what
tire johnson m,r themselves think or him.
\ BsvEF MESSING ~ CmaloT1E-Ne.
BANTER oN lur Srs>p.-IIe DECLINES T5 EE
QuE>rioNED.- lt D., uut,rst,.l that Mr.. Por-
tu- Baxter announced at Ilyiepark tha, hc
would confront hi- opponents and answer
their charges in every county in the district,
How be did It IN his own county We have
mentioned in another paragraph. How he
ha- Conc It in this county remains To lc
tod.
\ meeting took place Friday at the
town Hall ia Charlotte. No public notice Of
it was given in the raTcr-. and Of course no
very general attendance was secured. About
,sr,Hfp I0sous. however, esscmblct.-a
third Of whom wore citizens llaiies and gen
tlc1ncu) Of Charlotte, and fhc remaining
two thirds, rs We are informed, were friends
Of Nj Baxter drumm,d up 10 Iliucsburgh
and Shclburn. Before them appeared Mr.
Baxter, and made rambling speech, con-
sistiug chiefly Of declarations Of what he
had done for the soldicr-, how be loved
them and how they loved him lie also in
very general way, as we hear, alluded to
the fact that there wcfc ISLANDERS in circula-
ton about hiu, and pronounced them iai.e.
Returning 10 hi- owr good deeds, he was
getting On swimmmcly, wien Hon. Dan1
Roberts. of ,his city, who had accidentally
happened to hear of the meeting and started
at once ,o attend il. entered the hail. when
with an apI,arln,c OF considerable irrita-
ton, Mr.. Baxter brought Is Iceeh TO
close.
Nj. Eohuts ti,n I,-e and a,kcd It tins
was an open meeting, or one solely of Mr..
Baxter. friends 10 thc latter. Of course he
did not desire to intiuGe if the former he
would like to rut IA question OF ,wo 10 the
Congressman. An attempt was made to
cough and scrapo down Mr.. Roberts but he
stood his ground tin he had made himself
undrrst od. when a Shciharu man announced
in effect that they did not wish to hear any
thing from Mr. R7bcrt- Mr. Baxter also was
understood 10 say with much heat, that hc
disdaine1 to answer any questions from that
gentlem,n, and amid renewed storm Of
coughs aud unmannorly noises, Mr.. Roberts
left the Hall, and the meeting ended.
The effect Of this affair, as We are informed
was only to weaken NJ. Blxtcr's cause IN
Charlotte. Several worthy gentlemen, who
had been among his strong supporters, were
free in expressing their disgust at the pro-
ccedings and their fense OF the inad,quacy
Of attempt at self-vindication and the
general feeling down there with straight
forward men, is that they want nothing
mole to do with = candidate who dare not
confront an opponent, and declines respect
ful request for Ieimisson to put pertinent
ques ion.
Saturday morning MIR. Baxter left thee0unty.
This, then, Is Mr. Baxtcr's public facing Of
tie charges against him, for this County {!
just look at it, The only manly way for
him, Of course, was to have come before
public meeting in Burlington lie would,
if he desired, have had the benefit OF a timely
announcement in cur city dailics and would
have secured beyond doubt large aud re-
srectful audience. \ call for the evidence
against him would have been squarely met,
and any explanation on his part allowed a fair
hearing, and full and fair report IN our
| columns. Could there he better Oppor-
| tunity than this for an honest man. unjustly
malignod, to clear his reputation? Instead
Of this Mr.. Baxter slips of, without public
! notice, TO Charlotte, about the smallest and
quIetest village IN the county, and there be-
fore a little assemblage, mainly composed Of
his own partizans, collected in by private
warning from that and neighboring towns,
be proceeds to deliver a self lnudatoTy speech
And when gentleman Of highest respccta.
bility ard standing asks permission to put a
fair and proper question. Mr.. Baxter de-
clines, and his olaqUers cough down the ques
TONER Whata farce was this And wha
is the inevitable presumption as to the gull
| or Innocence Of the chief actor In IL