Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1868-08-29
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by no word or deed does Mr.. Atwood
seek to be so recognized. He keeps
quiet and lets so-calcd Republicans
work for him. Suspected with sympa-
thy for the Rebellion, on account of his
course, so cold and wanting heart dur
ing the war, he might have secured even
the tate good wishes of the Republicans
had he chosen TO, by giving one solitary
vote in favor of Congress last fall. But
consistent with his uniform course when
acting from unrcstraincd choice, he re-
corded his solitary No" against the
sympathies of his constituents and the
loyal wishes of the whole state free and
liberty lovingVcrmont; and now, after
all this course, consistently false to the
promptings of natural patriotism and
the desires of his fellow-citizens, uncon-
tradicted and unregrettcd by Mr.. At
wood, so far as any word of his shows, a
few boiling Republicans, who usually
bolt, and the Democrats OF Franklin
County, strive to whitcwash Mr.. At
wood into " trooW toll man ~ "And
Satan came also.n
The last paragraph of the circular we
speak of contains representations quite
as false III itself as the others in the in
fercnces they are intended to suggest. 1t
says:
Mr. Barlow and his friends have
stated that Mr. Atwood put his property
in u. = bonds to avoid tax at once.
The grand list of Bradley Barlow in
the Town of st. Adams in 1868
While Victor Atwood's was 1872
In 1864, Bradley Barlow's grand list
Victor Atwood's grand list was los
1t i'll becomes Mr.. Barlow to talk
about Mr.. Atwood's want of patriotism
or public spirit with such public re-
cords.N
All the tax upon real estate which
Mr.. Barlow owns in this torn is correct
~ given above. But forthc same gears,
1868 and 1864, he paid taxes on the grand
list OF Fairfield of 500 each year max
ing his tax upon real estate in Fairfield
and st. Adams much larger than Mr.
Atwood's.
1t will be seen that the assertion about
Mr.. Atwood putting his property at once
into U. S. bonds, to avoid taxes, is not
denied.
AS the questions of money, public spi-
rit, patriotism, &C., arc raised in the
above extract, let us present Il very in
torcsting contrast. Mr. Barlow not only
pays larger taxes in Franklin County
Ian does Mr.. Atwood but he also pays
heavy taxes, and has for years, in Mis-
souri,, Kansas, Colorado and New Next
co. Besides the support he thus gives
the Government, by taxes on property,
he has voluntarily contributed more
money to the Sanitary Commission in
the City of Washington than has been
given in the Town OF st. Adams, outside
of Fairs, and has advanced money time
and again to help the work of enlist
ments, &c. He has also been Il loser by
the war, not only by the robbery Of the
bank here, but also in the West, where
| he lost over ten thousand dollars at one
|
Price, now a Democratic speaker for the
Seymour and Blair whom Mr.. Atwood
supports. Mr.. Barlow saw some rea-
sons transporting theUnion cause from
the first,-reasons of patriotism as well
as property security and no word or
act of his has been wanting from first TO
last to uphold the lawful Government of
the country. If, in the face of all these
facts, Republicans can leave Mr.. Bar
low to be de feated, and cast their votes
for Mr.. Atwood, who does not claim to
be Republican, and never did, we must
conclude justly that they care little for
the triumph of their principles, and
more for the qualification Of personal
iealousies and the continuance Of dis
graceful party strife.