Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1872-10-04
DR.; BULLARD'S REPLY TO
RANKIN.
A sTATnMENr OF oMonE FACTS,

A few weeks since Andrew j. Rankin
made n personal attack upon me in the cal
cdoni1ia, stating what he claimed told Mr..
Gates two years ago. I offered to show in
the Cdlcdonidn,--I did show in the Times
that it was false, by statements of Mr.. Gates
himself Last week the same author, in the
same paper, made another, if possible more |
false and impudent attack, when il was with
in his reach easily to have ascertained the |
| facts, if he had had any such disposition, by |
making inquiries of either Mr.. Idle, Mr.. Dali |
ton, DIR. lIoskins or Mr.. Cummings. Ran
kin says;
About two years ago, Bullard bought tho
| 81. JohRSbury Tunes lie run it ut u loss u
! few months, and sold IL Mt u profit. Mr..
Earle, after sinking some three or four thou
sand dollars in the enterprise, sold it to one
! Dalton. The trade was so made us to cancel
Earle's obligation to Billiard Dalton giving
his notes with suretios us security, and MS
II now appears making special contract for
the use of two columns for the purpose of
this campaign. This purchase Of Dalton
1CdS Hddc The first or second aCcck IN FebrUd-
ry. Dalton run the paper till lust week-eX-
| cept the two columns retained by Bullard-
when, without the knowledge of Billiard, he
sold it to lloskins a. Cummings, of Newport,
making 10 mention of this incumbrance, or
| covenant, remaining on the paper. The con-
tract was put into writing Billiard, on
learning of the sale, Immediately sent Hen
ry &. Idle, (who together with Steele himself
has been the editor of Billiards. two col
umns) who threatened DR.. Hoskins that he
should not have possession of the property
except on condition that Billiard should con
troll and use il for the remainder of the cam
pagn.
Not one word of this is true, except that |
bought the Times and sold il to Earle ut II
profit, and all Rankin had to do, and in JUS
tice should have done, was to inquire of eli
ther Of the above gentlemen, to know it to
be false. This he had not the candor and
fairness to do, and seeing he had not, refer
to those gentlemen and to Mr.. Dalton's let
ter to prove the utter falsity of the whole
sweeping assertion. never made any con-
5 tract whatever with Mr.. Dalton for "two
r columns or any other portion Of the Times,
for the support OF Judge Steele either in his
paper or out, ut any time, us may be seen by
. Dalton's statement. ! never sent Mr.. lde to
; see DR.. lloskins. Allmy transactions with the
0 Times We're fair, aboye-board business trans
D. actions and have been so decided in a court of
Justice. | did not, as did Rankin, buy the
Times, or part of it, then back out, and
then, rs compensation for my peridy and
lack of business integrity, agree to write for
!. and partly edit it for II time, and then still
n further add downright dishonesty by sucing
the party with whom | so agreed for pay for
these same services.
am mt loss to account for these Phillip
les against me,--for so many false statements
& in reference to myself in this campaign.
!, might with propriety admit all true, had it
It been so, for believe nothing is claimed but
. what in honesty and fairnes, | should have &
right to do; and were it unfair, and all thai
is claimed II would in no way approach the
mlairncss of Polald's friends. But thC
= truth is, | have not been rs active as shoulc
- have been, considering the high regard anC
J, personal friendship hold for Judge Steele
If but that some Of nay best friends in this
county are Judge Polands friends have
never been either in or out of town to tspe.
;s cialy solicit support for Judge Steele. Whcr
| have been about the county professionally
and the matter has come up, | have frankly
u and openly expressed my preference, giving
l. my reasons and no more, and | refer to m,
y associates for the proof.
ID | have no personal hostility for Judge Pc
= land. The Judge knows it, and ought to tel
his frantic prating sonin-law, and not allow
- his invoCtive venom to boil over upon ont
who simply likes another better than him.
support Judge Steele because | reglrd hin
is MS u grca, man, respectable men, Il gentle
man who does. not lord it over his associates
, and friends Rankin will not, 1t seems, M
\ low Judge Steele's personal friends tina
~ rjght without personally attacking them
III and chasing them rs "consprators."
l. There is principle in human nature whicl
: all business men understand: If a maj
h. abuses you without your knowledge, and yor
IL still treat him kindly, he will shun you Il
his enemy; he knows you ought to he, ant
~ thinks you probably are, and hence he is jeal
y Gus of you and regards you rs his enemy.
to suspect this is the relation of Judge Polan
X to myself and my reasons for so thinking
,,, win be more apparent when we learn NOR
about the ST. Iohnsbuly Post Office, of whic
" Rankin says so much in the last Cdlcdo
i He says:
Some time since, when Mr.. Hall rcsgnc
the Office of post master III this village, MI
al Henry Fleetwood who had been his clerk
aud who had managed the affairs of the OF
lg lice to the universal acceptance of the pcO
Il pie, made application for the appointment
and, in accordance with the wishes of man
u who were consulted in the matter he wa
II. recommended by Judge Poland. Before tn
matter was fully consummated Gates II
IL Bulard, learning what was on foot, aud no
10 having been consulted in the matter, fcl
called upon to oppose the movement. ii
ry therefore looked around fora candidate, AM
found n worthy young mana wor kman i
the loundry-but who had never had an.
os business experience. Now the business of
n. post Office like that of st. ,Johnsbury, one q
the four leading post offices in the State.
~ not little complicated, and could not b
ed successfully managed by one totally withou
business experience. Mr. Fleetwood ha
C. given universal satisfaction in the manage
De mcnt of The office under Mr.. Hall, and back
ed 10y his petition he received the appoint
GO ment. Bullard was cmaged lie swor
h vengeance.
10 The whole of this paragraph is utterl
or false ms fur rs the statements in regard to my
self arc concerned. Judge Poland had not
more enthusiastic supporter than myself dur
y ing his Senatorial campaign. | begged q
as HIM not to make the ignominious and COW
rs ardly retreat which he did mako in that con
q. test and which lost him so many friends il
Of the State. But u scat in Congress he wa
bound to have, no matter ut what cost q
70 dignity or honor. | went to White Rive
III Junction to see him do it, though when
re went hoped no would not, but he did. i
to- his speech of acceptance, in which h
A. ''swapped the butler for the cook, and spoil
i, ed the BROTH he lauded the returned sol
- diers, took to himself great credit for havin
10 got Stannard-"ow Stannard' -appointe
IS, collector, and then am there pledged him
self eypr to look out for them, saying h
ON should ever regard it MS II duty and pleas
- uge to ever serve them in giving them all tn