The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1872-06-20

You gave publicity t. yegr peut gp
wrath aud bitterness and eonteupi 90
maauer and f0rm az set forth u yeag
letter. oa the same principle ihat'tIc
Quaker adopted WHOM hg expressed
himself greatly pleased % bear man
.pr5hucly and violently curse and
swear, iusiilying his pleasure and wish
by saying Il is ia him, and ought %
come out Of him, while IN him Il aeiles
the man, the more wicked and violent
the oaths the sooncr il WILDE ever, add
then he win be q better man / trust
tbis will prove - 10 your ease sin
ccrcly hope that you aud Nj sumner
and an that class ofmen who are now
so wantonly and bitterly reyiliug Gen.
Grant and through him the great poll.
tical party Of which hc is the exponent
will live to sec the day which viii de-
monstrate that y9u, and they, have
been toe harsh, too fast. misguided
aud unjust, and will wish your demon
strations, wrath and conutmoly had
not been expressed on paper Mr. Sum
uer must have discovered before this
that he has greatly lcssenod himself in
the estimation Of all candid American
people by his Josuitical semi.auaign-
ment, aud argumentative maledctions,
SO carefully, studiously aud malicious
/ ~ uttered against the President Of the
United States, from personal consider
atoms entirely; unless his egotism is
even greater than his worst enemies
charge to his account.
While in you letter you attempted
to belittle Gen. Grant, you paid a
splendid compliment to the Editor Of
the Manchester Journal, when, in sub.
stance you informed him in public
letter, that you do not deem it SAFE
for you to have the JouRNAL ia your
| possession, for fear that it will cause
you to become q supporter of Gen.
Grant. While ] regret that Mr. ST.
monds has lost a valuable subscriber in
you, must congratulate him in having
extorted from you this candid express
sion ofyours, Of his ability, and while
/ the Editor has lost "A subscriber he has
! gained a personal admirer in gentle
man, in whose judgement you have un-
limited confidence, and who paid this
Editor twelve and a half cents a num-
ber--voluntalily--for his paper, when
the regular price is only five cents a
copy. You appreciate the power Of the
Editor, and the value Of the paper not
withstanding you fail to recognize any
value in Gen. Grants services-either
civil or military.
1t seems to me that man of large
and liberal views should not discon-
tinue his County paper" on ques-
ton Of preference in regard 10 men for
Office in which it is admitted by the
subscriber that he and the Editor
honestly differ, and this is his only
reason. The people Of Manchester
and Dorset have more to gain or loose
in having a good County paper than
has ID. H. Simonds "or any other man.
1t is for your interest to have this pa.
per sustained, and to have good hotels
and attractions in ttase towns
which will cause people to love,
revere and respect Dorset, Manchester
and towns adjoining, and who will come
amoEg you to reside transiently or per-
manently as the case may be, and bring
costly gifts in the shape Of churches,
church-beIls Of great cost and celebrity
and splendid sweet toned organs, and
make your valley Of the Battenkill de-
sireable above all other places, that
they and those from aiar--as their Gus
tom is-when 'life's fitful fever is DER
and they sleep well their last sleep, land
while awaiting their "fnal change
while they "softly lie and swectly
sleep" in your beautiful land, and as
they have faith in the resurrection, so
they will hope TO rise in the "Iast day"
in the valley ofthe BattenkiIl
Having spent my school boy days
aud the time from my earliest recollcc.
ton until ! was twenty years Of age in
the "North Shire" Of Bennington Co,
was then impressed with the belief
common in that County, that Benuing-
ton County was the grandcst County
in Vermont, and had the greatest num-
Der of good and great men in IL, that
Bennington was the finest town in the
State, and that Manchester was next,
and Dorset next to Manchester. Con-
sequently ! am grieved when ! learn
anything amiss Of Bennington County
man, and am grieved at any attempt to
injurc the material prosperity either Of
our common country or any section
thereof or to impair the fair fame and
name Of any citizen be he ever so
/ high or never SO humble, and this at
tempted "unkind cut" from you my
friend, A. b. Armstrong Of Dorset,
Bennington Co, Vt, was not in good