Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-08-20

money, he certainly had right to keep it.
1t it was not money honest enough to keep,
then it was money not honest enough to take.
If it was not honest enough money for him
to spend for his own purposes, certainly the
youth of his district ought not to be contain
mated by being educated with dishonesty
acquired money. Devot,ng ill-gotten gains
to charity does not clean the money. May
remind my colleague that his way Of spend
ing bad money is not even original He is
guilty of plagiarism. The chief priests de-
voted the thirty pieces of silver they got Of
Judas to buying Potter's field for the char
liable purpose Of burying the dead but it
is called the :" field of blood'' even unto
this day.
One gets great glory, however, by found
ing public institutions. 1t is favorite
| method of electioneering of those politicians
| who electioneer through the use of money.
Every man has right, however, to do with
his own money as be pleases and treating
it as his own money, nobody can criticize
the use which my colleague made of that
four thousand and odd dollars of 6 back pay. -
Every man may do what he likes with his
own money. Generally, he will buy that
which he needs most Some men need glory,
and therefore purchase itI some men need
butchers meat. buy butchers meat with
my " back pay" My advice to him, how
ever, would have been, to use his back pay
as his brother did, when he took back
pay" as Supreme Judge; and as his prede-
cessor, of the same district, Mr.. Baldwin,
the editor, used his, in l86e-take it and
"put it where it will do the most good. :"
Perhaps my advice has been followed, That
is precisely what my colleague thinks he
Let me give another illustration of how
newspapers are controlled in their political
actions on moral questions. You will re-
member that the Boston Daily Ne,os, devo-
ted to temperance and money making, sus-
tanned nay canvass for Governor two years
ago. Well last spring, Governor Washburn
naturally desired reelection, and being a
religious man as natur ally desired the sup
port OF the good people who are in favor Of
temperance; and therefore subscribed three
thousand dollars to the Ne,0s and got it. l
lost it. l did not get " back salary enough
so that | thought could afford to buy it.
| have ether instances of newspaper venali-
ty, which they call independence. which l
can and may give you hereafter, so that you
can be fully prepared at the next Fourth OF
July celebration to answer to the FIFTH REG
ULAR TOAST, L" THE LLADIUM OF OUR
Ii BERrIE5-AN UNBOCGHT, UNPUR-
CHASABLE AND PURE PRESS
FROM Mr.. HoAR's LETTER.
The letter Tof Gen. Butler closes by in
forming US that there is one man who is
able, from competence in private fortune,
from fearlessness of undeserved censure, and
Indifference to all animad7ersions but the
prom ptings of his own Judgment, to dare to
do that which he firmly believes ought to be
done,' and that =. the American people will
know where to look in time of public peril
calamity, or commotion for man on whose
fixedness of purpose and steadlastness in ac-
ton they NAV with surety rely" 1 do not
know that should have felt called upon to
discuss any Of these topics, or to dispute the
truth of Gen. Buffers eulogy of himself, al
though l never knew anybody else say so
much good of him, if he had not included in
his letter an attack on the action of the rep
resentative of this district
He says that my" action seems intended
as a criticism of his course" A more re-
markable exhibition of conceit and hallucina-
ton was never made. How Gen. Butler can
suppose that the disposition of a sum Of
money placed to my credit by the law of the
land in the public treasury had any reference
to him. or was a criticism of his course, any
more than his use of his - competent private
fortune is a criticism on mine, | cannot
see. 1t would seem to be absolutely none
of his business.
On the last day bu. one of the last Con-
gress, gentlemen who had drawn and re-
ceipted for their pay in full, month by
month, voted themselves large sum, nearly
$4,000 apiece. as compensation for past
service.
An example was set of lavish expenditure
when the country, burdened everywhere with
heavy national, state and municipal debt,
needed an example of retrenchment.
The measure and the argument by which
it was advocated made radical change In
the policy of the American people on this
subject, taking the legislature out of the
class of persons whose reward is chiefly the
honor of rendering important public service,
and who are sto receive from the treasury
only frugal and honorable maintenance,
and transferring them to the class Of person,
'ehO are serving for hre'
Instantly on the passage of the bill de-
termined not to receive the money. 1t was
legally mine. 1t was placed by law to my
credit, there to remain until | disposed of it
in some way. inquired of several of the
leaders of the opposition to the measure
what they proposed to do, and was informed
that they proposed to take the money-that
if the salary had been reduced, they must
have submitted. and they saw no reason why
they should not receive the money, although
they disapproved of the law. Under the cir
Gu instances, it seemed ID me that it was not
Just that, while this district was to be taxed
it's share of the whole money which wa.
drawn by the representatives of other dis
tricts, the sum allotted to me should be put
in the treasury to 20 chiefly to the benefit o
the same districts whose representatives haC
drawn like sums for themselves. | acted a.
once, within ten minutes after my return
home, and not then having reason to believe
that single other representative proposed
to decline this money. | did not ther
think, nor do l now think the money wal
stolen, or received in breach of contract.
thought the voting it was very objection
able and extreme exercise of an admitted
constitutional power.
Under these circumstances is seemed my
right and my duty to determine what dispo
sition should be made of this sum. thong
that, in justice, it should be applied to tn
benefit of this district. The Worcester in
stitute is school for preparing youths, b,
scientific training. for the leading industrie
OF the district. 1t is free to all residents o
Worcester county, which included thu
whole district but five towns. By requirin,
that, so far as this money goes, it should b
free to those towns also, the money was ap
piled, as nearly as could contrive it, to tn