The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-09-10
RrTLAND, Sept. ), 1873.

RUTLAND, Sept. $, 1873.
Edit0r Rutiand Giobe Since my return
from few weeks absence, have for the
first time, read an article in your issue of
August 2Sth under the above caption and
over the familiar signature "Anti-Monop-
oly."
| have read this communication with
both pleasure and interest, because of its
evidently honest and fair intent and the
gentlemanly atmosphere which pervades
it. | can say of it, as the writer mistakenly
says of my previous letter, that it is, if my
information be correct, AN able resume of an
argument recently delivered before the chan
cellor for Franklin county, and points to its
author as one whose professional distinc-
ton, albeit the same is OF somewhat recent
growth and whose careful and laborious
study of the case concerning which he
writes entitle his article to be carefully
read and considered, and his arguments to
be squarely met.
The subject treated in my former letter
and in this answering communication is
one of great and absorbing public interest
at the present time. 1t is a proper matter,
therefore, for public consideration and for
fair and honest public discussion. The
men most prominent in connection with it
must be brought before the bar of public
opinion as well as before the courts. and
found guilty or vindcated both without
fear or favor because they are powerful
and without envy, hatred or malice because
they are rich.
| thank Ani-Monopolv for his rccog-
| milton of my humble efforts to bring this
discussion up out of the slough of ignorance
and vituperation, where it has already been
left too long for the credit of those best
known in connection with il, on to the
the plane of fair and intelligent argument
which its importance certainly entities it to
occupy.
The writer hopes, as, he believes, does
every honest and intelligent man not only
in Vermont, but in all New England as well,
for speedy solution of all the veXed and
tangled questions it involves, in such way
as to give the fullest justice to all parties
| directly or indirectly concerned, from the
government or judiciary of our native state
whose honor and fair fame we hold most
| lear, down to the humblest and most OBJ
| scurc widow or orphan having q
| dollar invested in the securities of our great
| railroad lines, or, lower still, to the stock
| more important CO interests, and, winning
or losing in his chanceful game, forgets al
bank accounts save his own.
No one can regret more sincerely than
loes the writer, that it has become in any
wise necessary for the press of Vermont tc
lefend the judiciary of Vermont, even be
| fore distant people, to whom our men and
| iffairs are little and carelessly known, but
| It is doubtless true that the repeated asser
lions of newspapers which zoe may know
to be ignorant or worse, will produce effect
ibroad, to some extent at least unless We
stand ready promptly to refute their falst
md correct their mistaken statements.
feel that some excuse should be offered fol
raggng even the name of our judiciary
critically into the public prints, and this i,
nine. trust you will receiyc it in the spirit
in which it is offered, and pardon me fol-
trespassing once again on your yaluabl,
lime and space
| My previous article was designed to be
simply condensed and explanatory his
tory of the great case "Vermont ant
Canada Railroad Company VS.. Vermont
Central Railroad Company and Others" il
chancery. Your correspondent gives testi
mony tending to show that it was at least {
correctly told story. Technically cor
rect" he says, and you will notice that h,
does not combat single statement o.
mine, but answers Gf we may be allowed
the word in such connection) the point
which he claims were Intentionally omitted
from my history, but which, in reality,
failed to touch upon for the simple reason
that deemed them comparatively unim
portant and to save prolixity. will now
with your kind permission, run over a
briefly as may be the subjects your CORES
pondent has introduced for me, and alsc
make allusion to one or two of his point
OF argument which deem unsound.
Perhaps, from force of habit, your cor
respondent at the very outset steps upoi
hollow ground by asserting that the re
cciyers have enriched themselves at the OK
pensc of the property they hold in trust
The whole course of this railroad war ha
tended to show that when people speal
that way about "the receivers they mea,
"the Smiths and will therefore take i
for granted thatyou correspondent intends
to assert that the Smiths, and especial,
Governor Smith, have enriched themsclve
at the expense of the railroads under thei
charge as officers of the court of chancery
If am mistaken, 70 matter, for my answe
will apply to his associates general,
az well. Well, perhaps Gov. Smith ha
derived his whole wealth from long an,
systematic plundering of the lines of rail