The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-18


From the Burlington Free Press
'vhc Emsmn Mine ana Prof. Si!iinian
The American assailants Of Ncssrs. Park,
Schenck, Stewart, Baxter. and their asso-
ciales In the sale Of the Emma mine, have
pronounced Mr.. Parks statement Of the
affair unsatisfactory because he did not
deny every minute parlicul of the paf-
ford SANDERS lie did declare, and gave
nlny facts in proof thereof. that the sale
was far aud open transaction, and other
Facts. as his heavy purchases of stock, a
year after the sale, showed his own faith
in the value of the mine. But he did not
contradict in express terms every detail of
The libel and especially he did not deny in
so many words, that Prof Slliman. the
eminent geologist, of Yale College. was
hired by bride of $4,000 down and ~
promise OF S45,0 900 more, contingent on
the sale Of the nine, to make lying report
of its value Why Mr. Park did not see
tit to alude TO this faseho0d, we do not
know. He may well have thought il ab-
surd enough to carry its own rclulalion
with it, or he may have chosen to let Prof
SlIlman defend himself, If he thought his
reputation in danger. AT any rate, the
Professor has seen fit to notice the
SANDER. so far rs it concerns him.
We have not seen his slasement,
but from an editorial on it. in the
Springfield RepUJHcdR, we learn that Mr..
Silliman declares that he never saw Mr..
Park till long after the mine was sold :
that he was employed by the English pur-
chasers to make the examination OF the
mine; that his pay was stipulated in adj
vance and was not contingent on the sale.
nor was any of it in shares of stocks, and
that all of his statements, with the single
exception of his estimate of the proXimatc
value of a certain body of ore in sight,
have been sustained by time and the work
ing of the mine. He appcnds the testi-
mony of the officers of the English com
pany, as to their satisfaction with the ser
vices and their faith in his integrity.
One would suppose that so explicit de-
NAL from one whose name the Republican,
declares to be still zone of the pr0udest in
American science would be accepted at
least in silence and shame, if not with
open confession and apology, an the part
of any of his detractors who profess to re-
tain any sense of honor or fair dealing.
But it is not. The Republican does indeed
admit that until some further inyestiga-
ton is made by some select and sci
entilic authority the presumption
claimed for the man of science,
who holds his place unchalenged in
the National academy of sciences. and who
bears the daily confidence and endorsement
of such neighbors and associates as EXPIRES
ident Woolsey, President Noah Porter and
Rev. DIR. Bacon :" but it couples the adj
mission with half column Of remarks like
this: ''lf he (Prof. 5. is guilty, either OF
want of knowledge or want of integrity OF
of no more than undue carclessness with
his knowledge and reputation, the precise
fact should be known" which comes little
short of repetition of the original SANDER
and it declares that in view of Professor
Silliman's silence heretofore, "the press
which means the New York Sun, the he
publican, the Nation, and three Vermont
papers-''are to be excused in their qucs
uoning, if not in their condemnation OF
him :"
In like strain the Republican devoted
another column TO Mr.. Park the other day
1t admitted, in direct contradiction of al
its previous assertions about it, that tht
mine twas gOOd mine" when sold-ant
that ''probably it is still good property.
and that the English company whicl
bought it, 'has no complaints to make
against Mr.. Park or his associates" Yet
in connection with these admissions, anC
to destroy their effect, it gave version o
the sale OF the mine, made up by itself
and in ignorance of all reliable l.nowledg,
OF the facts as its repeated calls for inves
ilgation by legal and mining experts shows
and as il admits in its closing sentence
1--WE do not know enough of the details I,
aver that all this is exactly true We onl'
know, taking the public record of th
mnc, at home and abroad. ihat it seems t,
he about the fact of 1t all The nub o
tins version is that the sale was "a put-uI
job. Emma" it tells us facetiously. wa
mot altogether so Virtuous a miss as Parl
would have us believe Were she, indeed
why should she come to be an intimate q
hs?"
But we need not quote further from thos
rcpetitions by insinuation, of a slande
which the Repu5lican no longer dares Ill
rectly endorse. We allude to them now
not at all as accepting the role of adyocat
or defender of Mr. Park and Professor 81
iiman-thosc gentlemen are abundantl
able to take care of themselves sim
ply TO call attention, in the interests O
common truth and decency, to the outrage
uus unfairness of this kind of treatment o
individual regulations. The theory Of tn
Republican,, Sun and Nation, acte
on by them in this and Othe
constantly recurring cases, is tina
fair standing and hitherto unblemsh
ed repute is Of no account, in the case 0
any man-unless he happens to be a per
sonal or political friend of the ''independ
ent" editors of those sheets. An accuse
ton brought against man, no matter iron
how Irresponsible, malicious or intercste,
source, is to be his condemnation, unit
he denies it ; and then his denials is to b
discredited, because his reputation has bee
damaged by the lie he denies.
We wonder, sometimes, how the editor
of those papers would enjoy the treatmen
they give 10 others. Suppose, forinstancC
the name of the responsible editor of tn
Springfield Republican was Jones, and tina
the other Springfield paper, the Union
were to publish false charge, to the effec
that Mr.. Jones maintained improper rela
tons with woman of bad character tn
assertion coming from man of no charaC
ter, and of whom all that the Union kne,
was that he had grudge against MI
Jones. Suppose that Mr. Jones, trustn
that his good name and fame might fairl
be placed against so scandalous an
unsupported charge, declined t
notice it, till he found his silence accepte
and commented on as proof of hi
guilt. Suppose he then denied the charge
submitting also the evidence of other truth
ful persons, to the effect that they kne,
not only that his relations were not such O