Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1874-08-20
Fa,E s;rArEslE Esr Ar! LAST.
raoullon Says He WOn's---Recber's
sss.t4 4HsiQ General DcniaI.,
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|. Tire foile@ing is Srolfton's statement
before the comniittee ON Monday last
and his subsequent brief exaininstipn
0Shtleaaaf2s cs tie ooasusttes.5 i = When
4 was. last before Eou.,I sisted. that (
/ would, af s:epr ::feq,sest, produces 5stei.
|:doeunents as sshaa. ..aatl:s. inake.;s such
|lstaten.ent of. facts, as had COME TO my.
gpewlee,ge., on The, sthi'ei. Of. your In
quirY. Il fully. inteidefi so to- 90. and
have prepared my statement of facts, as.
sustained b5- the 'GgeHtnents;. and made
1sslS OF at .til, l,ip6ris tl{rt: have.
come i'll amy way in my possession, bear
ing on the controversy between the par
ties That statement must of course
bear with more or less force upon one
or the other Of them. On mature re-
fection, aided by the advice of my most
valued friends, | have reconsidered that
determination and am obliged to say to
you that / feel compelled from a sense
of duty to the parties and my relation to
their controversy, and TO myself, neither
to make the statement nor to produce
the documents. When first became q
party to the unhappy controversy be
tween Beecber and Tihon, had no per-
sonal knowledge nor any document in
my possession which could affect either
Everything that know of fact, or have
| received of papers, has come to me in
To h.a71 t1,o
| pose of composing and settling all diff
culties between them and of preventing,
SO far as possible, every knowledge of
their private affairs being brought to
the public notice. For this purpose all
their matters have been entrusted to me,
and for none other. If I should now
use them it would be not for the purpose
of peace and reconciliation, but to volun-
tarily take part in controversy which
| they had seen fit to renew between them
selves. How faithfully, earnestly and
honestly have labored to do my duty
to the parties for peace they both know.
The question for me to settle for myself
and no other, is now, Ought to do
anything to aid either party in renew
od % ~troversy by the use of that which
7 recoivod . Id have used only to pro-
mote harmony Gu my honor and con-
science think 1 ought L. =" ahe a' 'tiS
risk of whatever of misconstru, ~A0A HiIa
vituperation may come upon me | IL,
adhere to the dictates of my own judg-
ment and preserve at least my own self
respect. l call attention again to the
fact that yours mere voluntary
tribunal and whatever do here is done
by voluntary and not compelled witness.
Whether before any tribunal having the
power to compel the production of testi-
mony and statement of fact | shall ever
produce these papers or give any of
these confidential statements, | reserve
to myself to judge of the emergency,
which l hope may never come. Against
my wish, as | never have been in SYM
path with a renewal of this conflict,
portion of these documents have been
given to the public. In so far, con
fidence in regard to them has ceased. 1t
is but just, therefore, and due to the
parties that the whole of those docu-
ments, portions of which only have been
given, shall be put into your hands. In
response to the thrice-renewed request
OF the committee | have, therefore,
copies of them',which produce here and
place in the hands of the committee,
with the hope and request that, after
they have been examined by them, they
may be returned to me. If any contro-
versy shall arise as to the authenticity of
| the copies or of the documents, on that
| point shall hold myself open to speak.
With this exception-except in defense
| of my own honor and the uprightness of
my course in all this unfortunate and
unhappy business, the purity and can
I dor of which l Iappeal to the consciences
| of both parties to sustain--I do not pro-
pose, and hope | may never be called
upon hereafter, to speak, either as to the
facts or to produce any paper that 1