St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-09-18
ENFORCE TIE LAWS
Comments of the Press on Moulton's
Statement


We are sorry to feel couuclI,d tLi,
norl,iun. f., p,.iut ,u,th,.r lima, ,.,,.,,,,,,,
in the sad stony of fine Hr,nlIn Son.,
dial. The thiId statement ,t NIr NnrI
ton has been river, I, fine v,,rlJ .,nd il
will I've sought 81 c,",rl, - h.,r;u,, an,
"A matter in which The nuI,Ii,. Ia. L.,J
IN almost morbid interest that MO HAY,
no alternative iut +, ,,i,,. il =, I'm,
readers. We wish Then. u,i.Lt L.,,,
been no more. of thc,,. >i,t,.m,.,I, a.,
pendent ON the yrr,city nt mi, i,in.,I.
and Infected hl th,il n,.,,nu.J ,i,.,.
and feelings. and th1t ~ or nt. ,n.i
dcmcr WIS To h,. miv,.n cnuId l,ty, h,.,u
subjected To the limitation. of local
rule: and the sitting of a r,uIll,rI,. r,u-
>litutcd tribunal.
The statement is c,,t,iuI, am th,
face. of il the most ,llu,,uiu" rev ,.l,tin,
that has been made. ~ Il one cIIrulot,, Il
1" carry. hN its sweeping :Illrnaliu,,S.
lis ingenious in~imlI,inus and is skill
tul .roupiu" of >u>plciou- incidents.
c"nN lotion /" tlr>. untlinLiIt" minds
which ale not accustomed To- .,nnl,lr.
To compaic. and calctnlI\ welsh evil
drncc. but are >waNcd h\ bold d,rlarn-
ii"rS and >prcinu> pleas. Ii is not evil
dcmcc: ii is Il ~pcri.l plea f..r tia" ~imLi
rail"n"i VII. M"ult"n >c"nduct through
ont tins unhappy business. aud ~ such it
l. Il marvel "f adr"itnc>> and ingenuity.
ANA II" one can fail To sec in it the
handIw"rk of one al the most a>tutr
criminal lawyers III the United States.
:" i'il as \II'ii":'tI"n from tl. rhal .,>
"l "l'i'h mailing J. concerned II l. clear
ANA conclusive. hut II must hr rrlnrni-
"ltd mat ms charge Wa> not specially
made hl Mr. Iacchcr. His own en-
plantation of the transactions IN W hirh
hr paId monck tnl the benefit of Mr.
ilt"n. contains n" direct charge of
hlackmIIl against MIR. Moulinn. Rep
destinations we've made To him which
induced him I" make contributions fnr
the support OF Mr.. TiItnn'S ENTERPRISE
of publishing the Golden Age. When
the subject MAS Thought to him again.
and put in such Il waN IL To make il
appear that only 10y maxim. these CON
trlhuIl"n> could he keep Tifnm silent
ON certain charges he WAS continually
threatening him with. he refused To 90
any farther in this business. Whether
presenting the matter ia this WAY MIS-
,'.uiNnlcnt To hlackmail WIS y, u,r.tinu
"i construction. MI. HrcrI,cr', z,,lnu.
friends. inrh,diny the Invr.ti.ati,,Y
Committee. thought that il looked yer,
much like it. aud charged that ,lishom
"rIhIr offence upon Mnultnu. This
aroused his ire and he determined ON
what he calls his Nindication.
This. il must hr remembered. is the,
plea of an au"I, and ,Ic,p,r;,tr mann
Threatened " itb Int,mI. I'm il he. seems
10 have determined To- yiu,lir,,c him
self in his ~ hole. ,uuduct hX ,J,Str,,;,,,
BccrIcr. for me- had h,c,u, 81 iuy,I,,J
IN a web of applr,ut trcuchcr,. du,,Ii,.-
it\ and wicked cuuSpira,., thai IN, cnulI
clear himself in no other way. in tIis
he called in the aid of the most con-
summntc skill i'm the coustru,ti,u nf tI,
plea which he needed. Strip that ul,.,
of the irrelevant matter and the ,.,n-
iusinr details in which the ,ctu,I isSu.
is prrrposcIy buried. and what i il }
An attrmpt to Justly Mr.. NouJ,,n's
course bv maxim" il appcar that Mr.
Brcchcr is guilty of the crime with which
he has been charged. for ON that rrouud
alone could Mr.. Moulton clear himself
And what ncN proof is there ! Not :,
single new document or letter which
cannot he explained ON the sam, th,or,
of the case that made those 50 clear
which MIR. Brcchcr himself ,xnI,iucd
The worst construction possible * uut
upon them, accompanicd hy i,,siu,,,-
tions and snecrS calculated to blind tbc
reader to any other meaning than that
which Mr.. Moultom draws from them.
Many of these msimuati"ns and infer