St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-10-22
Letter from Col. Merrill.


can only have Il passing interest. vet
desire to say Il few words in response
to Nj. Ray m"nd'> letter contained III
that widely circulated journal. the Yer
mont IHjOH. Oct. Sth.
certainly am mistaken in regard to
wood bought of Mathrwson \ Hall. if
he Is right but in the material point
at issue, am not mistaken. viz: that
whether wood WAS bought of them. of
II. Il. Hall. or Mr.. Chc>lry. it WAS
bought on its merits. and no more paid
tnl it per cnId than if bought of any
one else. The custom of advances i
one that hal obtained long before my
connection with it. from necessity. and
through which aid the price of wood
WAS adNautagcou>lN regulated for the
road. Mr.. Ray momd'> interview with
Mr.. llaIicton l. one of which have no
personal know lcdgc. In my letter OF
"lngN a> mean iI> possible. and leave the
public Ia Judge which is correct.
The anonymous letter. il disposed of
10y Mr.. IIazIct"n. in N"ur issue of the
10Th inst. 10y Il card which does him
honor. 81 far aS | am concerned. If he
had not publ he'd this card. and for the
argument admitting" all Mr.. Raymond
say Ia br true. am / Ia Ice held re-
>pom>iblc for acts which called ont such
Il letter ! Such Il letter does NOT praise"
the writer. the SENDER nor the recipient.
No gentleman ever would have rrcciv-
ed it,
The President condemns himself i'll
TRYING /" prove To" much. and u>r> Il
two-cdgcd weapon. He will rcmcm-
Der. think. two or three interviews
with me. in which | WAS frank in the
eNprc>>inn OF my views Il his policy
and ''unWaIIantahlc Interference" and
admit. think, that there WAS no need
of making them under an anunN nous
letter
He SAYS .Jonr. could have had no
malice in this heart toward me. a> he
had never seen or spoken to me.
Equally true il is he could have had
no love for me. ior | did not know this
man 10y sight. until the day of Mr..
liaZlcton'> resignation. and have not
seen or cnn>rr>cd with him five min
utcS >i,rc. The letter Was written.
Dee. Isl. My iiI>t sight of the man
WAS Aug. ;. $50. 50 far a> the letter
relates To me. it is an ah>urditN. and Is
palidcd before the public for quite an
other pUp">c.
tc recipient must have a GrjcrdHcc
must in some way cNtricatr himself
from the uncomfortable dilemma. in
which his incorporate language. aud
understandable interference" placed him.
prev iou> and up Ia the passage of the
vote. giving m, the management of the
road last Dee. and hence this m0rccuH
j. attributed to me hence the cry of
Rings. and attempt To overthrow him.
This is all mrrc>t stuff, There was
II" King no attempt at injustice.
known "r participated III 10y me, mon
among any of the Directors ~ be
licNc: but simply an earnest desire on
their part. to get rid of this eternal at
Triton between the President and the
executive committee and officers of the
Pa>>ump>lc Road.
One would infer that this vote. dele
gatin. to the Sup't the proper and nee
cS>lrl power Ia perform his duties
safely and we'll. WAS passed by some
sort of chicancrN a> IL part of the
combination against him - while
the fact is. it WAS after Il tull hearing of
the Presidents charges and fault find
ing. and the superintendent reply. ut
il meeting of the Directors duly called
10y the Secretary seven out of the
eight present voting for its passage
while The eighth WAS the President him
self
This is the p"nct"m sdiienS of all this
controversy. and if 10y proxies procured
10y him>cltto elect himself. we have the
grand historic fact of his triumphant
recollection as President. and it is meant
az an ''appr"val of his efforts to serve
the Stockholders faithfully" then more
true than ever hcromr the IiudihIaStic
lines
The pleasure l. : great