The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-07-06
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FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1877.
SCANDAL,

We were in hopes that we should not
feel called upon to give more than a passing
notice to the disgraceful and shameless
scandal, born in the diseased brain of an
irresponsible l~unatic, with which the con-
temptible scavengers of the sensational city
press have, of late, been RECALLING their
readers. We have %scrupulously kept silence
on this subject. At first, because the mat
ter was in the ha1ds Of the court, aud VIC
felt that it could safely rest with an able
and upright judge. But more particularly,
because General II. Henry Baxter could
not be injured by any such senseless twad-
die as these Bohemian scallawags and car
pet baggers were 80 persistently dishing
out to the apparent dedication of scandal
mongers and scandal lovers.
Further, General Baxter has been a resi-
dent of Rutland for upwards of a quarter
of a century, and OF the state for a much
longer period. During all these years he
has been closely identified with the bust
ness interests of the town ard state. AS
much, if not more than any other man he
has contributed to the development of the
material resources of the state, TO the build
ing of her railroads, to the opening and
working of her q%usrres, TO the advance
ment of he, manufacturing interests, to The
improvement o. the breeds of her cattle,
horse etc. we ali know the manner in
which he accumulated INV ~esltb-alwavs
BY the ~strictest honor and integn>, nrd bv
~scrupulous attention to business. We nM
know, too, the manner in which he has
made use of hi. abundant means-a cheer
Iul and liberal giver to every good and
noble work and a willing worker in every
measure which had for its object the build
ing up OF the tow or state, or the inn
provement of the moral, religious OF '"u-
c"ational Interest," or hor people. we have
all tbe,o years known of his outgoings and
incomings; we have known him in public
life and in private life we have known
him as a business man and as a friend,
neighbor and citizen. And, knowing him
as we all did, it hardly seemed possible
that any words were needed to defend him
from a vile, wild, senseless SANDER, or to
convince the country that, in spite of all
that these scavengers of the press could do,
he still retained the confidence, respect and
affection, moi only OF his townsmen, but of
his fellow citizens of the whole state. And
we remain of the same opinion still.
Again. The proceedings before Judge
Dunton, Tuesday, were of themselves suf-
ficient to convince even the most preju-
diced that there was not the shadow of a
shade of fact, or even the remotest ap-
proach to a plausible suspicion, upon which
these dirty stories could be founded. If
anyone was silly enough to place any ere
dence upon the vile stuff telegraphed from
Rutland-mainly by two men who were
discharged employees of concerns with
which General Baxter had, or was sup
posed to have, some connection-the dis
position of the hGbeaS corpus case, Tuesday,
must have disposed Of the matter at once
and forever.
All this being so--and there lie not an in
telligent or respectable citizen of Rutland
, that does not 30 feel and 30 express HIM
self-it may be asked why we again allude
TO the matter? Solely for the reason that
the people of Rutland may know and I'M
derstand the low depths to which these
Bohemian vampires descend in their at
tempts to blackmail and libel some of our
best citizens.
1t will be remembered that an associated
press telegram was Gent from Rutland,
Tuesday evening, which gave a correct
version of the decision of Judge Dunton,
and of the subsequent disposal of the wo-
man whose disordered intellect furnished
the brains for these newspaper scavengers,
and which appeared in most, if not all, of
the respectable papers of the country,
Wednesday morning. But instead Of this
telegram, the paper ''founded by Horace
Greeley" published in it's edition sent
into Vermont by mail the following special
dispatch originating with these same lite
rary harpies who have been and still are
hanging around Rutland endeavoring to
gain a precarious living as blood suckers.
RUTLAND, VT, July 3.-The ha6eas COR
pus case of Maria Payson in the Baxter
scandal matter was disposed of to-day with
out a formal hearing, the parties h have
sought to restrain her giving up the case
and securing a compromise, by which the
Vermont asylum and the selectmen of Rut-
land were let down easy. Mrs. Payson
appeared in court in the best of health and
spirits, accompanied by her mother and
several friends and in charge of a sheriff
from a distant county. As no counsel in
Rutland, except her attorney, Jas. Ii.
Holmes, could be secured by reason of
the influence eXerted against Mrs.
Payson by the friends of General
Baxter, who threatened openly, Messrs,