Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-01-15
a psrdon for WsIte---stop the Out



rage!
Reliable information reaches us at the hour
Of going to press, that an organized effort lie
on foot 10 this community to secure the par
don of S. NJ. Waite. The statement seems
incredible, but it is true beyond any question,
and il is also true that the movement has pro
crossed 80 far that news Of Waites pardon
may be expected at any time. The names OF
some Of the persons who are engaged in this
work are known to us, but not all OF them
1t is understood that the name Of e. j. Phelps,
the present Minister to England, figures
prominently in the matter as that Of man
whose opinion in the matter ought to be &C
cepted a. final. II makes the blood Of every
virtuous citizen boil with indignation to learn
that such thing as Waite's pardon Is even
thought Of, but there Is no time to lose, and
those who have any regard for the good name
Of this community here should not wait an
hour before acqusinting the Governor with
the actual facts in the case and the real senti-
ment Of this town and county, and, il neces-
sary, compel him by the force Of public opin-
| ion to withhold action until he knows fully
what he is doing.
which the pardon is urged is the alleged crit
ical condition of Wsite's health at the pres
emit time. 1t is represented that he has only
a short time to live, and that he ought to be
allowed to be brought home to his family to
die with them. This condition, ii is charged,
is due to the treatm snt which he received al
the time Of his outbreak Of passion last fall,
which has induced Brghts disease. Whether
this is true or not, Waite received nothing al
that time but what he had brought upon him
self, aud richly deserved. Moreover, he
slammed about his illness to a great extern
while in Jail at Newfane, he slammed wheI
brought before Judge Wheeler, and he is en-
tirely capable of shamming again. What
ever his condition is he is we'll and kindl!
cared for at Rutland, and no one doubts tina
his wants are all properly met.
Wates pardon under any circumstance
, would be an outrage on the moral sense o
this community. He not only wrecked
, bank under such methods OF arrogant, cold
blooded villainy as no similar criminal ha
5 ever surpassed, but what is worse than this
ever since he was brought back from his COW
s srdly flight he has maintained an attitude {
' ugly defiance toward those he so cruel
= wronged, and has never shown the slighte
J. sign of compunction for his crimes, but o
J. the contrary has fought step by step ever
movement toward the settlement of his ow
aud the wrecked banks affairs. All thei
! are facts of common and undsputed know
% edge. There are not twenty men in Brazil
y boro but believe that, il Waite had his ju
'e deserts, he would be sent to Windsor as soc
y, :, as his VIGOROUSLY inadequate sentence to Il
: House of Correction expires.
70 We do not believe Gov. Pingree will act
60 this matter on the strength of a secretly-co
70 ceived, carefully guarded petition, o0hdteUer
70 character or backing II he be does he can
- very sure that the people Of Windham coun
= will be Overwhelmingly in earnest in deman
10 ing to know who is at the bottom of the mo'
>, ment and why the community itself was L
80 given chance to be heard.