Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-03-01


We have not taken up this discussion at
this time because Of any desire to revive
old issues or keep alive the animosites Of
Of the campaign which eliminates 50 hap
PLY next Monday IN the Inauguration Of
Gen. Harrison. In our issue uf Sept 2lst
last to speak more fully Of facts briefly re
ferred to in the beginning Of this article,
We made short exposure Of the falsity Of
the wool figures in the Grindstone circular,
and said that they had " the appear
ance Of having been set up ont Of whole
cloth an appearance which has not as Yet
changed materially Tor the better In our
issue following the November election. hen
the campaign was practically over, We said,
summing up the results of the good work
done by our Brattleboro Republicans. that -
The bottom fact Is that the Democrats hureu't
/ got The Uoi's in Brattl-bpru which they have
/ claimed. Their party worker, have never worked
/ $" hard or 50 unsrupuluusly "a, this year and
/ their party organ has never boosted 81 loudly Of
| its influence or uf the work which it was doing
/ What this influence has been. and what ar. the
results Of its work the figures of the Brattlrboro
/ vote show for themselves"
This was a statement Of fact which could
not be successfully disputed, but after two
| or three weeks of meditation the Reformer
attempted reply 10y throwing in some re
marks about the petty Phrnix, and as
sorting that the Republicans hasten to re-
| pudlate our statement. In answer we gave
bill Of particulars to which a curious
| ly weak and evasive reply was made, and
! "a
the Grindstone circular
The least We could do after this alleged
or attempted Democratic viudication, so full
of vulnerable points, was 10 gather up the
facts and present them at the earliest pos
sible day and this we have now done
The lesson taught by this whole Grind
stone circular business will, we trust, be a
salutary one-that the day of Judgment
may he late in coming, but it is sure to get
there
Though the mills Of the gods grind slowly,
Yet they grind exceeding small"
! 1t will now be in order for the editor of
the Reformer to stir up the mud in his pen
once more and respond with observations
about 1.-THE petty thing, - 'neighborhood in
decency, "half knowledge, ""meagre infor
nation, ''limtless expanse of ignorance,
false and slanderous accusation" winding
up, of course with his familiar cry of "Rea-
MIR, "FLEANIX, ~ FLEANIX" Our only re-
| quest of him is that he will contrive to sand
witch in the names of those Republicans who
hasten to repudiate' our charge and ex-
posture of 'unsrrupulous' Democratic work.
We will guarantee that 90 per cent Of Brat
tleboro Republicans would like to see the
names of the hasten to repudiate" -ors in
print
Of Mr.. Childs We have to say with sin
cere and friendly cordially that he is an
antagonist whom it is pleasure to meet.
He fights with loaded weapons, and though
they sometimes kick disastrously he never
makes faces, calls names, pleads the baby
act or spatters mud, but picks himself up
man fashion without holding up the spot
where he was hurt for everybody 10 see.
If his services were oftener called into req
uisition in the columns of the Reformer We
should see there an infusion of manlness,
ability, and methods of political and con
| troyersial warfare 10 command respect.
such as are now conspicuous solely by their
absence.
1t is our candid opinion that we have
here told him some things about his wool
| figures that he did not before know. If
he has anything 10 say by way of ac-
knowledgment or reply our columns are
/ freely open 10 him.