Argument of Hon Josiah G Abbott in Behalf of the Petitioners Before the Joint
Argument of Hon Josiah G Abbott in Behalf of the Petitioners Before the Joint
Josiah Gardner Abbott
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We don't do it, do we ? There is an increased amount of water, but we don't flow it back upon their meadows, we don't contribute to that increase. But they say, " We have so much of this water poured down on our meadows from these eighty-two mill-ponds and reservoirs, that we must destroy you in order to remedy the evils we have received from others. " Is not that it, gentlemen ? But why should the sins of othei's (if they are sins) be visited upon our heads ? Ordinarily, it is enough for any o...ne to be held responsible for his own acts. We have shown by these experiments that we have done no harm to any one. Why then should these sins of the mill-owners above us, if they are sins, be visited upon us ? These gentlemen complain that they have been injured. It is sufficient for us to answer — " You know from these experiments, if you can understand any thing, that we do not flow any of this water back upon you. If you are flooded, it is from other sources. Why should you visit upon us the evils and the misdeeds of other parties, over whom we have no manner of control ?
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