The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1844-02-08

Il843. Leaving balance due l2lh jan
uary 1914 of S48e, as stated 10 your
paper of last week (3) And how much
iuury I have sustained in consequence oil
the Withholding Of this sum so long by
the Committee. | will leave for others 10
decide, afer stating that my onl Y depend
ance for The support of largo family is
the avais Of my daily labor(4) And as
to the numerous charges of personal inju-
ny, which you say with little change Of
circumstances would have been sufficient
TO send me TO the Estates prison for thirty
years." | have on Y TO say for The in.
formation of your readers, that have pro-
posed 10 you in writing through the Rev.
Sherman Kellogg oflhis place, 10 submit
all these matters of difference between us,
to the arbtramen, of Hon. Joseph Howes.
Gen. E. p. Walton, and MIR. Z ma
Wood: and that would sice loads that
in case these gentlemen should decide that
there is a single act, in all my uansac.
tons with you from first TO last, that is
dishonest, or dishonorabIe, to pay you the
amount OF my claims against you on q
bond: viz, 1913. And this offer now re-
pea!.(5) Here shall dismiss this affair
for the present, and proceed to notice your
"REMARKs" in gour Voice of last week
upon this arbitration between the Execu.
tive Committee of the Vermont Anil
Slavery Society and myself The frs,
error | would notice in those remarks, is
your statement that the $488 "Mr. Seey
is 10 have the privilege OF collecting with
in year, together with the percentage"
Now the truth is, there was nothing said
in the report Of the Arbitralors as 10 the
length of time 10 be allowed to collect this
balance of $4S9. And it would be pass
Jog strange if there should have BEEN
The submission bound me to collect it, or
lose it, for | could get settlement on no
other terms, and | am persuaded the Ar
bira'ors were not disposed 10 impose the
additional burden upon ne of limiting the
time for collection. And it appears also,
that Dot. Allen somehow fell into the
same error. For in his published repor,
of the matter, ito which your 'REMARKs'
were appended) he says while professedy
quoting from the written report ofthe Ar
btrators, "sad sum [$486l is 10 be on in,
terest until received. not extending the
tmelor collecting over one year from this I
date" The words mot extending the
time Of collecting over one year," are not
in the report Of the Arbitrators, copy Of
which signed by both of the gentleman is
now before me, which reads thus: "said
sum is TO be on interest until received, not
exceeding one year"(6) The next error
in your remarks which propose to no.
tice is the singular manner in which you
have condensed and Gnally brought TO a
single point the matters of difference be-
tween the Committee and myself. -
You commence by saying at may be
proper for me 10 state in connection with |
the foregoing, [Doct AS report what the
points in dispute with Mr.. SeeIy and the
Executive Committee we're" You then
go on 10 inform your readers that it was
a misunderstanding between the parties
respecting certain contract or an zap.
pendage" 10 contract, SC. And tina!
"as the Arbilrators found it difficult mat.
Ter 10 adjust &c. they laid his salary al
5000 per year from Oct. l. lS4l TO May
l, l843, which showed balance as be-
fore named of $48S." Now the truth is,
the misunderstanding about the contract
vas not the only matter Of dispute, "with
Mr.. Scely and the Executive Committee"
My account with the Committee, from
Sept. g, l84l to Jan. 10, 1874, contain
ing 256 items, amounting TO S20386 2,
ION the credit side,) was all laid open be-
fore the Arbitrators. and the most strenu-
Gus and determined efforts were made 10
detect something wrong, being allowed
by my voluntary proftr TO present as tes-
timony all statements and certificates you
had obtained from various paris of the
State, (and you certainly proved yourself
in this matter at least, 10 have been very
industrious ! the members of The Cnmmii.