Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1844-04-18

90 Vermont Wing ~ your iaH weeks paper cen /
,,in,d truth enough TO hold the hlschcod together,
would no, conlcyc, al 10 notice either him or
81. ,ile billinssgnie, al all.
IN INC frs place, pronounce the statement Of
Vernon, Wing" that "AIs Tloleomb" (at the
time he wished 10 gi his seven column trash into
he yoc,) Yves "ihc Editor and Proprietor Of
the Voice Of Freedom notorious fllsehood
and known 70 be sneh by vernon, Wing
hiusclf g, the i,ne hr mad Il, a single glance
1T Zoe parer up 70 The 4,h Of april shows that J.
Holcomb and y s Murray were Publishers and
J. Holcomb and William. .. Brown were Edi'
ors which proves ,ha, others had rights and inter.
isis in the paper as we'll as J l'clromb, or o Yer
mon, Wing"
Second The charge IN, I was an inferior
agent, lihe ,rro meaning e the word under
f,mppcr,') IN tie management Of the paper, is
vqnally willful md malicious fIlsehood on the
part Of Vernon, Wing" He rcii tncr, n, the
lime, tho, I was of the Publishers Of the
paper, having IN ], a real interest.
Third The charge shat Mr.. T1olcomb has
retired from the Voice Of Freedom" aud also the
charge that l used profanc language, are beth
false. brand these faislocds cih ;adctiitle
characters on The forehead Of "Vermoni Wing"
A word as 10 the manner in which the second
long Article OF "Vermon, WI ig" was attempted to
be forced into the Voice Of F. ccdom, anil | have
done. have particular friendship for Inves-
iirator more :han for other writers for the paper,
and intend 10 form my opinions Of each without
rarlialty. But am in favor Of respecting the
rights Of all correspondents, and Of seeing fair
play, extended TO ALL As understand the matter,
Investigator had called upon any member OF the
Wing party to prove the truth OF their orn state.
.ment that they were in favor Of abolshing slave
~" &c. John Conant, leading Wing, had
accepted ofths challenge, and had written several
articles. While this discussion was pending "a
Vermont Whig' banded TO Mr. Holcomb COM
mnnica,ion ofncary four columns in length, filled
with personal abuse and scurrous epihe,s that
would disgrace even the lowest horsc.shed Draw
ler,--bul not word Of proof or argument was at
tempted This piece addressed to "Mr. Hol.
comb" bu, not toMr. Brown, his associate Edit.
or. +. sad but little at this time although | fel,
that there existed three strong objections to the
admission, into the Voice, ofths piece of bombust
/. "A Vernon, Wing had no rig to interfere
with discussion then pending between Investi-
gator and John Conant but should wait till that
discussion was completed.
2 The demand was for 'epidcnce' that the
Wings were Aboli,ionsts, &c. but that article
contained no such evidence, and did not pretend to
conta in any.
g. The most Objectionable feature was, that
the article contained nothing (excepta few qncs
tons to Mr.. Holcomb,) but personal abuse, which
If inserted, would, of course, give right to lnves
gator to reply ~ like manner. Mr. Brown OBJ
icc,cd to IN @ insertion Of this pecc and | believe
on nearly the same grounds but Mr. Holcomb wa.
determined 10 have ii in ht or miss, and III Il
.9cent
Early on Monday of the next week, tApr t.
Mr.. HoIcomb brought to me another communi
cation from "Vermont Whic" which would fiji
about seven columns Of The Voice, and desirec
10 put il in type for the paper. This insertion
would of course, exclude reply from 'Investi
gator to the last weeks article Of Vernon
Wing" and also his intended reply to j. Conant'
last article II would break up the discussion
then going on between two other correspondents
and devote the paper to The articles Of Vernon
Wing TO the exclusion Of the articles of very
other writer. This, in my opinion, would, as
ought to, destroy the character Of the paper 70
fair dealing = its usefulness, as well as its pecun
iarv Interests. l. was NOT wing enough I
stand this however Mr.. Holcomb might be-
Neither was Iwilng to stand still and see m
interests as joint proprietor Of the paper, sacrifice
by one Editor. contrary las have ever supposed,
TO the feelings and opinions of the other Edito
This, too, was to be effected by violating ever
rule of free and impartial discussion, and operate
monstrous wrong other correspondents
1t was not enough that "a Vermont Wing" ha
occupied nearly four columns the previous wee
an abusing the Liberty Party and lis correspond
onis but he must have, the very mex, week, sere
columns more, without even permitting reply j
@!fdcenss! Besides, Mr.. Holcomb had show
ms sympathy for this Wing by making ge'
cyal charge against Investigator az well as h
opponents of usng harsh abusive eplhei
when no such epihets could then be found in tn
articles OF Investigator bu, abundance Of 1eI
in those OF a. Conant" and Vermont Wing
He also refused, when requested, to publish
corrprtion of This error