The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-03-20
March 20, 1916.


expected the people to believe your whole
sale denunciations without PROF.. You
also style them 'ilinerating vagabonds de-
void of religious principle not only, but of
all the elements of common morality and
decency." This 100 you seem TO expect
gaping public will swallow for truth on
your mere ipsc dirit. Would not these
Geaders,' as you style them, OF whom you
give list by name, have right 10 en-
quire wha! character you sustain for ''mo.
ralily and decency2" He who assumes
10 preach against The sins Of others should,
q! least, be exempt from some ofthe gross
er sins himself. That you are thus ex-
empt and stand up, like Paul, The fearless
advocate Of righteousness t, TEMPER
ANcE ant judgmen, I leave with your
neig hbors--the whole circle Of your &c.
qualntance, aud The character Of you! pa
per TO determine.
A party is, TO a certain extent, respon>
sble for the course pursued by their pa
pers-but whether the wh!g party justify
YOUR course rs editor, in the above onset
reiterated in the same offensive manner in
your subsequent numbers remains 10 be
seen. That you have had assistance in
this onset-and that it has been rendered
by certain Vermont Wing" and by
certain other individual OF the same Coun-
" and Of about the same calibre who, in
Congress last winter, had the exquisite
pleasure ofrefusing 10 vote against slave
holder CAmpbelI's gag or the Baltimore
resolutions will not, by me, be disputed
The great body Of the people comprising
the whig party at the North are, have
no doubt, sincere and homes, in their anti>
slavery professions. Among them have
many personal friends and relatives, The
matters Of difference between them and
The Liberty party, have reason 10 sup
pose, would, long since. have been healed.
and they have united with US in prevent
ing The election Of bo:h Clay and Polk
were it not that they were made to believe,
by artful and designing men. that to vote
for STAKEHOLDER This time who was glad
on certain conditions, 10 witness the an
nexation of Texas who declares that The
question Of Slavery should not affect the
question one way or the other who was
opposed 10 Che abolition OF Slavery in the
District and the interstate slavetrade was,
in fact, voting the true Liberty ,icketl-
But we will now leave this topic and be-
stow moments attention en- your person.
al charge of falsehood. The following is
your language.
In justification of ourselt, however,
we beg leave 10 remind the gentleman
that what he says of US, in connection with
this controversy (belween VI. Wing and
lnvesligalor) is unqnahfsdLy and aoiifailY
false! He very well recollec,s that al the
time of the appearance of the article OF
VI. Wing aoe had no connection whats
ever with this paper and consequently
could not have been guilty OF the Unfair
ress alIedged against U.s." The above
are your exact words, emphasis, and pune
luation.
What did say Of you is as follows.
Speaking of this very article of'Vs Wbig'
! used these words.
"This You promptly published (the ar
tiele Of VI. Whig) but refused TO insert
the reply of Investigator which subse-
quently appeared in the Green Mouotaiu
Freeman"
In there remarks had reference to the
editor oflhe Herald they were addressed
10 the editor aud not to any particular
individual. Tha, the editor of the Herald
"promp:|y published" the article of vi.
Wing no one will deny; bu. how Stood
the facts subsequent 10 that publication.
Il is true tina, at The time Of The appear
Ancs Of the article Of VI. Wing" you chad
no connection with the paper," but you
carefully suppress The fact tina, the very
next week, or the week after, you pur>
chased the establishment Of Mr.. White
add become the sole editor of the paper.
Did you not then, alter you beca,ue editor.
promise Investigator tina, you would in
sert his reply if he would wait few
weeks 10 enable you 10 publish some 9TH
er matter and fad spacei Did you not,