Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-12-04
Wing DcceptioDS, Liberty Progress.

Some of the wings, OIL account of their own losses
and present gloomy prospects, seem determined by
base receptions and malicious fasehoods to make out
that the Liberty party is even in worse condition
than their own party. The following from the Gal
axy is fair specimen of this kind of deception, which
is found in most of the Wing papers.
"In Massachusetts,, during the last Snte' election,
the third party fell short about two thousand, and as
far as the returns have been made the Express says
this party is upon rapid decline in the State of New
York Our Ohio papers say scarcely any thing about
third partyism In Vermont, by dint of the Dragging
and clustering of their organ, the Freeman, and by
parading lecturers through the State they may hoist
peg higher But they cannot long survive the shocks
which they experiencing in every other state in
the Union, where the party has had an organization"
We propose to give the loss and gain Of the Liberty
party as compared with the Wing vote mseveral states
and leave it for the editor of the above notable paper
and all others, who may wish to draw their own con-
clusions
In this state the wings lost $3.50, and the Liberty
gain since the last November election is $3.50.
In Muinc, the Wings have lost l0,368; the Liberty
party has gained 6l8, In Massachusetts, Briggs ma
ority last November over all others was 1915, this
year he lacks $500 of an election The wings have
lost 1856; 36 per cent, the Liberty vote has fallen
off 1852, 90 per cent.
In New York; in the eighth senatorial district, Clays
vote was 81 449 this year the wing candidate had 90
705; loss l0905 This is probably a fair sample Of
the loss through the state. The Liberty vote last year
in 81 counties, was 8027, this year the vote is 8l04
gain n, The Tribune reports l4,740 Liberty votes,
and the whole of the first senatorial district and Dutch
ess County were not included. Our vote last year
was about $4,000 in the state.
In Ohio the Liberty vote in 80 counties last veal
was 62Ol, This year it is 6,937-gain 736. The
wing vote has fallen off in about the same proportion
as in the other states.
| In Pennsylvania, Clay had l61, 203. Karas, the
wing candidate this year, had s9OOO loss 72113 the
Liberty vote in % counties already heard from, was
last year 254O, this year g. l46 gain COG. In Michi-
gan, Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin Territory the lib
erty vote has greatly ncreased In fact in every state
where the Liberty party has been organized, except
Massachusetts, the vote has increased while the Wing
vote in nearly every state in the Union has fallen of
from one third to one eighth
There are about forty Liberty papers published
and the number is increasing. The Liberty party is
now organized in every free State and in three OF
four of the slave States Our principles beginning
to be known and appreciated by the honest and in
egent of the old parties friends are full of cour-
age, and the is progressing rapidly as its good
demands.
If facts like these afford any encouragement and
consolation to the Wings, they are welcome to them
they surely fill our hearts with courage and hope.
The democratic loss, as compared with the Liberty
gain, would place them about the same footing as
the wings; both are fast going to destruction.