The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-11-13

dom3" ~ If so, | shall be constrained
to adopt your good Wing friend Clarke
significant definition, wherein he de-
clares it to t'be Freedom who's,
Voice is all on one side of its moutj
and excludes discussion!' (8)
Your insinuation that "you woult
engage TO- clear me from the charge o
committing such crime as paying fol
another mans supper closing the sen
tence with an exclamation point, is the
more reprehensible from the fact thai
you have no excuse or apology for max
ing it except to crafty your new Whig
allies who scruple at nothing and, (as
you know would be delighted at al
your attempts in traducing the charac-
ter of Liberty men. 1t is not my prov
ince, and would be unbecoming in me,
to boast Of my liberality, or even to mem
ton any thing | may have done or con-
tributed towards the relief of suffering
humanity or to advance the great and
glorious cause of moral progress. |
aensibly feel my deficiency in the dis
charge of my duty. But this much l
may and have right to say in self de-
fence that the above insinuation comes
with very poor grace from gou who
have, more than once, been the recipient
Of my donations to an amount which
you we'll know, would furnish you "sup.
pers" for weeks. l hope you will not
again have occasion to express your
gratitude for Fslight lavors in so pub
lie manner. Such profusion of cons
pIiments and fattery, as you have be-
slowed on me, must, when trumpeteG to
the world, appear quite fulsome! (9.}
AS you charge me, and some others
who voted the Liberty ticket, with
"making four times the effort that both
the other parties did to secure the cleo
ton of their candidates becomes
me to say that the only effort made be-
fore election was to stay at home-that
is, do not recolect of single instance
IN which | left the village to urge any
one to the polls or TO vote for a particu>
lar candidate, and / believe the mem,
bers oft Liberty party, generally, did
not leave their usual avocations for that
purpose One Of your parly-a Wing [
am informed admitted that he rode three
or four days before election and boosted
that were it not for the exertons made
by himself and brother, Mr.. Briggs
would not have been elected. And yet
you make the sweeping declaration-that
we made " four times the effort of both
the other parties," without producing a
single fact or proofto sustain it. QO.) ID.
1t is true | have repeatedly expressed
my opinion for the past two years that if
any party prevailed in Brandon it would
be the Liberty party, and this without
reference to any particular candidate. |
have yet seen nothing to change that
opinion. If it be criminal offence in
me because the Liberty party happened
to nominate q candidate with member
Of whose family | formed a marriage
connexion some eleven years ago) then
it is one for which | had no means to
guard against its commission. An
e1pOst facto rule is the only one you
could apply to my case, and l might
here place myself on my reserved, or at
least 'res:ed' is not that good Wing
word constitutional rights. You ought
in justice, to arraign the Liberty party,
also, as the greater criminal Of the two.
What right had that party to nominate
man who had relatives land those re-
latives, horrible to relate, Liberty men!
l have the consolation, however, Of
knowing that members of your party are
guilty of crimes Of much greater enorml-
ty than mine. Staunch Wings in this
place have, many time, electioneered,
voted for, and spared no pains to elect
their own natural Fathers, Brothers and
Sons take it for granted you will not
long delay the trial and punishment due
to those culprits. ll.)
Yours, &c. R. V. MARSH.
a. did receive a note, and it con-
tanned as much nsolence as | have ever
seen in the space that occupied and as