The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-01-09
George Fl. Beaman,
EDITOR OF THE RUTLAND HERALD.


In the Herald of last week, after re-
marking on the temperance cause.-The
movements in regard to eecIing County
Commissioners, &C., the editor takes me
to task for language used in The Voice, OIL
the week previous, in the following strain,
1--WE have only 10 say further in refers
ence to tins matter, that the attempt of the
'Voice OF Freedom to produce the impress
sion that the Herald had taken sides in
this controversy is as unfair and ungen-
llemahy, as the charge is destitute Of rea-
son and TRUTH.-We again assert that
the Herald has lent itself to neither oil
these Gctions--it has done no more for
one side than the other, nor has il refused
10 comply with The reasonable requests oil
either. We have published the pro.
ceedlngs of each party i'll convention-we
have published the address of the temper
ance committee, and given place TO two
short communications on the other side
and have made no comments on either
side ourselves We have printed the votes
on both sides, and have rendered the same
aid in the distribution OF those of one par.
ty, as the other-and which is Just none
al all. We have not seen a ticket Of ell
Their party since they were printed, only as
they are stuck up around our Streets
!, Shall we be drawn into that dreadful vor~
tex of which the Voice of Freedom
speaks ?'
The paragraph upon which neighbor
Beaman builds the foregoing soperstruc>
ture reads as follows,
1.-The editor OF the Woodstock Mercury
comes out in as strong tone as could be
expected of any antislavery editor, on the
subject Of slavery, and if he will come in
to the antisavery ranks and labor as
thoroughly against voting for the friends
of slavery, as he does now against those
in favor Of rum selling, he and will not
differ on that question. | perceive that
the editor of the Rutland Herald is on the
other side 4; at least his name is on the 9th.
er ticket, to aid in distributing votes for
those who will license the traffic. Mr.
Beaman has been in position to see the
deadly effects Of rum drinking, long e.
nough to understand it, and if he chooses 10
lend his influence on that side, he may
be drawn into a vortex he little dreams of.
Every man who has charge of a newspa.
per, is placed ia situation 10 exert a
greater influence than he could as a pri-
vate citizen. 1t appears 10 me then, that
each one should realize his responsibility,
and lend his influence, be it grea! or small,
in such way as not to countcnance such
a destructive practice as rum selling, for
drink"
The foundation of the remarks pertain
ing to the editor of the Herald was the
fact, that at the convention held at Rutland
two days after, and in opposition to the
convention held at Cas,Ielon, Mr. Beaman
was appointed member OF the committee
for preparing and distributing the votes for
the candidates who were in favor of licen.
sing men to sell alcoholic liquors as
drinks-these proceedings were published
in MIR Beaman's own paper without his
dissent 10 his name being used for that pur-
pose. How any man could draw an infer.
ence different from mine am unable to
tell. Had there been Democratic con-
vention held at Rutland prior 10 the Sep>
TENDER election, and Mr. Beaman's name
had been inserted as a committee 10 dis
| distribute democratic votes, and he had
published those proceedings without dis
sent would not his Wing friends have
said at once that he was lending his in>
huence on that side2 And would not the
Democrats have said the same2 The as
sertion, or fact that he has not performed
the labors assigned him, does not affect my
position, founded upon his own previously
published proceedings. So | guess neigh
Dor George, you hadn't better undertake
to crawl through the ginbIet hole You
have just tried to bore, for the purpose Of
demolishng my superstructure, by calling
me 'ungentlemanly'- charging ne with