The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1848-01-13

snrint;on for any public object in Mddlebury lor
eaTs mast is without signature, to when IS III
fixed a donation about as hperai as any p pa
meiphbors in proportion to our means, we can hGS Il
nono,rt for NEIGHBOUR Holcomb's charging us WIN
i1ardliness unless it is because We refused 10 eE
him Five Dollars to help him out ms losses 9e 40
abusing Henry Clay, like very PICK PocAet ro wa
and at last turning traitor to aboitonism' us NO
have never had occasion to regret, as man s wno
has BETRAYED one party lis seldom true to any'-No'
GALAXY.
The above is copied for the purpose OF correcting
virtual miscellaneous, and for examining 'ne ~"
c;ole loid down in the short paragraph we cha'h
NJ. Bors ideas togetheras found in the Galaxy ana
leove if to our readers to assert them TO their own
liking. =,
In tbo first place We will say, VIC did enquire OF
men who we thought likely to know pretty wen
ohout the matter alluded to, and we were tolu "iA'
- ,,os mot Mr.. Bells custom to Donate very hperay'
We also enqured as to his pecuniary soll''y' uno
were told that he was probably worth IN inc ieb'-
horhood of Tapenty Thousand Dollars. knowing ''lA'
Mr. Bell professed to be ian Abolitlonis'' Du' ho'
Third party one" we named our design ol "SN''s
him, for Donation Of five or ten dollars and were
told that it would be Of no use. But having iA''n
that we could get some help from him. we caieo VA
Mr.. Bell; stated what the debts were co"tracted J0'
that the Committee of the Vermont Ahl-oi"Vefy
Society incurred them in endeavorng 10 uiSse'i'A
ota eucb facts as would cause the people to move
oooirst Slavery,-not through an organized Po"oca'
Marty. but to create such moral sentiment as 10
cause action against the Peculiar INSTITUTION !"
all departments of society. We also stated 'h"' III
consequence of paying about $O'o OF lheSe u'O'''
our pecuniary means had become so much reuu'eu
that We were in stratened circumstances and thaE il
+bosc who professod to believe in Snord1 action
AGAINST slavery would contribute to pay the paance'
the amount would be small to them, but IN the as
prepate great help to us. All we could say no"
o,,or searned TO have no more effect on MIR. bells
l;her.ltv than would the twinkling of the most re
oto star on a mountain iceberg in the frozen
ocean.
r. t,,o socond noint we romark, Mr.. Bell dIl re
fuse Five Dollar Donation but. not Tor thotpuposo
: he would have people understand; ana TINS lof 'ne
very GOOD reason that we never asked him or any
one else for such "a donation This he Knows SO lar
as he Is concerned unless his memory Is 100 trench
Q oro,,. 1or tho editor of a newspaper. The debts
IS alluded 10 were all contracted previous to Volume
n = If the Voice, and this began in June loi3 aho
g nearSya all previous to the first of January l042 !
chic wo told Mr.. Bell ut the time we solicited .he
" Five Dollar Donation, and he had not the 4o'S
oronnd for throwing out the virtual statement ina
% the donation was for another purpose
.rhenext grand Idea is that when we left the Lie
ertv marty and again united with the Wing party '"
- .rod traitor to a5olitioaism! - Is that .tdct
Whom Mr.. Bell began advocating the claims OF tn
Wing party did he turn traitor to real aoonoonl'm
II, 1fso WHY does he profess to favor the true aooo
49, doctrine and still claim to be a WhigF he IS nc
oh o heart in favor Of abotonsm,h he must be IN fAVo
Mt Of the continuance of slarery and, according to III
Id own Ioric he is consummate hApoc'1te. Let III
so clear himself from this position if he can
in But ns novel portion of Dir. Bells logic as an.
ay ia that he does not regret our turning traitor
IS oboIi,ionism" and advocating Wing doctrines, b
LOT cnu,e man who leaves party and pntes VIII
another is seldom true to y;-therefore he rejoice
w os to think we mag turn against the party "ho
ny claims and principles he processes to advocate
this is not the logic lalIly Uouu|4D'' i'0-- 49, ~
v. remarks, we cannot Mthom his ideas.
ho In regard to the Of our giving nm touc
IN y, ironcal manner. to offset his hit at our Weath
If indicator error we will say:-we thought ne sHou
b ba the E,gt man in this state to throw stones on sue
on m OCCASION since he is the most consutnmate ou
derhead there is in these parts in regard 10 ie"'i
errors in his paper uncorrectcd; and we chaIIeni
ry him to find any four papers in Vermont that III"
ON, contained as many mistakes for year past as b
ing the Galaxy.
lin If wa have been misinformed in regard to NJ
ore Bells ljbcratv on his furnishing US the amount
de has contributed to the Ant-Savcry cause I'm WI
hat he processes to approve ;)-the amount he cont
out buted to the "Irish Relief Fund" after his sci
ing ouent Appeal" was published last year, and
null SIMS donated to other benevolent objects, we
'S nublish the several sums so that the public shall
''J rightly Informed in regard to the matter. VIII
out 'oN''
ord do it2
$3.50 ~ The amount we paid directly on COMMITTEE
Won't debts amounted to about S670, and what we Il
was previously contributed freely to The anti-save
hing causetogether with what indirectly taken ire
way us, amounted to not less t'ah rl'een
ken lars In consequence of these losses we had to
his render our home, and now have to live on hire
Mr.. we have ever asked, was to get back the $780,
I" a very low price for collecting it, Reckoning
e. balance of principal and interest-togeher with W
hd, the Committee agreed to allow for the expense
'"nu collecting there is now due us not less than
Hundred Dollars. Our circumstances are now
"'ou much straitened, and if those who have the me
rect ''i'0A o'' u4n;,,,,+o will 20
one 10 sp"ro' anu '0oi -, .ou,
hs $3.50 or even $500, this winter, we will engage
NJ ask no more on that score in future. 1t
,nncitinn To be nlAced In.