The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1848-04-04

TEMPERANCE AND THE FREENAS.-We are
sometimes compelled to notice and to correct
gross misstatements and scurrilous attacks from
sources that would preclude any respectful and
serious attention, but for the fact that even the
meanest and most unprincipled sheet may doubt
less exert some influence among class Of read
ers who have but imperfect means of Judging of
the truth and justice of its statements-The Free
man has of late become conscious (see its 'lead-
er" Ct last week. that its zone idea" creed has
exposed it 20 some degree ofcontempt, and that
certain political opponents have appealed very
effectively to the narrowness of the basis upon
which Liberty men have attempted to organize
party. Accordingly we have witnessed for some
weeks past an effort, on the part of the editor
to knead another element into the dough that he
has been so long vainly attempting to"rise." From
this time forward, the Liberty party is going to
monopolize the whole subject of Temperance.
Two or three weeks ago. Mr.. Poland threw out
this pompous challenge "Point us TO single
Wing or Democratic paper in the State, that has
dared to raise its voice in favor OF No License,
during the canvass ~-Now the editor Of the
Freeman exchanges with most of the "Whig and
Democratic papers in the State" and knows what
ground they hare taken-or, if not he violates the
plainest principles of yeracity in attempting to
make his readers believe that no Wing paper has
spoken in favor of No License and in virtually
asserting that such is the case. He had no more
right to make an ass eriion respecting matter
of which he knew himself to be entirely igno-
rant than to assert positively what he knew to DO
false. But if Mr.. Poland does exchange with the
several papers in this State, (which is unGoutted
ly the easel he knous that no less than ELEVEN
Wing papers, which he finds on his table every
week, have always taken strong, decided, and I'M
compromising ground against License. On eth
err suppositon, therefore, Mr.. Poland has exhibit
ted his moral character in no very enviable light.
Again, in the last Freeman We notice sour
rillous and vulgar article from an ILL., bred cor
respondent, rabidly attacking the Church and its
Ministry blowing an asinine blast in praise of Inf
deity, throwing contempt upon Law and law-ma-
kers and especially denouncing the civil authori-
ty of Boston-a city than which not more or
DERBY and sober and moral one (of equalextent)
can be found in the world; and all for the simple
reason that the city authority deemed it proper to
give dinner to the Congressional Committee,
who conducted the remains of 3lr. Adams to their
final restingplace and that, at this dinner for
not all this Committee, consisting Of one from
every state in the Union, had acquired the strict
/ Temperance habits of New England,) some Of
their quests were furnished with little wine.
WE say "little," however, land any, we are free
to admit, was not exactly according to our no
tions) but this writer Of billingsgate balderdash
saws that the expense for 'iquor" was 1922 OO.-
and very shrewdly adds, in his best style, "Grog
enourh we should think to get them all pretty well
fuddled." That is, on an average, the 200 guests
fincluding members Of Congress and all others
LARGE majority of whom doubtless abstained
from wine entirely,) drank each eieren dollars
,rortA of urine ! Judging from such data, the ele-
rant correspondent elsewhere calls the "magis-
trates and rulers of Boston ''raygeat critters
and we are not so much surprised at that, as at
the fact that an editor could be found IN Nc"
England who would admit such stupid calumnles
and such barefaced misstatements into his paper
and give his correspondent puff into the OA'
gain. After all, the communication Is not very
much out of keeping with the general tone OF Inc
Freeman Its editor, if we have not peeh nilSln-
formed. has been adversely employed during his
past life-now fighting valiantly for the Church,
and now grandiloquently lauding lnfidelity; now
Wing editor, and now selling his pen to oppose
the Wings. We strongly suspect that, after the
seven hundred dollars Mr.. Poland has Struggled
out of his Liberty friends shall have been pretty
much exhausted, our Loco Foco brethren may
purchase him Eat bargain