The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1848-02-17

LEFT-BANDED LIBERTY TITO,


LEFT-BANUED LIBERTY TpIOl
In the L'6triy Gcecne Of January 9Th, the editor
accuses the eiiior Of the Green N9vntaiq Fresr,o.
OF violating contract for ceding to the Gazssts al,
the territory embraced in tie Sd Conversational D;,
trict Of Vermont, as Liberty Psr,y gronnd Mr..
BRIGGS, the editor of the Gazette, virtually admit
ting that in turn he coded to Mr. Poland the other
three Districts Mr.. Briggs also accuses Mr.. Poland
! Of saying that movement he (Poland) wns then
making, would kin the Genius Of LiJery--the other
Liberty paper, PUBLISHED ut Ludlow. In the Free
man OF Inst week the editor says these charges
brought by MIR Briggs are every serious and utterly
groundess," and that lie should have corrected tba
nis-statements the week before, had not the Gazets
which contained them been aiMheM from the Free
man A portion Of the charges brought BY Mr..
Biggs, Mr.. Poland pronounces "wloly AMI totouv
destitute Of truth."
Inc editors of the Genius Of Liberty occupy son,a
'ro than two columns of their paper of last week
with :" An appeal to The Friends OF Li5ertv" eud
"eSposing the course pursued by tho editor of tia
Green Mountain Freeman, in regard to the Geriua
Of Liberty" In this article they Law baro the rI,,
adopted between Dir. Poland and sor1e few eadcra
Of the Liberty Party, which plan was fer Mr. Poland
to put the price Of the Freeman to one dollar in ad
vance, the other party binding themselves to raise
and pay over to the first party Stren Hundred DOL
tarS-ths to be obtained in donations from sundrv
in 'ividuas, for the good CT the cause Tho editor.
Of the Genius call Mr.. Poland "miserly mscresrt"
and ask the members of the Liberty Party in this
State whether they will Justify Mr.. Polapds con-
duct? We shall wait with some interest for Mr..
Poandsreply to the Genius article, although he de-
MES in bis paper of this week portion Of the foun-
cation on which the editors Of the Genius based their
statements and Appeal
In Mr.. Poiand's notice Of lowering the price ofthe
Freeman to those who pay in advance, the ICON
sderation he receives for this great sacrifice Gs he
would represent, is the great benefit the increased
circulation Of his paper would confer on "Freetom
and Humanity" Yes, that is the grea. object for
which Mr. Poland labors! In replying to Mr..
Briggs however, he virtually admits that his phlar-
thropy does not cause him to make quite all the snc
rice that his standing notice and reasons would i'm
seven hundred dollars paid to him for his stock Of
philanthropy then hand, but claims that this va.
less ten Aa!f the sacrifice lie made on tho list DO
then had. Ee says, too, that the one dollar advance
is the exact cost Of Tie paper Mr.. Poland's former
advance price wes one dollar and fifty cens--corsa>
qucnty if he sacrificed more than fourteen hundred
dollars, his list must have been more than twenty
eight hundred. Now We venture the assertion, that
with such list Of paging subscribers, and with that
location we could make tile advertising in the PAYER
pay for the printing, and allowing S23 PER week for
tx and half reans Of news sheet, which would
make over 5000 copies, there would bo left Of the
$500, at one dollar per copy, Fifteen Hundred
Dollars TO pay for editing, ink, use CT type, &c.
And since Mr.. Pola!d is practical printer he can
probably get his work done ss cheap as those nos
accustomed to that business, aud We rather think ho
cannot, with very good grace, boast Of any worry
great sacrifices he has made for the cause Of human
ity, in the shape Of newspaper and more especially
to those acquainted with the cost of publishing
paper. The fac. il, Dir. Poland was hired In tho
beginning to espousc the AntiSlavery cause (hrcueh
newspapor) in 1898, and commenced with Mr.
ALLEN in January 1885 the printing of tho Voice cc
Freedom, then under the editorial charge of G. l..
Knapp. He WAS next employed % publish Whis
paper in Lamoille County In 1913 Mr. Po!an,! waa
hired BY tbs Liberty Parry, by their pledging lin
certain sum OF money and subscription LIST Of sew
eral hundred
We will express the opinion that the Mss,rs PAN
TON, editors Of TIE Genius, may rs we'll dopond on
their own exertions 10 support their paper to lean
on the Liberty Party FOR help for one idol editor Is
as much as that party will willingly support and NO
doubt whether they will succeed very well while
they take the political ground they now DO alloush
they exhibit very good talent in conducting IT,
We will close our present remarks by copvInq
from the Freeman Of January l3h, and leave it with
the three Liberty editors to decide who "gets his
due since Messrs. Poland end Briggs accuse each
other Of lying, Hnd the editors of the Genius say M
Poland is q misery m;Screant" The remarks Of
Mr.. Poland alluded to in his rapor Of the 18th ult
arc as fol'ows;-" The old odaSc holds good, 'When
friends fall out, the devil gcts lis due"
P. S. We will suggest that Messrs. Barton pro.
sccu.e c. c. Briggs for deciding their section OF tho
State to Mr. Poland since he had no r2ore right to
than had his Satanic Majesty to deed the whole
earth on certain occasion
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