The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1850-06-25
and had his views prevailed, the whole
matter would have been settled permanently
and settled RIGnr-long before this.

e." Edwdrd ID. Barber, Esq, has taken up
the cudaels in behalf of his proiege the
Publisher of the Post. lie thinks il incred.
ibe that we have so many subscribers in
this town MS we sated-but has never in
qured for our Subscription book, in order
to know. The principal reason he gives for
charging us with falsehood in this matter is
that n paper cannot have so many subscri-
bcrs, and yet command no more rotes This
shows great respect for the intelligence
and independence of the people of Vermont
and man who flatters his neighbors in this
way cannot fail TO make himself exceeding
ly popular with the masses as Mr.. Bar
Der is known 10 be. Ve,montcrs do not take
a newspaper to tell them how 10 rotel Now.
though We have many subscribers who 40
not act with us politically, and who take the
paper mainly from local and business con.
sideralions, we presume, it is neveftheless
true, that at the last election, the Wig rote
Of this town pdS between 300 and 400, and
we trust MIR. Barber knows it. If he does
not, authentic statistics are within his reach
let him examine. Whether his readers
feel 1atered with his intimation that, to
take the Post is, in his opinion, to .foiio,c his
icad, is 10 particular concern of ours. This
is his language
If there were either three or four hun
drcd copies Of the Post taken in Mddlebury,
AMI the democrats could not carry the cleo
tion by any greater majority than the wings
do, we should consider the Post very weak
~ concern"
Docs Mr.. Barber know how many voteps
there are in this town, or does he not ? IA
the last election, the Wing vote, as already
intimatcd, numbered just about the same a:
our town list, and yet he says:
With that paper taken almost 10y every
voter in the town, the wing party elects lis
candidate for Representative by to 20 OF
40'maiorit, !'-llis arithmetic is somewhat
peculiar, as well as his logic.
Mr.. Barber says we have already Ne
clared, half dozen times" that we you'd
have nothing further TO do with the ecor-
responding editor "A great mistake, that
1t is the corresponding editor who has SC
often taken "ailcctionate leave" and lhei
held us by the button, until he could ask
series of questions to which he wished per
emptory reply. Our files are at his service
if he wishes to look for such language there
: nj l,, elnn a. al 4 >
if he finds it. That sort of "wLimpei
ing" IS in his orr paper, and no whtre else
Mr.. Barber wishes us 10 give our reader
specimen Of bis "diseusling slang anC
falsehooG." The latter we shall expose al
we think occasion requires. The former i
fit only for the columns Of the Post. 1t il
much better for the corresponding editor
we tell him as a friend that a great dca
of the slang" weekly inserted in that pa
per should never be made public.
Mr.. Barber challenges us to discuss will
him whether the Wing party of Vernon
have abandoned the doctrines in respect tt
Slavery which they profcsscd in 1859
the articles of each to be copied in both pa
pcrs-and no to occupy over eighteen col
un,nS three columns a week for six week
We should find it very difficult to write Sc
much on mere question of fact, that car
be settled in five minutes, to the satisfaction
of any reasonable man. Wing resolutions
and the votes and speeches Of our publ,
men in this State are, so far rs we know
the only true test of the Anti-S Slavery doc
trines held by the Wing party here-and
these have neither changed, we believe, foi
the last two years-nor for the las; thirty
Years. We are not aware that any reasona-
bic man believes such change 10 have ia
ken place. We shall not lead OF, Of course
with any number of columns" in defence
of the Wing party, on point that has not
been assailod and is not assailnLlc