Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1863-03-20

4 ledI W near tHtlf ucclSlOn. we q
not yet believe that the people {
Orleans county are anxious to brea
down and utterly ruin the only ma
: who has ever succeeded in sustain
ing a paper in Irasburgh and maxim,
i. it a paying concern. We have
f firmer faith in their intelligence anc
: their love Of justice, to think it.
two papers are printed in Irasburgh
one or tie other must GO dorm this
is an indisputablc fact. In sucl
times as these, when but one paper
can barely be sustained, there is Ger.
tainly no necessity for another
| The fact however that times are very
severe upon publishers Of papers, is
the occasion for our enemies start
ing the paper at this time. They
argue that as times are very oppres-
sive on us in consequence of the ex-
brilliantly high price Of paper and
printing materials, this is just their
time to do US mortal injury and so
cripple US in our business that we
cannot survive the shock. We shall
survive the shock, however; and in
the end it will be the means of put
ting ''money in our purse, forno OBJ
ject undertaken from motives of re.
venge can ever succeed beyond few
brief months; and this being the on.
ly object and the repeatedly declared
purpose of the present raid upon us,
must in the end ANONYMOUSLY fail.
We wish here to add an item in !
regard to the way our enemies have
undertaken to manufacture public
opinion and gain influence to their
cause. In their efforts to start an
opposition paper it has been neces-
sary for them to raise eight hundred
dollars on note and loan it to the
editors, to enable them to purohogo
heir printing materials. That note
% made payable to Ira H. Allen, or
bearer, and has been signed by our
enemies in Irasburgh and a few men
in other parts of the county. The
money however is furnished by Silas
u. Bean of this village, and not by
Mr.. Allen, as the note would seem
% imply. The design of those who
irew up this note is to lead the peo-
Die TO believe that Mr.. Allen fur
fishes the money for, and backs the +;
lew concern. AS it is conceded that /
lie possesses great wealth and inhu- 5
nee, the conclusion would seem to n
'e irresistible that if he gave both c
money and influence to establish the Il
ew paper, our concern, backed by ''
few bank bills of the smallest pos
lble denomination, must succumb. -,
ut we are happy to inform our rea. in
ers that this nice little scheme is III
Sposcd and will not work and that I'll
ler unwarrantable use of Mr.. AL o
ms name for the purpose of gain t"
g support that they could not get m
any other way, is without his OF
lowledge or consent" as will be
en- by referring to notice under IL
II editorial head. His statement
lows a bird of an entirely different r.
'lor. They are "hoist by their own -
'tard." What money or influence
r. Allenuses in support of either pa V
r, will be used to uphold the Stan lie;
nd. We state this upon our own ID
thority-a sort Of shrewd guess. be
c want no donations from him or y
y other man, or set Of men; we "c'
g abundantly able to sustain our
4; we established ourself in busi-
s. unaided by any one; we have "a,
stained it without individual gifts; dee
shall still "play lone hand" tior
One word further. To prove sew
further proof is necessary-that a c
S the intention of our enemies to NE
n us we have only to say that we NH
&c offered to sell out to them for nos
at we consider very reasonable rec'
D, but they will not buy. We
aid gladly sell and make some. a
lg of a sacrifice in order to have emp
rything move pleasantly, but our was
mics say they had rather run us The
than to buy us out" Let them pile,
it if they prefer to do so. end
We wish in closing to state that aero
we have made above is -
ndnd to aninlv "a n;thn,, -. . Q wy