Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-03-15
Il scordto = aJriendto Fairness. :
6 Ridentem deere Deram, quid vetats
Hon"

- s~~s IS 49, = 1880
6 Ridentem deere Oeram, quid vetat2
Hon"
Mosr SCIENTIFIC Sra,
OBSERVING in the Alexandra
Gazette Of the lst instant, your highly
erudite, and most polished essay, un-
der the head Of I" Advertise nent," and
profoundly smitten with the gigantic
proves of your more than huissant
quill, ] cannot forbear to beg to be per-
mitted to present myself to you, in the
humble shape ofthe most entire homage
aud consideration! and whilst ] ayow,
an utter incapacity to withhold my
sympatoies, and to suppress my indlg.
nation, at the yandal-lik. enor,nities,
wnish have been practised, by those
never to be forgiven fellows yclep'd the
+" trustees of the Hygeia Academy"
in presuming to travel out OF the
plain path of charity and forbcarance,
aod ana vocc dismissing you, (for IN
you, il is not difficult, to recognise the
sage Mr.. r. I. H. from their employ
ment. and that too, on the unheard OF,
ard ungracious charge Of total iacapa'
city, and total infdelity--I say whilst
! make bold TO approach you, WITH all
due humility and alteration, may be
most gnsciously pardoned, for daring
10 lift, one little corner Of the veil, and
shelving to d wonder-stricken, end al
miring community. one or two very tri.
viai errors, which have, Il am sure,
from the most natural, and of course,
the most venial of motives) crept into
the lines of your truly splendid +" Adj
vsrtisemsnt"- Witha just appreciation
of your extraordinary character ! COM
nit myself TO your clemency, without
one fear of being denied, that indul-
gence and complacency, for which you
stand so pre-eminently distinguished
I shall mos. carefully sift, the little,
o'iental-Iike mistakes, of your peice,
from the great ssll-evident truths,
which Ash upon the view, and almost
astonish the understanding, and this
cone, shall, with all confidence ia the
issus) turn you. and your Advertise
mcnt," over to that station in society,
to which you are so eminently entitled
Itis trae, that "a part of the trustees
only" were present at the time, you
received your quietus, but as the laws
Of the Academy, had regulated the
number requisite to form quorum for
business and IS nearly thrice that mum.
Der were present; as your rejection
was decided on nemine confrad,cente,
(not excepting the gentleman. who had
very properly consented to become the
vehicle of your petition and to whom
you have so gratefully given the lie y
as the trustees Of the Academy, were
SO considerable in number, and SO de-
tsched in residence, as TO render it
next to impossible, to convene them
to man; and as it would have been a
Eovel principle in legislation to require
the trotria tersona Of every member
Of z delibelatlve body, in olrler to give
validity to its acts, it was humbly pre-
sumed, that the pauclty Of the meeting
would not be made an objection 10 the
procedure, even by the perspicacious
Mr.. T. !. II. himse!f-lt is true, that
the publication of the trustees, did con-
tain some words, in italics;' but il
is alatsehoed--an irapudsnt falsehood-
a falsehood tor which, (futtered in pre-
sence of one of the trustecs) the author
would be apt to receive salute, on the
spot where honor lies, that 1t contained
e unfounded in,inuations" Is is true,
that I. l. H. entered into an agree.
ment with the trustees, tor one year
only, at the expiration of which he"-
was contrary to his earnest solicitation,
disnissed-It is false, that at the close
of the year, he {" resigned )" but on
the contrary itiS most true, that he was
an anxious applicant, and that his APP.
plcation was accompanied with a con.
trite acknowledgement Of past error, s.
reiterated promises of future amend.
is tire, {" that on the day of
one Of the trustees, did men,
ton to the board, that Mr.. H. was will
ling to take the school," {" no candi-
date" to the contrary Notwithstanding
and it is also true, that he was request.
ed to do so, by the said Fl but it is
shamelessiy false, that he demanded
: double what another man offered for,
who was received'--On the contrary
it is true, that Mr.. HIS successor and
suteri5r is employed on terms, similar
to those, which were offered by the
said H: with this difference only, that
ne IT, offered, Gas an inducement to
the trustees to be bound for t1vo years.
1t is true, that "Mr. H. never went near
the meetipg," and it is also, probably
true, that for not going near, he found
a motive, in the consciousness of hav.
ipcr IN currad rho etectotior &c ,,,.n,, ,e