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endorse him; ana as we are informed thouSh
for it's correctness we will not vouch) cir
culated a subscription in advance of the ac-
know not. unless to ~forestall their decision.
But Notwithstanding his endorsement they
rejected him; and then "for reasons not nee
essary and perhaps not proper to state here,
the former principal did cfer a continual
ton of his services; and we presume that
he too was rejected, though for what ''doubt'
we know not. In a former article we detail
ed more fully the reasons why we believed
that an effort was made to place over the
Academy a principalto whom a majority oil
the citizens were opposed; and from an in
stitution, which, to say the least of it, is
looked upon with strong suspicion. TO this
effort we expressed ourselves decidedly oP-
posed; and for that expression we were be-
laboreh by the communication of al. W.
He charges us with writing the article for
personal and not public considerations. 10
this charge" repeat that we wrote 1t to
nrevent th, zion of the above mention
ed individr without regard to either the
pleasure o>"M disp'easure of ali. W.
But we had no idea that lie was so much az
'grieved till VT saw an eff usion of his wrath
in the Journal; for as he says i'll his second
communication he aftcrw ards served upon
the same committee with us, where he GER
Itainly manifested nothing OF the spirit Of
his communication, but with sundry compli-
ments requested us to draft the report Of
the committee, and to examine and recon-
mend to the next meeting certain nOs."nS
and books of his own. 1t was this hypocritl-
cal spirit which we said, and which we re-
peat, that we utterly despisc. The gentle
man felt himself personally injured, and
smiled. because he was either afraid to seek
personal redress, or pleased to think of the
conspicuous figure he would cut in print
We still can not think that he would ever
have used in our presence the language
which he put in his communication. We
would not kowcverharc the gentleman think
that we are particularly a warlikc man,
though we have heretofore condemned in de-
cided language his peculiar, if not ''origin-
all notions on that subject. He declared IN
our hearing that we ought not to go to war
with Mexico. even ifsEc invaded Texas, be-
cause we had wrongcd her and it would be
upon our part 4 further aggression. L"
this we replied that it would then become a
war of invasion. and in that case, our motto
should be, .'our country right or wrong,
and if drafted. we should feel it our duty to
obey the call. He said that upon principle
he was opposed to all wars, whether "tirn-
sivc or defensive, and should not go. We
told him that under circumstances hcmlght
be compelled to 20. His reply was that he
not afraid of that, for no power on earth
could cornpelhim to go to war; and besides
there was always a plenty of 'Sorry fellows
TO fight the battles of nations without such
men as he. And this is the substance of a
conversation to which We presume he allI-
.dcd in his communication.
He peremptorily challenges the name OF
the preacher who used the language sac
credited to him" in the Banner. This we
as pcremptorily refuse, because we do not
think it right 10 dr2s MIN before the public
in this matter. Though for the satisfaction
of the public, we will inform the gentleman
that he Is a distinguished Presbyterian
preocher, and that he used substantially the
language "accredited to him"in the pres
ence of J. II. Daughcrty, a citizen of Troy,
who will bear testimony TO the fact; and
whose word will be credited as soon as that
of ii. w.
II A debating society in atown down East,
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