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and pressing them through the Council, thsss
perhaps NOT voting on them. 9th. Atteups:s
TO enforce the collection Of fnss on msndber. :
the Council without trial or ordinance. T6th..s
other offences could Be added, but q -ianaesr
is no crime. ] would not inpute eli IL O. I
bad motives, but to general want Of cspscatrS
But this rule does mot spplylto your Mifai -.
Representations OF the motives and cepinF~
others. 6ess.,rg Ia
The charge Of my pursuing you will nsi,r;.
ity and the proofs you give, are really inssf;s.
70 the intelligence Of any community. IT,
they? Why that / had not voted for yousG
town treasurer-thst I wrote to the !. %.
|paTtmsnt against your appointnent-refu,edk
vote for you for Mayor, &C., Sc. IthinkI IA
shown that / had good reason not 70 wish yo.,
appointment a. treasurer, from your total inc.
.pacity to keep correct accounts, and I have raol
to believe that your best friends ~sineereIs
regret that you were ever placed in an sGes yos
have disgrsced BY yovr incapacity and ilieeier.
Of power. Most certainly some dthc,s
who were most active in promoting your eIecicn
are now the frmest in resisting and denouieinv
your usurpation. But really I thought this ~
a Republican Government, and that men Goa
at least vote as they pleased, without being DE-
for il. but it seems not, from the course
of William the 1st of Louisiana. Why did YOU
not have me brought up to the polls under
charge of the constable and required 4,
vote for you? You had just as much pow.
er TO do that as to veto bills. The chastsr
does not forbid in vovds either of the acts,
therefore,, according to Mr.. Henderson and
William the LIST, you must have the power
Did Mr.. Kennedy yer vote for me for =
It is not often you have had ts
but if you never did, ! certainly
have no right to denounce you for conspi-
racy, hunting me, &c. If / ever did 1rits
TO the Post Office Department in relation
to your application for the Post OGce, Of
which I have no distinct recolle csion.
] may have done 50, ] assure yoa
that / wrote nothing but the truth, which
is more than you have done in this case, fus
was q more contemplate fslsehood
told than that about my confessing withs
underjaw," SC. Why should
have "quivered" before one whom even q
in petticoats might insult with impu.
nifty, so far as ! know? 1t is ridiculous,
contemplate.
One word about the lie concerning my at
to pass an ordinance by stealth
This cowaIdly falsehood has been once be-
lore publicly exposed. But il I can get
you before witnesses under oath, I will thea
prove, that so far from my attempting By
stealth to pass an ordinance, that you, o.
hose who acted with you, by a little psfty
rick, beneath the dignity of.pablic men,
under foot the petition Of a large
Of citizens; end now, instead Of
for the effrontery Of the trick, you
ire trying to make capital out Of it. lam
'esdy to meet you OF the question before
he people, whose interests you rave tram
lied on. But room fails me, and I must
lose the subject. THANK you for the kind
about my brothers. Doubtless
hey regret that your stupid ignorance cad
'indictive malice should have dictated Tie
course youhave pursued, and I can s~iresre.
, reciprocate your compliment by assuring
Tou that while I may differ from Soma Of
our friends on some subjects, ! am happy
o regard them as honorable men, and agree
in opinion with them in regard to
our assumption Of power.
/ will conclude BY adding, that while !
ssumed the anonymous name Of "Conmon
merely as . matter of taste, and As
common in discussing public measures and
'ublic officers, I have on no occasion
ought eonceslment of my real name
four friends know that I sought through
hem to induce you to withdraw your un-
assumption Of pnwer, in order
o avoid the necessity Of an impeachment.
has only made you more inso-
in your claims, while exposure of your
surpation has converted you into a com.
ION libeler. / shall first seek to performs
uty to those / represent, by attempting To-
urtail your ambitious lust Of power, and
hen to vindicats my own yerscity and in
egrity BY investigating your conduct. i'll
an be seconded BY proper authority. For
sss offences than yours, the Mayor Of Chi.
ego was i~mpeached without ceremony
%usurpstions having just as much Law
D back him, the Mayor Of Pittsburg has
cen i~mpssched and indicted for misde.
,eanor. II the claims Of our Mayor BE-
nbmitted to by the city council, the tins
nil come when those who sustain him viii
Q pointed at and looked back upon o. the
subjects Of q weak minded
vindiotsuA kvrark I h.w~ - .ntankfna