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SECOND EPISTLE.

"a sa SECOND EPISTLE.
Ma. EDrroR:-After giving "Common Sense
ample time to digest my FIRST, and correct his er
rors, with your permission design to give hin
afsw more nuts to crack at his leisurs, ant
Whenever the old horse kicks 81 me will al
ways be found ct my post to repel his slang: =
Well, Mr.. Common Sense'-for it is plain thai
you cannot be smoked out in your real "cogno
nen"-how goes the fight? lam truly glad t.
zee you are coming into the traces 30 easily
You have admitted three out Of Eve charges pre-
ferred against you in my first, and one you hsy:
sarbled, a. shall be shown-yet the charge re-
mains. You have told smother falsehood in try
ing to explain it away. This shall prove, al
you have said you will not notice anything from
me, unless backed BY respectable parties. Good
Are you respectable if you admit this, you shsl
be called as witness. for out of your own moutt
will judge you in this matter, so stand up
Did you not in your first communication say ths
following: "It has been intimated that Judge
Of Court had the impartiality to give an opin
i'm to the party implicated, (mesning the May
orr sustaining his usurpation Of power?
called on you for the author, or intinatoF, ans
pronounced it false. In your last, Of the 18th
you 1ay ''the Mayor blunders, &C., in denying
what was not charged" There is, sir, no tW,
horns to this dilemma; you FIRST stated that whicl
was not true, and in the aecond, you do the SAM
thing when you say you did not make the charge
o shame. where Is thy blush! The old sdag,
would Be very applicable here, that sfisrs shoult
have good memories"
The Erst charge made you have garbled, snt
Il deserves the same treatment; for did not, MOI
can I be made to say by the reading Of my frs
article, that did not know what the Charter con-
tanned. bat your intention as to what you, or The
committee, if you please. meant, 10 quite q dif
ferent thing. This is what there stated, ant
yet stick to. II you have not told falsehoOd il
shi,. you have sadly mangled the truth Ofmy as
sertions, that's all.
As to the 6fty cent. tax payer, the least you
say about It the better it will be for your owR
credit, il you have any for veracity. Ask Mr.
Belts whit called him up in the meeting. Wat
it not for the very thing have charged you with
You made Il 80 pointedly 1t him, from some re-
saarks he had previously made, that he arose snt
eonfsonted you in It, and yOu retracted. This il
a;well, known fact. and csn be attested to il !
was necessary. ! have given you Mr.. B. Q.
proof Of the charge don't you wish you had no
required i2 for it does not appear that "lie'
under any mistake"
You stin keep up the harping that If Mr.. Hen
defson did not dictate on that particular occasion
be has on some other. You had AZ we'll leave
ofthis, It will not pay for you tell that which ID
not true, when you cay he did on any other; ant
I should be undessFvihg Of friend, If would
not defsad their character from such malicious
attacks e. you have made on some Of them, and
for no ether. reason tha1 they differ with you in
opinion, and will not be governed by your inten.
6On, bat hy the letter Of the Chsrter-which
4y-the-by, wish was In the hands Of every
reader Of both papers published here. IN which
% much Sss already been said concerning il
pgevisious, thai they might read and judge &C.
sofdingiy. For any arbitrary power It Contains
you and the COMMITTEES nnd youF cute ex-Attor.
1ey are responsible, - you never give the citi.
9ens achsuce to pass pro or can in the matter after
yeu bad L in committes. ] doubt whether the
snnals Of . Republican Government can show 9
parallel 70 such action - was taken In that mat.
Ct. Yet this same Edwin Draper would have
de Executive to be governed BY his Intention
h be neglected 70 put them In proper form, fhs
kuit 10 he, not mine. Il needs no ieEsned expo.
sitisa, ss he dssirss, 70 bring 70 light that ths
PoWsf To withhold stteststion does szist, and hs
has adni1tadit BY ssyiag il stepped sll lsgisls
6sp; Al true 70 the letter, and you are the gull
gpulprit, both IN its giving The power, and il
Pgeaeptirg sIfh oaiops HessuTss . required ths
sxsScise of that power. You see your error
sndlte divert public Sstsntsan nom your own rea
pStitiS0 respecting y origin, yo6 c,y out usur.
bakS1. d1fdasn nd die{ssshmg, sSd de Lort
Sai ksoSs Whis sE6sr isms, ma ssssi knew
lasf year its powers, - { attempted tbsats VET
he Journal. OF course knew Il; sud the pow.
e. Wss net thea Sdllsd In question. The NEE.
ana vS a!tsgsaat ths request Of the, prsssnEsl
&Itbe lrssolnsisn,j jps n was aep The journal q
nd n suit ~ iitept;ep Of The pressptsr,o Tbsl
w.s apt esieqfippsbls, But yOg, itCompe,
bsass, was n2 &srs, and 10 fuss was kicEst
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