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the s. c. street affair. Your actions ca, tliis &c:
casiou, frosa beginning 10 end. il enotgk 70 make
IN honest man shu3der. The icurssl of the
board Is the proof offer 10 suh>taniiate what
l have to say on the satiees.s In 1873. YOU wss
chairman Of tie BosTd Of Council. YOn brought
m an ordinance, vacated the chair, psit in one
who was probably doubtful as 20 his vote in "a
vor Of the measure, in order 10 give you ashance
TO vcse-un'y four members were presen;-ihree
70 vose II could Ect be tie. Your bin called for
$500 subscription-two voted icg, enc seainst Il.
After Il became known ont Of tactsiAat szseh q
measure was passed, the ci;izens renoes;raitd
against II, as inexpedisni. Which Sss signed
BY IS names, nsjority Of the voters and prin-
eipsl tax PAYERS Of :he piece at ,kst time, but
notwithstanding The begsarily vote, passed the
beard The will Of the majority OF The citizen.
was nulifed, their petition xas referred 10 4
committee Of the whole board. ard here srnoth-
ever reserec,ed. Does this not look like tramp
ling under foot, not only the petition of a large
number of citizens, but of a majority? But the
most deep ard damning part is vet to be told, as
far as ycu, Draper, are concerned.
That ordinance passed authorizing the
subscription Of $500 for tha, purpose, ex-
.pressly says that it should not Be payable
till the completion and reception of the
bridge BY the County Court, O, commits
sioner. Now, how stands the sequel p
The records of the Court do not show that
the bridge has been received. Yet on the
9TH inst. at a Call meeting at you. instiga-
,tion, while the County Court was in ses-
sion, you come mp and tell yo9 fellow
councilmen q deliberate and unqualified
falsehood, by ssying the Court had taken
the bridge contract of your haIds, and
thereby received a warrant Cor the amount
subscribed. Such being deserves more
pity than contempt. Il sounds well in you
to say that neglectio enforce ORDINANCES.
when ynu, as an honorable member OF the
council, can tell downright un,lu,h, for
the sake vi the paltry advantage OF recsiv-
ing that which an ordinance expressly pro-
hibit-d, under certain conditions. Had l
questioned your versci,y on, that occasion,
.y"u would have raised the howl, Of dicta-
tion-yet an ordinance has been = sSoi.ted,
and By whom2--answeF is you, Edwin Dra-
per, you tell an unqualified lie, as the rec.
ords of the Court will show-,hat you are
not released from the contract, and BY ihs,
imposed on your brother councilnen, and
thereby extract from the City Treasury
that which was not due, you thus pu. fin
ishiug stroke to your infsmy /; for one who
will deliberately tell lie without NANTES.
tation Of shame, for the base purpose ofmiH-
istsring to his sordid propensities, will stoop,
unchecked BY the force Of Law, or the COM
FUNCTION Of conscience, to any act that graf
,ifes the burning ayariee of hi. heast Sir,
you call me defamer Of character. If tel
ling the truth, and showing you to be liar
by documentary evidence, is defamation,
am guil,y-for in the first place you had
but little when your own sordid interest is
in question, and is ofsuch compound that
it will not bear the rays oftIuth. Vet sir,
you possess the cool impudence to denounce
me liar. This impute to the source
from which it originated, for with you, the
greater the truth, the greater the lie. Tru-
ly, you are a righteous being, the most
righteous that know Of. for truly, there is
scarcely hair between you and heaven.
But Go, pray you, keep cool old fellow,
you are Just as safe as any other old woman
in pstticoats, from corporal punishment by
me. You commenced the row in your own
peculiar way. have met you-ths only
difference in our warfare, is the weapons
we use. | have stuck to facts, while on
the other hand you have made sweeping as
sertioas without rhyme or reason in your
own peculiar style Of ambiguity and false
to bring innocent persons in
to the controversy. / will not take that
bet-it was your intention to kill the veto,
and you could not be convinced that you
did not, though one should rise from the
dead and proclaim it, notwithstanding you
felt the contrary. As to that trial in which
am to be convicted according to your veI-
sion Of the fate of others! after that ! will
give you up the name you would willingly
bestow on me-Shylock; it suits you very
well. After your late transaction in the
bridge matter, ! knows you will want your
"ponnd of hesIl," and You may also have
the kingdom il you can get it-but keep
cool, and don't work yoursslfup in passion
as you sometimes do, for be assured that !
have more pity than contempt for you, in
your present position, so leave yon for The
present, with this piece Of advice, that you
hereafter :ake truth for your guide-as lies
will nnf w X KENNEDY