The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1852-01-01
TO the PUBLIC.

proposition 10 submit the question Ot my cnmpe' e
ency o. town meeting. "
The error ~ fact relates 10 tho cDndt ius upon
which entered the service ui the rnad. Or. G
asserts that Mr foslor and myself J.
were by him placed under pledge thai wtenry' (
er the Chief Engineer lpuud il necessary 10 dis
charge" rs. Jhhi we must 90 out without inur- I
mur or c"mplIinL' How aud uppI what cmidi y
lions entered the service il already st1t.d Giriy
aud truthfulIy in my expose. Thu there WIS q 4
condition is ccrtIin but not one sided nre IKE
that now cunc2cled by Mf ftlimdse 10 suit hls {
necessities bnOue that hal tp0 sides 10 il, wIs
squay blndng on bath sile,. (ns f.Ily described
in my expose II whs that sHoul be put 10 a
air aud honorable test, BDd il found unable 10
sustain myself then to be dismissed TIL. Is cUD.
dilion that / not only freely admit. bnt is That
which is caimed aud the wdlton-yirlatiou Of which
is COM nplaiued Of. for | wus nut only denied Iie
privilege oi any test at all iu the matter about
which any question in relation 10 competency va.
raised hut WIS dismissed in the very lace oi tue
most in aud acknowledged proof Of my abilities
81 Tar "a ! wa. permitted 10 O.. Mr Tilimadges Il
perNerslon Ol luis consists IN changing tue c0nIl
ton from that of my being 'foaHL iqcom mpeieM
to that otirs being "foWad aeeessary.'
wide difference iudeed-SraBge necessities
might ari'e-MeeeSsiiies far getting rid If one
(as M. 7 Tlunadge makes Mr. McCrlckrl express
~ that those upon whum III Sc nece.,ilies pre- .sd
most heavily would be- quite unwilling to expn,e
10 the pIbllc eye. In this sense, Mr. IaliuaIge's
version Of this arrangement is slndlsdl, false cs
peciay when viewed as put ortiz in the face ofn /
fall ana detailed statement already given ot it.
Ii Is evidently uinde up to suit the cOuluct par 4
sued by them in my dismiss Il rather than the o.
rgiuaI facts. Bat whiteyer the motive may have /
been, protest against having imputed to mr the /
| !nlly ol having aCcecded tu sucn pledge To !
have thrown myself 10y such pledge into a lab
! yrimth where | must be nhject alone to the mere
whlms aud caprices Of fOlLer,. would nieeJ mike .
the appear like the idiot" which Mr. TulL /
nhdge would have me / he. A proposition J. k-
this put forth in the sense indicated by Mr. Tail.
midge would even at that early day have arugsed
all the ''suspici"us wa'chiulness" which he at.
| tributes 10 me and would have been regnrded US
he evl lrnc0 Of an uLtiruess nf pIrpDsp III ~ al
reidy in existence aud ut an intention To enlrup
and iurrsai me in view nl it
With respect 10 tue pretended renewal OF tho
proposition Ia submit the question Of my c1inp..
teucy tu Il town meeting regIrd it as a dsin.
geuiOus device. mere artilice 10 crafty m1lice
That Il i, serinu,y intended even by him by
whom it WAS originated and IN whose name il !.
now proposed is not believed 10y any one; il is
too absurd and ri,icIuus-in the language uf
Dr. Boefstler. ton prrposIernus an idea, -" t. sub.
init such question Ia such tribunal; for who
in such u mreling would bethe inlges-snd sup.
posing it tu be adjuiged aud d-Iu-rd Of by the
entire population ot the whole City, what pro.
portion would tint population bear tu the tire
: population along the whole line Of the Road -
Buta, lnjs proposition CONES t. me from d DL
RECTOR Of the Road. and is proposed to me
through the public nc'os papers of the day by one
thus gh in authority IN Hc IO2f It pre- sappnsrs
tn existence nj an anxiety in tlrt higt q'Ilrler
To have the question o my com e'enc, -,li.tctrri.
1 ly di-pOsed ui sr unller inn Oranl L. the interests
Of the rndi will therefore propose a mcihud
2 for accomplishing this that will produce a : ais.
factory result, n"t a mere mocksry-l mer, Insult
s To common srnse--hnt way that will cIm.lcn,.
!, the approval OF all honorable men aud which Mr.
. TAimidge rs Director has il in his power u
u bring about
h 1t is this Let it be- 40 arranged that shll
make thc ina location of one ui the several Ines
, in qnesiIn between This place aud Xinrsvii.r
aud the En -iueer corps belonging 10 the road lei
: tner cUnjulnlly. Or any Que Of them sing!y in
+ ciudlng Mr.. McCmckem the Chief Engineer
i make he location al anJlher of the liur- and al
, ter the locations are made, let each Inspect ana
crloiSe the others work aud then let hi, work
with tile criticism. he submitted lu some highly
u competent and Distinguished Rul Z al Engineer
g OF uIqnc,i abilities. and | nav pledge M
, self boOre the world, that Il in such ln ord al
= tai to Sustain myself will then cease to ''mur
mar or cutnplnn." In maxim. this prnpn,,itn
say asan that am not hifiag / mean ,cIai
say aud To take away all "xcti,r. pledge ny 81!
e yet idrter To give my time 10 thi, service graiu
.s t,asly and without any charge whn'ever
r- As 10 tue merit with which Mr.. ralma1.e
seeks TO plume himself for having ,,aged ron
y motives of mercy he Chains, this t1wn meet
IL Ing on former ucclsiun, would have left it ike
,r many other things of lie kind in his AL r-s- I,
IN tu.nlsh lis own from lis own history. wer,
= II Mt iUr the certificates which are pamleh
v Tnlt uoihIug but pure aud unmltigated ma'lc,
rl governed hm IN all lie dune in lhls matter tn
o history Ot il shows, aud that any aeuerons or be-
3, ney1lent motive can influence him when hi- nal
l., ice is once excited, those that knnw him will b,
y" SLOW 10 believe. But he has ceHifcqtss 10 show
an that Doctor BerstIer through Mr. Creed soasht t
' disstlade him from calling tho town meeting
az Doctor BCerstler certiies that his nhrclinu, To-
were becanse it was pIepus,eruus" Mr. Cree,
says because it would injure me. That the min
g. OF any one possessing the ordinary feelings Of hl
mauIly, would revolt al such a course is hat uall
- lal-ilrsj 10 dismiss one from II professional s
an. ton aud then 10 pursue the victim with the ca
lie OF town meeting, Quot To settlu scientific que
by ton Tor that III such n meeting could uo 1
dune)but To publish aud dclame him, would start
any OUe-nnd if on the disclosure Of such pa
. pose, Doctor BGrslcr had not been startled su {
10 rem Jn,tratu against it, lie would not have hrc
ci true Ia the strong lmpu SEES o his natur,
i :, Bat that any one has ever asked mercy at t.
NJ, htuds at my instance or 10y ms consent il ulrrl
lor ialsr. OihereXptessions in which Mr. McCracA
ION is involved, are helI ia reserN until the cuur-
ted he may lake Is asccrlined, when something nor
may be said, aud Mr.. Tallmadge may then lea
W. h'w much ol mercy ask at his or any other Al
'' GaiIdatS hands.
Mr. Tal,mAJg, has nlso made a reference
Messrs Mc\au hten, Peters aud Fnrsman as il
teIiegent mcVi, wnu could not havc been nisieL b
y, him i not only bear testimony In their INTEL
10" -ence, but also 10 their honesty and honprab
Al. purpose, and now cal uppn them to speak out +,
40 themselves.
,ast That part oi Mr.. Tallmrlge's address whic
seeks To excite the iudignun of the Board
Directors. MS well as Messs Foster & Cnd
and g,inst me, 10y trying 10 make il appear that | a
, sied them, Is only a aonred attempt in Reepil
lie. with the general tenor Of hs whole prIIuclIn
p'' lreey submit tu the goud sense of all th,e ge
orv temen, whether any of them have any ucchsI'
gwen them To consider themselves assaied. Tia,
# were referred 10 only far aS it became neceSsi
- to do 50 IN order TO give true statement 0t IaCi
J. aud that with no other than the kindest iuie
II. tons. 70 his personalities aud other attempts
excite indignation against me and sympathy
my himself, nnve nothing To say. Th0ngh HrmHs
IN most skllltul ani mastery way 10y the iuscl
ure louS wrter oi his piece, there i'nothing IN the
and Illat calls Tor reply. s CARPENTER.
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and MUsTACmss.-The Washington core
and and pondent Of the NccO York Tribuae say
,ew There are lnuI members of the Huu