Eastern times., 1852-10-14

!" History of Gardiner" again.

" History Of Gardiner" again.
MIR. EDITOR II crave permission to appear
columns once more, in answer to Your
correspondent,.sA READER"
He regrets that he has "excited his .(my) in
dignation." and 1.-The high state of agitation in
which the author finds himself etc. How
knowshe thiss Does it appear from the Ian
guage of my communication /: Or is not the
presumption he has formed, predicated on his
consciousness iof, deserving it III Let him rest
assured that he gives his article more Sconse-
quence thar it possesses, if he supposes that it
excited any agitation much less indignation
in me. He declares that he only designed 'to
give few detached intimations which might
be of use in the re-arrangement of his work."
etc. Why not send those intimations to me,
prioately 2 and why not state the facts, instead
of dealing in general impeachmentss and why
not attach his name to his article, that might
know whether his correctians were worthy of
notice, ard also that might know whom to
thank J Will he be so good even now, as to
transmit his name to me t a ae y. y .,I
But what evidence does he give to sustain
his wholesale, anonymous attack He alleges
four errors in the genealogy of the Gardiner
family. Now if he will look at the footnotes he
will see that the whole of that genealogy is ac-
credited to Updike's History of the Narragan-
sett (EpiscoPaD Church, supposed to be in.
falibly correct, for it is published by authority
r Crard;por
ever errors there are, then, must be ascribed
to those three authorities and not to me. Il
tell the tale as it was told to me-" Ordinary
readers knew that such s'footnotes'' as are in
my book, are to direct them to the authorities
from whom the facts in the text were obtained.
".A Reader,' however, seems to need that this
fact should be stated for his information in
order that he should attack the proper per-
sons. -. t.
Let us, however, look at them severally. l.
He says "William Gardiner did not marry
Downer." Here we have the assertion of
ga READER" The book has the positive dec
laration of member of the family. 1t is not
for me to say which is correct but must
have something better than an unknown news
paper scribbler before can contradict the gen.
tleman from whom the information was gained
2. He says Margaret II. Gardiner did not
marry ]. F. Fales," etc. This is indeed a new
mode of correcting. do not, in my book, sag
that she did! Nothing of the sort. "a READ
ER" manufactures an error, and then charges it
upon me. I do not say that Margaret II. Gar
=, II D., r
ror q repeat) there may be in this account be-
longs to Updike and the Gardiner family from
whom all the data were obtained.
8. He refers to the Allen branch of the fam
lily, and says, she could Sscarce have cleaned
his items from the most reliable authority. for
in giving the names ofhis children, Mr.. Allen
would not probably have forgotten to mention
&c. Now what will the "scarce' and the
'prObably' in the above extract amount to,
when inform "a READER" that all the facts
in the Allen branch were obtained from MIR.
Frederic Allen himself Such is the fact. If
he saw fit not to mention those members re-
ferred to, it would not seem TO enter within
the precints of "a READER to meddle with
the subject, nor should the compiler be blamed.
He knew nothing Of The Allen family, but re-
corded what Mr.. Allen related to him.
A. The critic stands aghast with wonder
at the fact recorded in reference to Z. H. Gar
diner that he was born in England ssdnrn
the absence of his PARENTS Had ga READ
Err read the previous page, he would have
learned that the parents of r. H. Gardiner
fro,, +bo;-
for the tory principles of the father, and that
the son was born during their absence -
this phrase having been thrown in, to explain
the fact of his birth in England
The critic apologies for his notice of my
book, and declares that the book has SO "limit-
ed circulation" that his notice was hardly
worth the while. To this it is sufficient to re-
ply that there is no book, the BIBLE alone ex-
cepted, that is so generally owned and read, in
the two towns treated of, as the book in ques-
ton.
In conclusion, suffer me to say, again, that
there are errors in the book, and must be, from
the nature of the case; but let them be at
tributed to my authorities, and not to myself
and further, let me add, that the tone of the
article of "a READER, and other matters in
my possession have convinced me that the
tacts and not the errors, in the work, have
reused his wrath. I am sorry i: is SO, but l
have recorded such events as were furnished
me, having naught extenuated, and naught set
down in malice, and if any of the reminiscenc-
es are notifying to my critic or his friends, l
cannot help it. ]. w. HANSON.