The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-02-04

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"This disease is beyond my practice"
Is II professional to UOluniesr recipes foi
some cases, as he has done, and then refus,
to prescribe for a regular customerl II it il
then, |, too, say
"Throw physc to dogs, I'll none oft"
but more seriously, will refer to some
points that may deserve notice The Doctor
q still venture to use the title, though
oubtingly)-kindly suggests that have been
"mised by the contemplate whifiling of Joel
Dawson" However this may be, will not
screen myself behind him or any other com
mittce.msn, while they say for me what |
dare not say for myself. AS to the truth Of
that Mr.. Dawson has stated presently.
The "frst thing" the Doctor "calls atten-
ton to is the certificate" signed by nine men.
OF this he complains. He asks if it was
"fair and honorable thus to attempt to fore
stall public opinion" He even intimates
that it was dshonoruble in them to sign such
a certificate. And as he dare not openly as
;sail that body Of men, so weli-known AMI so
higly-es,eemed by all who know them, he
yraciously allows them the benefit Of his
"lIerdl construction" viz, that they signed
IL "to accommodate" me. A very "liberal
constructions" it doubtless is Of their motives
but probably as false as it is liberal. The
fact is that several of those gentlemen first
spoke to the in reference to the matter and
characterized the decision as a "fagrant out
rage" ia monstrous injustice" 1t was on
the authority of these opinions and those
of other gentlemen present, confessedly good
T tol eli 70 ha
trary to the freely expressed opinion of the
best horsemen on the ground" This state
ment was pronunced "foreign from truth"
The Doctor could hear of but one man who
did not give it in favor "of his horse" That
unfortunate victim he answers by comparing
him to a "monkey." How much more "hon-
orable" to forestall public opinion in ques-
ton of horse-6esh than to brand a neighbor as
Monkey! If he was my only friend the
ties of our common misfortune dictated that
should comfort him in his affiction as he
had befriended me in my need. That COM
fort did bring to the Doctors great dtscom-
fort. That certificate was forced out by his
own folly in denying my statement. 1t was
the balm for one of those wounds so cruelty
inflicted in his dissection Of my "compound of
positive declarations" The gentlemen, ev-
cry one of them, signed it cheefully and un-
hesitatingly. AS to that certificate affect
Ing any other decision. There has now been
a decision on each side. If the Doctors friends
are as high authority as he seems to think,
we will be about equal. If not and that GER
tificate or ausM else has "fxed public opinion
altogether one-sided," it is no fault of mine.
There were nine Of these men. The Doc
tor handled them "gingerly." He passed O.
yer them without daring more than an insin-
uaton, and
''Nursng his wrath to keep twarm,"
he hasteus on to solitary victim. "Man to
man" is always an even contest es to num-
bers at least. But now he calls his two
friends, and, three to one, they begin to shout
victory. But occupying his high vantage
ground, Mr.. Dawson may safely say
"Come one, come all, sooner shall fly
This rock from its firm base than l."
The Doctor says "J0el deserves particular
attention and he shall have it," Yes, truly,
it will require "par,icuar attention." or the
Vaccinations of his traducers may return "to
plague the inventors" In the excitement of
their supposed triumph they seem 20 have for
gotten the past The object now is to estab-
lish the assertion that Dawson was opposed
to giving me any premium, and that he was
in favor of giving the Cd to H. Beazle. Speak
ing Of "the evening IF the first day." Malonee
says, "Dawson said he was in favor of giving
the second premium to H. Beaze and not give
Mitchell anything" Smith also says, "Daw-
son was perfectly agreed to give Estep the
first premium, and, to use his own language,
he said he would not give Mitchell anything,
--and was "rather in favor Of II. Beazle than
MITCHELL" This is their assertion aow. Just
one month ago they both signed another GER
tifcate of which the following is the closing
paragraph. After speaking of the report as
made, "awarding the first premium to DIR.
Estep and the second to l.. G. MITCHELL" they
pronounce the declaration that the decision
was "contrary to the judgment of part of
the committee" "UNTRUE," and then 60 on
to say, "the facts are, the whole committee
met on the evening Of the first day at the Nor
ton House, at which the ,Uhole committee,
WITHOUT A DISSENTING VOICE,
OR THE SLIGHTEST OBJECTION,
aoreed 10 decide as the report UaS made"
At that time, where were all these valua-
BILE statistics about the disagreement of the
committee! Did thy then exist! If SC, how
could these committeeman affirm what they
do in the certificate above quoted! Which is
the most authentic statement! They seem
to be equally positive. Possibly they are both
true,-surely they are not both false. Why,
one of the gentlemen gives as the reason for
speaking, that, 81 noticed a certificate signed
by Dawson stating what he knows to be ut
terly false, and ii is this that induces me TO re-
plv, as it involves not only the CORRECT PRIN'
CIpLE THAT SHOULD GovEEN MEN IN THEIR
ACTIONS, but ii also involves my veracity." In
this quotation claim only the italicizng. l
dismiss these worthless, self-convcted by their
own palpabe contradictions. The Doctor
says they requested to speak for themselves" !"
They have done so.
Now let Mr. Dawson speak for himself:
BELMONT Co., lst Mo- 22d, 1852.
I see in DR.. Estep's reply of the goth, that
/ am charged with not wanting to do Mitchell
Justice, because said be had misrepresented
Emry's Cutting Box. Such is utterly false.
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