Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1853-07-07

shown not to exist. In his last, he makes no
allusion to them whatever. To his document,
certifying nothing in particular, twill he
pardon my presumptiona) have leave to
Offset another as specific, to say the least
The signers however, though strong in the
faith. being somewhat less than ten in num-
Der, / prefix the following circumstantial evil
dence, on the authority of gentleman whose
veracity it is not that question.
"Iexpressed my establishment. AT what
A mere mistake! ellis sentence commence
ing with 81 400 is correct" "After the
alterations which had been made, it was diff
cult to tell what was correct" Confidence
would seem to be somewhat shaken. "The
great point which | made was that the papers
| had read were not the report Of the finance
committee, although they were signed by. the
Mayor as Chairman Of that Committee, be-
cause they were in accordance with the in
structions of the Committed" 81 stated most
unequivocally from my own knowledge thatthe
papers in hand were not the report of the fl
nance committee" 81 presumed no similar
case had ever occurred" What, never a
"mistake" committed in the worldl That pre-
sumption almost equals my unequalled- well,
no matter. sThat it was always considered
the imperative duty Of Chairman Of Com
mittee to make his report in accordance with
the instructions of the Committee; and know
Of no departure from that principle in any
Legislative body prior to this occurrence; for,
said |, should one be allowed to carry his
report contrary to the votes OF Committee,
of what use can Committee bel" Moth
ing about the one man power. o, no 20 lean
not, and do not pretend to be able to write out
all the remarks that / made" They con-
tanned no abuse of any one, unless the truth Il
GbusiUe.'' That is sufficient. Ten men, good
and true, have certified that the 'remark'
were pointed and strong'' 'Pointed,'' a
whoms "Strong" in what respects
Here is the certificate, it is scarcely wortl
the while to insert it, so little remains to b
substantiated:
We, the undersigned, members of the Com
mon Council Of Bath, hereby testify that w
were present at the meeting Of the Board OF
the evening of June lst, and heard the re
marks of the President on the Report of tn
Finance Committee, and also that we hav
read the report of the same as it appeared /
the Eastern Times of the 9th, and we expires
as our firm belief that said report does no il
Justice to the President, and believe that sal
report very clearly expressed the spirit Of tn
gentleman's remarks, and that the language
the report in all principal particulars was CO.
rect or very nearly SO.
J. M. Lincoln, r. r. Haines,
T. III. G. Marston, VIM. III. Smith,
George Ross, b. o. Weeks.
There are the signers. shall not dan
age their "standing for probity and INTEL
gence" by offering the endorsement Of a en-;
lignant defamer."
now take final leave of the subject
With conscience void Of offence in this ma
ter, | submit the case in the full assurant
that, whatever may be the decision Of to-da,
the TRUTH will ultimately triumph.
will only add in conclusion, that if at an
time the ''esteemed citizen" should feel in
mood less humble than at his last writing, an
should feel disposed to ''reply in somethin
beside words" he knows where to find the
REPORTER.