Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-03-31

public, by whose decision we are now,
as ever, wiliingtoabide
Who authorized you. Mr.. Editor, to
assert that the article which appeared
in the Franklin Democrat, over the
signature, A Clayton can, twas disap-
proved by the Faculty of the College,
and by the moral and respectable
young men of the society, and endorsed
only by a few boys, who. like Mr..
Binkley, felt tung by our pleasantly
in reference Il the late exhibition?"GD
A hint ortwo on this subject may be
ofseryice TO you. Doyou have any
recollection Of that furious note, which
you addressed to the Faculty about the
18th inst, ealing upon them and the
society to publish cards disavowing
the above mentioned article? Do you
not remember that the Faculty positiv-
ely refused to comply with your re-
quest? Theyaave repeatedly answered
me, that they had not, nor did they
intend to express any opinion on the
subject. (a)
The following resolution, unani-
mously adopted by the society may
likewise. be Of service:
RESOLVED, That the editor of the
Indiana American had no grounds to
warrant the following assertion, found
in the American of March 18th; we
are authorized to say that it speaking
of the article which appeared in the
Democrat over the signature A Clay
tonean) is disapproved by the moral
and respectable young men of the
society, and endorsed only by a few
boys, who, like Mr.. Binkley felt stung
by our pleasantly in reference to the
late exhibition"
Perhaps the above will enable you
to determine how far your statements
have been correct. (3)
The editorsays, that heis "parepared
to prove our inuendoes false" MARI
how careful he is not to do it. az
But it is not our design to "bofe''
the public with long communication
We think, however, it would be very
ungrateful in us, to close this article
without publicly offering the editor
thanks, for the high opinion which he
says he has entertained of us-for tn,
extra exertions which he has put fortl
to render our sojourn pleasant one
for the solicitude he feels for our char
acter and for the very kind regard, h.
has for our tender years. For all o
these, and especially for the puff o
pleasantly" which, in connection will
the Claytonean society, we received
he has our sincerest thanks. We mos
deyoutly pray for continuation o
these mercies; for how is it possible 70
a young man to exist and prosper il
this community without his "puffs
and approving smiles.
A CLAYToNEAN. alias c. c. BINKLEY.
We give place to the above with tn
utmost pleasure. We were satisfied tina
when Mr.. Binkley got older, he woul
not regari his former article as he mani
testify did at first. Here is something
manly. 1t is manly to seek redress il
the paper that gives the offence, and t.
do it too, over his own name.
That the young man is yet laborin
under some slight misapprehensions, wi
appear from the following answers to hi
highly important questions. 1t seem
like pity, too, to take the wind out
his sails, particularly, since he is des
rous ofreturning to port "without br'
en- mast, or even torn sail" but justiC
to him demands it.
% Pre- sident Locke and Professc
Edwards, each informed us that they
not approve the article in question; S
also, did all the moral and respectab
young men with whom we conversed o
the subject.
(2) We have no recollection OF al
furious note, but we do remember vel
distinctly that in answer to a respectf
note President Locke remarked that Il
college could not be resp onsible for Il
article as Mr.. Binkley was not, at Il
time o; the exhibition connected with
co We are authorized to say that i
aforesaid resolution did not pass unar
mously--that some of the moral and r
spectacle young men were driven ava
by the angry debate which this unan
nous resolution ca used,and that Other
after speaking against il, for reasons II
necessary to name, refused to vote at n
(4) Whenever Mr.. Binkley, or al
! other person interested, will call up
us, we will do so with pleasure.
: Try again young man. You can CT
, tainly succeed better next time. Yol
quite welcome to use our columns
any reasonable length OF time. Rath
than miss, we will help you occasion
We especially assure you tina, your
tie boat sha'nt be hurt, its mast sha'nt
broken, nor its sails torn, unless the pc
gun it carries should accidently explot
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