The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1856-04-03

however from any settled principles OF
their own Of justice or consistency, but
from a certain instructive dread Of COM
ing in contact with or countenancing
any thing or measure not marked by the
impress of their own character and hand
iwork. Now when it become known
here by this class that their long cher
ished, cuphonious name, Brands Iron
Works, had been erased from tho map,
they set up their characteristic howl
against the name Alton, and figured
in such a way as to induce him who, by
authority had the oversight Of that part
of the map relating to this county, and
whose business it was to inform Mr..
Walling Of any errors of which he might
become aware, to suggest to Mr.. Wall
ing the propriety Of retaining the old
nano with the new, as he had been told
that a majority of the people Of this
place We're opposed to the change OF
name. With this suggestion Mr., Wall
ing complied, and thus on very few OF
the first maps issued, the name of this
place stood Alton or Bands Iron
Works But no sooner was it known
here that b. | Works had been again
dragged on tho map than the above doc
umcnt, which have quoted the sub
stance of, was drawn up, and in the short
space of thirty six hours, received tn
signatures of between thirty and forty
persons, mostly heads of families, and
4 at too without circulating it ten rods
from where it was drawn up, and includ
ed among them that Of this identical y,
W., or Villager.' What jewels truth
and consistency are with this g"n'leman;
as it does appear as though he pinned
his name to the above mentioned docu-
mtnt merely to obtain ii pivot upon which
to spin around, like a fly pierced lhro'
with Il needle. When Mr.. Waling re-
c.ived that paper he again had b. Iron
Works erased from his engraving, and
all the MAPS subsequ n'ly struck off
(Which have been informed were Dy
TAR thc greater portion of those publish
cd) were destitute of that name.
Then he says 'Mr. Wallipg was in
fusnced to insert tho name, but not
without including b. l. Works also
Now is this assertion true or faise in the
sense in which he uses it He evident
ly means to convey the impression or to
assert it as fact, that on all the maps
of the State publ he'd by MIR Wallug,
the name Alton is not to be found un-
less coupled with B. I. Works. TO
the candid decision of the public sub
whether his assertion be true Or(d/Se by
reference to the maps and by that de-
cision | think they will in the future be
prepared to Judge what credence is to
be given to the spoutings Of this Viii
lager And l will wager beaver hat
that if he has one of the maps (and |
am confident he has) he cannot find b,
l. Works on it; neither can h. IVyo-
ming, and this is what so sorely troubles
him. His languid eyes wander ove'
the State map just published, but no
Wyoming meets his vision. He tells
the people here that the name of the
p. .. is Wyoming, and argues from
that that the name of the village must
be the same, and tries to impress up'n
them the necessity Of conforming to his
views. They shake their heads and tell
him no that Alton is the name Of the
place, and that no other name. shall be
forced upon them and even many OF
those who were opposed to the name
Alton are now In favor of it, and say
away with your Wyoming, sooner l. t
us return to that old, long and awkwa d
one, B. |. Works. And l have yet to
hear u single person here intimate that
he is in favor Of calling the place W,o-
ming, or that he has the most distant
idea that it ever will 60 by that name.
Neither have | heard of such an one
except this redoubtable Vilager.'
Now what in the name of heaven
could have been the object this man had
in view when he stirred up and rackrd
his thick, muddy brain, and taxed j
his ingenuity to such an extreme, as he
evidently did, when he penned that let
ter of absurdities, without connexion OF
and so much Ike school
boys first composition Could he have
rad any other object in view than, in
litter disregard OF truth and justice, to
create an outside impression in the sur
sunding towns and Villages, that the
name OF this place is Wyoming, which
he has SO signally failed in paluing oft
upon the people here This, though
breathing but transient signs of life into
his idol, 1t would seem he preferred such |
TO no signs OF life at all, In support of
this view will refer to his sta,emen,
IN cont ADDICTION OF mine, in regard to
tho petition recently forwarded to the
z y. ID. for the change Of the pame Of
the Z. Y. Of this place to Alton Of
that petition be says, instead of having
r,.,. .n A.. ,,, h.,u ~ lid not or,o,,t a.,