The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1860-02-17
[EDIToR AND PROPRIETOR.
NUMBER 8.

arc watched rs hen watches q hawk, and Just
ly 10 too. You are regarded by many rs sus-
picious being, whom the sooner chastised tho
better.
This information We give voluntarily. Per-
haps ere many weeks thall roll around, you
will thank us for having impaired this piece Of
news to you, and your friend Htmilton Is also
eyed. Take warning In time and travel, else
the old adage, that the necessity Is the mother
ofoperations,' will come yividly before you.
Yours, &C.,
. MANY CITIZENS"
Mr.. Dodd was somewhat startled at first,
but coolly pocketed the letter, not deeming
such voice from the "silent citizens" about
him wholly entitled to regard, however amen
able the composition might be to literary
criticism, and went about his anily business
as aforetimc.
But tho .'silentcitizens' determined to DO
heard. Mr.. Dodd was considered TO be in
league with John Brown, and his not going
about anxiously TO prove his innocence in ad-
vance ofa public accusation, was Of course
deemed full proof Of his guilt, and q public
meeting was got up for the purpose Of rid
ding the community Of tho two Northern
AbolitiOnists who had for some time been
teaching school at tho Boggy Swamp, Will
iamsburg District. The meeting was held,
and the following resolution adopted:
Resoirsd, That Committsee ofTwelve be ap-
pointed to proceed forthwith to the wherea-
bouts Of said Dodd and Hamilton, and give
them notice tyat they will have until Saturday,
the 18th, to leave the District.
Another meeting was held in tho Court
house at Kingstrce on the Goth inst, to hear
the report ofa committee of twelve, and an
other resolution passed, providing that, "if
said gentlemen do not quietly leave pcrsuant
to notice by that time, that then such meas
ures of q coercive character will bo adopted
as, in the opinion Of said meeting, may bo
necessary to put them of by force"
In the meantime, Mr.. Dodd and Mr.. Ham,
ilton continued to teach school, having COM
mittcd no act whatever which should pro-
woke or could justify suspicion. The feeling,
however, against these two uno0ending citi-
zens increased, and another meeting was
called. at which long string of resolutions
was reported and adopted. The tlatcr part
Of the last resolution was rs follows:
Resolved, That this meeting will adopt no
further hostile or coercive measures for the re-
moval Of w. s. Dodd and II. A. p. Hamilton, at
present, but that out Of respect for the persons
in whose employ they have been, they be per-
mitted to remain until their respective terms of
employment are terminated, viz: Hamilton's on
the LIST day Of December, proximo, and Dodd's
on the 18th of said month, at which time they
shall ieare The District, even at the risk Of bat
tle."
The whole Williamsburg District ofSouth
Carolina being thus in an uproar. and "ciyil
war" and "battlc" talked of, Mr.. Dodd be-
came disgusted and came home (Nir. Hanil-
ton taking the same coursc), not, however
until he was quite ready, choosing his own
tune, and without suffering violence, like
many less fortunate northernes.
Before the gentlemen left South Carolina,
sseral communications appeared in tho
Charleston Mercury, signed by the most re-
spectacle men in Kingstrec and its neighbor-
hood, totally cxculpating Mr.. Dodd from all
charges made against him. Mr.. Dodd and
Mr.. Hamilton have come to the conclusion to
remain in Jersey City, where they now are.