Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1862-08-08
HoMEwooD, July &c, 1862
Editors Of the National Union

HoAEWOoD, July 70, 1867.
Editors Of the National Union
Several weeks ago-June 27th-you made
asweeping charge OF dsloyalty against many
Of the men now controlling the operations Of
this public work . the Chesapeake and Ohio
canal. Being the only Director residing in
the county, where, presume, your paper, as
most county papers, has its greatest circula-
ton, felt It my duty TO reply to your article
in respectful communication. addressed to
yeu, and suggested the 7ropriety Of your sub
hitting the proof you had to sustain you,
charges to the Board OF Directors
|. seemed to me but honorable, just and
fair, that INSTRUMENTATION snoaid have
found place In your paper. I waited twG
weeks expecting to see it--not at first doubt
ing your justice and fairness in the matter
But, in your paper Of the nth instant, you
acknowledge the receipt Of the eommunioa-
ton, and say, but owing to Tie pressure Of
other matter, we are obliged TO omit IT,
You, at the same time, reiterate the charges,
and invite me 10 your office to see the proof
in support Of them Presuming Shat the
Montgomery County Sentinel is read by
many who see your paper, | sent the oommu-
nlcation to its Editor, who had the courtesy
and sense Of justice to give il place in his
columns This you should not have com
planned Of, because, but for The pressure Of
other matter" you would have published it
yourself Judging from the tone Of your no.
lice OF it yesterday, its appearance in the
Sentinel seems TO have anpoyed you, and
1t IS proper that you should feel come seli-re-
proach at Il
Instead its Of being q A wrong thing ia tle
right place, as you etyle it in your editorial
remarks, 1t was, in my opinion a right thing
70 notice your indisoriminato charge against
many Of the men now controlling the ope-
rations OF the canal; and il was 1rreng that
you should force il TO appear IN any other
paper than your own. You have merely mis-
applied the right and the teroag, as is often
done. Teu say It has appeared xhere in
truth II was our wish, as il was our duty, to
transfer it, It is not often where ieish
and dag' concur, that the duty is left IN
perlormed2 ] leaYe you, however, to recon
ellie this lrish' and duty with your other
reason above quoted from your previous
paper. Cor not Publishing IT, viz " owing to
the pressure Of other matter, we are obliged
20 omit it.
When the Editor Of paper chooses to force
Que Of its supporters 70 the columns Of its an
tagonist to ind space for an article Of which
he himself has been the cause let him not
lose his temper when his antagonist, regard
less of political differences, courteously pub
fishes the communication.
bul 10 the suDleCt. GU nave now publicly
and repeatedly preferred the serious charge Of
disloyalty against many Of the men now
controlling the operations of the canal and
that there are men IN offices on this public
work most inmical to the prosperity Of the
Government, &C., and that you are well
prepared TO give proof of the disgraceful
facts" &c. The Board Of Directors. the
county, the State Of Maryland, which has
so much involved In this canal. will expect
that "ths proof to sustain Che charges
which can be seen at your Office, win be
transmitted, or presented IN person, to the
Board on the first opportunity, which, as You
may be aware. will lake place before the next
issue OF your paper. No excuse, no uuf0und-
ed apprehension that the evidence will be dis
regarded, viii justify you in Withholding the
evidence you Claim TO possess from the Board
II is your duty at once to relieve Yourself Of
the responsibility you have publicly assumed
of holding 'iadispmabIe evidence of the dis
loyalty Of many of the men now controlling
the operations Of the canal. AS long as you
keep it in your Office, YOU are shielding these
disloyal employees, jeopardizng the interests
Of the canal, and inducing false and unjust
suspicious against the Board OF Directors.
have but one more remark 10 make on
your article in yesterday paper, and that is,
when an Editor cannot discuss, with proprie-
" and courtesy, q respectful communication
from one Of his supporters, he he'd better not
notice it at all. a DIRECTOR.