The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-05-06

not desire to do any, butupon one who
has suffered for more than a year in
his purse, and more recently from in
famous SANDER. In this is he not
trying to add to the too bearing in)us'
tice have suffered2 4,
lie says again, ITO resist evil ana
wreak vengeance upon the innocent out
RACES humanity" The trustees are
bound for the heavy debt ON the
property. Some of the trustees and
patrons want boardcrs, unless they
have changed since / left the school. If,
then. my influence prevents money
from being raised to pay this debt, and
pupils from going to the school, are
not the trustees and patrons the direct
sufferers, and Prof Burney the indi-
rcctY For he will not make quite so
much money, but he may collect aHhe
earns. If it will not pay, he can go
somewhere else. The trustees cannot
do 50. Am l, then, resisting evil, and
wreaking "vengeoacs upon the inno-
cent ?" Which, l ask, then, Prof. b.
or l, "oatrages humanity" Have not
been outraged by this slanderous re.
port? Have l not suffered enough
already?
He says l "stubbornly refused all
propositions Of peace on any terms"
l did agree for him to act as peace
maker, and he sent me a proposition ;
but it promised so little and required
so much, that I could not accept 1t.
How, then, can he make such q declara.
tion2
have before me three documents,
written by Prof. Burncy for public cir
culation, dated 9th, 18th and 18th inst.
| quote from them in the order ftheir
dates. From the first / omit the first
part ofthe quotation, as it is not in the
others. He says, "He intended to re-
taliate upon them by trying to break
down the school," In the second, he
"intended to do all In his power to break
DOM" my school, In the third, he in
tended to "do all in his power to break
down the said Robert Donnell Insti-
tute." (The quotation marks show
my language as quoted by him. The
emphasis is his). These quotations
evidently show how carelessly and con-
llictingly he has quoted my language,
even if it were mine. A large amount
of his quotations consists in single
words and short phrases used with
such language Of his own as misrepre-
sents me Such is the use made of
"war,' eight" "spite," "revenge and
Spite" "satisfaction," "retaliation,"
"the school," "friends," "innocent,"
retaliation and Spite" etc, some Of
which l never used at all. I could
give more, but are not these sufficient?
l quote now his own language. In
the first he says, 81 then informed him
if nothing else would do him but war
on me and the school, he could have it
to his satisfaction; that | considered it
an unjust and unprovoked assault upon
innocent parties" In the second, 81
then told him it would be a two handed
game; that / would defend the school
to the bitter end" In the third, 81
then told him l would defend it to the
last" The last is the nearest correct,
though little too strong. These
show how differently he represents
what he said, and also how much his
writings partook of the excitement of
his own mind. ! could give others,
but these are sufficient.
The trustees owed me $3.50 SO, and
ordered it last June, to be paid out of
the first money raised. I speak from
memory. The minutes of the meeting
was not recorded. What negligence !!
The sold Board" did this. If the
new Board is liable for the contracts of
the "Old Board" they are bound to
fulfill their obligations and promises.
{ Recently they have raised $500 to i'm
prove the property; but not dollar
could l induce them to pay meg. If
the new Board is not bound for the
contracts of the "Old." was this the
object in making the change? Do
Synod and the new Board thus act to
keep from paying the just claims against
the old Board2 Surely not. Then let
them pay me as previously. promised.
Among the most despisable things
to me in human conduct, is injuring
any one behind his back, and profrer-
ing friendship to his face. Hence,
when l could no longer give my sup
port to the Robert Donnell Institute, |
told the first my intention, and assured
Prof Burney it was not done to injure
him, etc. Without giving me any
credit for my candor and respect, I am
published to the world as one who
taxes "revenge upon innocent parties,"
and "outroges humanity"
! could say more, but this is too