National Republican., 1873-12-18
TIE HoRsE. WHIPPING CASE
WHAT "oNE WHO KNOWS" TO SAY
ON TIE SuRIECr


WAsuiNUroN, n, c., Dee. ", iss,
nhs Editor oCths National R,prbiirus!
SiRi Ny attention was yesterday drawn to q
letter nos q. IL Bliss, published in your col.
umns, in t'stihcstion or palliation OF his recent
cowhidlng OF oro Of his aaughtes.
To those not knowing the Individual the letter
would be likely TO cause eccrtaln sympathy for
this brutal parent, and I sssreiore deem Il but a
duty 70 more thoroughly ycntflate the afair, al.
thoueh not vt all interested in the matters per.
ne u,inaHe 70 & NC neIynsofhoGd, but simply deter.
reason OF past knowledg .. md experience which
desire never to realize again.
Not having written the flrst article In your
ton OF being "a libertinc u vet even II were in
GSMdisd' Sn.is' ! an willing to subject my vharaetcr,
al those having personal knowledge Of me- Ia.
elndnH the aecufer himself
" his assertions In his letter, relative to his
irmlly discipline, were true, no one could blame
MN, except for the error committed In transcend.
Ing the bounds q humanity IN the chasiisemsnt
street. from " TO tho Boundary, acquainted with
hls nmily, that will not 20 before Justice OF ihe
peace and affirm that his treatment townSi his
iamliy Is Inconsistent, lpconstnnt and, roftinnts
nhninen; that, Instead Of allowing his children
nil ne privileges and facilities common 10 tho
them scarce any! thr oil Their pleasures or com.
forts are entirely 81 ,ct to his caprice and TEN.
PER- that none but girls OF the most obcIcnt char
aetsr wculd have stood for ~ ioug the tyrannical
aud unmcrcirll discipline" which he has en-.
lorccd' and which he would falsely characterifo
ss puritan. She writer himself was born In
New hgland. and brought up under so-callei
Puritan discl lline, bnt had 1t possessed the IN.
huinnn, unyioldinE, uugcuS-Jas aud unnatu
character manifested In tine fsmily affairs OF this
"herp the writer would have, without douht,
sTe Ihis been an inmate Of some State prison or In
u Is very strange that whole neIRhborhood.
nelunihg Tour OF i've squares both ways, should
DC wrong, and only this person right. The guar.
IWous, meddlesone. tyrannicnI disposition he
manifested towards every body, friends end ALL
while M surveyor Of this city, and which lost him
the position nnd every other since which he has
sought, he has carried. into his family, and TO a
greater degree because he thought himself su.
premc there. His family, " the truth were hilly
hno"n, nave been and are saves to his bilious.
hess and caprice, snd he has shown himself as
Every neighbor q think without cxecp,ion) will
,sst,iy, Totally unit TO govern his family; hence
lhe breaking ffom restraint Of two ps affcctionnte
anu good dlspositioned girls "a can be found In
thc city Of Washington. And whyf Because they
nre allowed no privileges accorded other young
a .hulcs OF thelr age. and are never able 10 hlly
sight, or under his worse than Jealous scrutiny,
because alwnys mcanly dlstrustfnl.
em mot parent but II 1 were, and Dos
sessed hundrcdth part Of the severity, IRA sci.
bility and unrcnsonablcnoss Of this man. which, IL
oil "Ply lymouth Rock character, must be the auIn,
one.
II know whereof affirm" and am willing, with
many otbcrs. to testify at any time against the
wnol,y unreasonable treatment Of his family by
this nero OF the horsewhp.
On" word In regard TO tho ttepmo,hcr md
st good one 80 far ne II goes, and that is that
the although a stcpinOthcr, Is lar more discreet
NM parental than the parent. You can use INV
name " necessary. One who knows y. J. n.