Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-09-06

a. CAS-" article does not adequately express
the opinion, which, in common with three
fourths of the independent thinkers of Au-
gusta, have long entertained in regard to
this persons real character and calibre, l
will speak briefly for myself.
Two energetic and public spirited citizens
Of Augusta, instead of sneaking behind the
tax-gatherer with their Understanding
bonds, bravely hazarded $4,000 in enter
prises of public nature, the success of
which became matter of concern to all our
property-holders and all industrious and
thoughtful people. These two gentlemen
have been long and Familiarity known here;
they have given employment to our citizens,
fulfilled all their engagements and kept faith
with our people.
In order to insure the success of one of
these enterprises, they lent the most generous
and almost inconsderate aid to this Lynn
pretender. BY his fraud, or his recklessness
and folly, or cooperation Of all he not on
ly involved these gentlemen in rretrievable
losses and paralyzed the whole movement,
but made victims of hundred others in our
midst, to the extent of $4,000 in the aggre-
gate, largely the hard earnings of needy
employees. His acquittal on a technical
charge did not explain his falsehoods, fulfil
his promises or pay his debts. Now on
which side would you expect to find the SYM
pathy of every respectable citizen, whose life
is not itself moral fraudp Would you ex-
pect to find it on the side of this reckless
adventurer, or of the gentlemen who suffered
by him, and who are entitled to all credit and
praise for their worthy endeavors? On
which side would you have expected to find
the 'Insurance Commissioner" with his Gun
| solicited testimonial?" Those who have
taken the trouble to observe his course and
analyze his character, would expect to find
him in any position that would most readily
bring his name into the public print and
most crafty his itching for notoriety. But
in what attitude is he found, this man whose
advent here has not materially advanced our
business prosperity or relieved our burden
of taxation? lie is heard to declare in the
first place that one or both of the compliments
who hare been useful citizens, ought to go to
State Prison, rather than his pet, Donohoe;
and when he had been guilty of this infamous
SANDER, and been charged with it, he is found
skulking under denial of the charge until
confronted with the proof. when he holds his
peace.
But as an instance of gross and ludicrous
presumption as well as an insult to a plumber
ed community, the unsolicited testimoni-
al" from the Insurance Commissioner for
Maine, stands without a rival or precedent
But he says his "card did not state" that lie
was Commissioner! Is this mans conceit
then so absorbing that he forgets that the
people of Lynn would not know Joshua Nye
from Joshua Rye or John Smith? Did he
not know that his Office would there give his
card the only weight which it could possibly
have? ct he has the brazen- faced impudence
to say that simple statement of this fact is
"wilfully false!"
Among the incoherences uttered by this
Augusta pretepder in his exasperation is
the charge that l had been counsel for the
the complainants ever since the advent of
Donohoe. should be pleased 10 admit this
to be true, but it happens to be false, and he
knew it to be false; for it appeared in court
that was counsel for Ddnohoe himself, in
numerous cases, as the docket now shows,
until the month of June and until he had fall
sified all the promises which he had made to
me and caused me to make to his creditors.
satisfaction that not a word of testimony was
introduced tending to inculpate Donohoe,
and that no human power could have pro-
tor of our court INDUCES in blackguardisr,
for the purpose of charginga failure of duty
on the part of the County Attorney! He thus
appears upon his own showing to be malig-
nant slanderer, guilty of publishing this
charge wantonly from malice and spite The
people of Kennebec, who have spoken for
themselves BY the acclamations of two con-
yentons. do not ask this man for any "testi-
people have not had an opportunity to be
heard in regard to their Insurance Commits
sioner, but as far as they have spoken, the
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