, 1876-08-09

aon- Tint pnpor was printed in TuE Tntn-
uNE yesterday. It matlo distinct charge
TINT thcro was "1sing" in tho Boarl Of
Education wl'cl, "l.as plotted md lcgislatel
10 cripple tho schools; mud That tho " III
stigstor and eng;ncer-in-ch Of all deviltry
connected with tho Legislation Of tho board
is Mrs. SULLIVAN, vito Of tho Secretary Of
tho Doarti Of Public Works." Tho paper
then made general and specific accusations
against oach OF tho five members except
O11Nagn, nnt repeatedly renewed the allcga-
tions ngaiust Mrs. SULLIVAN, charging her,
among other things. with controlling in
ancnco over Mayor CoLv1S IN tho 1natter of
appointments. This papor should mover
havc boon submitted to tho Council. and
should never havo been rcad. It WIS anony-
nous. It YVES Of character calculated to
excite tho persons denounced Unable to
resist tho general and excited demand for tho
hume Of tho writer, VAN OspE1 stated thatit
was writton by Mr.. HAxronp.
SULLIVAN, who WINS accidentally at the
Council-room, obtained copy Of that part
Of tho paper relating to his wife, went to hia
house, and showed 1t to ler. The result was
tho procurement Of carriago, and tho two,
with brot!lor, started, rs they any, to try
md havo the paper omitted from the morn-
ing papers. uAxFonp unfortunately lived
Oil tho same street, only fow blocks distant,
md the carriage WINS driven to uANFoRD's
door. SULLIVAN demanded a rotrnction
HAsroRD refused SULLIVAN knocked him
down ; other persons interferod, and III tho
struggle tho younger SULLIVAN and Mrs.
su11iyas, who aay they intorfered for peace,
wcrc both struck or pushed, and thercupon
SULLIVAN fired tho fatal shot.
This waa no ordinary cRso Of man resent
ing written criticisM upon tho porsonRl
conduct Of his wife. Whon woman en-
cages in worldly professions, and enters into
sharp md direct competition with men, md
to do work ordinarily performed by men,
she must expect to encounter somo ut loast
of tho shocks and collisions, tho criticisms
and robutfs, tlsat men suffer and meet. Such
collisions md criticisms aro part Of the daily
life Of tho profession, mud the nlvocatos Of
womon's equality profess that women nro
willing 10 tako their chances md stand thoir
slare Of the rough usago incidental to tho
lifc-str1,ggle of man. Mrs, SULLIVAN was
writer, journalist, a pub1icist, a politician,
and mn active participant in educational mt
terB. As writer sho covered tho whole
field Of literature, md in controversy mover
lost point because Of any hesitation. in
criticising tho conduct Of others. sho Ind
beon o teacher in Detroit, and DORIS &C.
lection as Assistant Superintendent, III tho
expectation Of succeeding PIcKAnp, was
largeiy duo to her personal canvass in his be-
half among public men. and to tho influence
Of articles from her pen published in the
press. ALL this sho had right to do. In all
this thore was no personal impropricty; but
in becoming partisan, and m actiyo Que,
slle invited criticism, nud exposed herself to
what man would hayo exposed himso1f
under like circumstances no more, but cor
ta;nly no less. It was not tho caso where the
retirement Of domestic life WAS involved, and
n woman drawn out and put on tho defen-
siye. She had been in ono gense an nggrcg-
sor. III response, her accusor certainly eng
gorated Aer influence, overestimated her
SUCCESS in school mattcrs, and generally
magniiled her importance. Thoro WIS moth
ing in tito lottcr-which as q whole was an
,lnwiso collection Of much that was unfonnd-
| cd and should not hnyo been writton-which
gayo SULLIVAN any moral or legal right to
| 20 armed to HANFonp's house 70 demand o
| rotraction, much loss to warrnnt IN assault, or
| to shoot down an unarmed aud comparatively
| weak man. SULLIVAN, too, was a Journalist, mud
| know that neither he nor his wifo could CHIN