The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-07-10
APRIL ii, 1879.

Mr.. j. r. Dobyns:
Sri have given you ample time for
reflection, and have no withdrawal Of
the offensive language used IN your
note of the eleventh int ant. g.
do not propose to couple this with
my Official action as you have cowardly
intended to force me to do in order to
evade the personal issue made in the
note referred to; nor do l propose to
be forced into wrong position by TAX
ing satisfaction for the personal insult
until 1 have first put myself right, by
declaring thst every position taken by
you in the note is false or untenable.
At one time during our connected
history / Endorsed your integrity,
.fsithfulness and efficiency" and after
wards from sad experience found that /
was mistaken in all Of them, and as
early as the fifth of last month took
occasion to make formal withdrawal
of every Endorsement l had ever made
of you where l thought they would
affect any public interest, and since
then, while ! have not made it my
business to abuse you voluntarily, !
have, whenever asked about our rela-
tions, stated csndidly that / had no
confidence in you whatever.
Since then you have been continued
in the service Of this institution, and l
have treated you with the respect due
your position, and nothing more.
When you say that violated any
contract that l ever made with you,
you know that you lie. Fl
Our contract was to pay you one
hundred dollars per month 10 state
ments, and give you the use of the
premises you occupied here free. This
scds all.
AT my suggestion the trustees author.
lied, me to giOe you your firewood and
ttcenty-foar dollars per month In "sta-
pie groceries" aud charge you four dol,
lars per month for feeding your horse,
all Of which was done until they re-
voked the authority.
The milk. you get twice every day
was an act of my own with the consent
of the trustees, and you got as much as
we could spare you up to the day you
left here. +
The last point you perfidiously make
is mean and cOwardly as well as 6asely
false. I
II true, as you stated it and you had
one spark of manhood or sense Of honor
in your whole composition, you would
have defended your wife Immediately,
and Il reported t. you, and you had
any doubt OF my intention, you should
have acted the more by demanding 9
personal explanation, and have not
tried by your coEardice and perfdy
forced me to admit that I had inten-
tonally acted ungentlemsnly toward
your wife, which would have been the
case il had accepted your resignation
as rendered.
After all your other villsinous efforts
t. have me removed, so that you might
get my place had failed, you have
sought these lying pretexts to resign as
the last resort to effect this object and
in 1t you have been guilty Of the basst
act that has marked your course to-
wards me.
enclose you herewith your dismis-
sal upon official grounds that are strict
ly true, and could add much more il /
was willing to speak Of your personal
conduct a. connected with your duties
here as 8 teacher, and which / do not
hesitate IN this communication to de-
clare reasonable towards . man who
bad been your friend, unfaithfui 70 the
State that paid you for your services.
and extremely demoralizing and cos-
rupting 10 the morals OF the pupils.
ISiEnedl HENRY E McCuLLsocH.
tCOpy ]
NJ. J. r. Dohyns:
Sir-0n the flfteenth instant I de-
nounced your statements in your note
Of the eleVenth ~ 5alss, and your posi-