The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-07-21
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| -N@--i1 SAA'AnAOi4S' 11AS AttSI lStlSf, SIlOuSsu
not dangerous, should be attended
to, and trust | shall be pardoned foI
again appearing in print. The pride
with which he contemplates the fact, that
the three wonderful questions, PROFOUND
ed IL his first letter, were gotten up all
| by himself, is shown by the following
from his last communication, where he
| speaks of the difficulty which he imagines
| l experienced in answering them: 'Such
a task imposed was a severe trial" With
no desire to lessen the solace which he
takes to himself, in believing that pre-
eminent ability was exhibited in bis ques-
tons, aud without complimenting myself
in the least, allow me TO say that they
were probably answered in about the
time that it took to frame them.
The spirit with which he proposes to
pursue this discussion is fully revealed
by the following:
IN the opening paragrap of your last COM
/ muulcatlOn you say Il have no desire to Go Mr..
! EStabrOOh or any other person Injustice This
! was commcudahie in you, If your actions had
| not so beled your words. In each of the two
| following paragraphs you slur me about mat
tiers which do not relate 10 the thing at issue IN
! the least. This Is proof over Your own sigma
! ture that your purpose is to defame and injure.
ana that when you penned the above quoted
/ paragraph, you not only uttered deliberate
1alsehood but played the hypocrite."
Had he any disposition to be fair, lie
would have quoted the whole sentence,
50 as to give the reader some idea of my
meaning and intention.
Had he commented upon the following
language: 81 have no desire to do Mr..
| Estabrook or any other person injustice,
but expect them to accept the conclusions
to which their own deliberate acts lead"
the concluding words OF his paragraph
would have appeared as inconsistent as
they are vile. When a man who 23rcto1aaS
to be honorable will stoop to such dis
graceful onslaught, is itnot time for fair
minded men to inquire whether he is
quite the person that he would fain have
people believe?
Is cunning at so great premium, and
Iar-deahEg at so great q discount, that
the people Of this community will laud
such TRADE OF indecency as display of
mental acumen?
/ believe not. The divine in human
nature IS aroused when an effort is made
to gag and maline truth, and all honest
men will revolt at his base attempt to
peryoEt, and stigmatize fair and candid
statement.
Notice what he says concerning the
questions which cost him so much effort
to conceive: CHOW as to nv questions:
Il Ialr, why not answer them! 1t is true
you give a passing notice. but carefully
dodge facing the ISSUE 4airly. The trouble
with ycs- case Is that it is imaginary. If
Jou attempt to give q reason, why You
should be appointed. another, and better
one can be given why the appointment
made, was the prope" enc TO make under
the circumstances.
lie IS evidently angry because ! ans
wered has questions without indulginr is
seIf-laudation, thus foiling his attempt to
lead me into a enare, where be could
satiata his thirst for revenge, by admin
lsteYing large doses of ridicule.
Thwartod IN his design, he attempts
lie so much desired to draw out: ''Ef Won
should say that you rank we'll as a schol.
ar, the appOlnteo 0ltganks YOU: il Won
say y2u nave a reputation as a teacher.
the appointec has q greater; if you have
experience, the appointee has had more. .
have never sought t. convey the idea
that Mr.. Maggie is other than a gentleman
ana a scholar, and as to my sounding nv
own praises, / hope [ shall never Ee gull
+ Of the oitense,
- 1 desire Aezt 10 call attention +, q T.
Es:ahrookG statements r..,-.I,iir,, 70 nv,
I93oomm1ondat:ons, and to the conspiracy
pl,..''0.'' ''""ay from the light of day, in
o-1'' OF the under ground rooms of the
North Side Sohool-IIouse:
"As to the ne9n5itioruI recon mcndatious
winch you claimed to have received, YOU are al
together too unanimous. If there was such a
great popular demand for your appointment, il
Is strange that no one heard of it but you.
since your last communication / have been to
tnc pains of inquIriug into the truth Of yOur
statement and ana unable 10 verify the truth of
any OF thehl. Aren't you little mixed and
oont you refer to the time, when you and sew
2Fal other teachers Of the county met together
~ 2W informed, ana agreed TO recommend
Mr.. Maggie
As stated In my last communication, all
who recommended me, tacitly made un
conditional recommendations, and If G.,
4. Estabrook, in his inquiries, has learn
ed that prominent republicans sent IN
conditional recommendations he should
publish their statements over their sig.
uatGres, instead Of imposing upon the
cfedulity Of the people by giving his own
Unac3ompanled assertion without even
naming the persons. 1t would, indeed,
be interesting for the public to learn
what men, honored by the repub lican
party, will pretend to do one thing and
secretly DO another.
II q. l.. EstabrOok's informer was
present at the secret meeting in the Norfh
Side School-House, Thn" " ~, ea,,a,nn 10
49, ''L'' -'''D - appointed quietly March
., was born, he knows that 1 was not
there, and [ leave the offense Of which he
is guilty to be named by a charitable
public. [ did not meet with several 9th
+ er teachers and agree to recommend MIR.
Nagle, aud | challenge any one who re-
CARDS his word or his oath to meet NE
with any such statement.
I The reyengeful spirit, which taints {.
/ T. Estabrook' s concluding paragraphs, is
/ evidence that he has been touched III
some way; regret that some word
dropped il the course OF this discussion
/ has not stuDg his conscience, and led him
/ to give the public some assurance that he
/ intends to be more gentlemanly in his
/ language, and more conscientious il his
/ actions.
! His vagaries having q tendency to d
vert attention from the issue, desire to
restate the real question under contro
versy. Did Judge Smart and G. L. Esta-
brook act honorably IN promising not to
recommend Mr.. Maggie under any
circumstances, and afterward sccur-
ing the appointment which was
made in opposition to the inclnations
and wishes Of the State Superintendent
himseltl 1t is useless for them to make
any attempt to draw the public gaze from
their unpleasant predicament. The facts
have been admitted, and no satisfactory
explanation can be made.