Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-01-27

Correspondence of the LEDGER.

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| LADDosIA. No., January 22.-In
the last issue of your paper appeared
a communication over the signature
of "Those Babies. which professed
to give a correct account of the dis
tarbanee that occurred at the Wilder
school house on the evening of Dee.
cath, 1880. The article referred to,
| no maie contained a true account of
the affair than il did of The last expe-
dition to the Polar seas: but for
creating a wrong impression and
general untruthtulness aud false
hoods. it is probably equal 10 any of
their previous acts and productions.
and for which the, are already some
what noted. But perhaps we should
not Judge them too .iarshly either
for their actions on the occasion of
the Christmas tree. or for the re-
markable production under which
they are willing to appear. bearing
the appropriate name of "Babies,"
for not having vet reached the age of
responsibility Judging from the name
which they So willingly assume The
committee no arranged til" Christ
mas tree Ia selected without any
special application from among the
lrading families in the vicinity of
the school house, and no effort was
spared by those who assisted in the
arrangements to make the occasion
Il pleasant aud enjoyable one to all
who wished TO attend either, as a
spectator or a participant, and the
occasion was thoroughly enjoyed by
| ALI those who pal took OF the spirit
of the entertainment and had no i'm
aginary or private griefs to display
or, If they had, esteemed themselves
too highly to display them in a public
place. And the card and babies
which the parties received, and the
retnrt which accompanied them, was
/ such as any one could, with propri-
ETY., convey without any rcproach
whatever: and, what they had, by
their previous acts aud u~tterances.
clearly provoked and invited. and
no more than they or any other per-
son. who placed themselves in their
position, and especially after their
vile attacks upon the school and
school directors. and the ridiculous
use which they made of the African
dialect. which was no doubt more
c%ongenial TO their tastes and senti-
ments and which they understood
much better than they did the in
stincts OF gentlemen and the rules of
good hreedin.m, in which they seem
to be sadly deficient.
AS to the school directors, which
were spoken of in the communica-
ton of the Babies" they will i'll no
wise be deferred from doing their
duty with any such characters who
they may be called upon to deal with.
No amount of their idle threats. in
which they have so lavishly INDUCED
and failed to perform, or any other
means which they choose to employ,
viii induce them to change their
course in any way when they know
they are right, but " ill, at all times.
endeavor to promote the interests of
their school and properly perform all
the duties pertaining to the position.
AS to the director who got III the
and, as they say, could get out of it,
allow me to say he has IL" desire to
get out of it, and can still be found,
as he has at all times been, and has
no fears of the "Babies.'' or any of
their terrible rows, which they so
quietly allowed 10 subside He is
rather sorry that they allowed the
affecting scene spoken of to deter
them from executing their plans for
a great disturbance, but perhaps they
had other reasons for not prosecuting
it; and further, and Judging from the
actual circumstances in the case, we
rather think they had, and very good
ones at that What they were we
will not attempt to describe, but will
leave it for the ''Babies' TO consider.
We cannot say whether any lady
lad her clothes torn or not, but
we do know that there was language
used which no gentleman could use
toward a lady. and which ruffians
seldom suily themselves with. Alter
years NAV teach the party using it
that the distinction is an uncnviable
one, and the notoriety attached to it
is not to his credit. There can always
be found in every community some
who have views peculiarly their
own, and when those views are not
!, regarded, and their desires especially
, he-ded would counsel and oppose
any who have duties to discharge.
not wen supporting those whose du-
ties. if properly performed, must
tend to the advancement and WELL
being of all concerned, even to them
selves. Laws are not made, nor off,
GERS elected, to suit special cases nor
certain persons, but to operate in
such a manner as to secure the great
est good to the greatest number. and
the sooner individuals who think
they must always have their own
way find this out. the less trouble
and disturbance will ensue. With
apology for occupying so much OF
YOUR valuable spare, | will sign my.
self JOINS BRANCH.