■MAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-S) 1.0 I.I 'ffi^ IIIIIM IIIIIM u 2.0 1.8 1.25 1.4 J4 M 6" ► ^^ /a y .^ PhotDgraphic Sciences Corporation ^^ - >A"^ 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716) 872-4503 CIHM/ICMH Microfiche Series. CIHM/ICMH Collection de microfiches. Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions / Institut Canadian de microreproductions historiques Technical and Bibliographic Notaa/Notaa tachniquaa at bibliographiquaa Tha inttituta haa anamptad to obtain tha baat original copy availabia for filming. Faaturaa of thia copy which may ba bibiiographicaily uniqua, which may altar any of tha imagaa in tha raproduction. or which may significantly changa tha usual mathod of filming, ara chackad baiow. L'Inatitut a micr^fiim* la maillaur axamplaira qu'il lui a M possibia da sa procurer. 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Additional commanta:/ Commentaires supplAmentairas; (Printsd •phcmsra] 1 ihstt (vsno blank) This item is filmed at the reduction ratio checked below/ Ce document est filmA au taux de reduction indiqui ci*dessous. 10X 14X 18X 22X 26X XX / 12X 16X 20X 24X 28X 32X Th« copy filmed h«r« has b««n rvproducad thanks to tha (lanarosity of: Manuscript Division Public ArchivM of Canada L'axamplaira f1lm4 fut raproduit grica i la 94niro«iti da: Division des manuscrits Archivas publiquas du Canada Tha Imagaa appaaring hara w tfw baat quality posaibia conaidarfng tha condition and laglbility of tha original copy and in kaaping with tha filming contract spaeiflcationa. I.aa Imagaa sulvantaa ont Ati raproduitaa avoc la plua grand soln, eompta tanu da la condition at da la nattati da l'axamplaira filmi, at an conformitA avac laa conditlona du contrat da filmaga. 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Folly recognizing as I do the value of full and free criticism upon those who are caiididates for public^trust, I can not sufficiently deprecate that unfair and treacher- ous style of assault which would delay aocns&tiou until tfa« cpportunity of I'eply is gone. *I i»m sure you will all racognizti the motives which prompted sueh a deed, and stamp it with your stern disapprobation. If the article in question is read by an unprejudiced person it will be seen to over rep.oh its aim, and to contain that which is in reaUty my highest praise.. In the f -t>t place, I am accused of being a repudiator of the intero' jn ilii^. M L.F. Debentures, and destroying the (..'edil.of' town, in replv T would ask, Who has done more thai. I ■ ^ecui' a reduction of our indebtedness to the-Munic.;'u ' nan .i ind from $414,600 to its present amdVBt $i9P,' <'0, ")eading as I did many weeks of my T^tuble time at Tor.>Qto to advocate the claims of this town to a reduction proportionate to that of other portions of the Province. t Acting upon tlie best legal advice in this "Province the Coimci! ucanimousl,'-, including my opponent, Mr. Browli- lee, vdted to defer the payment of the interest due on the M. L.F. Debentures, thus avoiding recognitionof the dubt, and leaving the way opeu fur better terms, .Next I am charged with making money out of the town ' on tixQ Agricultural Grounds sale, and to this I reply that the sole was to tlie County Agricultural Society, and that th2 transaction had nothing to do with the town ; that I was oiSered by the late James Lawrie, who admitted the wet in presei. of a large pubhc meeting &( the Town Hall, $500 more thai>the price I sold out to the Agricul- tural Sodiety ; and to-day I will give the Society, if they are dissatisfied with their purchase, all they gave for the laud, and 10 per cent interest on their, purchase money. The transa< !.iou was a straightforward business affair, and t3 trump any chai-ge against me on .such a matter only shows to,what desperate straits my accusers iaro driven in oedertt ib ibe Corporation ov«p 16 acres (br stroetst whioh, ' I.&aT(9 6^^, graded, andr^ee-jdaiited at my. oim ei^- l^'^'^lrense!.-- /■•/', '■&>"■' *■■>'■ Xhe in^ua^on is nii^^tait I inU pro8(ittt||e iny po- , 'dtioa«»Mayor to induce the Council to tuce fitook in a itres|)^W(nr«T,;,«hen Fhafe y^.to htkn that thftw is 4 *ftlitl^tik¥4otwf mihAoi^^ in saeb «a eiiterprito. If my exertions on behiSf of the Citjy,. t(^ secure its extension to every direction of the compasa, tan to secure me your condemnation what enoouiiiigemeni is there for any citiaen to display public spirit; -but I r^ with confidence on the justieeaod honor of my fAll»w|^- payers. The allusion to my professional transactions in tl|6 Bobirtson Estate, leads ma to the source f^om whiedk tiie " article" in the Journal emanates. The Robertson matter belongs to my professional prac- tice ^nd not to my pubUc transacticms, and therefore is a matter in which the public are not interested ; but there is nothing in this matter of whioh I hare reason to fear the strictest investigation, and if I had submitted to^s* sist in blackmail, or in being blackmailed by my b«i# caluminaters, probably the Bobertson matter would nevav have been heard ok My aQonsers were interested in trumpet' up claims to the amount of thousands of dollirL which were by my exertions struck out by the CourtF, and they have resorted to this underhanded and street comar gossip style of revenge. My character in both pnbtio and privati life, after twenty^ years residence amoagrit you ih too w ;il established to fear snch-«tab-in-the-dark onpon:- ents. I have yet to learn that my being a shareholder in the Gas Company will militate against your intei-ieitts aa^ more than it did in the case of the late adit most pi^ pular Mayor Adams, who irto a, atoaUiolder in tlie.dr' ' autiiority for sayini in question was inserted tisement, at the expense ol and learntd Itft-hand nu'j^^^jlmmgtWf^JlfU^ Mj^ffln;! letter below. TTi^rl^'' '■■■^f^W'-'i^JM', I appeal te you for y"* and arduous pubUo ser making a personal canvj Without farther oomm#|ji^4lftV( ponent, in resorting to of warfare, to be dealt tflKifrv .ji'able and highmind city of 0U4.S. Yours ^^■MMNK> '^^^^ m ■»-!* r/Ai**/.../* P. S.— The followL^ __ _ .„ from the Journal ofi&oe, jUjid apieaks Office of the Journal Printing Co., SV Catharmes, 6fh May, 1879. Messrs' Biown A Brown, Gents, — In reply tp ypdr letter ot this day, we be| state ^at tha oommonioation ipriated ib to-da^s Joui^ hfii^fid " A4variiiaaienlL" and addiMsed tojhe ^meotbipfCt St. OiOh^lteB, was'iaBBi^ hj or4iW, j»aiiilMl]rrwaf: "^ Thomtw'R. Br9Wnlae,wiio «aid he.«pce^bed;«|tillier< sUiihty of its publicatioa. . " - Soiira, Aoj,... .« .^.^, 'Sii.) ^W)NTQQ! P; S.-r-Who th