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sign thrown down. Those who remember Mr. Wil
liams as well as I do will be inclined to smile at
seeing a person of his singularly eccentric and "
dependent
"
likely to do as he was "
character quoted as one who would be
reports the words of Williams thus,
in
directed." Mr. J. B. Palmer
"
By
order of the
Mayor the sign would be removed" ; and this state
ment (by whomever uttered) was a correct one. He
did order the sign taken into the room, for sensible
reasons referred to in the passage above ; and Mr.
Phillips is shooting at rovers when he brings an
array of witnesses to prove a point that nobody
denies.
What I offered to prove was (No. III.) that the
Mayor
"
did not assist in, or consent to, the throwing
to the mob" Mr. N. B. Chamberlain
of the sign
(No. IV.) reports that he and Harry Williams met
the Mayor on the steps of the Old State House, and
that the latter, u agitated and in fearful doubt," con
sented to have the sign taken down. This report
may be summarily dealt with. He says he saw and
talked with the Mayor on the steps of the Old State
House. If so, he talked with what the demonologists
call a "vicarious
image," because Mr. Lyman was
not there. As Mr. Phillips and Mr. Garrison, both
principal parties in this dispute, have called them
selves into court as witnesses (Nos. II., IV.) it is
proper that another principal should be heard. The
Mayor may justly be supposed to know where he
was on that day ; and, since he had no motive for
falsehood in this particular case, his word should
have authority. He says (page 18),
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