THE LATE HAVELOCK MEETING.

Marlborough Express, Volume V, Issue 223, 26 March 1870, Page 5

THE LATE HAVELOCK MEETING.

To the Editor of the Marlborough Express. Sir.— Whilst perusing the valuable columns of your well-known paper, I came across a paragraph describing the meeting convened at Havelock by Mr. Joseph Ward, and at which Messrs. Douslin, Rutland, and others were present, and was sorry to find that you did not give the name of that cowardly caitiff who dared to slander the name of one deceased, and whose name is endeared to every one who knew him, far or near, for his many noble and disinterested acts, whether in his public medical capacity, or his private character of gentleman. I wonder the venomous vomit did not choke this fellow—for I cannot call him even man, for no man, let alone a gentleman, ever traduces the dead. Were it worth while, I would proceed further in this matter, but one so copfteraptible is only fit to be spurned and pointed at with the finger of scorn ; for, as the proverb has it, “You cannot touch pitch without being defiled.” In like manner, a man afflicted with leprosy of mind or body, you avoid him for fear of contamination. I was well pleased to find that the meeting did not allow this slander to pass' without their hearty condemnation. I think if the patient had been made well acquainted with the virtues of the Havelock salt water at the end of the wharf, it might have gone a long way towards changing the nature of his vomit. I am, &c., Nil NIST BONUM OLE MORTIUS. Collingwood, March 11th.