said no city on earth would bear such slander and he would not bear it.— and spoke decidedly in favor of active measures.—

Mayor made a stamnt [statement] of what said before the <​C​>. Council conc[ern]ing his frdsship [friendship]— <​if he had any thi[n]g agis [against] th[e] Mayor—​> and scores resp[o]nded to the qustin [question].— yes.—

said stated befor the grand Jury that he did not say befor to the council that he was Josephs fr[ie]nd.—

— continu[e]d was presid[e]nt of this council— . & were members— & has never objected to any ordinance— has been more like a cypher— a and read from the constituti[o]n of the — on freedom of the press.— we are willing th[e]y should publish the truth— but the paper is a nuisanc— and stinks in the nose of eve[r]y honest man.—

Resolution of on nuisances read—

Mayor.— read Article 8. sec 22. page 365.— Constitutin of

spoke Nuisanc is any thing distu[r]bs the peac[e] of community.— & Read. Chitty’s Blackston[e] page 4. Privat[e] wrongs Vol 2.— and said the whole commun[i]ty have to rest under the stigma of these faslehoods [falsehoods]— if we can prevent the issiung [issuing] of any more slanderous <​comminictns [communications]​> I <​he​> would go in for it.— it is right for this comunity to show a p[r]oper resentmnt— I would go in for suppressing all further publicat[ion]s of the kind.—

C. be[lie]ved the be[s]t way [was?] to smash the press all to pieces and pie the type [p. [27]]