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 statmnt of what said before the <​C.​> Council conring [concerning] his frndsship— <​if he had any thi[n]g agist th Mayor—​> and scores respnded to the questin.— yes.—

said stated befor ths grand Jury that he did not say befre <​to​> the council that he was Josephs frind.—

— continud was presidnt of this council— . & were members— & has never objected to any ordinance— has been more like a cypher— and read from the constitutin 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 every 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 of community.— & Read. Chitty’s Blackston page 4. Priest wrongs Vol 2,— and said the whole commun[i]ty have to rest under the stigma of these faslehoods [falsehoods]— if we can prevnt the issiung [issuing] of any more slanderouss <​communicatons​> I he would go in for it.— it is right for this comunity to show a proper resentmnt— I would go in for suppressing all further publicants of the kind.—

C. be[lie]ved the best way to smash the press all to pieces and pie the type [p. 27]