History of the expulsion of Drs. R.S. Newton and Z. Freeman from the Eclectic Medical Institute : with the causes which rendered it necessary, and an exposition of the slanderous and factious course which has been pursued by the off-casts from the Institute / by W. Sherwood.

  • William Hall Sherwood
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[1856?]
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Credit: History of the expulsion of Drs. R.S. Newton and Z. Freeman from the Eclectic Medical Institute : with the causes which rendered it necessary, and an exposition of the slanderous and factious course which has been pursued by the off-casts from the Institute / by W. Sherwood. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    stituting Dispensary practice, to which the Faculty had long been accustomed, for the hospital practice which had been promised, and finally, monopolizing it by name as his own exclusively, was a constant source of dissatisfaction in the Faculty and class; and Dr. Newton's first hostility to his colleagues arose from the fact that they were dissatisfied, and at length discussed the necessity of yielding to the demands of the class, and giving them access to a bona fide Hospital, where they could sec something valuable in Pathology and Surgery. Fruitful, how- ever, in the expedients of the charlatan, the poverty of the clinic was made up by giving out clinical diplomas, signed by himself, his learned brother and Dr. Freeman, which enabled those who had at- tended as spectators, thirty-two clinics, such as they tccre, to show more parchment than could be ex- hibited by a student of all the Hospitals of Europe ! The class, said Dr. L. E. Jones, Abhor the compulsory $5 ticket of admission to the empty wards of a private speculation, called a 'clinifpie.'—p. 25, 3d pamphlet. Did any of the Faculty ever deny that accusation, excepting, perhaps, Dr. Freeman, after he became interested ? The final death-blow from Dr. L. E. J., the con- centrated extract of his opinion of Dr. N., unadul- terated with any marjnesia, is found on pages 29, 3D, 31, 32 of the 3d pamphlet. t. E. JONES' OPINION OF R. S. NEWTON—NEWTON'S QUERIKS AGAINST S. C. BURTON—PUBLIC OPINION OF NEWTON AND HIS EXPRKSS. In the next place, I will introduce articles from the Daily Commercial of this city, respecting the villainous attack of R. S. Newton upon Sidney C. Burton, together with his profound ' Queries,' and no less profound de- fense. The design of these ' Queries,' it is true, is par- tially ohscured by lugging in unmeaning ones on other matters, thus attempting to cover one base act by another ; but still the wit and low cunning of their author do not disguise the malicious design. Spanish or Mexican treach- ery is hut too apparent—want of a ' high moral and intel- lectual character ' are clearly seen. The deep interest of the citizens of Cincinnati in the ' Martha Washington Trial,' sixteen human beings having lost their lives by the burning of that boat, and the con- spicuous part which S. C. Burton has taken in it, with the self-evident design on the part of the author of those 'Queries' lend an unusual interest to them. His design, (though an Abolitionist in the North, and a member of an Abolition society.) appears to have been to excite a feeling of hatred and suspicion in the minds of slaveholders in Arkansas against Burton—perhaps jeopardise his life—de- feat justice and a fair trial, by flooding that state with these low and contemptible ' Queries, insinuating that he (Burton) was there to steal or run off their negroes—that he had a slave depot at Cleveland, Ohio—that lie had some Abolition agency and much business with Canadian Anti- Slavery men, &c, &c, and when it is known that the strongpopular feeling in Cincinnati, in favor of S. C. Bur- ton, caused Spanish cowardice to suppress these 'Queries' in the ' Northern Edition ' of his ' Express,' for fear of the overwhelming out burst of indignation which would have been hurled against him, and in the same number, (North- em Edition,) and in the place of these ' Queries,' insert an article on the school question, it truly exhibits a piece of villainy not equaled liv the imputed libeling a moral young lady with an 'intellectual character,' for his que- ries involve the guilt or innocence of persons charged with destroying the lives of sixteen innocent persons. But read the muddy intellectual queries with the filth inter- spersed, to partially cover their design—then the first ar- ticle from the Kdit'or of the Daily Commercial—-then R. S. Newton's obscure reply—notice his positive denial, and then admission in the same short article, and lastly, the Commercial's rejoinder. No wonder the author of those queries felt ashamed of them, and (risked to hide them from the intelligent citi- zens of Cincinnati. As to the villainy of such act;:, I leave the public to judge. I learn that one of the public jour- nals in Northern Ohio, publicly declared the author of those ' Queries' was undeserving life. If a man is ' right—perfectly right—gentlemen, upon the School Question,' that does not authorize him to ACT THB scoundrel in other respects. QUERIES. Who can tell whether S. C. Burton or the Martha Washington men are the greatest ****** Who knows the men now living on Fourth Street, worth one hundred thousand dollars, made by burning steam boats on the Western waters? Who knows when S. C. Burton will commence to investigate this case, and make many other wonderful and miraculous revelations ? Who knows whether these men can be convicted with- out any one having to travel fourteen thousand miles in ten days, one-half of this to be performed on the back of an Ass to procure witnesses, and whether they will be convicted, hung, and then killed. Who has twelve thousand dollars to give to one poor man. who already has as much money as he wants ? Who knows the man that did'nt shoot a woman some- time since on Third street ? •' Who knows how Wash McQuay got to Canada from the South ? M'lm knows all the directors of the underground railroad through Ohio? Who keeps the underground depot at or near Cleveland, Ohio? •■ Who knows the man that has so nmch business at the negro settlement in Canada? Who knows what became of Uncle Tom after he died and was 'killed by Old I.agree? ' Who knows the man that will be employed by the Government to bring the Counsellors and Attorneys of the late Dr. Gardner to justice ? Who knows when Cuba will be annexed and Mexico attached to this country? Who knows whether the expediency of establishing an agency fur (he underground railroad at Helena, Arkan- sas, lias been settled, and who is to be the general agent ? Who knowi whether or mil tin- delegates from this Stale, now at (hat place, will decide the above question ? If at home, some of them could be quite eloquent upon this subject : but perhaps while they are there, tliey are mum enough to make our Southern friends think them all clever fellows, as liny really arc ' in a born,' or a ' horn in them.—[Newton's Express.] [From the Cincinnati Commercial, May, 1854.J Sidney C. Burton — Slanderous attempts to render him odious in Arkansas — A Model Medical Journal. One of the most pitiable evidences of the corruption of the times is to be found in the exceeding which men in respectable positions poll themselves to the commission of dishonorable acts. A case has come to our knowledge of so strange a character, that we have been as much inclined to be surprised as indignant, at the con- duct of the persons implicated ; to whom, while we should hesitate to impute deliberate malice, we cannot but attri- bute a standard of moral consciousness, exceedingly de- graded. In these times, when the public is so much agitated in regard to the illegitimate means that have, both here and elsewhere, been employed to defeat the ends of justice, disturb the equilibrium of judicial action, and place obstacles in the way of legal prosecutions in cases of great crimes against society, such an act as we are about to notice becomes doubly censurable, because it is done in the face of an active public, sentiment of which no one can be supposed to be iguorant. Sidney C. Burton is well known as an active acent in the prosecution of the persons charged with the burning of the steamer Martha Washington. This has rendered him the subject of much persecution, slander, and abuse, commencing with the defendants and their counsel and associates ; and extending to others who through sympa- thy or venality have been induced to take the part of the accused. Among the most common means that have been resorted to against Mr. Burton, has been that of enlisting, by means of bribery or otherwise, the most worthless and profligate of the. conductors of the public press in the business of maligning his character generally, or in mak- ing specific charges of venality, falsehood, perjury, and a variety of other crimes, with the intent to destroy his influence and credibility, and to place him in the light of a remorseless persecutor of the honest and innocent. Even while the prosecutions in Arkansas are going on, there is a certain class of the press here that devotes its