The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1845-05-14
A REPLY OVERTHROWS THE ERRORS
OF OPININNS, AND OBTAINS A JU
DICIOUS DECISION.

| am now going to give statement of the
manner in which the School, District Meeting,
held OIL the 22d of April, 1S45, in Jefferson in
this county, was got up.
Dr.. Geo. w. Dulield and Gideon Seymour
commenced their utmosr endeavors 10 prevent
inc from teaching the Jefferson School, and was
informed, passed decree to that effect, before
had made application for it; and in view of the
fact, "a common phrase of Mr.. Seymours) that
DR.. Dufficld has talked against me both at home
and from home, and talk which | considered
would operate as an injury to me. Then |
thought Of The maxim that ''self preservation is
the first law of nature" consequently resolved
to teach the Jefferson School if the Directors
would employ me. 1t tisnot uncommon for me
to hear when am from home, CDR d. says
Burns can't get a school at Jefferson"
This spring af fer | had got through with my
term Of teaching, and came home, Dr. Dutlicld
attended the mechanics shops, one of the tav-
erns, and private dwelling-houses, endeavoring to
raise an excitement against me, and this is the
way they held such "a respectable School Dis
trct Meeting" as they called it, Fifteen was
the number Of their meeting, and some of them
did not vote.
Reader, you may form an idea of the anxiety
mlnilestod in behalf of the above meet ng, from
the fact that they could not make up full com
mite out of their number, and had TO take one
person that was not at the meeting. For my
own part ! feel myself under no obligations 10
submit TO The schemes and decisions of design
ing dcmagogues; but would rather watch them
when they aim at project against me, by nfa-
ming the minds of those around me.
have letter in my possession with DR.. DUFF
fields name signed to it, in which lie says he is
much pleased with my manner of teaching, and
that his boys made greater progress with me than
any teacher they had went to. One thing is
certain, that is, if ever am arrested for crime
---thc deepest belonging to our system of juris
prudence-l will keep nv tongue off other peo-
PIE. JOHN M. BURNS.
| now intend to stale the way in which the
"pledge," spoken of in their third resolution, as
they say 'was given" On the morning of the
spring election, while was a candidate for con-
stable, DIR. Duffield proposed the following pro,
position TO me, viz: "If you do not employ Burns
to teach, will gofor you, and ensure you all in
town" Duffield was not at the election and
considered it an imposition of hun, as one indi-
vidua opposed to Burns, although he would like
10 assume the power of deputy School Direc-
tor. The first of their resolutions says Burns at
tempted to self hire himself say he did not
hire hmsel(-he had no such power as to apply
il TO hire himself; but, in reply 10 that resolution
| am under the necessity of quoting the circum-
stance of Gideon Seymour, who was at one time
a School Director in this same School District,
and being clerk of the Board, assisted in hire
ing himself for teacher, and he evidently would
have TO sign his own order TO draw his pay, or
teach for nothing. This being previous TO the
act OF lS42, then the law required the District
clerks name 10 an order. wonder if that was
not selfhireing.
do not know whether Mr. s. is student at
divinity, OF a Minister Of the Gospel One thing
| do know, that is, he is President of TEN.
perance Saciety, and when fiorn home tries to
preach. Isuppose the Cadiz tavern keepers can
Judge the abilities of the man for either.
JOHN REED.
The resolutions passed by the aforesaid meet
ing say | am not a householder have the
charge Of a family, and say am a house hold
err have paid for my property, and have moi
TO keep it in other mems names, as some Of my
opposers do. HENRY HILBERT.
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