Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-03-22
1,.ortant and Highly interesting
document.

.--.r..us and Highly interesting
Document.
Wa regret that our room will not per-
NIT Us to re-. publish entire, the official CIR
eul.r issued under date Of "lowa City,
Aur. 18th, lS47," from the Office Of .'su.
..;n,.naent Of Public Instruction" and
r.a,r..,.d a,o the Common School Off
=. If thu State Of Iowa. to which was
amended the following postscript:
up. S.-Editors throughout the State
are respectfully requested to give TINS
place in your paper. :. =.
Its perus.l al this particular juncture
would be exceedingly interesting to The
people Of Iowa. II would not only serve
70 enligh,en them upon the vexed cues.
ton efthe validity Of the last April cleo
ton, but would enable them, also, to ac'
,nderstandiDgly in choosing between the
two candidates now presented for their
,uffraees for the important Office Of Super
;ntendent OF Public Instruction.
We generally endeavor to keep pacs
with our contemporaries Of the press IN
spreading the light Of knowledge through
out the land; but in the present case the
wing press evince strange perverslty in
refusing I. lay this important document be-
fore their readers, at time when its forciole
calculations and its valuable precepts and
ipiunctions are so necessary to the guild
.nce ola benigh,ed people in an impor.
tan. election. Ifthey will publish it en-
tire, We pledge ourselves to do the same;
but if they will not do as much as this for
the enlightenment Of the public, it connot
be expected Of US that we will do more than
to give 80 much Of the "Superintendent's'
official circular a. is necessary to i'm
press the public mind with due sense
Of the sterling worth and stern integrity
inherited by him from his quaker progen-
itors, and his unfinching nerve and CHI
valrous blood inherited from his warlike
aunt Sisters.
Certain envious persons hove grossly
characterized this portion Of the circular
as the worthy and learned professors
''pedigree" Of himself; but these are only
"a few nerveless, heartless aristocra!s,"
who have been endeavoring to brighten
him from what he believes to be right"
but before whom "God forbid" that he
should ever quail!" AS the most impor-
tant and eloquent portion Of that circular,
we re-publish below, this portion of it,
that the people may know how to appre-
ciate the hereditary virtues Of an injured
and prosecuted but indomitable and "un
finchnng" philanthropist, who presents
himself to them for an endorsement Of his
course and . ratification Of his election =
1.-THE people elected him to that office be-
fore the modest Professor enlightened them
upon this subjec.-before they knew any
thing Of the honesty and chivalry Of his
fore-fathers and fore mothers-by how
much larger majority, and more emphatic
voice, must they proclaim him as their
choice, since they have been told all about
his illustrious ancestry!
Having concluded his instructions Ito
the Common School of1ic ers," and clearly
defined his position" which is sti.l the
same ~ them, "only little more 80,
the worthy Professor concludes his circu-
lar a. follows:
! take this position, after thorough ex-
animation and mature delberation. be-
lieve it to be just; believe it TO be duty
owe to the people By whom / was cleo
ted, and with whom live. A duly ow e,
from the position l occupy to the children
Of the land. find a. my progmitors, By
my Jather's house, were al Quakers-rho
haae credit for honor and honesty, you may
erpeet on rn2mching discharge Of duty, i
need Be, at personal sacrifice: and since
isey cere, on my mothers side, I'LL SOL.
D IL you need not erpeet 70 see me