Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1849-08-17

IL The Wisconsin Argus has a column of
audation of Professor Root, State Superintend-
emf of Schools, which concludes of course with
the advice that Mr.. Root be reelected, as it will
be impossible for the State to dispense with his
invaluable services. Mr.. Root may be the able
and interchangeable man that the Argus represents
him to be, but if so we are mistaken in his quail
ifcation, and so are many others who have had
ample opportunities of knowing Mr.. Root,
says the Argus, was the author of the School
system Of the Constitutional Convention, and
he should be kept in his present office until he
gets that system fairly into shape and notion
The county of Racine voted against the present
Constitution and it was more than any thing else
OH account of the Objectionable character of the
School article. Mr.. Root was also the author
of the proposition for g Central School Houses"
which was so strenuousy urged in the last leg
islature, bat which failed He has on all occa-
sons given unmistakabe evidence of a DISPOSE
ton to appropriate the public funds to the estab-
lishment of High Schools" making the COM
mon school, which should really be the gfeat
and indeed the only object of the ''common"
fund, secondary consideration and we have
little doubt, should he be elected for two years
longer, some proposition which has that result
in it will be established There is no use of hum
bag in this matter. The Wisconsin Argus is
in the enjoyment of all the patronage (Which Is
extensively coming from this department, and will
continue to enjoy it probably as long as Mr.. Root
remains in office, and hence we may look for
laudations from that quarter, but we hcbe roo
pie will look to other than these Interested sour
ceS for their instruction and information. Mr.
Root, the Argus tells us, has won golden opin-
ions from all sorts of people in all parts Of the
State. 1t may be so, but we hate Dur doubts
If So all sorts of people, in all parts Of the State
will re-elect him despite our opinion, and we
have done nc harm. We wish, however, that
people would not take this interested newspaper
puffery for granted, but would avail themselves
of all truthful sources of information in matter
of this momentous consequence;
Above all things the Argus desires the dispo-
sal fthis office should not put on the shape Of
partizanship; for it is too sacred In its character
Would it not be capital idea if our party organ
izatons are not DIS sacred as they ought to be.
and we know it, to abandon them. ltthcre is a
more sacred way of getting public officers than
by party nominations and elections, and the Ar
gus knows Oft, it is very reprehensbe for not
proposing to procure all other officers the same
way or are all other offices too profane in their
character to be lifted up to this mode of procu-
ring them. This idea of keeping the sacred
modes of doing business for special occasions
we don't believe in. We 90 in distinctly for APP
plying the best mode of which we hare any
knowledge to procuring all officers; and if the
Argus thinks the spontaneous principle is the
best, it is certainly very reprehensible in recon-
mending an inferior mode in any case