The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-04-28
A Mann thar .. a Man.

a recent report of a Committee Of the Leeis-
lature of Massachusetts, on Education, present,
some facts in regand to Mr.. Mann's selfsacnf.
eng efforts in behalf Of the causeof Education,
which are worthy of a wilder promulgation.-
The order which occasioned this report was
passed IN January, without any consultation
with Mr.. Mann, but at the instance of certain
members, who were acquainted with the fact Of
the States pecuniary Indebtedness to him. The
Committee were empowered to send for persons
and papers, and the result was a report, Of
which we find Il convenient abstract in the
Springfield Republican:
When Mr.. Mann entered upon the Office OF Secretary
10 the Board OF Education pro vision was made for
tages and stationery These heavy bills he paid from bis
private purse. And when provision made Tor these
Items, he never charged the State half their the
expense might excite opposition 10 the Office During
the whole twelve years he served cent was allowed
him for Office rent or clerk hire. During the first five
years. h paid from bis own salary The sxpenses
IN travelling over thu state for educational purposes
occupying ssoutiour months each year When the Nor
PssSed in<nissss, 'ua MI. Mann aevancsd 500 from
hls aEn g-- WHEEL money wAs ss.raed.
house, al The Lexington Norman school Mr. Mann sol5
his law library. and furnished The required sum- He also
forwarded msney establishment OF The sfhool an
WeSthclc; 10 what amount II Is not known Iut 10
sab Quincy Jr testes that al the time Mr. Mana bor
rowcd OF him 81 o0, for which he Is s liable saVins
that be wanted Il fos the schools AZ Bndgewaer and
WeSe'd Mr. Quincy demonstrated ag.insf his ma king
50 large sacrifice, bit Mr. Mann Insisted upoE the loan
gave him good security and forbade his applying 10 .nx
individuals OF to the sate the subject other items Of
his voluntary outlaws amounting 10 upward OF 500 are
esaoeEsted.
Dutton s. Wentworth, State Printers testify ths,
whenever MI. Mann wanted extra copies OF his own
Annual Reports he Invariably had them Charged 10 bs
private sccoun; that he serpulOnsy careful 10 ha
the printing In his de Tartme for which the State Maid
executed IN the most economical manner; and that he
himself paid them SIS or 500 Tor printing Educational
20 be circulated gTatuOusiy II is
express charges on letters and proof sheets while his Re
ports were printing. The testimony is remarkable as
showing his OF honor in gard TO the most rival
matter. In the words which he himself applied 10 anofb
En- he has been careful 10 shake the gold dust rom his
garments, whenever ne had occasion 70 90 into the rub
lie mint -
The defetfrom the publication OF the Common School
Journal was supplied from Mr.. Mann's well drained
purse he has paid for many copies be dstIlbuted
sratitousy and has continued edit the WORT without
compensation. WheG he went 10 Europe for EDUCATION
Al and nfoms ton, his expenses exceeded his
searY 81 900 or $780, bot the results OF his ira vel
ytueH to the Stale in his Seventh Annual Report
such - an imperfect sketch OF the pecunary sam
hoes made by Mr.. Mann. During all this time NJ should
Dc remembered that the entire salary received from
he state was 81 500 per annam although the Commit
ee have discovered that the Hon. Edmund Dwight ever
liberal patron OF the OF Education was in the
habit OF making generous addition to this esere sal
lr aud that he Continues 10 do FOR the present
AIRY.
Appended to the Report Of the Committee il
ordering the payment TO Mr.. Mann OF $1,000.