The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-12-14

. ~ wv lNflIfNN ~ INlI I. AAflWHNlANs
>iH--l request the privilege 1t replying to The
writer of the article loo YOUR paper ~ week h.fur,
i.s.iv sA4-A j. headed 'stAnll huukz."
In preparing the communication signed - su.
urrntoudeut, had sumo r.tsun- Tor no, appcndinp
Iuy HfHis, These reasons dill not relate AZ an tl
H'f't1isHt One rru-nn Wa, that fft5n tho nnfufr
~ tir fFrurTluH my -r'ti'i l'- -uiii,-ti,y
KNOWN Another Nnsihat wished as Tar ~ In.-i bir
. q" avoid trs-rUhf,,f. was treating u . public
'uhlcct,tu had been acting iu public way, ihirl
reason n r"n-un stronger than either Of the other.
rrlnting 20 consideration which Z. entirely aside
it"m th" matter irruteduL II anV person yutffiuas
the -trirnrus allusuus either iu my lrrrr com.
muuc1u"n M in this,-or u, flr ans other sp-cinl
'11'r, D" rruuest' my name, 10 win he cbrrrfuIIv
gwen. Tie merits ui an article du not depend upuu
me nuthur' name bat upon the rufrvc'nc,s q turr,
ui "a .W be- suy..
lt ha. been remarked Too rvrnrl tp 70 di.tu.-i. brI
'vNu'rr uf fhs t-tf thar when hr Iusss hfs fpff.r
70 Ir llN1F- algU that Dee hHs bet he caus- HHs
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.srirr iu ihr ,uIriUuHtu ut week bstlrr bat, lo
r''' "''h 'o say. vii 'ny thi-, hint rr-rvt ihnt
'u" t"ui'"nHn ffHu-it ~ urUIsr fo write u the man.
Hrr 'u which Ac lil. have occasion tn know tlni
gr "Hs tuNciUu'iN aH HyHintcd with ms uufuy.-lui
-"i N'ui4 r'igr INponr TINT this might Haf have
H. u f'f,,,,i -ifGcr1lr home CID --l.,, n1f g.
'Hb -Grh manner 'or the time 10 come. Tu d
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g. wa. uucai''l Cor 100 90, writer %. commence 10,
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600 WITH iI''iiiff 'UHf.H IS 90
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rrn-' WE -' .lud Iuu-' eos 'hit 'irIF fs=-ru, ~
p,frH'r o. H. though. shall - happy tn' b. cHr-
~c'',' tl" effect viii. presume. fH To u.., fb..
writer, own tNu iur 'he charity which .thin,r'h
ru"NIi. Wout as UCr.Nc. iu.,e drawn go .tirIf
Inference lir certainty admits f'i1t lisshsr tnirr-'
our' WiHh nave been drawn, and TINT. 200 -sutrrrs
900 thr -tmc paragraph Mv language would mot
imply tnut enc -upvnufrud'ufs .isIr III, narrr ft.f
p-'ni"r' eoF''d"r''"u. such thought should
: wuu'i give n- UurN pain han Il would inv ,u-
p"r'nfrutrut u rho county -.lIi expressly II llu
NOT w.h fu intimate fhuf Hu, of The .upcrufrur"it
',A lili. r-.i4tfl go lllll-." J. wn on three Ltrl
gent individual. Who have read ms article hn ~ ,lfl
has they should never have suspected .uch An if,f
nation. Last week q superintendent from % ne,,t-
boring town lone OF the sigucral called uruu mrlrI
NE mad trcc cunvrr tiuu 10 r-, rcct 10 the .uh,f
that has b,-n discussed. T. The ITlc.fi71 ,Isfrsr
De- Jaw amy thing IN my article that auncarr ,n him
either Incorrect " uukind be- replied distinctly in
the negative. TIE appeared fo view he p--itia, A.
not little uncomfortable and 10 be- DESTROYS Ut r,f
ting ont ut 10, but he did not intimate thar he h,'t
ms article uncourtcous
baA Fss-4#A lar asking ere ~ ts,,,t,,,-t.,,- an
respect tn dg'nis. In The first place the remark,
which Follow the signatures Especially A. tho pnpcr
was first pGhlishedl Mern-AEsl rr-rT1t WON'T
naturally make secondly 'he fact that any Ut the
supenutcudcnts were agent ght have no unimpor
aut bearnTon their general course Sthe Anal ter,,
nation oi the question ~ issue merely add 3y that
.i'+ -i's' - t7u tttrr e paper was ptbiish,d III
new -ere- ct bo'ss, and that he expected campcr,n-
nm ~ tho truth N rms gFg rs 4 "
shall now brett rs possible refer u some ,f
the writers other rruinrks and srntrfurnts lie s,,..
90 Nfer the meeting AZ Dauvillc there seemed hardly
tim" 70 call another convention" Re Why should
another con' enilon have been called, even If there
hHa been time for Il ? Why did not the superntend-
futs attend the convention which was called ON the
oath Of Octohcr2 Every due excrtion vas made +,
secure their attendance and there il no doubt that
most OF thein were aware 'of the time and place II
uAYa mt fla.s tI.fE
Themselves. Why was "immediata action nar,--
saEN except for dining or rather undoing bv a pr,-
'h,s h'i- y At had hess REGULARLY done in pubIic2
hr wrf'"r SAYS, The manner In which the sigma
uIrrs obtained !s .bvcted Ia hy "a S,,,.--,,
'-i'-ftt tt 't-tft' objected 90,
myself but by very many Others. Il is remark c,l
mat some OF the superintcndcuts. actuatcd sSciv
10y thelr interest m the prosperity of our schools
nudcriouk the tnsk Of going over the county Ia con-
suit all the cher that the nctz were presented and
that tho superintendent having in rnnv rnses mr. .
1otsy examined the book with grpaf unanirnity-
and readiness, expressed their preference" Sc /
presume that the writer regarded this as n correct
and iair statement % the case. But IL Is far fan
D"'lg 80 nave the strpnge:t reasons 20 believe. In
NE nr>t place, unless am misnformed, the super
niendent Who wis the most active in seeing other
'upertntendcnts was the one who said 70 me- " in
snd "a do al can towards keeping Mandcville's .
heading books out OF my towfr out Of the coun-
~ Would an individual, with such a purpose be
suitable person to present the subject Of Reading
,tTNS before other superinteDirntsY Would he be-
key TO do u impartinlv Nhnt facts" were cx-
lihitedY Was it the yHnioti that Towns Readers
rc great deal better than n certain other serit..
ere the facts stated both sides, or only on nu
lde In the second place ito Tcpeat n sentence in
ny ether coninuncationi the whole work ri going
2 sixteen towns and obtaining signatures, per
Hlilcu IN "a very lew days And 10 repeat another
entence, Gould there, in most Of the cases have
'een much time for delberatiou 2" The thing was
nRiiiie-'Iy impossible.
Another remark which the writer has made An
gent ne says, except iu1ne or two instances had
'mfHg IA 40 with getting SIGNATURE and them A. We
r" tgld only accompanying superintendent, and
ot directing on adyiainF.' The circumstances,
lu-t b" allowed "a say, nuitr otherwise. In the
nv i'ino, m 1gcrif hit ruTr sixty miles IN iutr,-
nee among "a Towns Reading books He had said
nat he intended to divide the county us he had dune
former instance. In the second place, On the
-ih 81 October our dave atleE tie meeting Dan
hle be called OF the superintendents in the
'%n m which live, presented him paper. and 500
cited his signature. The agent wns alone. The Z,
rperlntendent referred 20 wns not quite c,rtnin lt
1T. whether the paper VIZ any thing more than