The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-01-11

IiI -u. 1uI tli- lrd f1 tlir hiff hH ip Which
hr refers. lf Wls a .alsY1 n. 'lir CONVEX
1um" as listened papruN} q" o. 1iudIra-
uYu a. his own course 900 RELATION ~ tts sui~
icrt inr urary twu hours inn'N m winch geo.
trrpl tD prrsoual transactions between him
.rlf ANA Others. of Which I could claim no
fuowlrder. ile reGtsrd a. 10 NV thing o.
bout rallmga convention, and said, % con-
FruiIDu Wcfr calIrd, Alr inplWlllir aud hlm-
sell shnull mot attend it was certain tlu-
der such rirrumstaurrs, o. the convention
wrir called. that il would not answer tho end
urup. srd. A. to my rrmar4ing that ] saw
nodhnf incorrect or uuklnd in his article,
do not rrcOllcct ~ mnk ing any such rrply.-
a, however rrrullrCt fhai amer had start
cI tn leave, aud hna rel,hrd the JlpIr "Su-
prriutruicnt" very mWirsty inquired, "Mr
Webster, wh1 do y0h think ~ nay aHicltf'
/ did not viii NJ 'iut tiinr a. hive Huy die
question with him iu violation a. the merits ri
his production, bur waived dircrt reply by
saving that / had not read e with care,
having merely huui6lly glanced oFer y nnrr'
This was true, Tor / hid ihcn "ily hastily
Rad the mauusl npt coy. 0ulrnhlrnlrhl
Immediately replied, (whi-h "ply ! th,nk he
must siill rucollcrt1 II wish ou wDdd ln1k
70 OVER with rHrr, witt yuu NOT 10 " vls.teIf'
I have siucc done 90, aud ! do not wander
that after giving the iusinuhti6ns which De
did, Ia biz fret article iu relation ~ the char
actor and conduct n his fellow huoorinirn-
donis, mar tC should try % ruvrr tire alta
hc had made upon thcm by sRyLng 81 do not
wish a. intimate that any OF the supctnirn-
dents have intended Ia do wrong bat dn
little wnnher, that under the above nj nti7n-
cd circumstances, ] should be the perno0
whose testimony is addurrd a. sanction tie
= spirit M that pruducti0u' iicrcmartg tiat 1T
-....-.- -. s..-l ILL., 49,.
rOmiurtal lg = Anl - L. LG-lalz u getting out
OH This might have bccu--bdt n u was
so, IL was a. find myself Ia the presence Of
/ the man whose peculiar circumstance rem
dcrcd IL possible for him, 60 put quictus mp
on thc whole school book controversy ia Cal
rdonia county--and terms had been prupO'-
cd. which would satisfy the agents ut both
. partics,nnd yet 90 find him absolutely rriu-
sing 90 do ANYTHING 90 hush the striir, hut
rather proposing still Ia throw among ~ the
brands ofdi-corl and controversy, was iar
. from feeling unplcasanily situated, because
had given my recommend 10 what ! still
dccm, the botlcr book for our schools.
Superintendent SAYS, II hal really sup
posed that the selections In q series uf Read
ing hpnks formed mainly the system IN that
series lfths IA" true the lahorrd system
ut Vaudeville, which has been maturcd with
ttHel u wv sR.i oaF,' Hi,l-t be- gs.ai ggl9g
rod los. the numerous changes which town
and count, -upcriutrudrnis are proposing Ia
have made 90 the character of IT, selections.
I have seen not less Than three editions of
ManIrGllv's fourth book, which have been
issued In les than two years. In these cdi-
huus, important changes have been male
entire piece, thrown out, aud new once suu.li-
tuirl. The author gives u, 90 understand
HAT these change Hgc to he continued 20 thA'
-, b. lv,. tlan the number which ~ pro-
y pusts .'ill in make. Superintendent" writes
... al 70.
change, made in his books ere they are what
iAl., .iuul.i'lsr i',f an introduction into thv
.uhu-i' thI, county, and be- replies 81 viii
make thrm aud mono. + iliis what We shuUid
have expected would have been the reply Of
q man ui profound trulti0u, who had pre-
urrl s.Jic. n Reading Books, on which he
bad hr-inv"d wears ui labor, aud carefully
weighed &c. selections and uaturpd H. ~ -tcmf
50 system which j. hailed hy it friends, "as
thr hthiug,r ota new aud more promising
.,rl. u.ysv hitherto almost miraculous a,2ui-
..''uu of sund natural and graceful reading -
Have, the great mimi, that nave shown thvm-
.'INo. Dom@etSbu tp introduce new cra' ~
The history ui htcrltury5 boon rrAiiy tu ,c-
,rdr iruni the position, whghd lry have de-
hh.ru,'y taken 20 the g}cgestien of almost
g,cry one WIN nay nrsnmc ~ KNOW how
tUTrFr,i,M- NIr tt % lmQroTt1- tfiuF
thc uconlc ot the county have actca 81: ~,
u dat ihry favc concluded 10 wait for . few
more Improvements. crc they adopt the Man
dpNiur series.
"A superintendent" al least Indirectly, adj
nit, of another great objection 10 the Mrhde-
l...as.!...4.t..!I...
aud other Institutions which. like most of the
upcrlutcpdents of this county, t,ilcdto dis
Germ the surprising merits of his books, he
saws (rcicrrng io those connected with these
instituriu.D Hslgembcr the advice OF your
oracle, Horace, AID aucmnt not To graphic
a matter to whicl'your pooerS are ua"gual'
II the honorcd men of our country, who de-
I ,crvcdly stand at the head OF our higher In
stituiion- of learning have not powers of
mind sufficient To- grapplc with the science
our common schools! May We not truly ~
mark of it, in the language OF him who for
years was our State Superintendent, II
deem tho system too complex for practical
use"
The action Of the majority Of snpcrintcn-
dents has been strongly ccnsured by "Supcr-
intcndent" II is-hut claimed that under or
binary circumstances, their course was the
7 bugt tt1It mTUht hTvU tCUu TrtuTTtrrt TUT It
/ seems that under existing circumstance, TWEEN
~ ont OF twenty-five. thought it the best
which they could adopt And | think "Su-
/ pcrintcndcnt" has failed to show any posdire
statue or principle Of Edr which they vioat-
ed--All may not hn apprized that an effort
was made 10 have another convention before
the proceedings of the oath had gone to press
and no thought was entertained of obtaining
signatures until t4tt=-t,fie ilaae-Iaz pnzitiYcly
denied us 10y the chairman Of that committee.
/ but the action Of the ''five" in this place on
the oath was strictly illegal IL "Superin-
tcndent" has found one mot legal gentle
mani who admits its legality, / can point
him to more than one who are members OF
the bar in this county, who do not hesitate TO
| pronounce 1t illegal. 1t may be true that in
a majority of cases, minority has acted for
the majority; hut it has been on the supposi-
ton ola general acquicscence, but where this
acquiescencc is wanting, the action is without
/ legal force. The fact makes a wide differ
scuce between the action of the eight" in
March, and the five" in October. In the
t former the supcrintcndcnts arquiesced, but
/ far tlnm it in the latter, think the illcgah-
/ " of This action will be apparent by n care
I tul rptprpncp ia tho folIoWinp unuu,stinpob lilo