Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1852-03-26


We have no intention of mpuguing the mo
tres of Gov. " lans. If he couH not see his
duty then Of course he must be allowed To flee
to that great city OF refuge, The PIca-oi-lg-
norancc, which is generally considered to be
of sufficient dimensions to cover AMI protect
any multitude of sins. Had the Free Press the
knowledge which it claims, it should have made
out II clear case Tor the Governor, and that
without any qubbng or special pleading, in
stead OF giving coarse reprnand to the people
of Derby for expressing their humble opinion
in "A resolution. As 1t is, we beg to take leave
of his Erceltency Of The Free Press, for the pres
cnt by assuring him that we shall make no app
preparation Of his reproof to ourselves, while
we return the closing paragraph Of it, for his
own special benefit AMI bchcol, viz TINT he
hiniseJ" might have employed his time to more
profit in some other way" than by abusing our
humble resolution, without doing himself or
the Governor the justice of bringing forward Il
reasonable explanation Of his neglect.
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Derby Center, March 3D.
The correspondent of the Gazette begins with
i misrepresentation, and 1t is therefore less sur
prslng, perhaps that his comments should cor
respond with the beginning. We did not pre-
tend to justify or defend 1.-THE last Legislature
in its multiplying neglect to appoint state Su-
pernendent of Common Schools We spoke
: OF this neglect as "mlseaslnce" (Which "blg
word," the Gazette'S correspondent smartly
says means "a trespass") and plainly indicated
, the shoulders upon which the blame should be
placed.
But our critic rcfutes himself. lie quotes
a., I A. -, Al ,NE..
OF State Superintendent that that office "sHALL
BE annually appointed BY THE JoINT ASSEM-
BLY," The Legislature was IN Session when,
he office became vacant, and deliberately re-
titSed to perform the duty imposed on it by law.
Is his vacancy shy death or oihertciSe," such
as any decent or sensible construction of the
-, Constitution contempatcs BY no manner OF
/ means! 1t is manif'estly absurd to suppose so
t The course pursued by Governor WILLIAMS is
precisely the course that has often been pur-
:. sued by the President Of the United States
+ under such circumstances, and under similar
: provision of the federal Constitution. We
think unhesl!atngly, that Governor WILLIAMS
had NO AUTHORITY whatever to make the APP
DOluliHcll; anu We dISU lIIillh IllJI dlIOSClIlCL
! too much fuss has been, ana is, made about it,
|, particularly as the disposition appears to be to
. transfer the re possibility Of the ''mlseasaEce"
to shoulders npon which it does not belong
$ 1t is our opinion, too, TINT the late Superlnten-
dent DIR. BuRNnAu, does neither himself, nor
. the existing School system, any benefit by
= usurping or arrogatlng to himself, functions
! which have lapsed. There are times, i'll the
5 affairs of men when the highest wisdom IS tc
. "icuit"
II PROBABLE Loss OF THE CLAY MEDAL.-
Il We have been requested to publish the follow
II ng note, from Charles Butter, ESD, to the
chairman Of the committee charged with the
= duty of presenting medal 10 Mr.. Clay some
/ weeks since, accounts of which appeared i'll the
l. public Journals The object of the note is tC
d announce that the medal was entrusted to hlH
Is recently, on his return from Washington, and
l. was lost, but under circumstances which fully
If eXonerate BIN from any liability to ccnSure FOL
z the accident:
+ New YoRK, 18th March, 1852,
o No. 10 East | It'll street.
, DAMEL CLLMAN, Esq.
=, Dear Sin: The gold medal recently pre-.
v scented by the citizens of New \ ork the per
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