Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-09-01
Meeting relative to Co. Superintendent

At a meeting of the citizens of Ulster, held
at the School House on Monday evening, the
18th August, for the purpose of taking into
consideration measures for employing a school
teacher for the ensuing winter, and other mat
tiers relative to the school. Doct. +. MILLS
was called to the Chair and JoHN MArHER
chosen Secretary.
On motion of Chauncey Rockwell, Uriah
Shaw, Geo. Birney and c.. Adams were cleo
ted a school committee, instructed to employ a
suitable teacher during the winter months, re-
CARELESS of a first, TcOnd, or third ddss certiti-
cate from the county superintendent.
On motion of G. III. Nandyke, the Chair APP
pointed the following named gentlemen, S.. c..
Hovey, j. NJ. Pike, II. S. Davidson, Geo. Biz
ney, and c.. Rockwell a committee to draft re-
solutions expressive of the sense of the meeting
in regard to the county superintendent, and
submit the same to the people on Saturday
evening, the 18th ult.
The meeting then adjourned.
Saturday evening, August 25th.
Pursuant to adjournment, the citizens of u
stcr met eli mGsSc at the school house, JOHN
NJ. PIKE was called to the chair and JOIN
MArHER appointed Secretary, when the Com
mittee through their chairman, submitted the
following resolutions which were unanimously
adopted =
ResOlred, FIRST, That in our Judgment. Edu-
cation is the safeguard of our liberties, and
upon the intelligence of the masses depend the
pcrpetuation of our free institutions which are
soon to be left to those we seek to instruct, and
as guardians We should use diligence in protec-
ting them from the ravagcs of "haHks" and
"vultureS.'
SECONDLY, That we as friends and guardians
feel it our imperative duty to promote so de-
sirable an object as the education of our youth,
and that can only be done by those directly in
terestcd ; and when taken from them, it is
transplanted from its natural soil into one for
eign and unfruitful and cannot flourish,
THIRDLY, That the Office of County Super
intendent of common schools is useless, unne-
cesSary and uncalled for by the people, absorb
ing a large portion Of the public money, which
if distributed with the common school fund,
would do more to promote the general system
of education-and we will instruct our repre-
sentatives to use their influence to repeal the
said Office.
FouRTHLY, That the late increase of salary
is a high-handed outrage-a usurpation of DOW
or, and an insult to the people, inasmuch as
the convention was called upon the 2Sth dav
Of July when farmers were in the midst of har-
vest consequently, there could not be a full
expression of the pcople-that when the salary
was fixed at $500 per year, it was optional to
accept or reject.
FIFTHLY, That We ccusure all directors who
participated in any way in raising Mr.. GUYER's
salary.
SIXTHLY, That in the selection of a teacher
we can use written or printed questions in an
examination as well as the county superinten-
dent, and as his services hare been and are to-
tally r0rthLess, we would respectfully decline
any further visits from the gentleman.
SEvENrHLY, That the county superinten-
dents defence to the people, published in the
County papers of the 25th ult., is an ungentle-
manly defence of a false position. That he
ialls TO convince us that his increase of salary
does not come from the pockets of the people
and as "knarcs" and FOOLS" we would suggest
IN our ignorance, that We are brought to a
lively knowledge of what are dollars nnd cents
by the masy tax-gatherers Of Pennsylvania