Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1856-03-15


Mh. EDITOR IS. a. b. charges me with
Az "unwarrau,able attempt TO side little
more public money into my pockets, without
valuable consideration and thereby taking
from the juvenile class Of our county Just so
much OF the school fund which was intended
for their benefit" Now whenever a person
charges another with what is positively
untrue, in the eyes Of intelligent men, his
,ldBdtrnus efforts iujure no one but himself.
5. 4. B. has asserted what he canno: prove
to be true and what ] can positively prove 10
be false aud therefore shows himself en-
tircly ignorant or entirely insincere. have
all my life time been opposed to high taxes
and therefore lever thought OF having my
salary Increased until l and the directors,
who are favorable to M increase Of salary,
knew that it did cot come from our county;
that it would not increase our tax, but would
he taken from balances in the treasury, not
otherwise appropriated.
Nov for the proof that the portion
which would not get of the thirty thousand
dollars does not come to our county. The
public will please read the Janc number Of
the .Schooi Jo,unai, in which the State Su-
perintendent over his Official name positively
declares that such portions OF the state mp
preparation as are not expended Tor the salary
Of superntenGents 60 into the general fund
and not To tie respective counties as was
! enormously supposed. But 10 show the mat
| ter still palmer, as all may not get to see the
| report OF the State Superintendent of last
year. made TO cur Legislature December 3lst,
| 1850, Cuote from the 9th page as follows =
The impression prevailed in some parts OF
! the Commonwealth when the Office was ere.
ated, that the pro rata Of the state appro-
| priat!on 10 each district would be reduced by
the payment of the salary Of the county SUI
! perlntendcnt and in others that the general
taxation must be increased 10 meet the in
crease necessary IN the annual appropriation
/ Tor school purposes. t2dtr such miSap-
! pr.henSioa oi 'he trHh, it is not strange that
the people OF Pennsylvania, hurlhencd with
heavy taxation. and crippled in their energies,
! ana ScaltcG IN their means ot living. should
| be excited to hostility. Still il is true that
the annual appropriation for school phrnoses
has been increased since the creation of the
Office to pay the salaries of snperintendents ;
Lh tie state tar mas not been increased. The
state has promptly met all her liabilities. and
the money for school purposes is taken out OF
balances IN the treasury, not otherwise ap-
propriated.
The legislature has economized in some
OF the Other demands on the treasury" &c.
Hrre then We have abundant evidence 10
show that the charge Of 5. A. B. is most
! VIGOROUSLY false and such us may only be
expected from the pen of one whose vision is
accustomed to q dayk lantern, aud his mind
10 the influence Of Know Nothing brain.
Other counties were drawing largely on the
ba.ance Of the thirty thousand dollars, and
( the directors who were in favor of nm in.
/ crease, thought that we had n right to rea-
son"h!e share, They did not wish to be as
eXtraNagant as other counties. Berks first
gave only $3.50, but as it did not diminish
their state appropriation, it was increased TO
Sl20O IN Lancaster the salary is $500; IN
Bradford it has been increased from $500 TO
Sl50O; IN Schuylklll it is $1,000: Allegheny,
SlUOO; IN chester, $1,000; in Washington,
SlOOO &c ROW all this our county has ia
help pay, and would it be wrong if they
should help our county pay $500 or S60Of
We made no effort to have the salary in.
creased until we knew that it would moi re.
duce our appropriation or increase our tax
"hich Is plainly proven by the documents
a'leSted by The state superintendent and
ought not >. y. Il. then take back his charge
and bis destinations of dishonesty, which
apply TO The directors favorable 10 an in.
crease OF salary as well ms TO myself: ouubt
he not TO hide his face in shame under the
dark lantern which he, as a Know Nothing
doubtless carries. am willing to compare
the antecedents of my history With $. A. b.
at any time for honesty. and though / have
never said that ! was the only competent
man in the county for superintendent ii there
were no men in it more competent than s
a. B,, the Office would die natural death
Judging from letter addressed to me by
,. a. b., his article must have been written
Tor him by another, or the printer must have
had rather Job" of it TO correct it for his
paper. In said letter to me he spells sir sur
discussion, discussun; appointed, appointed
scholars, scholars; term, turn consequence
coneequance there, theare, &c.
never think less of man because he has
no learning, because he may have had nc
chance to get it, but when man abuses me
without cause, feel at liberty to show
what he is, and how much he knows of what
he is writing about and how sharp and keen
sighted these sharp-eyed Wings and Know
Nothings are, who have not capacity Il
write correctly, q common letter. In con
clusion repeat that though Democrats may
have been opposed 10 an Increase Of my
salary. az they may have thought il zane