The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1856-03-13

We have heard considerable inquiry OF la'e
about this document. not so much perhaps for
the interesting matter j. contained as the curl
osity excited to know what good reason the
Superintendent. has had for not circulating II
among the people. These Rules were printed
at our Office some Two or three months since,
in accordance with the very proper and Judi
cious direction OF the Trustees. in a plain,
neat and economical style Il was done. we
believe. to their satisfaction. and would have
been entirely satisfactory 10 999 ont OF every
1000 Of our citizens could they hsve an op-
portuai:y Of examining il. Bas the Superin-
tendent took the responsibility, las is his
public eye, and. We understand, east them
aside as useless trash" The reason assign
ed for this singular and. we think, very foolish
conduct Is tha- lie printing Was not executed
IN sly 10 please bis very refined and arts
tocra,ic taste. He wished Job gotten up in
a more costly manner to tickle has Inflated
vanity. The tax payers could certainly never
OBJECT TO he e1tr. expense. when it accom-
plIshed 50 desirable end as 10 please himi
After coming over the matter for lon .
time. and iatulgins frequently ii 1isparaging
remarks against our establishment, he con
Guided TO send to indianapolis for a new ed
zion Of lie Rules and a catalogue Of some OF
the lar-@r scholars appended to it. with the
view of securing contributions from them to
assist in paying the expense. He no doubt
supposed the scholars possessed sufficient
vanity Gudging by his own feelings) to fork
over the dimes literally 70 see their names IN
pria!'
We are truly sorry for The credit of the
school and for the popularity and usefulness of
the Superintendent. that he has acted so i'm
prudenly IN this transaction We are well
aware tina. lrnnt q discretion is his great.
est fault, and that to this defect in his charac
ter is attributable the brief sojourn he has
made in the numerous places be has heretofore
been employed. We had hoped, however,
that "frpertencs' had made him sage in
this respect If IN nothing else. Should our
Superintendent persis. in refusing to circulate
the Rules already printed, and should he un-
der,ake to circulate has foreign production
among our citizens, we will recur TO this sub
ice: again.
The HIGav NAME AT LAsr.-Jefferson once
declared that the Americans were .'all Rcpub
licans-all Democrats but jefferson has
gone 10 the shades. and host of new parties.
and divisions Of parties with all sorts of names
hon a.,
dsy and generation, and been consigned to
oblivion. The name of "Democra:,' alone
survived as a cognomen, spiced occasionally
by the prefix True. or Gree" and "locofo-
CO." until within the last three years, when
the word "Old LINERS, seemed TO tickle the
fancy of the leaders Of that party, from the
fact that It was more appropriate 10 designate
the blending together Of Hunkerism Ia both
the Wing AMI Democratic parties-indicasive
Of "iasion" of all in those parties who were
in favor of the extension of slavery. under the
specious pretext of comforting on the people
of the territories "squatter sovereignty" rights.
Since the humbug of squatter sovereignty has
been exploded, the name of ''old liner" in
the present phase or fuse of the advocates
of slavery propagandism, has also had its day,
aud tue name Of PRO SLAVERY, seems to
f the opponents ef the Peoples Party ex-
actly; therefore. II, Eject and proper that the
party. who advocate the extension of the
area Of slavery in territories which are
dedicated to freedom, AM who are doing all
they can 10 have that peculiar institution"
nationalized, should De called the PRO SLA-
VERY party. The .'old liners" have earned
the title. and it shall be no fault Of ours if ii
be n. given TO them in its fullest and broadest
sense aud meaning