The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-11-27

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refutation of piece 50 full of errors and
bitterness as to carry its own refutation
along with il, 10 every candid mind Yet,
it would hardly be just to the district to
suffer such medley of errors TO pass
wholly unno;iccd: cmauating as they do
from the chief magistrate of the city,
and member of the Board Of School
Visitors. We simply advert to few
facts, suggested BY the article:
l. We hare a mayor, !. e., a mogts-
'rute, 10 Upton! The editor frankly
admits that he is mayor, Notwithstanding
all Instructions and indications to the
contrary. On one point, then, We arc
agreed Our informant was correct. We
haze mayor. -a.- @ Z. a ..-a.
.. Our mayer is a very Independent
man; SO much so that he does not feel
bound to show any respect whatsoever to
persons, or even to the kings English.
He bcratcs the tyraunical Board of Di-
rccters, and part icularly the willful, over
bearing, Jesui,ical minister of tho Board,
like magistrate indeed He tramples
upon the established rules Of grammar,
and Of correct composition, with rs much
apparent superiority and Indifference ss
he kicks aud pounds "Justice," aud the
School Law in general. Yet, .......
s, Our mayor is very lroraed man,
especially in law, Lo''a, and jorispru.
dcncc. lie quotes Lf'a with evident
facility (throwins it IN parenthetically).
He rebukes, with becoming severity, the
impudencc and arrogance OF Justice"
for insisting that, inasmuch rs the law
makes it ''ihe duty OF the director in
each sub-dlstrics to have the general su-
pervision Of the school and school.hosse,
under the Board Of Directors" no special
committee can be legally appointed to
do that sworn duty for them. He asserts
that "a meeting was legally called and
held, at which committee was appoint
ed to take charge Of the house," whereas,
in fact, it Was voted al The legal meeting,
THAT it is taerpedieat to appoint such a
committee. After the meeting was I'D
journcd. s.e de. another mcetin. (not
legal was organized, which appointed a
committee. He affirms, moreover, that
this committee "was coTpellod, by the
Directors. 10 Jo.ee opca He 9oo.s, because
they 1.-THE Directors would not give up
the keys
We call the sttcntion OF lawyers, mag
istg~tes anu mayors generally, 10 this de-
cision OF he chief uIas 'strate Of Upton,
viz: First, that eommi,,ee appointed
BY mere informal assembia.e of voters,
aItcr the regular meeting had been held
aud adjourned, is illegally elected com-
mit.oe." Second, that, in breaking into
the schooi-housc, by violence. they prop
erly, ''in the name aad by the authority
OF The district, took possession Of the
house"
This may be law aud justice, as our
mayor understands Ew; but II il not The
kind with which we have been, ar ever
desire 10 be, familiar. If that committee
hid right TO he control and possession
OF the house, the law would certainly
have put them in possession OF it, with
out Il Dlcach Of he peace. The govern
ment which our uayor sanct ions Is gov
crnment OF .josce, not of tq"iy. The
strongest paity.-iIic one which can raise
he most clubs and b, iclbais--is entitled
TO posscssioe. For. If The committee VAS
co0lt 'eitcti to use force, IN order TO get
possession, then, cie."lv. if The force Oh
the other side had been sregter than
theirs, they could not have taken posses
sion at all; aud equity would have fallen
in the streets.
The mayor asser $, also, that ''tlicre is
nothing under The SUI 10 prevent a pub
lie school but the mulishness of the Di-
rectors:" when the ,oot Is. as has been
before repeatedly shown, that the Board
have not a single dollar at command, of
the public money, snd will not have, ill
their term OF Office expires, with which
to establish q public school.
lie also accuses them OF "laking no
measures towards securin. school, Of
''plolting a damnable treason against the
people, = and much more af the same
sort; which it is unnecessary, Of course,
TO deny.
What our ma"n Zeal mayor, and liter
~ school visitor refers 10, ID The follow.
ing sublime passage, your readers can
guess for themselves I'VE trust hat
the citi-cus Of this school district have
he'd enough Of Jcsuitc.l interie cnce
VIII heir matters" dc. j. is our hum.
bic opinion that the people bad better be
on the loot o.. We have he. d o. soa,e
~ao.ye mo-, ics'e ioasat the school house
lately: hroia7 d~alr, D. eoh,Dg iocks,
g.,y at35. ,axs Ia ~ ~