Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-07-21
Communicated
LANCASTER ENOUGH.

Die ,SxIteehs YET one OF their syhPa.nioSio'
al well as a pecupiary contributor and pat
ron from thefirst, il supporting MI. ;. PAGE
as Principal Of the Lancaster Institute, !
claim rieht to be heard through your pa
per and a right to speak through such me-
dunn tc many whom have moi the time t.
call upon concerning this question OF con
tinuing our patronage to Mr.. Page The
question Is open and public-hence, no one
is betrayed, no secret is ,st out nor fresh
wound given by speaking Of this matter
through the press. The question is not
new to any in this vicinity, though us but
recently that others and myself heretofore
faithful have thought in our minds OF final-
ly Withholding our small influence and pat
ronage from Mr.. Page. Such reasons as /
may offer must necessarily lead to personal
illusions, none however which have not been
discussed ina private way for months. Mr..
PAGE has been told privately and by num-
bers Of persons all that propose to present,
but he has way Of arguing such matters
and subsequently, treating all as enemies
who may by whisper or note, or by friend
" COMPENSATION, speak to him Of his errors
or suggest means for restoring the public
mind to friendship for his (our) school
Ny opinion is, that such reason apd logic
as usually affect and open the eyes Of reas-
enable persons, affect nothing in him but
scorn against the kind one who casts such
pearls before him. / know this to be the
case in all my travels with the man, and
many others represent their success with
him the same as rhine. One SO hard, so UNI
natural and insensible to human reason
age and experience intensifying the torpid
Ianomaly, is beyond our reach to reclaim.
Aware that you, Mr. Editor, have been
by your energies, Iiberality and patronage,
one Of the leading if not the chief supports
of Mr.. PAGE and Tie Lancaster institute,
| feel now like one committing an offence in
thus asking the freedom Of your columns ;
your usual liberahty, however, bids me vel
come, provided keep in bounds Of courte-
sy--also reminds me that | am to be re-
replied to by some one Of equal manners.
Having thus far, Mr.. Editor, stood to
gether, let us consider whether we cannot
stand together to the end. And to the
terms let us talk Z; with the original opposi-
ton we have nothing to do, or very little,
since they or few of them have any availa-
able patronage, and are not known to aid
80 as9rplise VIII their lI lens gs
money aud rich in children, they are not
much hope for us. It's for the old Sirteen
and those who like myself have joined for
life to say and act properly in this matter.
How do we stand / answer thus: Not
to exceed three of the original sirteen are
the warm, wiling, working friends OF Mr.
PACE; rumor says not so many as three.
Half the remainder of the old sirteen are re-
luctant patrons, patronizing the school while
i runs but without the nerye to speak out
IN meeting. The balance of the sixteen
openly oppose Mr.. PIGE and with that BIT
Iterness which permits their children to stay
at home.
The causes that have led to suca divers
ity in the Strteea may be here alluded to
a manifest, irrepressible and ceaseless exhi-
bii;ol Of ingraitude on the part Of Mr. PACE
against Ms household Of friends; constant
EirriGniorr arti vnf,PvIiring OF Old troubles by
his oft recurrence to them within the school
and without his tyrany over students and
patrons, and indignant conduct towards all
who have e1er sought explanations for such
tyranv. The two causes first named are
founded in facts as familiar within The circle
Of the Sixteen as without As 10 his tyr
any over students and patrons, am not ex-
pected now to specify instances. Many q
his students shudder at the thought of re-
turning to his school; others attend school
but hope on and ever that t1e man will
change his nature and conduct; others at
tend because there is no chance for escape,
and believing that to submit and learn is
better than to grow up in ignorance
With the thoronghness, order and meth
Cd OF discipline pursued by Mr. PAGE, save
his fits Of tyrany an5. harshness, fully con-
cur and award him all the praise he re-
ceives in common from MS patrons As
teacher / would now prefer no other, bnt
as an example for youths ! would prefer a
man Of nobler, better qualities; had he the
prudence, gentleness and constancy of man
in other respects, he could have the almost
united concurrence; could he respect a ia
vor and forget fault, could he patiently
dear the complaint of parenr or a child
and could he progress in yisdom in the
least, even so far as to learr that friendship
and kind acts ought TO h5 respected aud not
be trodden under foot; could he falsify
those marks Of indignation, unforgiveness
and hatred which appear in his face Of
scorn-then would Lancaster Institute be
maghifcently supplied with students from
town and country, and be endowed with the
fayors and money Of the united .Sirteen and
the hosts at their backs If Mr.. Editor,
the original opposition to Mr. PACE have
been beaten and made powerless through
Our united assistance, are we the men to
come under his yoke! Conquerors, though
slow to rise, haze majesty within, (which
rsbels.
My appeal is to the old Sirteen. It is
their right place to dispose Of this matter,
not mine nor IF those who own no interest
in the property. | learn that many are
anxious to take stock in additional buildings,
Philosophic apparatus, DC, but hesitatel
until the prospects are changed. Such
prospects cannot be changed until {. newt