Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-03-07

O"o' u y ihslsSe that as School pi.
rootor' are exempb County Supetin,on
dents ought to DO all so--iu other words tho
law ought to be anne bed in favor Of tho
latter, as it already faors the former
Some cautious persoii night answer thu, :,
woulo answer the putpseS of even handed
justice quite as well "a repeal The exemn'
tion Of ochool Dlrectcs or suspend il in
time Of war; and alsothat the e8emni;on
Of Directors from miliary enr ollment ~
ordinay times being IA consideration ~
the fac that they ser3e without nav. tbe
same reason will not ap,ly to Superin,cny
dents vlo are paid for heir services. An
objec.cr might further .llcge, that Dues.
ton oi thange in the ws, is Exclusively
for the legislature--titt it belongs to tbc
jurisdiction of those VIII, enact the laws
and not of those who trecute them. and
that until they are changed they are 10 be
enforced upon all with but "fear, favor, or
affection
But that this is nariow and in,pf;cie,.
view of tue subject we hsve already shown
upon the high authority of the distinguish.
ed funCtonaries who we're consernod in
the dischTgc OF Mr.. Burgoss, and their
views as hey are in power, must be held
as decisive and incontrovertibIe. Auy
other doctne would be sdisloyal" in the
highest decree, and would subject us ioI
the charg of being ''ssces ionists," or
sympalhizcS with rebellion.
So far he case Of Burgess, or rathed
his discharc, stands upon solid groundI
o: at least upon grounds as sufficient "a
those whicisupport many measures of ex.
iSting publ policy, and il would be satl
factory, at his point to turn it over to tht
contomplabn Of our readers. But thS
is renderedimpossble by the act of MI
Burgess hiIsef For he has interposl
with a mosremarkable explanation whid
shows that omethng very much like l.
trick was c'ised upon the sagaciou, d.
hOals who Tained the laws in his fave
or else that hose officials are more ruE
than the forgolng exposition would repf
sent them. He said he had his arranf
ments made 10 publish newspapcrtn
Wyoming ntnty 6,fore bis dlscharp
that he formI Icd his resignation as su-
perintenden + Harrisburg and ad bis,
in subs ance hit the allegation that his
dl'charge " necessary to the mango
mcnt of seb' in Columbia County Sas
utterly uufouhd'd and false ! Audyct
he slipped awhy from the draft Oh shat
prctense
We wer', at frt, astoundet by thsex-
plantation, which seemed to icmove lfom
the transaction, all pretence osjustiGo otion
or excuse, but subsequent rfectiet has
convinced US Chat our first Impressions
were orron Gus. We think vc can tef,st
the point O the argument dn thL new
aspec: OF 1h capse,) upon wiieh tln dis.
charge can till betriumphalh y ndratcd
1t must be oncedvd that military hcesS- .
aty is out ofthe c,se. fer tat woad re-
qu're the rtcnton rather than th, di.+
charge OF oldier fit flor tlc wars and
1t is equal! clear from II, expla hltion,
that there vas NJ etUcotl5suL uoftAltY. |
The office SuperintendsA A was brown
up by Burgess aud he hat Since diI Ihair.
cd none OF its gtalios. But will not |
strike every reasOOable bind, u 9n due
consideration, that there, vas jbu cul
necessity for the dis:hargc, which pund-
antly sustain, it' Was / not az 6npor.
tant to keep down tldepcnent opi ion as
HON as to subdle Ae eneni in ,hI ,
And was not Bufges about levotit / him.
SELL with all bis Pofcrs, tothe P Form
ance of this most necessary and atluous
duty! The ,lectDn, then j1sthlb had
shown that The refractory aIh disats6el
clements Of ocetr were slr,na in fact
strong enough togiyo ma ory q, tho
polls against he Plre and pariOiclyar,y
OF Cameron md Crtin. VAST ut Then,
most fit ant iin4y thing ID seure hi,
services ior TIC sp' aiding aud dqente Of
Republican docTne upon 1.-The h,pcr
waters OF tn, Su4achana!
When mcI are fond wicke lcncdel to
complain thaY PRE- siential pro,laneions
should be suSatitu&t for the Ccn.hlion
and Laws of he land or to 4tou L the
beneficial expansion of papei aoph bv
which gold aid all cmmoditE ar Iatly
increased in valac 10 the evident enich
ment and praspe'ity of the eople r to
question the managment ol the VI in
regard to the opniol of Gsb baals the
field, or literally of contr cors oisup-
plies, it is high TIM for off lcnl pow tr 10
look after its frieids and eISit theI SER
vices in its defence Nothibg morI has
been done in he cast Of Willkm Rui,oss
who, in his capaciR of Publ per and edi-
itor, will be a piler Of sd port d tho
government, and a,omprtc ibstratbn Of
perfect "loyally" n tine oflhonhII and