The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-03-30
Mr.. Cramer.--s'Disloyal Tenchers"--

Mr.. Cramer.--"Disloyal Teachers''---
What are They:
To THE TINES j. A. Cramer IS the
name Of our present County Super'nten-
dent. Perhaps your readers do not know
what manner of man Mr.. Cramer is.
cGnfsss I have no positive knowledge on
the subject myself only know that he
edits part of the Elkader Journal. l mean
to say he has a column there. He talks
good deal through this column. He starts
out with mimic brutum .fulmea against
what he calls "disloyal teachers" He'll
have none Of them. Those who have crept
into the craft under the late regime will be
kicked unceremoniously out doors. All
.patriots" arc called upon to report such
individuals to his office. His teachers must
be thoroughly loyal and moral" Cert'fi-
Gates nova DAYS cannot be had for''a one
dollar BILL" Letters from eminent friends
will avail nothing, nor will Petitions
Every thing must feel that there is new
hand at the bellows. Mr.. G. evidently feels
every inch reformer and manifests no ob-
lection to be p,dely known as such.
"Full many gem OF purest ray serens,,
The vast, untathomed caves OF ocean bear;
Full many q flower is born to blush unseen
And waste its sweetness on the desert air."
Not so with Mr.. Cramer. He is no such
~'gem' as DR.. Gray talks Of And yet he
l. gem in his way. He rattles things
around considerably, yet he is kind. For
instance, he proposes to bestow on the pub
lie, through the Elkader paper, 1.-THE decis-
ions emanatng from his Office" There is
. digaified belcacy in this which charms
while it almost browns you in a sea of
gratitude.
Now, enough about him. AS to those
unlucky wights called "disloyal teachers"
will Mr.. Cramer define himself? Who are
they, What are they?
/. Is he disloysl who thinks Lincoln is
not only not the Government, but that he
is a miserable burlesque on President?
2. Is he disloyal who believes that the
Abolition Republican party has brought
The country to disunion, carnage, destruc-
ton?
8. Is he disloyal who believes that the
Constitution is more to be cherished than is
Lincoln, Stanton, Burnside, Butler, or the
whole tribe of upstairs that disgrace the
National uniform?
4. Is he disloyal who believes war, bar.
barously and unconstitutionally prosccu.-
ed, to be bad road to cordial Union?
s. Is he disloyal who prays for the de-
feat of Republican and the election of a
Democratic President next fall, as great
stride on the road to peace, prosperity and
National Union?
Finally, is he disloyal who believes that
. County officer should not initiate himself
to the magnitude ola commanding general
IF a "decision should emanate from Mr..
C.'s Office" that a person Of any Of the
above classes is "dsloyal," wish to know
is the mere belief, ipso tacto, sufficient
cause for his dismissal from 1.-THE public
schools Of the United States;" or does it
require an open avowal in school to COM
plete the sin and incur its penalty?
may here remark, en- PEASANT, that it is
said, Mr.. j. A. Cramer, Superinten
&C., asked Republican lady who went to
seek school through him, achat kind of
newspapers she read The lady, indignant
at such unmannerly meddling, is reported
to have told it herself Mr. Cramer knows
II this - Il ue. ] DO not. DO know that
Mr.. Cramer would as truly forward
the educational interests of this country
with half his present stock o. proclamatory
buster
Truly, A READER