Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-01-12
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The people of Gold Hill will remember
that on last Friday night there was public
meeting at vesey's Hall, and that "ex-Gov-
ernor Beebe, " Of Lecompton-Buchanan fame,
made speech in opposition to the Constitu-
ton. Also, that the "harp of thousand
strings" upon which he played was the great
oppression which the new Constitution would
be to parents in compelling them to give
their children an education! This was the
burden of Beebe's song. The point made
by this gentleman was well worthy Of one of
the former tools of James Buchanan's
traitorous administration. But this man
Beebe has ventured out Of his latitude, and
has got his "foot into snarl," as will be
seen by the following card from the gentle
man upon whom he has been lying. Read,
read:
CARD FROM Mr.. WHITE.
Carson City JAM Sth ls64.-Editors Bulletin !:
Ny attention has Just been called 10 the follow
ing statements made by Mr.. Beebe at recent
public meeting i'm Virginia, and reported in your
issue of Thursday evening the nth instant: "Alr.
Reebe's great objection to the Constitution was
its clause compelling parents to send their chill
drcn to school This, he said was a Prussian
system not adapted to n free people like those OF
Nevada The Constitution of the Union grant
ed to all GLASSES of citizens freedom of religion,
but this clause did not, because 1t compelled tho
Roman Catholics to send their children 10 Pro-
testant schools and the party who favored its
adoption had nominated scctarian minister as
Superintendent of Public Instruction, who was
so intolcrant to have arraigued the present
teacher of the public school for not reading the
Bible and praying in his school. But the teach
or, who should have been nominated ms State In
spectoro of Schools, replied-'Sir, thereare great
many Catholic children attending this school,
whose parents wOuld take them away II we read
our Protestant Bible and compelled them to re-
peut our Protestant prayers Well, said TINS
clerical officer If they don't like Il, let them take
their children away but replied the teacher,
the parents of these children pay taxes to aid in
supporting these schools, and have rights guar'ul.
teed to them, and ii is not my business to attend
to the moral or religious instruction of the chill
dren entrusted to my care. My duty is to make
them good citizens of the Republic, by instruct
ing them in the rudimcnts of u plain English
Education These remarks Were received with
immense applause by the great number of Catho-
lies present" There is no truth in these state
mcuts 80 far us they relate to conversation pur-
ported 10 have been held between myself and the
present teacher of the public school in Virginia
The subject OF reading the Bt0le ana praying IN
his school was never mentioned by me to him or
10 any one else. The whole charge made in tho
above extract against me by Mr.. Bcebe is n
groundess fabrication. 1t is unqualitedly false
in every particular. BY inserting the above You
will confer a favor upon Yours, Truly,
A. +. WHITE.
I'VE have spoken to Mr.. Melville, Super
intendent Of the Public Schools, on this sub
ject, and that gentleman informs us he never
gave Mr.. Beebe any authority for making the
statement relative to the Public School re-
ferred to in the above extract. Editor '. E.
b.