M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1865-12-28

failing to do so, their action is en-
Titled to no respectful mention by
honest men. Opinions on politics
and religion are not matters for
school directors to pass upon.
If this were allowed at all, or even
eonnived at, the Inquisition might
be set up among us, far worse than
tthe Spanish 1nquisitorial office it
would prove. We have known
I"lo.ssd" and piOus school directors,
before now, to place a proiessed
Ideist in charge of the Union Schools
of a populous village. In this case
''loy-al-ty" out-weighed piety
! Again, we recollect an instance
where Il "loyal" board employed a
British subject-a prolesScd tory,
and one who scorned allegiance to
tie American Goyernment-to fill
irresponsible position in the schools
ola certain city. lie was, however,
as are most tories, an abolitiomsts,
and this was quite enough. Weth-
er democrat could have passed,
in either instance, is dubtful. We
know that when the conduct of the
directors was assailed in each case
the answer made was, "we had but
'three things consider-the fitness
"of the applicant, his moral charac-
"ter, and the terms Of agreement
! between U.S." The first board, CON
sequ9ntly, ignored the deist. The
second board ignored the tory.
But Messrs. "POoler' and cry"
equally 'loyal," to subserye their
own purposes, chose rather to ig-
more the LAW itself, and to rest
their decision upon a matter which
is so grossly and 50 nlgrantly at
variance with tho intent and spirit
OF The LAW that one is aStonished
at their stupid audacity in ayowing
and defending such behavior. En-
trust the school Law Of fOIio-enac-
ted, be it reWclnherod, in 1853, by
SaomocIaFo legislature, and
is Elected in 1851 by another
democratic legislnture-enlrust
that law, we say, tn the hands
of Dogberries like "Pooler' and
"Iry;" make it thereby means
of the dirtiest party oppression,
and-how long will it be until the
enactment is swept from the
book!
"Pooler" and "Fry" say; "IIe
Goodrich "aAects Indignation and
surprise that he failed to come up
It'd OUR standard Of qualifications.
"le need not. The question is
sprung, in his article, wcther the
"iict Of his bearing allegiance to Il
"iction that has shown such unre-
Hinting hostility to the govern
I"IYent during the last four years.
"FsqualilieS Il man to act as a
"Racher! We say, it does, and for
"tis reason. All the traitors at
"te South are Of his political faith.
a II their sympathisers in the Norh
"ae his BRETHREN" &c. = = =
Ald then, begging the question, all
allng, like babies, they add:
Viewed in this "light, we assume
thl II sympathy with treason and
thfy assume that to profess to be Il
denocrat is sympathy with trea-
sol" units "man for any
req isonable post" As they rejected
Gbdrich because he would have
voed for Morgan, if Of lawful age,
wepresume this, too, "unfts Il
mai for any reasonable post" in
the opinion Of these deciples
Of Dogberry.
To the whole of their larrago,
about 'loy-al-ty," the confederate
democracy" &c, de-, &C., it is Il
sufficient answer to say, that no
mal, fit to he at large among sane
people, believes any such stuff.
'Pcoler" and "Fry" themselves do
not in their hearts, hold that to
which they have set their hands.
To rotor, if not an elector, to
SAY that one would have voted
for George w. Morgan is, forSooth! !!
sympathy with treason" and it is
an ollense Of such distinguished dye
that it unfss a man for any reason
BILE post" This is the idea upon
which they confessedly acted in
the case Of Orrin Goodrich. Now
let us see where their principle
"OUR standard"-leads them. To
whom does their charge Of "sympa-
thy with treason" and consequent
'unftness for any reasonable post"
apply? Why, to men VINO me
their own NEIGHBORS, to men
With whom they make bargains,
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