M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1865-12-28
[From the Marietta Times.
Prescription for Opinions
Sake--The Law TPamplcd
Upon, and "a new Test for
Teachers ImpOsed--'EOur
Standard" &c, &c.

ABOUT four weeks ago, we pub
ished this paragraph:
ORRIN GOODRICH, of Mlrshfeld, Athens
county, communicates to the Macarthur
Democrat. of the 9th inst. the particulars
Of what lac deems a ''lucky escape" Mr.,
Goodrich j. teacher by profession. On
his WAY TO Macarthur, Saturday, N"~arnhnr
4. he siupprd awhile 1T Ninton station. 10
confer with the school Directors OF thal
idistrict. We give the rest Of the story III
his own words: ''rh" chance seemed to D'
SA fqTttqWnpAWG /? s,lIrSG m2kS Ml1rl r3n[TRg Ir
on the following Monday. a | was return
ing home. found but two of them -AInS>rs
P0olpr and Fry-buSiness having called the
other from home.
Il had talked with them some time: they
had seen my certificate Of qualification.
aud they asked me many questions con
crrning my mode of teachinG &c. There
seemed 70 be nothing in the way to our
making contract hut still they hcSitltcd,
! | knew not why. At last, one called the
other aside: what they said know rot
! but presently | was summoned to thpi.
! presence, and ilterrogntcd thus: What
/ is your politicS?' TO this replied that |
| la never voted. not being old enough. but
| that my father VA, democrat. Then they
/ hNhhhls liDN wv ' WI lNfl NtNUl Al' | ulOll :
! said that had always been in favor of the
Union. was then asked if would have
| voted the Union ticket if | could have
voted | replied that should have voted
| for Morgan. Tary said. then, they would
not hirc such a person.
81 told them Chat, my business being
teaching, paid but little attention to poll
| ties, aud in fact allowed myself To say
nothing of party politics while teaching"
At the same time, we offered
the subioined comment upon the
transaction:
50 far NJ. Goodrich.-IIc seems to b.
surpriscd at The b"haNiD? OF the Directors
aforesaid We are not. These fellows
mere. carried ont the policy ofthc no party
Iplr'y. They must have p)li,ic--p lrty
| politics, and of their own plrtv NJ that
thrust into everything. They mist control
schools. churches. lyccums, colleges, acadh-
mics, and Gil other means By which the
minds Of men, women and chld.gn can he
mnuldcd. No oriental daspnti,m i more
troubled In spirit, more suspicious in tenn
pes, or more watchtIl to rctniH It's accdcn-
tai md It's usurprd powers than the p"Sti-
lent Elrt.nl which now lords it over the
land. Protesting freedom as the basis of
td"ir creed, they yet insist upon the most
UdiOuS maNim- Of Tyranny. and employ its
most infamous engines of wrong and OPP
preston without scruplr without remOrsc.
and without shame. Claiming to BE- the
"uuiOI' party. theirs l. Il spirit and Il pllr
pose which make the formation of such II
Federal government aS our fathers framed
an inpossibility; its peaceful admini>tra-
tiua impraclicahlr. even for Il day: and its
| permanent restoration one of the most per-
! pcXing problems of the lime. The triumph
Of these Union" mrn-.tS they mpudcntly
and falsely call thcm,rlv,.. would have
IL certainly. may. more certainly, dissolved
! the Federal Government in 1929 1889. l4)
or 1880, aS in 1861. No man can or will
/ deny this. Yet they have the hrlzcn
cilrOntcry to ask mrn who ~" ihcOmpaIa-
! bly, better than thcmSclvcS-how they feel
about the Union! "Ulion," indeed. They
sOwcd strife in nciglb0rhOOh-, disturbed
the harmony # community. broke up the
comfy Of Sta, -. aud accomplished the H--
ruptiul of every church in the country
save onc-th" Roman Catholic. This i not
matter ~ cause our special wonder. either.
'ro,grN N.olintcrmrddling and intolerance
-;hr StrIIg charartrri 'rticS of the Puritan
and the AbOlitiOui>tS-haYr aiwaN, WrOu-
| ght such miSchiriS. and will ever do 50. II
| IS purely natural for the p2rvrrt> Of these
! ideas to breed trouble. They cant possibly
conceive OF tnrbrarl.Icr or liberation for
any but Themselves. Nay. such are their
bTotcd, un~Ocill natures that, if left 10
! their own society little while they would
presently dcyour Clci other. From the
domination Of such brace of # aticS a.
the Mo~srS. Pn,ler and Fry, Mr., Goodrich
a>surcdly m Ilr Il luckily escape
MeSsrS. POoler and Fry now come
forward to defend their misconduct.
We are heartily agreed that they
shall have the hearing they ask for;
even though they do thereby eX-
pose themselves. The communica
ton, here reprinted, appears in the
Macarthur Democrat Of the 2Sth
November:
NINToN STATION, Nov. %. 1865.
+ EDITOR DEMOCRAr: \ communication
from Orrin Goodrich appeared in your
columns, not lOng since. in which the
writer freely criticised the action of the
Board of Directors, at this place in derln-
ing to avail themselves of his services aS
teacher. At the time. it was thought best
to let it pass unnOticed. as it deserved
which it came. But, as the subject has
been agitatcd again in last weeks Demo-
crat. a few words of comment are perhaps
necessary.
Mr.. Goodrich has exhibited very COM
mon weaknesS-in rushing into print with
his private griefs-lS though he expected.
thereby. to throw the Earth ont of its orbit.
lie affects indig grafton and surprise that he
failed to come up tJ our standard of quail
ticatiOIS. He need not.
The question is sprung, in his article
whether the fact of his bearing allegiance
to IL tilctiol t,lIt has shown s1ch uufc!cnt-
ing hostility to the government, during
the last four years. Gisqua,iic' mrl to
act ~ Il teacher? W. say. it does and for
th: reason. All traitors at the South are
OF his political faith. All their sympI-
thizers in the North are his brethren. Is u
rebel hung they all mourn; are they all
par,loned they rejoice. Is SiaveFy-'the
sum of all illlinies"-loIe away. through
the instrumantality of the War, they heap
their mlledictiOns upon the name of
Lincoln, and denounce him As tyraut and
usurper.