Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-01-07
T8E soHoon TrAonrns' oA4H.
The oath prescribed in the bill Of Mr..
Sumner, to be taken by all school-teachers
in this State IA "a follows.

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The oath prescribed in the bill of MI
Sumner, to be taken by all school-teachers
in this State, is as follows:
| / do solemnly swear Tor affirm, as the u.s. J.
may be, } that have never borne arms the
the legally constituted authorltles, nor
United States, nor aided, nor n9e ag,;nst
sympathized with insurgents reSe S,ssss since
the Government Of the Cn ns1 md do SOL
the 18th day Of March, IoSt' oass NAV he !
| EMMY svear for affirm, as the csse Lia! ",
,h.s Iii f.;,Sfnlly support and protect ana
. ss vi" ~, Tnnstitution and Government OF
Ielenu ~ states, against all enemies,
me Snmestic or foreign, that will bear
Mne'f ts;,S md allegiance and loyalty to the
TIuuee.,,,nt;on and Government, and that
vi, 20 the extent Of my ability teach those
,'nJsr INV charge to love, reverence and up
| hnId the same, any laws or ordinances Of any
State, Convention or Legislature, or any rule
| or obligation Of any society or association,
or anv decree or order from any source what
ever, to the contrary Notwithstanding; and
further, that do this with full determine
ton, pledge and purpose, without any mental
reservation or evasion whatever, and do
further swear Tor affirm, as the case may be, }
that l will support the Constitution Of the
State Of Nevada.
The requirement that this oath shall be
taken is eminently proper and correct.
"Just as the twig is bent, the trees IN
clined," says the old poet; and that the
bending of twigs toward treason has been
industriously pursued in the schools of
the South, is fact for which the nation
is now suffering. The requirement of the
oath IN this State has been already too
long neglected. The fact that there were
rebels employed in the instruction of the
youth of Storey county was publicly
charged in the Virginia press a year ago,
and the psrties accused are still at their
posts. We have it from authority that
we cannot question, that there are at least
two women employed in the public
schools of Virginia, who, instead of being
paid by loyal people for Installing poison
into the minds of young children, ought
to be this very day up to their elbows in
soap-suds, washing the dirty shirts of the
lousy rebels at Alcatraz. Of all the
rebels with whom the Government has to
contend, these she-rebels are the worst.
They are constantly committing crimes
for which men have to suffer death, and
when convicted thereof, their sex is theiI
shield. The lower, but at the same time
troublesome kinds of sedition, for which
women are more naturally adapted, they
appear to enter into with zest amount
ing to fanaticism, and tongue-treason is
peculiarly their forte. You can't hang or
shoot them, nor kick them, nor pull their
noses, and even good square cursing Of
them, which would be of some satisfac-
ton, is forbidden by the commouest rules
of ordinary courtesy. We are compelled
to submit to vast deal of their imperti-
hence; but there is one thing that we
need not and should not submit to, and
that is to have our youth corrupted by
their teachings. 1t may be said IN behalf
of these she-rebels, that they teach no
sedition in their schools. We don't know
whether they do or not. We should avoid
the possibility of their doing so by re-
moving them from their position of power
to do evil and replacing them with teach
ers who will exercise positire beneficial
influence upon the rising generation. Let
us REQUIRE the oath. The two women to
whom we have alluded should be removed
at all events, if what we have heard con-
corning them be true, for women of their
stripe would be very likely to swallow
the oath, creased with few dollars and a
mental reservation" Gust them.