The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1865-01-11

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On the 7th cfJuue. addressed q. ro,o !,
toe Secretary Of State and Attorney Ci.ns,
al, sskng them to Inform m. GUbe,bs
there is ia your board. or VIZ The ,nen,I's
,he'eo'' any information q, charges Of mis-
Ie'Ss'oe 'l or h'aiithEance n uifice againss q.
lHescAl "ic'.in 9eut - ohat posiiioH, cr an
NsnI "i capsIuliy Cr integrity on lis ran
SSInoh ren irrs 1t me duty Of the ruhlic OF
Hoe'S, S ~ o,e p-oe-ctioa Of the interests g
lne H'sV' u sUpoTceds him, OF which i'm
IsHs ~ .nRloilliy 10 re-aPpcintnCnt -
S0 tne 10Th OF JGue, thcrs gentlemen re
p a; soa's length, tTestrag NY inquiry q
fofe'sn 10 the subject, indirectly a8nit,in,
thAt pey have Ho charges TO make agajns
Ine oiheial character or integrity of hIr
hussei!. On tie SAsh I presented to IN,
Secretary et S,StePod Attorney General
my views and conso uction of the law. an,
nnotiiis q them that had re appointed Nr
lsnsseii StNte Agent in the City OF New
YORK, ier the term OF tNn years from Jul,
. 10, 1864 Ca the Szd Of June. (which
oWalng 10 fay absence from the city. did moi
reach me until ths 9Th Of July, these gen,
te@ca reply at como length, notifying lse
tAat the5 dispute my right to make this an.
Foinimcst; shat they viii resist Mr.. Rus,
sell authority, and refuse to acknowledge
any OF hls chleial acts / present vou tke
entire correspondence. The final copmuni.
cAtson OF the Commissioners does not dis.
pay the most perfect amiability of tonper:
sNit as 1t was mainly devoted to political ton,
ios, thss could be more uSeiuny and proper.
~ discussed elsewhere, | allowed il to re-
man as the last word of the official cor
respondence. 9.r ..si II -
- OB the 18th of July the Secretary and
,A3;oIney- Genera, as Commissioners, .pub-
!lShed ~ enc or more e,Of the PAPERS Of hi,
tityof New York. notice (of which an
pend copy to the correspondence repudia.
ting Mr, Russell as the agent of the State
and declaring that mo aets of his will he
recognized by the Board of Fund Couln,is-
heners.5 Holders of stock were pnt to
considerable expense, trouble and DELAY by
this arbitrary and Illegal act of the com
mlssloner5. Whether the credit or charac.
Ter OF the State were materially affected bt
i! am not able to say. This spirit of hos
tiltyto Mr.. Russell has been continued ia
the present time; and among other NANTES.
tSt'ols ot 1t his compensation. as the com.
iliissloners iatorm you, has been withheld
rom HIM, The payment Of this Will urobn-
,bly require the special action of the 1.cg,s-
istureI and respectfully recommend it TO
your early attention. The. radical chance
made,in the Board of Commissioners nj tbe
recent election will probably obviste anv
further difficulty in this particular
Ihe mode Of making this appointment
and OF changing the agent is somewhat ano-
ms,ous in it's character 1t open 10 seri-
Gus objections, not the least of which is the
esstict that may at any time erie under
It, / suggest that it be changed, SO as to
vest the appointing power in ths Governor
WITH inc advice and consent Of the Senate.
The ofdcer should be subject to removal by
the. Governor cpon charges preferred
against him by the commissioners, if, unon
investigation, these charges are found to be
Jnst and reasonable. 1t is claimed the com
mlssloners are to some extent responsible
Tor this agent, and should have voice in
dcngn"ting him. They have no more re-
sponslbilityfor his official acts, affecting the
State hnShces. than has the Governor or
majority OF the Senate, who must nass up-
on his appointment. The mode here pro
posed gives much better distribution Of
responsibility, and safer check, than the
present enactment and its influence upon
our State chsracter and credit will, in my
be Of g beneficial character
AGRICULTURAL LAND GRANT.
=, by eaactment last winter you accented
The grant Of land for agricultural education,
,aade BY act Of Congress, approved july g.
1862; Of which early bottled the. interior
department at Washington. The whole
CORE 5pondence relating to this subject is
appended; from which it viii be seen that
the quality Of good land in the State sub |
eet to entry and appropriation under this |
grant was so small {only. so aeres) that / |
had no discretion but to elect to receive the |
amount in land scrip. Accordingly, on the
l7th OF September the commissioner for
snrded to me three thousand nine hundred |
Ind thirty-seven certificates Of scrip for zone
1unrter sectiGn" each, equal 10 SIX hundred |
md thirty thousand acres being in full for
he claim of the State nnder the law |
! !hase certificates were deposited in the
3tabN Treasury, and the.fund is subject to
;;uch further legislative action as YOU may
leem proper
No more important subject will claim
,our conaderatlon than the proper dsposi-
ion to be made of this grant. Mingled
Nth the. counsels of earnest and honest
saends of education, you will, no doubt,
ind the pressure of local interests. the |
'lalns Of existing institutions for additional
and possibly some not entirely
lisinterested in their character. Amoug
these tits no part Of my duty, and | have
certainly no inclination, to discriminate. =
The Commissioner of Common Schools has
e!aborately discussed the subject
u his annual report, Without endorsing
bis views, | may be permitted to say that
he clear and foreiblc manner in which they
ire presented may we'll commend them to
FOUR examination. He is evidently einbar-
.assed BY the question of local influences.
ind in eRdearoring to conciliate them, falls
nto the error, as think, of SO dividing up
Re income of the fund as; to incapacitate
ither branch for performing what will be
equired of it, or the whole from achieving
be usefulness that might, by concentrated
fort, Ivy accomplished. This is no less to
e avoided, in my judgement, than the
eheme SO earnestly pressed by educational
nthusiasts, of building upa grand ipstitu
ion whose professorships shall tempt the
.reatest scientific minds of the. country
shose contribution to the grandeur of the
,tate shall compensate for its utter want Of
Utility whose education shall illustrate and
xpand the abstruse theories Of science, at
ainsble BY tho few, but sealed book to
any-whose lectures and publications,
loweyer appreciable by the highly educated
nind, will be totally unintelIigible to the
onest tiler Of the soil, who desires to learn
n the simplest and mos. practicable manner
or two blades Of grass can be made to
row where only one was produced before.
The first thing to be determined is, what
the object or purpose Of this grant2 A
arstul examination OF the act Of Congress,
seems to me, very clearly solves this in
niry. The language of the law is, that
be fund 1'shall be mrtoIabN appropriated
. the endowment, support and maintenance
at least one college, where the leadmg
tject shall be, without excluding other
,S.t;Gn nnI ..l.arinnl stnd;nc nd ;,.l,,l |