, 1865-08-25

ment, and not a private one and End.
That I did, and do consider that had the
express permission of the Commission to
my Sc doing, inasmuch as | formally put
the question, during the session, to the
Chairman as to whether | should be guilty
Of any breach Of rule, or Of courtesy to that
Body, ia publishing the papers relating to
this matter, in which l, Of course, did not
think it necessary to mention the Report
specially, supposing, as think | was JUS
tilted in doing, that that being the principal
paper, was understood as being included
in the general motion. The Chairman's
nnswer to my question was, that | was
perfectly at liberty to publish them-and
no exception whatever was made either by
him, or by the superintendent, who was
present, or by any other member Of the
Commission in favor of the Report. |
deemed it only an act Of common Justice, or
fair play to the superintendent to publish
the document commented on, so til It your
Readers might Judge for themselves as to
the fairness of these comments confess
my surprise at the Su~perintendent8 too
evident annoyance at it's being published
from which the public will draw their
conclusions-and I say finally thai if | have
been guilty Of an "un.awluI act'' in the
premises the Superintendent must certain
ly have his remedy, ard is free to avail
himself of it.
And now, Mr.. Editor, 1 feel that | owe
your and your Readers, an ample apology
for having intruded so greatly on your time
and patience but my excuse must lie in
the vast importance Of tins subject, and III
my earnest desire, once for all, to perform
the task of bringing it before the pubic,
thoroughly. For nine years now | have
seen our Rural Schools becoming, ia my
opinion, year by year, more inefficient.
For nine years now ] have seen the pub
JIG money, year by year, comparatively
wasted on them, and the laboriug classes
less and less benefited by a liberal ondoW-
ment, which, were it onlyproperIy applied
would be productive OF the greatest bless
ing, temporal and spiritual, to them. For
nine wears now [ have strive to make
myself heard to some effect in the School
Commission, but in vain-and so, at last,
now that the liberality of the Mother
Country has Given us, in SO great a mea-
sure, the power of rectifying such matters
by u w legislation, | have been induc-
ed to lay the matter before the Community.
In taking this step, [ am influenced by 10
unworthy motiye-I have in view the sin
gle object of efficiently instrucung our La
boring Glasses, and through their %increas-
ed intelligence benefting them and the
whole community. In all this [ may fail
but as a Member of the School Commits
sion ex o%ficio, aud as the Pastor of IA large
congregation of laboring people, [ consider
it a sacred duty to make the effort. OF
personal feelings against the Superinten-
dent, I am entirely free on the contrary
for him individualIy-for his zeal and de-
votion I have the highest respect, though
decidedly dissenting from his views and
for anything that is unpleasant in this con
t~roversy he must blame his own resort TO
PERSONAL les in the first instance, by which
/ ha, been forced into much that [ would
gladly have omitted. On the comparative
soundness of our views, the public must
pass Judgment and [ am encouraged, by
the late unanimous reelection Of two OF the
Signers of the Minority Report, to repre-
sent the Colonial Council in the School
Commission, to believe that it will not be