The Burlington weekly hawk-eye., 1865-06-17
BURLINGTON WEEKLY HAWK-EYE.
Dlsloyal Teachers.


the Superintendent of Public Instruction
for the State of Iowa, was constrained to
revoke, on the frst Of February last, the
certificates OF a number OF teachers of this
county for disloyalty to the United States
and the State of Iowa-said teachers hav-
ing left their schools and the State to es-
cape the draft then Immediately pending
Most prominent among said skedaddlers
was Brinton Hughes. The said Hughes
was twice my competitor for the Office of
Superintendent Of Common Schools in thir
county, and once was Q candidate for the
Office Of County Clerk. He also filled va
rious positions Of trust In his own town
ship. The said Hughes and myself were
on terms Of friendship, though he protest.
cd that we were not connected by the ties
Of consequently. have always treated
him a. q Rentleman Rnd . christian, and
regarded him as pretty good teacher;
consequently what I may say about him
will be without "tnalice af0rethought." I
nave recently learned that the sa;d Hughes
is teaching school in the county of Cass, in
this State, having found, l suppose, that
there was draft west OF the Missouri to
fight Indians, and rather than shoot rebels
or Indians himself he would teach the
young idea how to shoot. Having cores
pondad on the subject with the Superiu-
tendent Of Public instruction. and being
obliged by law while holding the position
I Saow do TO obey his instructions, take
the present. method to follow the SAID
Hughes with sharp stick. AS it was
| thought bJ many that there were in the
State persons desirous OF teaching III our
public Schools whose loyalty was question
able, Thought it best, after advice from
the proper source, to require of all apple
Cauts for certificates a written affirmation
of tealty to our Government aud detes1a-
ton Of rebellion. This did in the darE rEest
hour Of our trial, when 1t seemed that our
Government aud all We held dear in life
were suspended on . balance 50 nice that
even the indifference Of one person might
kick the beam. Among the many persons
who took the above Obligation was Brin-
ton Hughes. Among other things the said
Hughes solemnly affirmed that he would
sustain the Government in all its laUfMt
efforts to crush the rebellion. Now, if
drafting pe not Q lawful effort on the part
Of the Government to crush rebellion, then
all my knowledge Of legal rights and Of
the practice Of al constitutional govern
ments is lame; and il man taking the
above obligation in order to obtain . GER
tifcate, and then, when the draft approach
es, leaves his school, his friends aud the
long, has right to teach the youth OF that
country, then I aM lame in morals. u have
never asked nor cared what were the party
proclivitiee OF any teacher, and have en-
deavored to treat all alike In kindness, aud
assist all alike in their efforts to qualify
themselves well for this noble work. But
when realize that the county OF Jefferson
has sent out not much less than one hun.
dred teachers TO fight; that the glorious in-
heritance left US by our fathers may be
transmitted to our children, aud when L
realize that thoae noble men have endured
40 many hardshipa aud perils; and when
SO many have given up their lives to save
ours, standing as it were by the graves Of
these heroes. in view of the solemn cbli-
cations have taken, il the people Of this
county wish certificates to be given to man
or woman whose word of action maniiests
disioyaity. would say, in the words Of
our sa.nted President, .Anolher hand
than mine must sign them. =
r. s. HUGHES,
Co. Sup't, Jefferson county. iowa.