The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1868-04-25

EDITORS OrlwA FREE T.,nryny.,
In yeur las, issus wa. n. ,r,;oia -.
ing 70 give the proceSinvs NJ n m.s,;nr ~ ~.
citizens Of the 9TH wsro S;,L $500 W"
matters complaining of t., $50. 'ono''
Dor has received from the l1s,J a. FSnoa n.sn'
&c. No., !: Is true there waA,ush meeting Of
specified in said article, and that .nu pi"cs
those present voted fer said reselutios. - =.
were passed; but not as they were pA;;.h.a s.y
they were materially changed before bsx 80 as
published, in At least two particulars, WI $50
Do specified 1t is not trae, however, tn. 81.
were unanimously passed, az said article st...n.!
Mr.. Albsrty, the chairman Of tho meeting, sen,
ing to doubt whether they had majority
those present. Now with regard TO the meeting,
il was attended BY about 20 mea and boys of the
7th ward, some of whom have no interest in the
school but are satisfied with nothing but "a con-
slant change, while we, as patrons of the school
prefer to have ne change in our school unless
there is reasonable prospect Of change fer the
better, which we fear would not be the case in
this instance. As TO the ns,ice given of said
meeting, We knew nothing Of it till the day it
wac held, some Of Us not till after il was held,
and Others Of us hearing only rumor Of it after
dark the night it was held, went in without any
further notice TO learn what was going on, as we
feared mischief was brewing, and learned after
contents (of whom there will always be some in
any community who had issued printed nstice
that day headed Shall we have school," and
giving ne further elue to the object Of the meet
ing, and giving no iAtmation as to by whom or
by what authority the meeting was called. AZ
ter getting there Ia few Of uslwe could only do
the best We could in opposing the factious course
Jas We considered il taken BY the meeting. Tho
farce was performed Of appointing a committee
to draft resolutions, who retired, and in about
five minutes returned with string Of resolutions,
c0nfessedly prepared by q young attorney before
the meeting assembled. and brought there to be
foisted on the public expression of the feel
ings Of the Eth ward. Said attorney, so far as we
know, has not any children, or likely to have, tn
attehd the school. Some Of US who wished to
haze the resolutions signed by those who were in
favor of them, were overruled very decidedly,
showing, rs We thought, that those who voted for
them would prefer not to have their names
known. As to the want of gontlsmaly treatment
which it is said has not been received by "our
member from the board we think the less said
about that the better, an our experience has ever
been that he who treats others in a genteIhanly
manner, will generally receive like treatment in
return, and if in exceptional cases he should not
he can soon overcome it by paying no attention
to it; but il perehance the illtIestment is mer-
itsd the best way 10 TO deserve better in the fu-
ture One of the resolutions referred to aboye
says We would most willingly accept the resig-
nation Of the principal Of the 7th ward school, or
words to that effect. Now that may be true of
some in said ward but not 4 majority.
In conclusion we would say, we hope there
will be no change Of teachers ia the Eth ward
school till the Board of Education are satisfied
fhav 10 a ohsuu fnrt ha hetto