The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1868-02-06
State Superintendent.

gram, from cur friend JESSE S. WILSON
and comm end it to our readers. Befor,
Mr. HOBBS was spoken of We espresso.
ourself. favorably TO A. c. SHoRrRrDak
but Mr. H. is better qualified in ever,
particular than he is, and hence ou1
voice Is for BARSABAs. We want the
fright man in the right place." for this
important Office, and should he be Sc
lected by the Republican Convention
and elected, which we have not the shad.
ow OF doubt he would be, that would
most emphatically, be the result:
Having learned through accredited
sources. that Barnabas c. Hobbs, Preei.
dent Of Earlhsm College has consented
to accept the hpmin.tion for Superin-
tendens OF Public Instruction, and be-
ieveing it is nomination eminently d.
to be made. l would ask the privilege
OF little space in your paper, for the
purpose of stating some reasons for this
opinion All will acknowledge the i'm
. portance of the Office in question, stand
! ing as it does at the very head OF the
/ Educational Bureau Of the State and ex
serting direct and vitalizing influence
| over our vast Educational system, which
all thinking men regard as the perma-
nent interest and lesding influence in
the State; and upon the wise admins
tration Of this system do we mainly rely
for the perpetuation Of the blessings of
a free government. 1t has become al
most a proverb shat none but an intel
ligent and virtuous people can long be
free" What then are the qualifications
which we want in the incumbent Of this
important office? We want politician,
,notin the Conventional and abused sense
4 that word, but in its true sense-one
wfo understands science Of government.
Wewant a practical Educator Of large
experience, who is familiar with the laws
OF mini anil knows how to touch its best
keys We want a man who has faith in
educatlon--f faith that the fullest devel-
opement IF mind is most consonant
with the Dime Economy, for as he can
only impart y others that which he pos
sesses, he shond have this faith, that he
may impart lager measure Of it to
our people. We. Nsnt scholarly man.
for here too the SINE law Of mental
philosophy holds, anein order TO impart
love of learning into ,thers We must
have gathered its goldeA fruitaee our
selves. We believe that ur State re-.
quires a large infusion Of 18th in the
love for true education, in ord- to place |
her in equal rank with her sisters Lat
but not least, we want a practical chris-I
tian, for as he will have much to I, in !!
fashioning and moulding the poplar
heart, it is important that he should us
the true mould. not one contracted by
religious dogmatism or narrowed by
sectarian bigotry, but one that is in har-
mony with the Saviour's condensed
statement of the Law and the Gospel:
r'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with
all thy heart and with all thy soul and
with all thy mind. and thy neighbor as
thyself" In word We want the best
qualifications that the State affords, and
I know of no one, whose ability, ripe
! scholarship, and ample acquaintance
with all phases Of the educational prob
lem, from the common school up to the
college, 60 well fit him to I'LL this station
with credit to himself and tho party
electing him, as Barnabas- c. Hobbs
I propose no comparison between him
and others who have been named in
connection With this Office, for ]; respect
them all, but permit me to suggest that
the young can with credit to Themselves
stand .sideain deference to iasssssxper-
fence, scholarship, DC. Let the friends
: Of Education and all the voters in old
Wayne roll up solid column@of support
for the old citizens, and thus <-vye sas'
her good sense is equal GO her reputa-
ton"