Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-08-19
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derstand me 70 wish n enter Unon news
parar cnRttorcrsv, particularly with one
who s conceded BIZ. a. n be among The
very best writers in tie untv; ut i
does seem to- ne, Mr.. ). j Costioin. in
descanting upon the letter Of Teacher
No s." has assumed bitterness Of tone,
and intensity Of sarcasm entirely unwar-
ranted by anything contained therein. =
esnecially siuce he, Teacher No. $, has
onIy Reproduced what has been before, and
better said by ''my Rev. friend" DR..
Bunting This startling revelation has
added considerably to the equanimty of
Teacher No. 8" He breathed much
freer since learning he has such an able
representative in the person of DR.. Bunt-
ing. His name is Tower Of strength, :"
and havisg him upou his side,-nr rath-
er as the Board CIR Costicin I meen
would make it appear, he, Teacher No.
:, being on the SIDE Of Dr.. Bunting he
feels he can bear little more. So lay on
Mac Duff" Yes he feels that the nagni
no,,tats anlJra affords very timely ant
effectual protection from the seethtng and
caustic rays of that efulgent, though,
somewhat ncre0iuminary, Mr.. S. u
w w5sn hs reflects s' Sbot might hav
been his fate, had. the efusion in question
been original.
suppose in casting his searching and
practiccd eye. over the field of operations.
previous to the attack" he thought it
the part OF policy, (it not bravery, to d.
rect lis heaviest blows at the most vul
nerable point, along the lines; but, Teach
er No 8, becs leave to inform hlsn, enc
body's hurt, at least not dangerously
and that he has failed to convince, either
Teacher No s, or others in whose conf
dence" he may be, Of the business of his
cause, or the unjustness of the "clamor'
raised againt the B (4Hr. Cos:isln
| mcan).
see, too, he has sort of natural hor-
ror at the ugly custom, said to prevail
among the Chinese, that OF numbering
their supcrnumerarv infants but as II
is not very likely any of hts children will
be murdered tseeing that he has fallen
into the scar and yellow leaf and that
it might, by sensiblv lessening the num-
Der, materially alleviate the onerous du-
ties of the Board, Ga very important dis
sideratum Just now) in providing the
ways and means to educate the numer-
Gus youth forced upon them by reason OF
the fecundity of our presentrace, | think he
-, IN f0
such practices and give No. an oppor-
tunty to take upon himself another self
imposed duty of teaching them
better habits.
In running over his communication l
see too, his discriminating classical ear
has been considerably offended, by the in
cessant "pcgging" kept up by Teacher
No 8. This is to be regretted. S34
ought to insure line of conduct, YER
satitity and fertility efintellect, and purity
of diction far in advance of any thing found
in the letter of Teacher No. s.
He promises to do better in his next
"rtp9rt."
1t was hardly to be expected that a
man of Mr.. Costigin's ability would de-
scend to tickling the public fancy, and APP
pcaling TO the sordid, rather than the un
biased Judgment of their better natures.
But as this may be part of the higher
motives actuating him, and No. 5 being
SO innocently a stranger, why, an regotr,
to this part of his communication.
But seriously, Mr.. Editor, | see little
Inducements held out to the Teacher or
parents of tue county in this letter of
Mr.. Costiein's. Indeed the word parent
is not to be found in it. Il is taxpayer
all the time; and instead of appealing to
the par hts Of the county in whose inter-
est he is supposed to act,-to bear him
out in the course he has pursued, he in
vokes .he taxpayer to his aid and appeals
to the immediate pecuniary interest of the
same potent appeal it must be con-
fesse,l; he knows the weak point in hu-
man nature, and does not fail to make the
most of it..
He complains Of the "hasty and unjust
clamor" raised against the Board. Now
with all due respect to the members o
that Board | contend the clamor was not
"hasty," nor | think unjust. 1t is use
less to attempt to disguise or deny the fact
that deep rooted discomfort has perva-
ded the minds of the Teachers of the
county for sometime past in regard to the
manner in which their claims have been
met. They we're led to believe, du-
ing the expiration Of the last, and iucip-
ency Of the present system, that their sal
aries would be increased told so bv
prominent, influential. and knowing men
of the couuty,-and although did not
clearly see how the fund accruing from
10 per cent. tax would be greater than
that from 10 per cent. tax; yet |, and
am sure none of the Teachers, were pre-
pared to see a reduction Of their salaries.
And as he has appta led to the tax-pay-
ers Of the county. 50 do | not only ap
pea 10 them, bat to the unbiased judg-
ment of men of all classes, and ask them
is it to be wondered at, that when months,
YES mouths after their salaries are due,
they are handed 3 check for S.'4 with no
word of explanation, or III fact, no guar
autee that the remainder should be forth
coming, is it, say, to be wondered at
that ,hey should become solicitous, aud
inquire why is this hos is it that the
Teachers of other counties are promptly
met at the end Of the term with 500 and
100, &c. while We, after waiting months,
receive S34 How long will this last
What guarantee have we that it may not
afaiD occur =! Can we afford to he spend
ing our youth. the best energies Of our
life. for this meagre sum ! Now these ars
questions which may not concern Mr.. Co>ti-
gin, but they do. yes they do concern tho