Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-04-09
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full by us. It contains only about
ninety sections. al Of which smell
Of the almighty dollar" It is
undoubtedly the careful prepare
ton Of Mr.. Pease, and in It's prep
aralion be has shaped each section
TO cover some nice little scheme
for profit and speculation. OF
course, he is perfectly right. If
he a slip through n bill which
will bring him a hundred thousand
or more, each year of his official
term, he certainly will. He is par.
ticularly careful to see that ex-
pcnses and all that sort Of thing
are provided for. The school fund
under his management will be
heavy enough for almost any pur.
pose. He proposes to take a
slice from almost everything in
the control of the State.
The prettiest feature however,
so far as a matter Of profit aud
speculation goes, is a provision
which, empowers him to exercise
a general supervision of all the
schools to be established, to pre-.
scribe a uniform series Of tert
books, ETC. At the first glance
this apparently is a very
simple and natural proposition.
But what is true Of it? He sim
ply advertises himself to all the
book houses in the United States
and asks that sealed proposals be
handed in up to 4 certain date.
The competition will be exceed.
ingly great and Of course each
publisher of a book Of geography,
history, grammar, dictionary,
arithmetic, algebra, surveying,
chemistry, rhetoric, logic, &c,
will be more than anxious to am.
ply supply the gentleman, author.
lied to declare what hooks shall
be used, with any amountof filthy
%lucre. He is already in the hands
of publishers agents each solicit. I
ing for his respective house the
patronage Of the State. If he
chooses TO except a bride in tie
form Of Il doaccr direct or rs
royalty upon books sold he will
realize at least one hundred thou
sand dollars n year over and above
the neat little salary he proposes
to ailiX TO his Office, Il sum far
in excess Of the contingent and
travelling and other expenses for
which he has made such care
full provision. Thus il will be
that the gentleman is in a
fair way to Feather his ncst' in
most luxurious style. He has
captured the goose that has laid
the golden egg.
But there is another matter in
the hands of Mr.. Pcase, covered
by this same section. Mr.. Pcase
is recognized as being one
of the bitterest Of the North.
ern Radicals in the State. 1t
is with difficulty that his own
party can hold him down to what
even it calls reasonable measures.
If it is true Of any man that he
bOils over with hate, rancor and
spleen, If We have been cor.
rectly informed, such is true Of
Mr.. Pcasc. Politically he hates
his political enemies with the
interest of hatred. As a man
he hates deeply and irradical.
ly every man, woman and child
who sympathiscd with or took
part in the rebellion" The
word southern is peculiarly dis.
tasteful to him. He is intensely
loyal and detests with the bitter.
est Of detestation all who are
not Of his school Of loyalty.
Feeling this he will studl-
ously endeavor to inculcate
similar sentiments in the minds of
the Southern Youths, and with that
view will select such books, as are
full Of these teachings. Hence we
may at no distant day enjoy the
felicity Of knowing that our sons
are taught TO believe "Stonewall'
Jackson a traitor, an migrate and n
wretch devoid of honor. Our
martyred dead will have thir names
and their fame furnished by the
jaundiced teachings Of q narrow
minded and hating partisan histO.
rian. Our children will no tauOht