The Placer herald., 1871-09-30
BOi.ANDER On FITZGERALD.

The following should be read and pondered
over by all who wish to understand what manner
OF man Mr.. Fitzgerald il:
HoN. .. L. tIIzGERALD-Dear Sir: At an in
cidcntal meeting Of n few educational men u dis
cusson arose which furnished occasion to write
you this letter. In the meeting referred to both
political parties were represented and aB the con-
cluSions which were unanimously arrived at.
such could not fail both to interest and
to crafty you, it WAS thought proper to afford
you the pleasure of learning what they wore and
tho advantage that might accrue to you from the
publication of them, if you permit US to publish
the letter with your reply Many Of the sigma
lures hereunto appended were obtained for the
express purpose of inducing you to allow us to
publish this correspondence, as the meeting
present sufficient array of names to impress
the public with the fact that tho opinions and
sentiments herein expressed are widely enter
| tained by teachers, school officers, and MI who
watch the course of public events.
1t was claimed by your political friends, and
acknowledged by your political opponents
That you have, ever since your accession to
tho Office of State Superintendent, manifested
that spirit of impartiality which the Legislature
Of 1865 contemplated when for the express pur
pose Of keeping political discussion and partisan
feelings out of the Department Of Education,
they enacted that the State Superintendent should
be elected with the Judges of the Supreme Court,
the subsdenco Of its usual raneorous excite
meuts.
| That you have followed up the many and great
| improvements and reforms Of your predecessor
as zealously as though you yourself had origna-
| ted every one Of them.
That your general policy and official action
have indicated the possession of true moral oour-
age, and the results havo subscrvcd economy,
harmony and efficiency.
That your aims for tho future improvement of
our educational system entirely satisfy the de-
sires of the most Jealous friends of education.
Ihat there never was Il timoi the educational
history of our State when good feeling and con-
| sequent cordial cooperation between teachers
and school officers We're so generally prevalent
And finally, all agree Is to the great dcslrabil-
ity of continuing this most proper condition OF
our Educational Department. and in hoping that
not only will your merits be recognized 10y your
own party and acknowledged by re- nomination.
but, that, if you become IL candidate for re-nom
nation, you may receive the cordial support OF
all who know of your deserts, without distinction
of party.
We cheerfuly testify to the truth Of the facts
set forth in the above letter to the Hon. 0. p
Fitzgerald, and cordially endorse the sentiments
contained therein with regard to him and the
Educational Department of tho State.
To this letter all, Or nearly all, the eminent
teachers in the State freely and chcerfully
attached their names, including II. n. Bo-
lander. the candidate for Superintendent of
Public instruction on the Republican ticket
Some Republican papers have started the
story that Mr.. Bolandcr signed this letter
with some reservations, but the Grass Val
ley Union, an independent paper, thus nails
that falschood in proper terms:
We say il is uneluivocally and emphaticall,
false that the letter in question, as published
and signed by Boiander, contains one single
line or sentiment, one single allusion, political or
otherwise which he required asked should
be stricken out, or that he in any manner OBJ
ected to. Whoever asserts to the contrary asserts
u mean and deliberate falsehood as Professor
Rolander knows. He not only signed the letter
as published, but he signed il willingly, cheer
fully, and with expressions of the most tlattering
commentator of Mr.. Fitzgerald's administers
ton. He will not pretend to say to the contrary.