The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-04-25
HARRISON COUNTY.
The County superintendent Of
Schools Hauled Over the OOalS's
The Candidates Hostile 20 the


The Candidates Hostile 20 the
Free Schools. ~ E'
Correspondence OF the IntellIGenestl S
CLARKsBURG, VIVA, April %, Is.
The people OF Harrison county are Just
now fortunate in having something to
break the dull waves Of monolony. Last
week the County Court, engineered by
Judge Harmer and 1piloted by Judge
Camden, an account Of which was given
by your correspondent Spectator" crcA.
ted quite an excitement; but this had
scarcely passed away until the School
Commissioners and teachers Of the county
had their indignation aroused by Che cir
Chlauon oil the annual repoEt OF the County
Superintendent Of Free Schools, WHICH
has been printed and embodied in the
report Of tho State Superintendent, and
consequently circulated Herewith. The
said report was also published in the
Olarks6urg Sun OF last week, as an cleo
tlOneering documeutfDr the Camden ring.
The said County Superintendent Is soft
disciple Of Blackstone and eX.President Of
the Young Mems Christian Association,
who during his short legal career in this
place has protested non partisSnship, and
having skinned through some college
until he became the vain possessor Of d
sheep.skin, and having by dint Of huge
blowing gulled the people into the belief
that he was something 0f0 scholar, they
elected him County Superintendent Of
Free Schools, Republicans voting for him
on account Of his supposed sCholarship
and non.partisanship. Recent events,
however, have shown that he was living
exempli6cation Of what Pope says In the
following; II Il.
"a Iittlo learning Is dangerous thing,
Drink deep, or taste not Of the PieEiAn spring,
shallow drafts int0xlcatG the brain,
But drinking deep Sobers M again" .rrrra-
It has been further discovered that In-
stead OF being non,partiSan, he Ii ever
ready TO do the diFtiest work Of the
Democracy, and his report ahows that he
Is really the enemy Otsthe Free School
system, while protesting to be It's friend.
In his report he makes but lew specific
charges, but INDUCES in a general censure
Of Commissioners, Trustees and Teach
ers, and virtually sets them all down as a
pack OF illiteraLe apes. lie endeavOrs TO
wipe ont the graded school In Clarks-
burg, which is as well conducted as any
institution Of The kind, in the State, He.
makes DO specific charges against this In.
stitutiOn, but says that there has been
much complaint about 1t. He asCribes
10 the Commissioners illlteracy and stu
pidity. These Commissioners are VIII
liam r Alexander, Deputy United States
Marshal, an excellent buRiness man, w
p. Irwin, merchant, and man Of prAc.
liCnl ability, and r. s. NOrthcott, editor
of the NaiiONGl Telegraph. These are all
men Of fair education, though not the
owners Of sheep skins. These Commis-
sioners have employed DR.. William
Meigs, as good an educator as there Is In
tho State Of West Virginia, as Superln-
ten1ent Of the graded school. They have
also employed competent corps OF
teachers, and the school has given almost
universal satisfaction. q ~ . VI
The report Of tue County SuperintCn-
dent is evidently, not his unaided work,
but was inspired by a few of the leading
Democrats Of the Camden ring in Harri-
son county, To bring our free schools into
odium, and tho Superintendent In his Of
fetal capacity has made himself the plant
tool OF these leaders, for most neIari0ns
political object, either to break down the
Tree schools oil our town and county, Or
what would be equivalent, put them un-I
der the control OF the Camden DemOc-
raCy.
This Superintendent also throws outoa
sop in his report 10 the Catholic element,
which is largo in Clarksburg. This
shows his dcmHgOguCism, for he has al
ways prOIessed 10 have holy horror Of
Roman Catholicism, being apprehensiYe
that some Of the POpe's bulls would gore
him to death, probably thinking the bulls
aforesaid wOuld have great antipathy 10
Protestant salaries. But now he is will.
ing, at the bidding of his Democratic
masters, TO cater politically to the CathO.
lies, while rCligiously dGnOuucing them,
have not named this Superintendent,
nor do intend 10 in this communication,
but will describe him 80 that strangers
who may come up with him may know
him. lie is Of medium height, rapid and
irregular In his movements, wears his hat
on one side OF his head, dresses in good
clothes, wears red,toP boots and wretch.
ed COuntenauce. anna .yD1..y
l will close this by saying that ! be.
lieve there is an organized effort being
made by the Camden Democracy in this
State to break down our admirable free
school system. think this movement
has been on foot for the last two years.
The plan Is TO do It by indirection and
fraud. They know the people are too
much welded to the system TO admit Of
its being done honestly, They will use
county superintendent, district commits.
sioners, and even teachers, where they !
can, to effect their purpose. PHTLoM.~
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