The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-05-03
Mr.. smith Defended By a Friend.

To The Editors OF the Intelligeneer.
Having read the fair, candid report Of
G. ". Smith, Jr., In the Clarksburg Sun,
/ was much surprised on noticing COM
munication in the lNTRLLIGENCER By
"Phllom,n In which Ma. Smith Is aSsailed
numerically for what he says. The re.
port of Mr.. smith, ! think, carries evi,
dence on ils face Of a fair, faithful. exposi.
ton OF facts as they VIGOROUSLY exist, and
If such Illegal, hsphazard,r irresponsible
course Is pursued by school officers In our
county, those persons culpable should feel
the sting oil; reproacb, and not the Super.
intendent for unearthing and exposing
them. .......
MIR. Smith has but done his duty, fear.
lessly and faithfully, and tits only 10 be
deplored that there Is cause for such a
report. That Mr. Smith Is a lawyer, is
no shame; that he Is President Of the
Young Mems Christian Association, Is no
sin, that he possesses . '1heP skin," Is .
matter OF no weight or importance; many
1 man possessing sheep skin Is but poor
ly educated In the true sense of the word,
while often those making no pretensions
that way have well balanced and mature
minds; and that he Is rapid and irregular
in his movements, and dresses wei, Is a
matter Of no reproach, provided he pays
for his clothes (which undoubtedly he
does and also does not nun over any one
ID bis rapid gait. All these things have
no weight aud should be below tho digni
ty Of your Correspondent %PhilomII As
to the sentiment quoted from Pope, that
little learning makes one one pedantio,
hence much learning or none at all, we
arc all pedantic to greater or less extent
perhaps Mr.. Smith less 20 than Philom,
Besides, the words are not Euc by any
means; q little learning, even reading,
with no pretenslon 10 education, and writ. |
ing ones own name and address, though |
the chirOgraphy be as hard 10 decipher |
as Horace Greeley's, and also to correctly
calculate the four first rules, addition, /
multiplication, subtraction and division"
in arithmetic, are all very desirable quail
locations. But pardon the depression.
Again, for any Republican to TO vote
for q. w. Smith, Jr., man born and
bred In our midst, reared and instructed,
and had almost said nursed at the breast
OF such an old, lifelong uncompromis-
ing, unterrided, partisan Democrat as
CruGer W. Smith, sr., with the impress
sion that he was Of the mild type, but
proves the verdancy and gulibility Of
such Republicans. That he Is sufficiently |
we'll educated for the, Office think MOI
candid mind doubts. Besides, l am Of
the opinion that he has no especial liking
for the Camden family, Of whom t"Rhi-
lon" stands In such terrific fear. All these
charges but show the illtemper and spleen
of "Philom.n But the worst sticking
point Is the report OF the ClarksbuEg I'M
dependent or Graded School. "Philom"
says said school "has given almost uni
versal satisfaction" Now, l would like
10 know from what standpoint, whether
Pinnicanick or CrisS hill, that observa-
ton was taken. It is certainly mat
ter OF surprise to many here 10 Clarks-
burgh where the remark is often heard,
that It Is "a grand humbug," or sorry
affair, mor "a costly institution" or one
that nets butpoor return for the outlay,
&c. ItGeemS TO mo that "Philom". had
better have passed over the Clarksburg
school, for BY 90 doing he would have
avoided placing himself directly in the |
path of the suPlntendent, who now has
powerof entering Into detail, which his
report chAritaBly, passed over. ~ ~
It would be a matter Of curiosity to
know how many oil the School Commits
noners and Trustees In this county, il
placed before the County Superintendent
could to-day obtain the very poorest and
lowest grade, o No. certificate. Some
of them have even the provincial bronze
In which they were born. CITIZEN.
GqrksJurg, ". Va, Apra &C. 1873.