Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-11-13
record equal to that of Montgomery
county. and not one which can surpass

record equal to that of Montgomery
county. and not one which can surpass
her. =
Mr.. Whitfield insists that the comp
tsoller. under late act of the Legis-sa
lature, will soon pay us enough to take
up these old claims. All I can say is
we'll believe it when we get the money.
The Comptroller will only be thor
lied to return to us in State war
rants the amount of Tennessee money,
belonging to the county" paid into
the State Treasury, by this county
and burnt. What that amount is
Mr.. Whitfield has never been able
to show US. In case, however, the
money should come and should come
quickly and our measure should be
filled to Overlooking, the county
would only ask back for revenue
purposes the $1,000 expended. The
school fund would make $500 by
the operation. and Mr. Whitfield
would have small cause to grumble.
In conclusion, Messrs. Editors, al
low me to remind you and the gentle
men, whose correspondence you pub
fish, that the success of the school
system in Tennessee depends in great
measure upon the hearty cooperation
of the Quarterly Courts and that it will
be hardly reasonable to expect their
cooperation if the school authorities
seize upon every pretext to declare war
against them. 5IsN t'a}H
In many of the counties of the State,
as has been seen, no aid at all has been
extended to the schools; in this county
We have done all that, with our heavy
debt, we could possibly afford. No
proposition, looking to the interest of
free schools, has ever been. submitted
to the Court that has not beer care
fully weighed and respectfully con-
sidered. The dercomplaincd ofwould
never have been made if the School
Directors in the county had opposed
it. 1t would never have been made if
the school men of the Court had not
favored it; as it is, it will be carried
out to. the letter Some of the war;
rants have been issued and the rest
will be upon application. The Trustee
will register them and pay them off
when he gets to them. Ii the State
and County Superintendent think
they can stop US, they are cordially in
vited to try it. If the threat of a law
suit, as intimated, has frightened us
into taking this position, | will at least
demonstrate that the threat of law
suit can not frighten us out of it.
| All parties spectators included
who desire the benefit of this order
will get it, for the county of Montgom-
cry claims to be henest and has no
4 sympathy with those regulators who
insist that when a county or State has
put forth her promises to pay and has
found persons, who, trusting to her in
tegrity, have bought. these promises,
she should, when those same persons
come, modestly asking a compliance
with the word, repel them with the
charge that they are spectators.
If there are any parties here who
have paid their money for these claims
they stand upon as high footing, le-
gally and morally, as the teachers them
selves, and shallbe treated as well.
| have thus endeavored to answer
good naturally what | must consider
most unfortunate and unprovoked
attack upon the Quarterly Court of
this county. If in so doing | have
wounded the feelings of either of the
gentlemen, whose course has called out
this reply, | can assure them l had no
such intention. To the State Super
intendent lam stranger. The Coun-
ty Superintendent | have known for
years. They are both undoubtedly
clever men, and their only mistake in
this case has been that of
"GOING TOO FAST"
Respectfully,
CHARLES w. TYLER.