The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1875-07-24
GROSS INCONSISTENCY.

WHO lTOh Inolr pOSltlOnS should
he lights of the world, to guide
their fellows in the march of CIV
ilization, by inconsistency become
dangerous stumbling blocks in
the path of Progress.
Such a man is Chief Justice
Dunno, of Arizona. In his efforts
to overthrow the public school
system of Arizona, be has been
guilty of standardization. If
what he uttered in the constitu.
tional convention of the State] of
Nevada, was true then, it is true
to-day, for Judge Dunno cannot
destroy the truth. He and other
bad men may for a time seem to
stifie it, and even by self-contra-
diction and'stultifcatiOn, crush it,
but it will rise again. Truth is eter.
malt cannot die. But here we
have the notifying spectacle of
man occupying the high posi-
ton of a seat in the constitutional
convention of an adjoining State,
and working with all his power
to establish there the free public
school system, and then that
same man, receiving the high APP,
pointment of Chief Justice of Ari-
IONA, coming down here and en-
deavoring to destroy the excel
lent public school system already
established hereby the earnest
labors of good and patriotic men
by his diabolical effort to insert
the abOminable sectarian wedge {! !
"Oh shame! VIII ere isthy blush ?"
To show the inconsistency of
Judge Dunno in its true light, |
we ask the earnest attention of
our readers to the following ex-
cellent article which we copy from |
the arizona Citizen of July 18th. |
Here are the facts and figures
from the record:
Public School Question.
Arizona's present Chief Justice
declared in his place as a member
Of the constitutional convention
If the State of Nevada, on Friday,
July %, 1864, "that if the people
of the United States, and of Ne
vada in particular, were firmly
impressed with the necessity Gfi
ANY oHe thing in the general
policy of government, it was
the necessity of fostering and
protecting the common school
SYSTEM" and as we hold that
70 be a truth now, we have not
much fear that the system will
De much impaired; not that pow
erful efforts will not be constantly
,ut forth to impair it, but that
hey will never prevail. It will,
however, be the bounden duty of
I'll who so thoroughly believe in
he system as did our present
thief Justice profess to in 1864, to
Keep its merits before the people
md prevent injury to it by all fair
means.
If the public school system was
rood and necessary in 1864; if laws
o compel attendance of children
Upon schools in States wherein
hey were provided. were sound
hen, they are now. AT that
ime our present Chief Justice
ook the most ultra grounds in
avor of both, and his arguments /
we're in favor of so framing the
as to compel the leg
stature to act accordingly. 1t
vas mis- sound record in this and
,ther respects AS a maker of a
State constitution, that induced
lis friends to make extraOrd.
nary, and nearly successful, eff
Orts to place him upon the su-
,reme bench of that State. His
Efforts there in behalf of public
were believed to have s
'een as sincerely as they were {
made, and owing to his ,
we'll known religious professions,
hey were particularly notable.
lie took an active part in the dis.
ussiOns on every important fea-
ure Of that organic law, but in
zone more decided and unmis-
akable part than the one to estab- ,
ish a system Of common schools
the compulsory provi-
ion. In the whole proceedings,
le never spoke word or cast a
,Ote except in earnest support for
hem.
In the light of our Chief JUS
ices recent utterances, we could
7rite volumes to show his incOn- s
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