The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-09-21
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Mr.. Editor:

"Justice" pleads for q principle tina
has been abused and violated. That
should feel my connection with the col
lcge the cause Of his dissatisfaction Ant
complaint will not surprise any one Tn
writer may claim that no names wer,
mentioned, and shat his arraignment wa
general, &c, &C.; but then It comes vt
time and in a way that all eyes turn 70 M,
as the one out Of place and | would be sin
gularly stupid not To know Il. am tire or
~ teacher that has been employed In th,
past several years.
That DR. Graves and lady who are, anC
have been for twenty-six years, h sou
and life OF the institution are meant. nc
one will think. Besides, it seems TO me
they have, by their long years of toll IN
the South, by their many sacrifices here,
and by their almost unparalleled devotion
to Mary Sharp through that more than
quarter Of a century, acquired the right 10
be counted as Southern teachers. In al
exhibit OF Northern and southern talent
employed in the work Of teaching, where
would Justice put the nameso Of DR.. Graves
and wife? Would he not claim them for
the South?
That the presence of Professors Dix and
DilltJJ thllS lbIIIi tlC lii X U6tIVH w OuS-
tice will not be suspected. The hazard OF
removing them and Of getting substitutes
in the present condition Of the school hid
its property, would be fearmlly great.
Besides, they too have been here five or
six years; and by their faithfulness and
ability have won their way to distinction,
and by their courteous and dignified ~
ncrs, together with al eminent sense Of
honor and justice, have found places In the
hearts OF the southern people. Ia IL true
as ! think | have heard, that DR.. Dix re-
sided and taught in Alabama \ number of
years, and came from there to Mary Sharp?
Where was DR.. Dix during the great war?
| have the impression he was in the South
and with her armies. Candidly, would
Justice. or the Southern peO-
pie, list him with Northern teachers? If
Professors Dix and Barrett are not South
ern teachers. tell me how long y residence
here is sufficient to effacc the s~tigma--wipe
out the rcproach of having first seen the
light in the North? How long a term of
probation is required before we will be
admitted to full membership? o thou.
that dOst assume the name Of Justice rs a
covert, come forth, and tell us what pc
riod Of citizenship and oyalty here shall
us to naturalization? These APP
peals to passion and prejudice, made Tor
The most part by tho>e who have ''private
to ayengc, are the ceaseless sources
IF mischief and misery TO our people.
To dismiss Prof. Smith and wife would
certainly be dealing Mary Sharp u heavy
blow. For several years | have been as
,Ociatcd with teachers from various parts
If the country, and | have yet seen one
nib that | regard the equal OF Prof. Smith
4 Il teacher Of Vocal and Instrumental
Such teachers are invaluable
at any price; and Mary Sharp will
ne the day he is exchanged for any body,
North or South. Moreover, he has been
,ere three years; and added to this, his
,nly teacher. employed by himself sup
pose, is u Southern lady. In doing this, he
,xculpates himself from blame or fault,
judged by the principle or measured by
he standard of Justice.
But n wrong has been perpetratcd, and
Justice cries aloud for rights-Southcrn
lights. Had my place been given some
me else, then the ends Of Justice would
iave been met, and no voice a been
Icard. I an the Achsn in this camp
hat must needs bc cast out. And FOR
| came from the North! Justice
makes 1t my duty To the school. and to my
,rlf and family, to give something of our
Ny fathers parents moved from
tennessee to Kentucky, and thence to
Missouri. My mothers parents were from
Tirginia. whence they emigrated to Ken
ucky. and attrrward to Missouri. My
husbands parents and grandparents were
rom Virginia. Both his family and mine
we're for fifty years or more Slave-owners.
10th cspouscd the cause of the South, and
many ofthem served in her armies during
he late war. One fell, and to-day sleeps
rot far from Columbia, Tenn. Two Others
nrichcd the soil OF Tennessee OH the bat
le-tields of Murlrecsboro and Pittsburg
.anding with their blood. While still an
tIer noble boy gave his life an Offering
pr the South nc New Hope Church, in an
djoining State. Also, my husband served
the war in the Southern army,
nd took part in all engagements from
iurfrcc-bOro to Atlanta. where lie rcceiv-
Il what were then pronounced by all his
Musicians mortal wounds; and indeed
proved to he wounds from which he
as not recovered, and probably never
ill. Both his parents and mine were
riycn with their families from their
ONES in Missouri because Of their SYM
and efforts for the South-her
lusc and her soldiers. Nor could they
eturn till after tie close of the war. Such
our war record; and yet | am not sulf-
iently Southern to teach in Mary Sharp
'ollesc. ut Winchester. Tenn.
Oh, Justice. now tickle and selfish thou
asst become! | have not given these
tets because ! Thought they entitled NE
. a place in the %coIir-r. ar because be-
they should have one particle oil ill.,
uencc in deciding tile fitness ofany one
the position; butonly because ! feared
his issue. a. made by Justice. would work
arm to the school and injury to myself.