Connecticut western news., 1879-07-23
That school Question A gain.

MIR. EDITOR :-I see by your last issue that Conformist has changed his mind in relation to withdrawing from the discussion of the school question, and comes out Complaining that had taken pains to render. his retreat inglorous. Well, considered his case a very inglorious one. Conformist says that did not "attempt to reply to his questions" Teli me of question of yours unreplied to by me and will reply to it. Conformist says These are substantially some of the Dr's arguments: "Contormist iS- a calumniator, a luna- tic, liar, a cheat, thief, etc." Now I did not apply any such language to him. neither did l use any such language. l dtd use the word cheat, and will tell you how used it. I said ''I do not recognize any district author. ity to put any restrictions upon the public school money. Has this district any sovereign right to cheat ?" Conformist did not answer this question. said also ''So long as this district continues to deprive children of, their unalienabe right they are robbing them.n Now MT. Conformist if you are this district, then these words were for you. The other words, calumniator, lunatc, liar, thief, etc, I did not use in any way and believe that when you say that used those words for arguments you Intentionally misrepresent
 Conformist says, "He (meaning myself) op. poses the straightforward question of moral, right with lot of puerile invectives and whi- ming explanations. Now will MT. Conform ist do me the favor to tell of one single in. stance where I have been guilty of opposing any question of moral right2 What does Con- tormist mean by puerie invectives and whin. ing explanations? Why did he not tell us what he means by these reproachful accusa. tions? Now will tell what suppose Con. formist calls spuerile invectives and whining explanations" In my article here referred to I went back a little and took up the action of the town, the report of the Board of Educa. ton, and the doings of the district in relation 10 the building of our school house and the establishing and maintenance of a high school which is all matter of record and is recorded on our town records and district records. These things MT. Conformst makes no reply to-he does not say that I misstated any of these things, but he says that l opposed the straightforward question of moral right with lot of puerile invectives and whining ex- plantations, and he follows this up by saying, He (meaning myselD built $5, 900 school house, etc., entitling him to free pass through college" say there isA no such an intima. tion in anything that I have said, and Con- formist knows that this is an out and out mis- representation. Conformist asks, Should the fact that the school house cost $5,0o0 be con- sidered an equivalent for the services of the teacher?" l say by no means.
 Conformst says, "The Dr. says, in consid- eration of our building $5, 900 school house we were to have all these advantages" Yes, I said so and you do not contradict it-it Is the truth. MT. Conformist says, "The Dr. wants the district to pay for his daughters education, but he furnishes up the phraseo- logy of the demand to express an inborn yearn- ing to do the greatest good to the greatest number" All that I shall now say of this accusation is that to my mind it unmistakably speaks the true character of it's author.
 Conformst says, "When he (meaning my self proposes to unjustly impose tax upon the very class he professes to champion,
 when he attempts to impose tax upon his own sympathzers, he is at once shorn. of whatever credit might be due him for as. suming the role of Moses with an honest pur- pose of leading the class without one cent to pay with to victory, and complete restora' ti of what he is pleased to call thelr unanen. able rights" wish Conformist was as skilled in the truth as he seems to be in misrepresent- ation. I have not, either justly or unjustly, proposed to impose a tax upon any class of men: I have never professed to champion any class of men; I have never attempted to impose tax upon my own sympathixers; I am heartily sorry that you so belittle Gods prophet Moses as to say that l had assumed his role. Now do something more than make assertions, show if you can that have ever done any of these things, Contormist says that I assume the role of Moses. Well, shall I ever sing the song of Moses (See Exod. 16.) I wish you would be as manly as Pharaoh was, Pharaoh was manly enough to show himself to Moses. I really wish that you and could be lt d into as close communion with the Invis. ible as Moses was, This good man of God lived not for himself but for his people.
 Conformist says, "Take as an illustration part of an overheard conversation between two men, one day laborer,. just after the
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