The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-05-13
c;tixen's Reply to q. Dufie,d
Jl!itpr Home journal:


to change 4 solitary word or sentence in
the article over the signature Of "Citi-
zen" which appeared on the 18th OF
April. ! could make no improvement
in il, even with Mr.. Duiicld'S assistance,
if ! were to try Il hundred years. Ii is
plain and simple; the most ordinary
mind can comprehend it; and even Mr..
Duiirid himself does not assert that
there is an untruth in it. What, then,
is he gI2umblingabout? Is he mad with
me simply because | was opposed 10 an
extension Of the lease to 80 or ~ years
If SO, why not get mad with the mem
bcr3 Of The County Court who voted
apnn.t t, and fire brOadsidc into
them? lnkind and 5Ianderous insin.
nations, however, would have about rs
little ctlict on them rs they do on me,
and they would look upon him as Il man
who was temporarily crazy ON the lease
question and unmindful Of the courtesy
due from himself to others.
| was not in the courtroom when Mr..
DuicId made his speech, heard none OF
his statements, and did not know upon
what ground his recommendation
had been rejected. When the matter
came up again, in the afternoon, |
happened to be present, and stated to
the court that | thought the proposed
measure was unwisc and Illegal.
The new building belonging to Car
rick Academy in Winchester was begun
in 1897 and finished in 1853, at cost
Of 81, POO. OF this amount 81 900 wa
paid by the corporation Of Winchester,
81 1913 by private subscription, and the
remainder, 81, 2Oj, out Of the fund de-
rived from Tie State under the Act Of
I8I0. I'Lc county Of Franklin, it ap-
pears, paid nothing, and the county
court was vested with very little power
over the Academy beyond the appoint
men, Of board Of trustees.
Before the war, when county acadc-
mics were receiving money from the
State, and were authorized 10 loan it
out, the duties Of Boards Of Trustees
were much more important; but now,
latter the selection Of II teacher, they
have just about as little to do as passcn-
gers ON Il steamboat,
Captain Dufch, however, seems to
have entertained very different opin-
ION Of the position he occupied, and says
he made his accommodation to the Cuun-
ty Court as the representative of the
county, and "ns Chairman Of the
Board Of Trustees" Bat where is the
law which authorized Mr.. DufcFd,
ei,hcr individually or officially, to ap-
pear before the County Court, cas- the
representative Of the county" and rec
ommcnd the court to lease the academy
property for 30 years or one year?
Ancient history tells lis that in Athcn,
men were punished for proposing meas
Wcs in the Assembly that were contrary
to law, and we think the Legislature
ought to make it Il miSdcmcanor for any
one to urge Il County Court TO do any
thing notcXprcssI ynuthorizcd by statute
This would place the responsibility for
illegal conduct On the part Of County
Courts exactly where it ought to be.
Personally we entertain no unkind
feeling toward Capt. Duhcld. He has
always opposed US politically because OF
his zeal, We suppose, in behalf Of rail
roads and bondholdcrs; and has spoken
Of US unchariiabIy in hi. communication
to your paper because of his zeal, we
suppose, iu behalf Of the Normal. But
notwithstanding AL this, we have no un-
kind expressions for HIM
As for the members Of the Normal
Faculty, | am friend to them all. But
they cannot have me for Il friend and Il
tlattcrcr too, cycn if they desired it,
They are able to succeed without fattcry
from any one, and without maniicsting
the spirit Of the man who publicly
thanked God that he was superior IL
Others. | understand their situation
perfectly. They wish to make cntea.
slvc improvements to accommodate a
much larger number Of pupils than they
had last year, and do not like to spend
their money under the present limited
lease. But the County Court has re-
fused to extend it, and in my opinion
had no legal right to grant it. Now,
what are we going to do about il? Our
people are deeply interested in the sue
cess of our colleges They want to see
them grow in strength and wisdom, and
make WINCHESTER and Franklin county
familiar names throughout the Southern
States. And they want to see all oh
staclcs removed which tend to rctard or
prevent the accomplishment Of this oh
jet And this can he done, so far ut
least as the present trouble Of the Nor
nal is concerned, without asking the
County Court to do an unwi>c and lille
gal thing. The last regular session of
the General Assembly provided an ade-
quatc remedy. On page 233 Of the
Acts of 1879 is "An Act for the Relief
Of Educational Institutions" The first