The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1882-12-09

suspend county Superintendent
Of Education for neglect Of duty or
official misconduct" etc. Here,
then, was his remedy. l offered it
to him and urged him to take it. If
nav decision was set aside by the
State Board, he could then force
me to comply with the law, or pros
ecute me for a violation If it,
should | refuse. Instead Of taking
this course, he informs me in a very
d~ictatorial manner to sharpen my
pen, that he proposes to denOunce
me in the papers. And he makes
this threat good, by publishing his
denunciation known as "a Eff FORT
TO PRESCRIBE CERTAIN SCHOOLS"
Does this look like it was ustice
Gen. Lowrev wanted! No, justice
is the very thing. in this particular
case, that the General does not
want. but he shall have all jus.
tice." The tone Of his article
speaks loudly Of personal spite
against me, because, forsooth, |
would not prostitute myself and
my Office to his bidding. In accus-
ing NE of willfully endeavoring to
prescribe his school, he refuses to
recognize me as honest in my con
struction Ot',the law-and hence &C.
cuses me of official misconduct-Oi
using nay power as Superintendent
to p~ervert the ends and aims OF the
law-of endeavorlng to crush ouI
Blue Mountain Female College anC
foster Ripley Institute-all this he
accuses me of, and brings me t
trial before the bar Of public opin
, ion, waving the proper tribunal
. proposed to him and why! Jus
because he sees proper to dltte
from me in the construction OF tn
school law, and | refuse to accep
his construction of it. know 1T !
= a bold thing to differ from Ger
Lowrey in regard to anything tina
affects his interest; that his grea
Influence at home and abroad, an
the sacred atmosphere that enve
opes his person, render him a form
VI dab,e adversary. | have to COZ
e tend with the bravery () & adroi
ness of the General; the learnin
and scholarship (?) of the profesSo
u and the sanctity and goodness
a of the divine! But | rememb'
If that when | accepted the ofti"e
b. Superintendent. took an oath
q. do my'.dutyIto the best OF my ablIl1
Finding that abuses existed in Il
Ie public school system in Tipp'
county, | called tho attention
lie the Board of Supervise to !
I'd fact.
I'd The Board took steps to CORE
IS. some of them. Their action in o
40 case, interfered with a nice lltl
: arrangement of General Lowrey's
which he was receiving seve'
n hundred dollars a year from I
Sc public treasury, without COMPLY
,ol with the law. This causes I
nj General to lose his temper, and
on my head lie pours out his VI
OF wrath. For this he accuses me
a official misconduct-and VIII I
lie allow me credit for honesty in
lat convictions of duty. But, nOtwi
lat standing all this, shall reply:o E
n. Lowrey, AS IF he were an hon
man. The General has not Sc
fit to confine himself to a fair
lat honest discussion Of the legality
I'd. my action, but has clothed his
OF marks in language so personal,
of insinuations SO unjust, that one
shocked, cot only at the absence
=" the prophecies and cO%urteSiss
ION debate, but at the sad want OF t
ldi christian charity to be expec
up. from a minister of the gospel oc
isb plying his high position in
church. We, however, shall
roy cuse all this, knowing there
some persons whose limited al
lch ties will not allow them to N
the opposition, without losing Il
nl~ temper; to argue q question, "
;on out abusing their oppon'
iOn to Be- severe, without be
ara insulting; and to attempt
I'm casm, without being rude.
ing shall show Gen. Lowrey before
70 are through, that it is possible
be severe, and yet be courteous
'n0 be honest, and yet differ from
cas- In opinion. We shall show
and that there are persons in Tip
ion. county who do not believe in
to infallibility Of the Pope from !
Mountain; who having an opiI
'ou' of their own as to Official d
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