Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-08-12
CHAT OUTRAGE"

Capt. Lesueur, Editor, &c.-Dear sir:-For
three successive weeks you have taken = upon
yourselfto pour ont the walls of Yourwrathu upon
the heads Of the Board OF Education OF this city,
and particularly upon me as SHINING mere than
the others. l do not complain OF u fair criticism,
free from innuendOes and personal pique."'
having truth and fairness for its basis. Since
you and l became acquainted l think our inter-
course has been cordial, and that nothing. so far
as l know. had oc.urreIto interrupt that cor
diallty. 1t Is presumed, since you have had
time Tor reflection. you will be able, in some
degree. to appreciate my surprise and regret ut
your charging me SO .harshly Tor doing what l
firmly believe was my bounden duty. and which
l would do to-day if the matter Were to come up
for action, believing with all my heart that the
votes 1 cast for Mr.. Clark were the best acts of
my life in favor of the public schools.
In one or two of your papers you .ay that your
statements have not been nswered ,and intimate
that they cannot be. 1t is true we have not said.
one word in reply. We feel strong in our posi-
ton; sure we have done right, and Will be sus-
tanned by the patrons and friends of our public
schools, and therefore we couia afford TO wait
while you were demolishing the man of straw of
your own making.
The great mistake you made. friend Lesueur.
was that you selected false premises and there
tore were lead to false conclusions. Your great
and paramount complaint was that the Board
had no right to ''displace'' Mr.. Catron. To this
point everything conferred ut or radiated from.
No W. let us look ut this u little. When the
Board elects teachers the law requires them to
enter into Q written agreement with each teacher,
shading each party to the performance of certain
duties. When the teacher shall have performed
his or her obligations specified the Board has
no further claim upon them, and when the
Board shall have discharged their obligations
the teacner mas no iurther claim upon them. The
bond Is null and void. and the teacher is no
more IN the school than lt1hey never were elect
So tneressfe MIR Catrous was nor ssdisPiaced'
ior ne was not In me place TO be 'dispfaced.'
NOW. my riehu' l want TO ASK you a question:
winch Is pertinent Just here, and Ii precisely a
snn n case anu were Two ""utraxes' per
hoEmeo' u"o al inherent Perious. D'd you not,
On tWos occasions. Pfesehtto Inc Board the
names o. two persons. one living IN Lou.
living nearly as Far away as M. Clark the other
living in this city, and request their election as
teachers? knowing ut the same time that il the
Board complied with your requests they would
nave 70 'dtsplace' taccordlns to your phil
osoPny) TWO othfrs 10 make room ior them.
which "ou'd be u double outrage
But let US iooA u Htlie iarihef. Two years ago
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