Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-03-30
MISSOURI CORRESPONDENCE.
DIR. VtEofL Writes AT SOME
LENGTH ON LIVE ISSUES
OF THE DAY.

Editor Ncacs:-A arefeaatcN spell
OF suffering has caused delay on nv
part III carrying out ~ purpose to
write frequently for the NEWS. The
severity OF the winter has affected
Inc unusually. Health has been
generally impaired by the long con.
tlnucd cold, ana Ivy the frequent cx-
IRENE changes pneumonia, scarlet
fever and dipthclia have prevailed
extensively, and have hrcn fatal.
Old people have been swept away
by pneumonia this winter To i'm
alarming degree. Since wrote
last, Missouri has lost some of its
prominent citizens. Among them |
may name Hon. James Sydney Kol.
Inns, Il. l.. ID. He was for forty
years among the foremost men of
Missouri us Il citizen, statesman
and scholar. He never WAS Il sue.
cessIul politician, because his policy
always kiaetf him. Originality he
was an old line Wing. His ideal of
all human perfection WAS Henry
Clay Of kcntucky,trom which State
alajor Rollins came when II Young
man and settled III the county of
Boone. In after years he became II
strong anti slavery advocate. When
the war came upon the country he
entered heartily into the Union
cause and was Sclt TO Congress-
upon his Union record. When the
war closed lie cspouscd the cause
OF Democracy, and affiliated with
that party for some years. InlS72
he was the candidate of that party
rnr the position of Governor. Being
defeated for the nomination, which
he greatly desired, he retired from
public life. He suffered no little
chagrn at his defeat, and subse
quently affiliated with the Reppub
llcan party and died in that politi-
cal church. NaYor Rollins ans one
OF the best speakers Missouri has
produced in forty years, but lie lack
ell consistency as a party man. He
was Free Soilcr, yet held slaves
and enjoyed the enricling results
of their toll until they were eman.
clpatcd by President Lincoln. His
best record was made in the inter
est Of higher education. In one OF
our meetings as Il Board OF Cura
tors OF the State University, we
gave him the title of "Pater Uni.
ccTSitdtis MiSSoarieusiS.r AS the
Father Of the University OF Mis-
souri, he did more for the enlarge
inent OF that institution than any
man in the State
GERMAN IN TIE SCHOOLS.
Speaking of education calls to
mind that there is movement on
foot i'll the West to eliminate Ger
man from the common schools of
this country. The fact is that the
q spMan elfime,.e has become SO
strong among us that they want to
Gcrlnanize everything and convert
this land into the Fatherland. The
insulting impudence of this foreign
element has grown TO such an cx.
tent that an utter disregard is man
iiested for nearly everything Amer.
lean. We have therefore concluded
That 1t IS about time to begin to
Americanize Americans. SO at an
election held i'll this city the past
wAFte1T' our people let the Dutch
know that ST. Louis is an American
citysn; in an American State, belong
ing to the United States and not TO
Germany. AS Il consequence. Ger
man was bnnished from our co,,,l
mon school system in st. Louis.
We propose to have our native
tongue taught, and not IL foreign,
jaw breaking vernacnlar. If Deo.
pie want to learn German, they can
acquire it in the colleges and uni.
versities, where it may be found in
such relation to thorough course
as Latin, Greek and other items in
a curriculum suited to those who
need classic callare. Having said
tlat German must "go,' our people