Smyrna times., 1889-10-23
ITO the People Of Kent County.

=, KENToN, DEL, Oct. 21, 1889.
Mr.. EDITOR
In your last issue writer under the
pseudonym false name) of Honestly
attempts to answer the stern, stubborn
facts set forth by Taxpayer" in vour
issue fSept 25th, relative to the ont
rageous discipline that then existed
i'll our public school. He sallies forth
and makes one random shot at those
array offacts by calling them malicious
lies and then he retreats behind mvs-
tltylng dlsqulsitiOn which with the aid
OF experienced constructionists and
interpreters 1 conclude is a labored
apology for our teachers principal sin
the love of the cup, a constitutional
falling to which !, out of charity for
him, did not make any allusion to in NV
letter, but which indeed should he n
fatal objection TO any man as Il school
teacher.
| am not surprised that our prinei.
pals defender halls from CLAYTON
when he could not avail himself of the
method which Taxpayer" suggested
for verifying the startling facts con.
cerning our school, which was nv
stopping "the next school child Won
meet on our street and put vour
queries to him or her." Scores of our
townsmen did this, and every asser-
ton was cOrrObOrated, so that not one
person had to accept "Taxpaver'su
other suggestion which was to get his
name from you, Mr.. Editor, and have
him substantiate his statements.
MIR. Dishonesty possibly can saw
no more about our principal as a eiti.
zen than l can, but it is perfectly
assinine on his part to assert, without
any knowledge of the facts, that to be
false, which is reported to have oc-
CURED in school miles aWav from
MIN. His course reminds me of a
lawyer who in defending man charg-e
ed with crime, seeks not to investigate
the truth of those charges, but imme-
diately pleads not guilty for his client,
only on investigation of the matter to
be himself convinced, as we'll as the
jury, of the guilt of the prisoner.
Mr.. dishonesty" your broad denial
OF Taxpayers" allegations may de.
ceive strangers as to the true status of
the case, but with people of our com.
munity it will only be an additional
reminder of how they have had their
money squandered, as we'll as their
children robbed of their time. Your
letter also shows how easily you can
stultify yourself. Why, sir before
Taxpayer" forwarded his letter TO the
SMYRNA TIMES, so careful was he not
to wrong anybody in his efforts to cor
rect the evils that had erept into our
school. that he questioned more than
ore school child as to the truth of the
multitude of Oraoular reports showing
no discipline which had currency. and
he asserted in his letter only those
things which he in this way corrobo-
rated. That is why Taxpayer" could
so boldly invite the public to call on
him to prove his statements. School
children who have reached the wears
of understanding, have offered to pub
licly state that every word that Tax
payer" said was true, but he would not
accept their offer. Their contempt for
such falsifier as Dishonesty" blind.
ed their discreetness, for they are vet
scholars. Taxpayer is content to
bear the enmity of all who dislike to
have publicity given to truth, and es-
pecially is he willing to have the curses
Of those who object to his last letter as
long as be hears of the vast good it did
in improving the discipline of our
school.
One thing more and / have done.
Dishonesty" says those statements of
Taxpayers" were "concocted by
very conspicuous so-called gentleman n
OF that town and put into words bv
some colleague for the furtherance Of
their financial welfare" This is an
unmitigated, unequivocal prevarica.
ton which, in the language Ofthe cleo
trician, is the negative pole of the
truth. /, Taxpayer" alone conceived
OF and wrote the letter, and for no
personal financial welfare" unless it
was desire to obtain value received
for school taxes paid.
TAXPAYER.