Year: 1862

10 D6 represented IN tue Otner DraNCh o.
the legislature; and it was intended tc
be jIst as perfect state institution il


the one case as the other. The town.
should no more pay their superintendent


than their representative. To make the
amendment proposed would be to have


the representatives from all the smaller
towns sent here at another session pre-


pared to vote for the repeal Of this law,


He therefore opposed it.


The amendment was rejected.


Mr.. Peck moved an amendment allow
ing districts the privilege of retaining
teachers whenever they choose, even
though the superintendent ght consider
them incompetent ard withdraw their
certificate. lie thought it due to the dis
tricts that the superintendent should not
have the power to dictate in such a mat
ter.


The amendment was agreed to- the
committee then rose, reporting some pro
gress ard asked leave to sit again.


60 There is undoubtedly much truth
in the following remarks from the New
York Times:


The heaviest load which the friend,
Of the government have been compelled
to carry through this canvass has been
the inactivity and ineaiciency of the ad
mioistration. We speak from a know
ledge o! public sentiment 10 every sec
ton Of the State when we say that the
failure of the government to prosecute
the war with the vigor, energy and sue
cess which the vast resources at its com
mand warranted the country in expect
ing at its hands, has weighed like an
incubus upon the public heart. With
every disposition to sustain the govern
ment-with the most profound convic-
ton that the only hope of the country
lies in giving it cordial and effective
support-its friends have been unable to
give satisfactory answer to the ques-
tons that have come up from every side.


Why has the war made so little pro-
grcss ? Why have our splendid armies
achieved such slight successes ? Why
have they lain idle so long, and why


have the victories they have won been
so utterly barren of decisive results d?
The war has dragged on for a year and


a half. The country has given to the
government over a million of men, and
: all the money they could possibly use ;
! yet we have made scarcely any progress
{ toward crushing the rebellion. The
3 rebel armies still menace the capital
5 Their privateers defy our navy, and
spread increasing terror among our


peaceful traders on the seas. What i,
the use Of trying to sustain an admins
tration which lags so far behind the coun-
J try, and seems so Indifferent and incom


pelent to the dreadful task committed to
its hand,


1t has been impo.sJ Jle to lift the pub
lie heart out Of the terrible dependency
which such reflections, fortified by the
inexorable logic of facts, have brought
upon it. The people of this State are
I thoroughly loyal to the Union aud the
Constitution. They desire and demand
that this rebellion shall be crushed
They desire no half way measures-they
will tolerate no base and degrading con-
prOmise--they will never consent to any
peace which involves the disruption OF
the Union, aud the overthrow of the
Constitution. They demand a vigorous
prosecution of the war; and the fact |
that they have seen no fair prospect OF
getting it, has bred in them a degree of
discouragement and despair which has
left them an easy prey 10 the demagogues
who are always ready to profit by he
of their country.


If the government had given them
victories-if it had even shown any just
of the need of victories, and
had taken the most ordinary means OF
exacting them at the hands Of its Gen
erals in the field, the people would have
rallied rs one man to its support. They
would have spurned with indignation
the base attempts of demagogues to sap
their faith in the Administration, and 10
array them in hostility against it,"


A FIGHTING PEEACHER.-An Irish
preacher, considerably annoyed Gas many /
before and since have likewise been) by {
persons getting up and going out of
,hurch during the sermon--his patience
being exhausted, he stopped his discourse, {
md in a rowdy way exclaimed, Go on, i
ny lad; I've seen the top Of your head
that's enough" The fellow turned
lround. and with an angry, menacing r