Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-01-13
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massachusetts Is divided into 45O townships, each
s,H nes sInaie' ana subdivided into seven eight
SENIOR uses, making the number Of districts in the
wh"ir state 5000 No scholar obliged 10 walk further
.hise 'onlths OF mile from the extremity
cehte OF 'ne district where the school is stuaied.
Each township is by law Obliged TO raise money for
scnoOs, hot less than 500, IL mistake rot and az
nUcb more as II deems proper the sums raised usu.
any vary IroH I'VE TO fifteen hundred dollars, each
township according to the ability IF its inhabitants
eAch OF "houi pays ms proportion not contribution
on subscriptions mt as tax TegulaT assessed other
taxes are for other purposes Two methods Of disri
sutine The moe y among the people are used Ist the
quantity received by each regulated hy its nnbsr If
scholars I'd, the district receives no more than vas
raised IN it, Generally for three or four north, in the
winter master engaged at from zen 10 tWenydors
per month and mistress for five six months i'm
the summer, at from fsur eight dollars per month
person who isnoi qualified to teach Geography Gram
IsaT, aho Geometry, and not well recommended for
us moiEls, &c. rs forbid, under heavy penalties b
Law, to take charge Oft school Thus The legislature
becomes the guardian and protector the morals Of
us constituents The ex3ense OF supporting these
schools does not, OIL an average, three dollars
per senoiar year. r. e poor il costs nothing, and
tne Ieu nave no reason to complain for the education
OF the children Of the poor aud bis own costs him Ave
tunes than does in the middle southern states
IT'S gifts TO the uHks ether gifts is accompanied
win the satisfaction thai il be abused But
economy is one Of the least benedis arising from their
system OF edncaion. We behold 5000 schools in Ope
fauOu al the same lime, and many yOunr masters or
misses qualified TO suptrntend fbem he child, as
soon as It has began to walk and speak has something
10 do acquires habit " order obedience aud above
az, ofatention which influences his conduct through
NE The children Of the poor instead OF spending
tMe w iuienets, becoming contemplate hy their
hSbl1U To be useful being ayOged for their crimes
ueCVinr INDUSTRIOUS frequently respectable and always
pseiul members OF society. Education in one respect
Puihg The Inhabitants efms 81 eqnality poverty
WhlCb because always accompanied by ignorance is
81 intapefable barrier iu either connrie Is there no
obstacle 10 eDploymenis boih honorable aud lucrative
Genus ard talents wherever found are encouraged
shd rewarded. Nam, very many, young men have
uisi rom The Obscufy Of their situation shone as
'eht iuniharies IN the literary and political horizon.
we are not surprised to the laborer or mechanic
dte' me labor Of the day instruct himsewtth
Newspaper or bork and farmers spending their long
winter evenings With their families around the cheerful
ueSde, cleaning the contents Of their own the town
smary Wesee circulating libraries established In all
We towns Many are not only couveJsant In politics
Dul ~ divinity natural ard pofai philosophy who
gan enuinerate all the blessings flowing from proper
system % education blessings which am safe Mas
would not exchange Tor an The rich produo
lions Of TIE soaih and east aud All the precions mine,
u feIH' lGrefa. Cazetfs
1t VIII be seen by the following article
which we copy from the National Intellisen-
Ger, lat no doubt is entertained at Wash.
ingt7n, that the Florida Treaty, az ratified
BY the Spanish Government, will be rccey.
cd by presum.ng Of course, that NJ
new demands OF proylsos have been annex
edto e. The sam presumption asses from