American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1823-03-18
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LEVY COURT.


II ~ ,vatchman Of the 9TH inst. under the Ed
81 denartmen, Is published the first and second
q ons If Me law relating to Sunday Schools, and
Il n,oceedinps of The Levy Court upon an account
d sn,pd by lie Protestant Episcopal Male Sun
+. school Society, attached to Trinity Church in
q Rorouph Of Wilmington. From the manner N
n IN mai statement is made and the personality
use Of the public will be impressed with the
II ,ha, majority of the Levy Court, and part
81 ~ Messrs. Higgins and Watson are hostile
II oonosed in principle TO Sunday School estab
6msnts. The reverse of this think can easily
proven, and as an individual regret that more
rra system OF education is not established among
10 that OF some OF the Eastern States.
sfne of Two causes presume produced he publ.
nm Of the proceedings alluded TO. The Editor
&selI nc, haps feeling spirit Of revenge in con
#uencs Of his own account being very considera-
q reduced by the Court and as an individual of
u, Coat, was one Of the committee instrument
= In reducing it, may in part account for the per-
= sl.y .ale use Of Or il may be the Society It
II feeling mortified because its account was not
\ allowed, and well knowing that societies of this
a similar kinds are the rage Of the day, and that
n most remote and imaginary opposition to them
hid bring down upon their devoted heads who
&mpted even in appearance TO thwart any Of their
H., the thundels and anahemas Of few o! the
bmoters Of those institutions, for am well assn
81 large majority are reasonable beings.
ks the law is before the public they can Judge for
&n,elyes but it does appear to me that the evident
VI ntion and construction Of the law is, that The re-
In of the teachers, the allowances, and the rate
n scholar, must be annually made and renewed
#ry year. / recollect that remarked when the
Houat before mentioned was before the Court that
Aley allowed that, Sunday Schools on the same
b cipc might present their accounts for ten year,
&k In answer to which it is observed there need
no fear, as the law has been passed out two years.
d., but is there not probability OF the law contn
Ia Tor ten years TO come and might not Sun
y School Society continue in operation all that
%e aud make no application to the Court, and then
N s forward their accounts for ten years back, and
Bne Tell sweep take all the funds appropriated tor
II use, TO the utter exclusion of all other Schools
le same kind! We all know with what avdity
pic bodies and individuals seek for precedents as
4ie Tor their conduct. Is it not therefore better
@nee any thing like innovation at tue threshold
shut the door against any claim that has that
Elency: II really appears to me that many men
y would seem TO shudder at tbs idea Of imposing
Pm their neighbors, think it no crime when oppo'-
My offers 10 speculate upon and defraud the Coun'
From the gross and palpable charges brought
l'nst the County, the Court is rather disposed "a
~ with jealous eye every account that comes
&0re y, and Notwithstanding all their precautions
8egeVe many accounts are passed that ought to be
#a'ly curiailed or rejected en- toto. But this is
II 'csal g. The Levy Court in the case OF Sunday
# oii have been in the habit of allowing the ut
III limit prescribed by the law, which is twenty
per scholar per annum. They have it In thell
yen 10 allow from one cent to twenty, as they may
&n proper Perhaps the P. L NJ. S. Society
y8l!d have preferred receiving FIVE or ten cents
Az olar and be allowed for the whole number, thar
#laHe their account curtaied in the manner It was
Qua ask why did not they apply for each year II
III order, as others have done? They surely can
M Piead ignorance oil the law, living as they do a
III very fountain head of information, and wheI
w schools OF the same kind from the same DO
III SA made application and received their proper
wv OF funds Lastly, the Editor requests SOM
III hocrs Q! the bar would furnish the Society will
WI opinion on the subject. | would Just observ
'% lawyers as well as doctors often disagree, an
III Ne opinion OF an attorney no more than that c
.@ o,heI well Informed individual ought to be take
h" PAN case like The present. TO conclude, ii
vi my intention to trouble the public any more o
III subject let what will be said or written. to
Wenef Ihe lists against an Editor supported by
81 ou'y school Society, calling in the aid OF an AT
81 IeY would be a frightful host for me 10 encour
81 Ia paper warfare.
# BENJAMIN Watson.
. 'he foregoing communication from Mr.. Watson,
Z ol! remark, that when we presented our account
W Le'y Court we intimated willingness to make Ii
euocuon, from the customary charges, several lor
"a oeS one ofwhch was statement of the accounts wi
III uStees OF the Poor Of the county, and which the
III nag not been In the habit Of publishing in the publ
81 e"' Inc committee of accounts proposed a rate
# s'% f2r the articles above alluded to- which propos
"'os' cAeertullv agreed to by us, and the matter W
npr .sel u few m;nu,.s ~ ne antre Satisfaction
81 parties Mr. Watson, presume, has not forgott
M Sln'fS we made al the time-that although the pri
ii s14 on would be but very moderate compensation (
4olNie yet II would be induceme1t for the L. ,ou
ououe the publication OF similar articles in the pape
-Iy' yet with a knowledge and understanding ofthc