Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1826-03-17
VCL. IlI.--No. Is.

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ne progress among tic People will out Tie efficient
a'd and protection Of the Government There is We
ne'aiiN prevailing Indifference among the ilerafe IN
Tue cultivation oi toe mind; were not So the roor
man. though ltatned can rcrey instruct his children
u'Cse is uic IS necessarily occupied earning hcr
oTPaG; 2t lie ignorant man, ouph rich, CaupCt Il,
IL because sc IS himself uCtarght. In other countries
inuuudes OF the hurIt1 successfully live ard die,
as lcterae as they born; and IN our own favored
ihr with all tie liberal patronage, private and public
which learning receives, wholly EXEMPT from,
these iameutablc eAampl,s Under Il Government Ike
ours there should no where be left masses of ,pna
iI'tcratc and humbled, which. in an evil bour
some master spirit may exercise a rata! control lopo
rance the tane of liberty. Ordinarily consp;racics
ana treasons arc executed BY the ignorant. These in
sUumcnts OF niloy ambition however arc not selected
from schools, where letters and morals are tarrht Arc
not then, the Nationa! and Stated legislatures under t,,,
strongest Obligations to the People Of this country t1
provide and apply tue whereby every tLiI may
nave ha opportunity ~ these nurseries u mind III
acquiring somc knowledge of letters and of Ac various
HHtics nc owes TO his country and his Got'
1t '7ii! moreover bind, BY an additional, ard = sfror
ger tic, the People 10 the States I'd the States IN Tia
Union. There is something in this lie Of mind a1ec.
non and blood. 1t attaches itself TO every father OF
a'ny' ana to csdren's cAiIicn Isuccessircly con-
meets with tie present each succeeding generation
common education be csmG ed only in rrrrortio,,
as ITS necessities and advantages are felt and as the
same Numbered children, as there dollars annually
distributed from 'Is fund.- may receive with prope,
management, aboat six months common schooling will
not tie Peopie witnessing these moral and intellectual
will in! int
PcciYo State Legislatures the immediate disncsa,.
of these tcn.ii,ss Ava ,yi r,t 49, > - 49,, Ss''
state viewing the increase of common sci ools and tb
augmented amount of schooling, ard rc5 ceitrn tlcr
benign ard sa!aaty effects upon tlc mind morals ami
habits of Tie risirrr Generation ior[ ,iii i t'
ste2dlrcss TO tie fcdcraI Head, whence thc,s
blessings tcw: Common schools, Of themselves viii
not nul,iriy nor lcarni,,,r ST. rad and ;,, az,
ness and vice rrad,aJlv c.;,. w.. a. - ~
industry. and virtue. Examples Of these cheer,no re-.
suits are rot wanting el am, mon Gomez 49,
elIdor of r,.rH-ac,. al ,,.;,,oI' - " '1 a.
ton where no scl,nI I,a,,s loo, i " e "a i'ti"
an equal no,ulaion :, l,crc he ,,,a,,s - u''S
cation hay @ been attendant ,rd H. 60, -.
favor or the latter couro, f,,j ,o -, -; 'i
ncccssy of .}aso in;,;o,,r, r.' q lne
and the pcorlc ncr, o;,in, ,,os ne 'o''''eS
HON experience that the Influence ,ct '.!G
power of State are IN ,r,,orti,r =, ~ ''o
and soun!ncss of its ci,j.ont ,yI l sfi'c1
hand that aids item end elm slrr,, 9,
tie Government OF their cto;ce -
The Committee arc not tii,ay,a ave fla ,Icra :; :; a.;
pecuriaTv Connect ion = .ac,,;,c, ,cr IT, ms
an undue dcrelIence of fine safes 49,, |,l $3.50
Government The, are nc,s,,-,,n, ~ ToeIHi
Little examination will Obstinate This cause &c IT,,
Tie strength of the tie and tl,a dorrco or H. i
dcncc 4. IS fair 10 ores1nc win ,lo,e no.
portion TO tic actual benefits rcspt,no from, 10 i
posed fund !! the fund be no; beneficial !, r,, l
no infaencc, Good or bad sv,noee orna, -,
Cow from: K, what they Shall we hereafter ioor
FOR them in the increased ignorance and sutiueJ e,;
OF our fellow citizens? SHALL We find and fe,i ijc,
cvcy wArre, i'll a rapid progress of e,ncaiio,, and in
thc improvement! of mind and aoa!-o If il bc t,rn
il unqIes onabiy is, that the SAT- * nm, src,ss -
our political Institutions c.c pend absolutely upn the in
ei!igence and virtue Of tie People, and if be true
also, that Tie direct effect OF tic proposed G. VIII be-
10 increase that intelligence aud virtue then !; T. cc,a
~ true dat there can be undue dependence of The
ieop'e or Tue STATES uron the Federal Government.
y these h@n"i's increase 50 aisp will increase the
a"'i'I ana means OF detecting aud resisting the en-
cfoacii"ents ii rover Although each part o: our no.
ica system Is 1epcnJe"' upon 'c ether, get there Is
~'de 1ieiVhcc 6ei"Gcn iha dependence which springs
rom mean or gF motives and that which has ior its
~" c Ir.' '"' sth2 w. the haEp!B',s and CORY Of
S'neiGn7 Ieop'e. Ard whatever other men may be
"sF"='" !" ''' 'G'' portion OF tue People TO whom
"''CFh"ts' "'e,'tr ffieTai or State, IN prosperity
VI must '0k '"r protection and defence. if
"''s',' "'' '''I"'- VIII never DO s'a7Ish homage.
VI "''S'5 s"'''''"ti '"-i' IioeIue9 TO any earthly
i' W.
ne '"io ca measure t"e Committee a:e also ir@
IEt" - '''''e' WIZ hfNc most sanitary eject IN
pee 10 we i3i'c conan" Itself and al tie great inter
~ ""oce' YIN H. tcie IS much apathy III tho