Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-02-05

1T rnpnieni - i.fit iHf. npon TIE HnIoTs ah'e oi
tb- -vt,i. a al primary sfaeaiion, tut D. ooeed
ia state The result. OF his inquiries :" he House
Tnder the census Of ls2u NJ. y sad. she chit
dr,n be,a err the sges Of Eve aud I5. we're not
much snort of :. ~ tssl--af fhrsr p 90 ~rre
the children OF poor parents, sud ~ thes- ~ the
lat year so only had been educated by the
liberal appropriation oi S45VJo, 1is iact
!, suAirie1t 10 prove that there wa. something
rnne n the system we IN pursued. In Con-
n,cficut an appropriation of 81 100. educated
30 100 Children and la New York the siil, more
sni . istng fact as exhibited Of more than 4ro,
10 children educated hy an annual aPpropi ia
ion of Sipn. Dtn-Mr. +. here gave n de-
tailed statement Of the system pursued IN those
Stiles, ffH begun 10 Mast chu ets, carried
Ia the utmost perfection IN New York, aaih pro
ducisc Of sGrh surprising results. he great
secret which had given their systems 80 great
au advantage over ours, was the provision
holdi Out Inducements 10 individuals 10 CON
tribute L. ihe fand, and thus 10 destroy the in
siv'dioas distinction created by our system,
be'"een rrhsni poor. II was not proposed
10 introduce ths plan at once in this State, bat
gradually, and ~ it would recommend itself
Ia IA" peppe by it, valuable results. This he
had no doubt would be rapid aud cert ain.
ne principle of his approved plan is a
contribution OH the paIt OF the state at Ger
tain s"ni to any school dIsfrlri, when tn Inhab-
haats OF that district shall contribute an equal
sun, to the education of school masters, aud
Tor the purposes Of primary instruction. IL
destroys that repugnance'wh,ch many feelte
vail themselves of The iaellitIes of educating
Their children IN primary schools, by stripping
the present ~ st-ia at lis eIenosy cary character
aud making II tie INTEREST oil All, Tich and poor,
10 Educate their chidreu AT these schools
Nj. p. Commented with much force on the
total ineihciency OF the present system. and the
gr' At expenditure. 10 little purpose, "hIch g" ere
annually nude undrr ~. he thought IFS einca.
~, and corr olness IN principle SO obvious, to
siIikr all snh The nr.essiyo f adopting new
ioesspTta
Mr.. HotienuH expressed his hope that others
more able than himself wound oppose the mea-
sure nov under consideration. lie said that
the evils reci,ed nv the gentleman from Fairfax
were not the faults of the Law. bat OF those " no
executed 1.-THE school COMMISSIONERS. Nj.
II gave various detsI's 10 prove hIs position
aud To :huv The inpraciicnbiuy of the new
plan from the went of funds aud other CAUSES
After sarious Amenaneihs had been oiei ed
10 the details Of the hlII by NJ ssrs. Camden.
bhcher, tarbu:h and Dodfrtdge, ard much
conversation The cotnfniltee tose and reported
the h u TO the House after which
The House adjourned.
Frtdry. Jan ~.
A Communication WAS received from the Sc
nn'e, that they Ind rrltcicf the bill Ia & the
salary oftIe prircpa Engineer
On MOTION Of Mr. Moore, leave was z ven to
sfng IN a bill tn incorporatet cumpan. TO con-
stfuct Turnpike Road fron lexington. in IN,
county Of Rackhridge. TO Coving,on, il tn
county of Alisghanv.
On motion OF Mr.. Harvie the resolution,
Yesterday laid upon the table proposing toa-
mend the fourth rule of,he House. 80 ~ To re
| quire the Concurrence of three members in a
| motion 90 reconsider a previous vote of frr
| House, was then taken up. hiess,s. Williams
Duncan, and Fnzhush OF Fairfax oppo sed tn
fesout on, as proposing useless ,nnoyation
upon the rules Of the House. and tending TO i'm
poe upon the ma ori'y improper rc,tI Iciluns
VI s-rs. Rives Of Pr. Gtorse and Nitcher, sup
aorted it, contendng thai the experience of ihe
House had shown the i'ropreiy Uf the propo.r0
change IN the rules, that II could do no arm
AID might he productive Of much eaod-hu,
the resoIuliaa was disagreed to by vote of82
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