Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-03-01

operation " the present. system mus, concur 10 opinion
viii IN, thai 10 sxtravssanty prodgsi sod produc-
CT from II. DO not mean 10 saw bat 10. appropria
lion IL o much tor the ate to exyepd in AID OF pri
injury education. o. the rsry, I think it po' e.
noush Tor an objsc o. such pyaory impot lance. What
mas oeen done IN this regard would seem. had bot
Ter no. have been done since there few living
evidences ot adj qnas good ba has resulted Reports
cord gu this we'll as on other subjects that require
action rather than tcords IL !, high tirs that
'houd give up our Paper srediness, and look to some
hing more useful and SOLID!
II tho psuper bounty Of S4s 900 that has bs.n no
,org expended without ~ stem without
had been annually Invested in stock loaoed a,
per sso' interest and tbs interest bad been semi
Annually renvested, Il would have amounted, Ia on
ten years,to the handsome sum OF upwards of sir
hundred and thIty.t,ro thousand dollars! Yet ali
, .a 70 OF money l. popular with tho Legislature.
Hnu wan the people The people, Is presumed, have
not carefully tnves igated the subjsc But the Le-
gsiaure have had the whole matter before them in
oouy' and I" Individuals. they could not have shut
sn eyes 70 the inefhciency Of the system at home
.nese evils have bean heretofore bliuk-d is 1t no,
nov Incumbent on you to APPLY the remedy!
IL would be waste Of tune to diiAte, at large, upon
ne acknowledged Importance Of primary schoois snce
they are the common foundation OF all cationEvs-
y gtade OF education mus. take its ginning In them
bus what mul'itudes Of citizens, not only begin
Out hnsh their education there! They are, therefore
OF the hrst importance, 10 every poiut Of view.
might probably, DO tolerated In this free country
Tor an eotbusss on this subject, to nsst that il s the
du'y Of the government TO establish school at som-
central points each provide Just and
wholesome regulations Tor is government and Tor the
sPp1,n,msn, good teaehers-to require the parents
Oh all children over i've and under 6fe yeae of 10
send them 70 this school, at 90 napy
months IN each ysaand 20 cause tax 10 be i'm sed
,omo iair principle, to detrsy the whole expense
mo sovocaie oil such systrm might find pow erul
gumsns TO sustain bis opirions. He could urge tia,
'ns want oil knowledge the most urgent of all want,
sna !. 'he parent OF all oihers--ihst tho means OF
soneson ought to be coextensive with the Right Of
Sonrsge--ihsi II political power rgh,fully rssijss IN
hands Of the people tho minds which direct Il ough
=" % eonHhtened-ihai without tho necessary know
euse anu inioTmsoo. tho people are apt 20 become
'he mere tools OF ambitious and ,h,, con
se9uohuy our very liberty would be in danger of .uby,
man 10 chiefly cguished from the brute
e'ee"on oy the attributes Of his mnd--and that, In
psoporon se they are cultivated he is useful and han
Ply. MANY other sustaining arguments might hs a.
oueed' oai will not ds,sin you by their spumer..
TO such systcm there two objection, that eou,d
sc otssn LIST, that eonpsls every man TO educate
mrs on,pr'ng, whether he plessss not Badly that
requires every tax payer to contribute whether h,
nave children or mott or, whether he have fsW mr. many
and IL, therefore, arbitrary.
10 reply 10 the hr't objection. the question pro,sn,s
Wei' ought man TO be permitted % bring TN his rh
dsdn 10 absolute ignorance, Ia she bosom of an organ
iAeo society, no permit at the proper parod ri
sno under particular crcumssness, to participate
the government Of that society. This rniybr h.
said 10 give rise TO evils Of great ,nsa bs
'rghtiul degradation aud vices which are The
91rnen. OF Ignoranes, ars so well know to us ALL
snd TO enroll him IN hs mIt aud would Il be mors
oisry to compel him 10 qualify his children Tor ,he
performance OF the high social duties, 70 which they
are TO be admitted at manhood
The operation OF such plan upoo tbos. ,vbo h,,.
no children, would DO like tax upon BAeheIo,s. ana
not very unpopular among The fair sex Other
inequalities might Do Temeded in tho deto;fs of .ucb
system Tho tax to DO levied would in fe ~ iostan
css, smouniie than Is now actually pcid by w.v
., i1uon isee by those who pretend 60 educate
children at all. If p.rileuar indiv1u,I. tror, ,hsi
n md ahatr
Seteet sehoos, letthem do IL they are abls 10 do
ms 'hey viii not bs .gsTievsd by ths payment Of
sneh 'ysien were wisely digestsd and the schooIs
put Under The supervision Of prudent and I0,nt
men and If The noniotisl plan Of ins.ruc ion be- a.
coPted, there would ia year or two be no obIee,o,
70 II. II woald work welt would rejue. tbs nrics
OF edueaon would include the poor az we'll az ,hs
tien snd be common blessing TO our country. o.
me details Of such plsn, say nothing for tbnv
10 be numerous and explicit and would n wise.
~ grated relieve II OF many apparent objections
EVery plan OF primary education, that is based upon
procPS' purely efen'osyndsy, Win meet with objec.
sno os Offensive to the pride Of too many OF our
slnsens Your School Commissioners have found
dncuiiy 10 prevailing upon tho mass Of parents
~ rose chi'dren we're regarded objects OF the fund
70 Dt 70 send them 10 school, Aud 20 II always
WIZ oe The same parents, iR The dep Of rIgoron,
winter whsn sorey pincbed by cold and want will NOT
70 reee'vs the charitable assistance OF tho over.
oS'' OF 'ne poor or OF benevolent neighbour Too
many OF them know not how TO appreciate the hensf,s
d. sdueation, aud imagine that they either wan, ,hs
oil their children az home, shat thew ougb,
~ 70 s1poss Them In their rage to the jsers and
'eunh and sas high notions Of tho ehildyan M b.;
more indepe ndeDt neighbours ~
nave not access,o he documents ON other Stat.
10 'he 'ut OF education. But have sss sx,r,.s
rom ibe Report Of the Superintendent Of SehooIs i'll
Wv york, for the year 1928. BY L., there were AlI
700 chdren, between tho ages Of Owe snd hftssp AZ
ehoei duFiOg eight months Of The wear and this nrro
FER exceeds, by l7s0f, the whole number of children
nav "eSe 10 TIE disFcts Of that ago n9ressblv "a ths
census o. 1870. This exhibition astonishing az nav
the resui. OF liberal and vqise system Of Io1
20. a. ~ ny memory esn be relied upoo, (fof / |
SVo 90 document before De,) the State spoyopfa,a.
snnue'y one hundred thousand dollars towards ptn,n
y 9uuednon AS soon as the Inhabitants of n psIob
oornood erecla Sehhool-house and rates ceri,o ,ur
or 'ne payment OF Teacher, they have tbs rigb bv
a. :. ore" on 'he pubic school fund. for sum sousl
20 .na' which they have raised. Their School h 70,
7ure, bat snn shall DO assessed upon the ,syshi.
hnsosns OF each district, equal 10 that which A. 81
o"su 70 me district, out Of fhe School FIND and |
gives 10 the majority of the Inhabitants, The
. o, is'sins oy tar, double this sum Bur N,
details OF their whole sys.m are yvo,,h,, - -,
most careful sTssnnAtisp. IYseomm,nd ~ - yu'
coa sIso into ho plans adopted by other s,.ts -
oven beyond the Anspie--look 10 that roaIon 49,
nae oosn always dangerous 10 eIighten the minds of
nr PeoPfs-and, II you hsvo any pride eli ber a, ~
he ads 70 shame and eonfus on "'"s y"''
i, VII state, tn running paragraph, these faes-Jn
ne following grand divisions Of the whole C,rroan
pure, mere are at school every year the foliouin ro
,or4ons OF the entire population. Circle Of Graft in
-Donenia, In l1-morayia and Sesia in l2
N lS-sco'isnd, In iO--England in Is-IrsI,nd
IN lS-France. In S0--Poland I In "a pr, ,S'u'
in 954. s" III
vi our whole white population, can Won tell -, HOW
many are school eight months in the year? And how
many OF them sent there by your dIrse, ov isi
rnednSI otfrfd ~ IL