The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1839-10-03

ange has white pop lation also Of IL, coo. Tic
former has lands more valuable aud negroes moro
numerous and is altogether a richer County more
people to pay it and more 10 pay taxes with. But
by tins Sc DOL law the People OF RoJes0n must
pay an aggregate amount to support schools un-
der II larger than Orange. For the lands Of
Robson cover more square mules oiferritOTy than
Orange Take the whole east and the whole
toeSt and the results the same. This school law
gives away 10 rich east Counties $500 600 that
under the Literary Fund act Of le25 and ever
since was vested in the teestern Counties that
were less wealthy and more it taxes the people
| OF the Uest to make up the deficiency. The de-
mocrats about here did not the night of that
thing and they doubt yet if People OF tho other
! Western Counties, will approve it either when
they come to get a clear sight Of it.
Wealth docs not contribute t. educate the
poor Icy such a system as this. No such thing
quite entirely the reverse" The poor have 10
contribute TO educate themselves and to hilf the
rich TO educate their sons and daughters too.
! 5. But there are other objections against this
budget OF plumbers.
! The school law was submitted to the people al
/ The polls A proceeding unheard of before in
North Carolina, and which is not entirely recon-
cilegble 10 our notions of a ReprcseHtdtire Cur
ernment! 1t is ever 50 with men who have no
real democracy in them. They will affect to have
confidence IN the people and make a show OF con-
sulting them without allowing to their wishes
any substantial operation. Now why not consult
/ the people BetUc the law was to pass Why de-
clare that if one county asscnted to II the law
should be in force there, no matter how major
I tty Of the whole people voted The Democrats
OF Lincoln aud the largest portion Of this coun-
I ty chose to deny their sanction to any such prin-
/ clple. | have no time to extend my views full
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rcsentatiye democracy that the Legislature is 10
pass laws, and the people vote, not on the Laus
but upon the Legislators This law y as pat to
them in the lump-take all or none--takc il so
or not at all. The people could not amend il at
the polls The people could not strike out any
thing or insert any thing Our iorefathers had
not discovered this modern system of law max
ing, am sure, for | see no trace Of 1t in our
history.
When Constitution is put to the people un-
derstand 1t 1 can see the necessity for II and no
man doubts its propriety, but whoever heard be-
fore this, of the People at the polls of Nor. Ca
rolina voting on an Act Of Assembly? Is it like
! a Constitution unaiterable, except by another
vote Of the people Then more care should nave
been, taken to make this one practicable in Is
operation and Just to all sections Of the State Is
1t TO be like any other law repealable by the Gen
eTai Assembly, then il was trifing with the peo-
PIE TO call for their votes at all. For in the lat
ter case the law Is precisely the same whether
SHORTY voted for II or not
Since writing the above have seen that this
school ialr is probably 10 mean one thing IN one
placer another thing in another. The res
pectable Boardof Superintendent in DAVE have
proposed an entire change OF views about their
! construction Of The Act and other counties have
given it another They cannot give to the school
law the meaning proposed in DAVE, without
disregard OF theplainest words. Language can.
not be palmer than this
1.-THE Superintehdents, &c shall. pfoceed 70
din de their respective Counties info School bis
trIcts, &c. containing not more than. 6 mil 81
square, but having regard TO the number Of white
children in each Pros ided that 10 greater nun.
Der Of school districts shall be lald'uf in any
County, than shah be equal 10 one District for
every six miles square OF inhabited tcrritorq."
Ii Is positive and plain. The "number" in
County shat be determined BY the " inhabited ten.
ritory,n notify white population not by the nun.
Der Of children. There is no reference to the
children except in respect to the boVRddriea Of
I each district The Davie Committee have stated
what We think the oagbtto have been but not
what II is. Above arc the words, lot any one read
for himself
The other parts of this act which necessarily
tACIuue tie EoHstTuCtlOl OF the DdFle NOf4liull-
tee, have time to refer 10 it at present if you
had space FOR 1t,
But the County Committee cannot be too care.
fol OF their course in this regard for if the Su-
periRtendents 10y off a larger number of districts
tharWil The equal to eaf tqevery six miles square,
il enl Rges LIST the sum ~ b. dawn from the Frea
snry! % il iucreascsthe tax to be lsyief on the
people. In case this shall be contrary TO law tas
It is then the Governor cannot give his warrant
TO any OF the School Districts of that county,
for ne has no course but to refuse the whole when
there are too many districts. Sd. The tax laid on
the citizens cannot be collected for the power Of
the Court extends not beyond a right TO levy 20
dollars for every sir miles square Of inhabited ter
rftory Reflect fer one moment and you will see
that this is the true intent OF the lar,
| hope my hints may induce others TO como
forward who are more able to discuss this subject
fully. Be that as it may, any honest man win
see in all this some reasons besides hostility to
Education for larger portion of the Democrats
of Mecklenburg and a majority OF Lincoln vo-
ting against the " School Law"
A DEMOCRAT
We had promised to insert the above commu-
nicaton before we saw it and il was placed in our
compositors hands before We had time to peruse
it, taking it for granted that it was fair ex-
position of the School Law and free from party
scurrlty, or else we should have declined its pub
hcation.l