The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-07-11

COMMON SCHOOLS.

p0fttEcr thaa 0fdtndTNs 10 GechEc Al Tie
eieelion HeII month. II is . question
whether they will avail themselves al The
1iss PfssisiOn made By act Of The !sgis.
laIuse. 80 making beginning in . sys,
ieE 81 Common Schools. By that a-,.
GiIe people are called upon 10 vote, whe-
lAsr they viii RAISE BY taxation. twenty
dollars Tor every forty dollars % be paid
cot Of the Literary Fund. 10 support .
School Ia each dislTic, Of six miles square.
4 separate Pnll 10 10 be opened al every
election ground. snd those who are in
lsESr OF the plan. Siil vote '.Schonl, !"
those opposed 10 IL mo School"
We do not Tor . moment doubt that
Ihe plan will be adopted IN this county.
aud generally throughout The Slsie.--
Two considerations alone assure Us that
This will be the result. In The frs. place,
We are sure that The ahole people Of
Narih Carolina are alive % the import.
anee nf education. and anxious TO place
IL within the reach OF every child. al all
points. and al 4 cheap rate. The state
proposes. osI Of funds already in hand, 10
pay fsriy dollars TO each district which
shall build . school house and collect
twenty dollars. The second considsra.
ton i. that We have TO idea that Cum.
bertrand county will refuse her share of
lhs beneesent provision. whilst she sees
Robson accept Of hers.-and rice rer-
81. The average number of School
Districts of six miles square in each
county Will be about twenty. Suppose
Robson should accept the benefit Of
the act. she would receive from The liz
leFaTy Fund, for the education Of her
children. $500. whilst Cumberland if she
we're 10 reject il, would get nolhing.-
Of course Cumberland will not be so
lost 10 her own interest, 10 say nothing
Of her character. IS TO reJecs The law,
so lsr as she is concerned. for. be il
remembered. though sac NAV reject il.
IL is still imperative IS 10 other coun.
ties.
We have heretofore published the law.
which is also in the hands of every
Justice Of the Peace. and we have now
again referred 10 the subject for the pur.
Pose Of introducing the following close
at communication. hy an able writer
in The Greensborough Patriot:
IL spoke heretofore of the loss to
each individual, should the project prove
iDpracIIcsble-now what would be tie
loss to the slale' Not one fourth Of the
interest on lis Literary Fund for one year.
There being 1850 districts. $50 TO each
will make only $4,000. Where would
even that be goae! Not buried in the
ocean, nor iotever lost 10 Us. But dis.
peEsed throughout the length and breadth !
Of our sisIe-s litile ia every mans noek-
Ct. Would not the additional sehoaI. |
houses We should then have over the
countryside spirit thereby started, and
ne informsiion disseminated, added 10
lie light Of Ihs, experiment to guide US
IN iulure. amply compensate! Bear in
mind. that in al emergencies the prin-
Opal lis 10 be held sacred and untouched. /
&" | hsEe said that $40 was not the
extent 10 uhich the slate could have
gone for each district North Carolina
cOren an area Of $4,000 square miles.
IL. estimated that on account OF va
rant and Inaccessible swamps in The
east, and mon1iaias, un-usceplible OF cuI.
'lEa'Ion ia The " es,, one lerlif is nn,nhab.
tIe'. II Tie remainder, 5000 Of ia
hsoiIsd territory, be laid of into six
niles square, Or as nearly SO a. The ns.
iurs Of Tie cOaary will admit. We have
1850 districts. So you at once see that
ne Ia"ome, as ssiimsteJ shore, will al.
.Ow goo :o'esch. The proposition TO US
g Z for $50 IL The state gives 800. We
.asll haze to raise SIS making sl35.
" y! not tl!is msiFiain school 6 months!
Had ne not better take one Cor that pc. ,
mol. viii a hope Of getting one for q
o,n2sr hereafter, lhsn have none al all,
ihls Is called day Of light and know. /
edge put how many children around |
Us haTs no school 70 90 iol how many
4
ne sithoui The means VI going. though
aiiain lls resell! hoS many are growing |
20 ignorance, and will soon be beyond /,
i 10 aga 10 CO., Shall we not provide for !
we present generliien, though ne can. !
nos Do II 10 the fullest etleni, Shall the s
o'rssing Of education be withheld, when q
j eau be granted! Shall il be deferred .
"nen hundreds and thousands would re- .
Juice al ibe reception Of even pi,Isnce I 9
Lee Us nov lay the Foundation ola univer- {
7" sys'eP aud adapt Il in lime TO all HE
vans OIL The country. Iflhis opportunity
'IPs iron u', uuinprosed. is it sure The
nef' Assembly vii, agree upon anolher.or
lie next or the nexil If deferred only q 4
year Or 'wo' how many Of our county !
men 70 that short lime. viii pass The d
chance Of its benefits! Id
| I. Those who have schools al their .
Iear. 81 Ibe means TO send their children c
broad, should feel for others. Nor only -
ynps'h'se VIII he child thus deprived. e
'ui extend his bsnevoIence 70 his 1coun. c