The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1839-07-04
From lle GreeasborosgA Patriot.
COMMON sCnooLs.-No. Ii.

huld I'D IN Norm Iafoiua = sN>tch VI
Common School education. or IN other
wonis. 10 establish throughout her limits,
Free Schools, did not originate with the
last Legislature. The idea then firstrec
ed a living form, and has been delivered
to the State as perfect as they could mould
il. | believe thai il will, IN all future
time, BE- marked as a bright era IN our
history. and that stream OF praise to that
bedv will issue from IT, thai viii never
dry M. 50 il is now, and ever viii be to
the legislature that conceived the idea,
AMI first sci apart portion OF our annual
revenue for the purpose. IL IS known TO
YOU that IL has been IN contemplation Tor
wears past. The first step was to raise
the nleans-to create fund, which has
been denomlnated the : Literary Fund,
aud i placed, by law, under the manage
men, Of 1 Board ii Literature, constituted
q body polite and corporate, under The
name III > The President and Directors OF
the Literary Fund Ut \. C., and COM
posed Of the Governor, by virtue OF ms
Office. as president, and three others, ben
nlally nomilated and appointed by The
Governor under and with the advice Of his
coeIncil. b. an Act Of SO, certain pro-
pert1 ID the State was surrendered 10 TINS
fund. such a aIl the swamp lands, some
hank and other s,ocks, the revenue arls-
mr. from the entries Of vacant lands, the
tax on retailers, and aucno0eers. Tue
proceeds from these sources, together with
what the State has, from time TO time,
osherwIsc added, constitute our present
Schoa Treasury. Ii will he recallected
that part of the " Surplus Money, re-
celved from the general government, was
al~o gwen to ,his Fund. Thus, for many
Nears the Fund has been accommodating.
/, has nos heen Idle. a soon as a dollar
eapae INTO hand. ii was lnsian:aneously IN
Vested IN ssspe profitable way, and the in
tere~s- a. fast o. realized has been re-ln-
ye.iesl---so that principal and interest have
heea kea active units they amount to the
serx respectable suns wsll now mention.
Bm before | enuuerzre the items Of
property osned by ,tse Fund, | wish to
say a woni uPan another point.
III Is argued IN some that wc have not
n4eoes eaoa4h to begin wiia-fhat We
slsa st.tler aS az what a,ile We have LII q
fF1lies. effort. on account ID lis usuih-
cseacx, and they scoag Al the idea, Of $50
a seaF Sustaining school. Nov, | ina
agae, the ~htle matter IS not understood
Is such. Nv information tells me, tha
Abe legislature apportloncf tgals sara anon.
1he alstffci> sgseit t0r The lnienm hetWces
ihesF ss@slaa and the neSt, laieaalng a.
tte next, 10 divide according - the means
ri the Fund, and The wants u the districts
b. iha dlslssan II siu g. each district, the
mans n ,Ae Faad we're na' exhausted, =
IA II ait, 81 taai wtii presently -. | AT
Tod f5fegr esI54tes @erp made III TIN
Rasa IL August. Ie:}9, tbe people VOTE
IN the flr.1 t4Afrt thereafter, t8e magis
tra14s, a MAJORITY hein- present, aPpoln
ttse slg.ersutefz8eass. Who proceed - lay q
tsss c.asntv int9 districts. aIsd report % tie
fra ea1u ln -i6. tbs court. first i
l~sU3 le9les a lax I'll $50 tpr every d.
iTIrt, is the sanie u9aglaer a. taEc. for 9th
G. county purposes arr les1ed. II ti4
neai place, the school houses are u b
taHsf. II ben the csBtN i diFlaed sat
da-sugis, the Tax lad, al.a houses erected
ard ri authenticated 50 the Governor. W
ar eheied 10 tie stu. 10 complete 81
this sili advance T. iar ints ! lao, - "a
iaaf Fhe e1s-s4i4re supposed $50 would b
ssftscaegi uau t. next meeting. The
dld AT desgss ! 80 h ~ the fixed amu;
CONTINUATION bast merely TT that PerD
expecting il - b. changed, a. Is resource
wealsd JUSTIFY.
A4iA j. 10 IT, sufFlciency. II il que
tioa8ble whether tie districts would ais
tils sci5osl continued tire whole yea
Macy eA3dnn cannH IT, spsed troi
hour during tie bu.y farming seasons, an
~ making our estimate ol the cost of
teacHeF. thls must le considered. In Penn
syl,sala, shere gigantic strides bave bee
made 10 this great and good work, II
szleoss serc kept open only four montl
MP 10 the last year and dgs4ng 1885, on
eetea nsonlhs. III Connecticut, seioo
are supported a. long as the allowance
each chlld holds osn ard thou the doc
are closed. Similar regulations prevail!
other States. II j. irse, the whole yet
weald ~ preferable bat We must cral
before We iry to walk. Shall We reject
half loaf because we canfaa get a@~ho
ooe the sahools caR be continued
many mpsfhs n the public money "
sustain them, and ll4disidliaIs can cont
bltf after the present node, aud ke'
them open. ii they ike, until the regul
amnilal return Il ibe illae for public oper