The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-01-10

We have RrrsIly The advantage: and il il
believed Ihst IL can be shown 10 q demon
slraliun. that The advantage arising from
the graIer density Of papulslion in
Massachusetts is fills eonnieIbalaRced
BY evils ofsn opposite nature. lr"m Ahieh
We are exempt. We are blessed gllh
climate equally salubrious. soil ri greater
average fertility, larger variety OfPrOdac
lions. and more valuable staples. domain
between Six and segen times a. extensive,
an amount oi aggregate wealth nearly ss
grrsi. and greater. man Inr man, divide d
aiming our citizens Ailh an equality.
slukihgly similar 10 that which character
ises their distribution oser The state. Ia
the relative dissemination Of intelligence,
il must be admitted that the superiority is
not with as: aud 10 this cause alone. must
be assembled the Tact that. with immensely
greater facilities Iur the production OF
wealth, We have so little surpassed our
keen-sigh;ed rivals. Neither argument
nor example is necessary TO prove that the
enterprise. aud consequent wealth Of every
nation. is in direct proportion TO lis in-
lielIieencr. u is the history ol the world.
and the experience Of every individual.
A comparison OF The relative advantages
Of North CarolIns. with either Of The
states that has entered upon the grea,
career Of improvement. will serve TO show
that there is nothing connected with The
condition and resources Of this common
wealth, that should deter the patriot from
the attempt to discharge his duty. New
York. Pennsylvania, and The infant Col-
losu.. Ohio. are opposite end cheering
examples. The empire state, that aslo
nished The world, by The accomplishment
of a physical improvement, :" century
in advance Of the age" has effected inf.
nilely more lnr our country and mankind
in the admirable organization Of her system
Of intellectual Improvements. With q
territory not quite equal in extent 10 ours,
an aggregate population perhaps three
times as great, she has established more
than ten thousand common schools, in
which instruction is given To number oI
|, children. larger imam that Of our whUle
white population. lf DE Win Clinton
had never been born, and The first concep
: ,ions of her whole scheme Of inlerna
Improvements were yet To be formed, the,
would certainly and inevitably resul, frou
her common schonl system. II is min'
that acquires dnminion over matter. an
o education that forms the mind. Penn
sylyanis entered comparatively late int
y the generous contest Of physical an
a intellectual improvement. but she entere
0 with a giants stride, and has made and j
= making a giants progress. With a
o extent Of territory less by one-ten'h tina
e ours, an aggregate population twice a
4 large, her system provides for The immed
e ate instruction Of 100000 children. at a
e annual expense Of 100000.
Y This expense. lie, it be remembered
k has been voluntarily assumed BY he
y citizens. at the polls, in their sewers
!. school districts, and al a time when the
:. were charged with the maintenance Of
|, system Of internal Improvements, es
h tensive and costly beyond all parable
u Ohio, that in the memury even Of Oh
e middle aged men oI the present eener;
ton, was a wilderness, promises To ou
II strip all her sisters in physical an
d intellectual improvement. One o! hs
;. rilizenss is entitled 10 The proud dis.int
'e lion Of having given the first impetus .
IS The greatest physical improvement, Of III
y age-and anoiher.t a forest born professor
al has probably accomplished snll nor
gigantic results, BY the interest which h
% has excited in favor Of education in hi
h native state, and throughout, our coun,r,
q, II cannot be necessary to en'er more e,
A. lensively into these calculations.
W Our condition is not unlavorable TO III
N establishment, OF common sehnols; W
IL have the necessary resources, and nee
e, nothing bu, the will to apply them libera
in ly, aud the intelligence to apply lheI
le with discretion. With respect to Ill
b. mode Of application. we have ioriuna,el
10 access to more satisfactory information
Ie than on any other topic that has engage
Ut our attention. The regret tina, we has
e. not been enabled to act efficiently a, a
Is earlier period, islesseued BY the consider;
8, ton that we are enlightened BY the record
m ed experience of lhnse who have prece,
m ed US. II there were widely discordal
n. opinions. as to the best mode Of nation
,g enlightenment, we nigh, still eSperien'
,e much difficulty in arriving at salislactor
he conclusions.
8, So far, however, as the Board have h'
pr an opportunity Of examining the histor
or Iof education in the old and new worl
We the mode Of procedure is substantial
III the same. Ia Sweden, Prussia, Germ
IN my. Austria and Russia. the machinery
nj arranged with celebrity. and the sys,e
ed pursued with vigor peculiar to the o
IA, Grafton Of despotic forms Of goyernm'n
In this country, where the peops a
he sovereign. action implies deroerat'o
in | anil In dalihara,ion ara snnetlneS lnC