Piney Woods planter. (Liberty, Mi. [i.e. Miss.]) 1838-1840, 1840-01-18

a are bound 10 contribute their share Of thu
III expenses necessary 10 their enforcement
Il The State is bound, By tho highest obi
. cations of duty and patri otism, to educate
all her children. The benefits thereby
arising, would not be confined TO the hum
: Bile, but rebound to tho lasting advantage
: Of every citizen. The avenues TO wealth
and fame, would be open TO all---crime
would be diminished, ,ind ignorance no
, longer punished. In miiny of the States
ofthis Union, not one person in ten thou
sand can be found un able to read and
/, write. In many countie s in this State,
schools do not exist, where the ordinary
rudiments of education can be- obtained.
The Legislature that est abishes system
Of free schools, where every child, rich
and poor, can obtain knowledge at the
same fountain free Of charge, will be i'm
mortalized in the annals of the State
The system here, as every where else.
may be unpopular at first with thepsslfish
and contracted, but eventually will find
favor with all, when its glorious results
shall have been witnessed. Despots
strive to chain the minds, and keep their
subjects in the labyrinths of ignorance
fremen seek TO open the portals ofknowl-l
edge to the poor and humble, as well
as to the rich and exalted. As knovedpe
progresses, tyranny disappears; and his
tory does not afford, an example Of peo-
pie long held in bondage, where the whole
population were educated. To protect
our rights, they must not only be under
stood, but all must be able to combine to
maintain them. This can only be done.
by bringing to the aid of physical power.
the lights of experience and science.
The money collected to sustain free
schools, will again be expended among
those who contributed it and hazard little
IN asserting that at least a million Of dol.
lars annually taken out Of the State to cd
ucate the youth of the land, would re-
main with us if the proposed system
should be adopted.
Il will be admitted that the morals Of
students would be preserved by keepino
them at home where they would constant
ly be under the supervision of their par-
ents and guardians. Their love of coun.
Try would also be preserved and general
health promoted, by imbibing KNOWLEDGE
at home under the care Of instructors hay-
ing feelings congenial with our own inst. {
tutlons--in the climate where they we're !
born and will solourn.
The present law requires the Auditor
OF fuollc Accounts to nyes, all monies {
accruelng to the literary fund in stock Of
the Planters Bank. That stock IS new
below par, and it is quite probable that !,
no regular dividend can be obtained for 4
some time. therefore suggest the pro-
pretty Oh making some other provision y
tor It's investment. The stock heretofore
taken in the Bank has been divided a.
mong the old counties, and the boards oil :
Police are authorized to draw the diyi- !
dends. 1t is believed that but little ben
eht has accrued to the counties by the
transfer, and it is worthy of your consid- !
Grafton whether better plan could not
be adopted to secure the benefits it Is ca
pable of affording. The money invested !
IN the stock Of the Planters Bank on &C.
count OF that fund amounts to the sum =
OF slxty-six thousand nine hundred and !
thirty five dollars and thirty three cents.
most Of which has been placed to the cred G
It OF the several counties. b.
Remainder in our nertl Il