Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-11-12

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result winch Is dear to every i!,4 loves
our free Institutions In e;ac,ng liz great reforms
TINT are necessary, the -opir IL their "n prs III asso
cla,ions can, ana uI!t Ia do more than - Govern
ment. Should The L".isintnre attempt reform, and
adopt system nconvrncnt aud bntdensome 10 the
peoPie-excite ment aud division would be- produced
and The friends Of ref,m would he told, that len the
Government has provided for the expense OF leglSla
ton aud The proper administration OF the laws and
for the defence OF the State, it has taken from The
citizen, by taxation otherwise, all that any good
Government ought To take from its citizens, leaving
the balance To be employed aud enjoyed by every free
man in the manner mos, desirable TO him
Education, Ike other great Intcre s,s-to wit arr-
CULTURE manufactures and commerce may, against the
eisr OF The great abstract proposition just stated
ceve, with proprIety legislative aid in eicctins for
each interest what cannnt very well be done By The
pllcation OF individual means The State nav connect
itself with individual enterprise in the cause Of Inter.
nal Improvement, where the work be done is too
great TO be achieved b. individual capital, and thereby
advance the interest of agriculture, manufactures and
commerce and where this aid has been udicously
gwen, the whole Commonwealth has been repaid for
the general tax necessary to accomplish the object
me State OF Virginia, some twenty years ago. adopted
system for promoting Education within the Common
wealth. which, 1t carried out, is, in the opinion of the
wrier, more III accordance with The welfare, the views
ahu te circumstances OF the people, than any new one
mat has been suggested recommended and this
ZEN mas The advantage of being areudy organized and
popular This system provides in the first place, FOR
the education Of the INDECENT portion of the popullton;
hy the INDECENT only those children who have
no means OF paying Tor their education or whose
parents are go poor to be unable to spare the
~ PRIMARY education. No man, who is independent cl.
her IN property, or who is able bodied is expected TO
aPpy 70 TINS iund any more than they would apply for
me FUNDS OF the parish The fund appropriated for the
education OF the poor is strictly charity fund and
when properly managed, treated as charity fund
Iva Inc way IN which this fund is applied causes it 10
~ lore ciiiccnt than the same amount could possibly
. nj thn ala tt,ogk
ouf Population is so sparse that oar poor children
cannot DC objected together, but must have their tui.
w" la'r' Us -, conveniently 10 their dwellings, A
cnafny iuna Oh a10Gu0 per To pay the tuition
OF poor ch'lnfen' by no means small matter to
nave been rased ant set apart under our system and
experience shows that s,e dstribu,ye share n ,h; r
Is more than sufficient to ay in many counties for The
tuition Of al the pnor chilean that can BIO fund will
ing TO aTa themselves OF u lis be easily proven
by documents enianatins from he Office Of our ohle
Second Auditor, who has charge ,hn returns am
altogether unwilling 10 see this clara. FIND d;s,nrhad
or directed into any other channel. hier providing
for the poor children system proceed, 10 do thai
for the promotion Of the higher branches Of Litigation
which was beyond the reach of individual exers,n r.
r establish on her foundations the University. This
tu,ion which estimating the value OF the annuity, c.
the State about half million of dollars, stands as ar
honorable testimony, that the system which could pro
dnce il cannot be bad II is believed by those
we'll qualified TO ndge that no institution OF learning
in the IT, S equal II in the advantages II offers Il
students, who suitably advanced 10 enter on the
courses there Taught and attend the lectures deliver
ed b. its able professors. This has absurhly beer
charged with being outlay for the benefit of the
ric but it needs bat moments reflection, TO deter
mine that both The dignity and true interest Of the State
are promoted by liz establishment
\ Whatever any intelligent patriot may determine,
with regard TO the extent Of education he may allow
his son, he will moi deny the proposition that The
State should have within It's borders, an institution o;
lcurning where the highest grade Of education can be
Obtained where her sons may be 50 trained IN SCI
encc, to compete successfully with the distin-
aushed Of any other land where professors and tach
prs may be educated to fill places III the colleges
denies and intermediate schools throughout the Com
nonwealli; and make them in turn schools. fitted
again To teachers Of other schools, end thereby
cheaper liberal education and bring il 10 every man
door Our system did not stop, with the establishment
Of al university. Tie " Use men who established the
system, knew that the bone and slnew Of society,
were neither the pear children Of The state, nor alone
such could avail themselves OF the high advantages
OF the University They knew that there were Cole
ges and Academies, and Intermediate Schools estab
llshed and sustained by private enterprise and private
muificence and they knew well, that these Schools
needed some assistance from the State, TO give then,
permanencc and stablity-to enable them to buy Ii
brares apparatus establish Proiesorshps and to lower
the price Of liberal edncaton and make such m edit
cation aitainabe to larger proportion o the people
the legislative pledges Of that day, and since needs
only BIZ referred to prove ts.-Now what wanting
to complete our system, as contemplated in It's torma
ton Only that the ale should appropriate such
spare funds may come into The 'ffeasury-to make
proper privision for the Schools, Academies, and Col!
!!egss-Nol such provision as would il make unneces
sary for the industrious people Of this State to ever;
themselves to pay The expense OF educating tier
chdren-not TO make free Schools, but 10 give such
!, aid to such permanent arrangements would bring
down The price Of education, and place it within the
reach Of those who desire il, and will pay for H. The
December to be, 10 urge on the Legislature the
p7oprety OF perfctng system long ago determined Oh
cct of the Convention Richmond, the It's (9h OF
on, no, 10 propose 1t IS time That The great
mass Of society should demand its far share in the dis
trlLuon OF benefits from common fund. And II Is
hoped tina, there will meet large representation OF the
people from the different counties al Richmond, on the
Isl h) Of December, 10 consider The subject Of Educa
ton and, the time is short il may not be pract'-
cable TO await the County Courts, 10 call meetings on
the subject but it will, in many cases. he but TO get
up meetings, and appoint delegates on other days
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