Richmond palladium., 1841-07-10

49,
hs lands reserved for School the Congessiona
townships of the State about go 00J acres
These average value of Sl00 acre, will bring
560n0a The of these several Funds amount
SI553 5O2 SO the whole of which in the of
will available the State for Common Schoo
purposes. ny a law passed. by the Lessaiufe oil as'
winter, Saline Fund.- Surplus Revenue Fund. and the
State Bank School Fund were directed to be drawn in and
/ vested IN Bank stock Shoud the whole OF the above
named Of S4553,5 ,502 96 when available be
ted into Bank Stock, the dividend arising nine
per cent after deductns all expenses would annually a
2500; fund sufcIeutly large if prop
orally managed fully the purposes of rs creation
1t "ould IN the opinion OF the uhdersl9nef greatly tehi
advance the of Common School Education all
the OF the State practcable
ted fund, and the arising thereon
distributed different according
their pIla One great object should be- pos
sioe to simplify all the operations connected with the ON
mon School system. and which tnink, would a
siderable be effected by tae adoption of the plan
poo-ed' bIt we may De met Itn the oertIoh tAat tne
i6:h Sections, which form small the School Fund,
was granted the Townships for the of Common
ho5 thefeh ana t OWING to the greater richhesS oi
the soi other superior advantages the sections in
Townships valuable than in others This
doa5t not s true but II snoud be remembered that these
sections purchased by the State price that falls
equally all. The consideration paid by the State,
not the land of the General Government
TINS being the the loss suand by the State by virtue
of this agreement, equally borne BY all czens and
every principle of justice. beneficial
resulting from surrender rga taxation,
should be deemed and considered property,
be applied equally general good nf whole -
Admitting scr, carrying the plan proposed
there should be found exist, small
equal distribution the School Land Fund: vet we can
no, for moment believe that the People If the of
Indiana selfish TO be- willing make
ccs.ona a II, even to vance ooI s tina.
Of Ldu-aLon No great of general acter,
accomplished without las compromises;
ami a47al; no measure vas ever more worthy of han the
tt,,iar consideration As
mHniy should consider the education of the young and
pronola which all should chee.fy and cfctel "
No whether rich. should deem himself excused
from the discharge of this solemn duty. is merely
enough that liberal School Fund should be provided Ac
on constant. personal and peseveria action. part
Of the citizens il TO make this Fund usefu
The Farmer who should his wheat plant his
without dcvotng further thereto, woIid
siggard I'D could have but faint hopes of realizing any
product from h previous toll 50 is to extent,
with the Common School Fund Place il, its
curity and distribution concerned, in the favora
bic situation, still make it, considerable
and action mast be had
1t high time that the public mind, in this State, should
be feengy alive to the great mortance of the moral
sian thef vii soon or be entrusted the destnies
of the country; and parents patriots and
it is incumbent whose charge their tender
years committed that well and faithfully
reap plentiful harvest when ne had for
in children fruits of virtue
and intelligence without having first implanted i'll their
tender minds the Seeds of moral aud intellectual cu'iva-
ton
Several of the Governments of the old world have made
wise and saiutay provisions Tor the general diffusion "f
knowledge all classes of their subjects In the
stands Prussia Under Prusslan system,
parent is allowed to neglect the Education OF his child
" hen of natural affection shall have failed 10
prompt the parent to The discharge oi this Duty the law m
terpos9s and compeS him TO perform IT, Ihis feature III
the Prusan code be suitable to the genius of
serious consideration The muncipai laws OF most com
tries do the bestow proper duca
ton his offspring They perhaps wisely founded
the pncpIe thai It IS punishment enough Tor the parent,
who negets the Education of his chi!den suffer those
ges and nconvene-ce which his family unoduca,ed.
Will be TO bring him Russia has dopted the
Prusan SYSTEM and under the guidance and control of
the heightened and benevolent, Nicholas the fifty mil
lions Empire rising from semi
moral and intellectual grandeur In Iceland the parent is
liable be punished for the crimes of his child if he has
failed give him Ehu-ation and in Austria person
II.
this latter provision Stare and how think you
would prevented from forming matt
al alliances From that there
$4,000 in lis State the of
years cam either read or write This number hu
initiating il is State pride, doubt not by
small. From examination OF the
cover tha, in some counties no returns on This hec, we're
made In this County only thirIyseven ned
made n,esent asa Iarge minority of onl ri,i1ens
nevertheless constrained that least
lines the above number mighi have been fonnd.
Ii tho persons appointed to take The late cen S
'us, in this State, had made of all
'ers"ns over tho age Of twenty y-one years who ,
.0ud neither read nor write. venture the opin-
IN that the number would have ranged from 80 S
d 10000. From The late census also learn t
hat there in Ibis State 274.3Gs3 children, of ,
both sex, between the age of five and twenty 9
ears; and that out OF this number there found i
eceiving instruction 10 our Primary and Com. Il
non Schools 44OI0; in our SIX Colleges and L. :
iiversities 392; and in our "riv-nine Academies &
md Grammar Schools ,, i03, making in all IS 2OS
y hirh deducted from the whole number viii leave
~ .t03 children between The age OF FIVE and z
wcnfy years, who neglecing the means !,
Il Eincatinn. THIS picture IS by no means htt- b
e.inr The intelligence % State vet truth /
onpes US 10 present ii. We lrast, however. hu- n
initiating as it is, that II nav have the good cf- Y
sct nf awakening our citizens tn more lively. G
nd determined zeal the subject Of Z iucaiion: :
ni induce them to form the mob resolution nev r
r cease from their Iaboes. until, through the y
u ediun of Common Schools. they shall have
Washed out from the escutchecu of State ev- :
nv vestage If The dark stain of ignorance. Whiisr @
he Mona rches of the old world who rule with +
almost daspotic sway. and whom we have been q
aught to believe are suffered to their crowns
" reason OF the ignorance and ahiec, condition II
II the people. are even compelling their subjects r
o becnn-e instructed, let il not be said that in our
wn RepnbIIc. The very foundation of which Is | :