Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-12-19
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btlei dcnnlenl, Gayarn5r>' Messages elyel Iona
enough ioelnlaia many good things
In aign5 The lnParlanee al general diffusion Of
kalwled3e among the paefle. The Alesyage saws:
"Speahlaiiye writers "a tha naiure and pfaner ele
tnenis Of FREQ government. haze a2eeal that EVIL ris
and p9etl power caa only ba safely extended Ia Tho
= tHasses OF any people, when general intelligence aud
pure meTalliy have been widely dsed and eAeri con
tfoing nfuence The successful Efforts If n,4n IN
Iasl ages. IN assert and maintain equal RENTS all concur
IN furnishing evidence Of the truth Of tins pteat prinnn
IN me science oi government. In Ono every citizen
VINO mas attained 10 MAJORITY a}Ier shirt residence in
Inc aaie AMI who has been charged WITH or nai faxr.
IS armed wil the rlsht Of suffrage Our fundamental
law. thereire AMI the general easaflan Of The St,fe
nave all been made 10 wear the asnec they each
regard all men as equal, and seek extend to all an
9uai amount oil power, IN the endael Of public aalrs-
IN such system must BIZ obvious that education c,tn
hning boii moral AMI intellectual culure is a matter Of
primary public interest Ii is with us nat merely the
ornament OF our POLITICAL edre, ii is the foundation ON
which II stands and without which must crum5le into
!ns ana crush IN It's ial those who, in false and IA
tai security. have taken mp her abode within IL
In view OF ihesr momeniaus truths Gov C1ryin re-
gfris mat at the last session Of the Legislature e
school mni was reduced by an amount Of iy thousand
dollars is desirable that the present rate Of taxation
should he reduce1 ii is thoa, ht tal therenetnn mi
he better made 70 fl an other objects. No InleT,s,
Should be placed above that Of general education at Is
ny edncaiing poor cfldTen says the Messaoe .sUbqr
ever They aay be found, that We place them to some
extent al leist upon footing Of oqnllty with the for
tnnale inherors Of rich Ii IS Of all arences vet
discovered. the nps efficient in producing that perct
ana Jnst equality amongst men. which brngs harm nv
mo the social system, aud gives peralalency TO fee
governments"
The public works Of The State have advanced as fast
as the means for their paseenon fuished BY the an
! Fropratons. would permit. The Wabash and Erie Ca
nal Is yearly completed aud is nayiqable from the o
ana line TO point twelve miles below Defiance
III Miami Extension has been pr59ressinr. Whom
- esisung contracts this line shall have been com
rleied, there viii remain about hrY four miles 10 com
peie the chain Of Canal through tue Manmee and Mimi
allies, F1in Lake Erie to the Ohio at Cincinnati.
TIE interest The public debt Of the State has been
Iaaetna3 paid and the inatanent tobecome due on The
lot OF January, 1913, viii be promptly DISCHARGED
IN aldinI 10 the great wnras ofinter1ia npr,yrmen
IN which Ohio has been long eossaed il is remarked
That they have opened channels Of trade between The
lakes Of the no. and the great 7gabe streams that
empty into the Mexican G III The benefits of thpse
great improvements, tlerefye, will extend to others he
s,des The people Of the State They pariake of nation
n chsracter Gov. Corwin says:
Had tac State aesg permitted to receive its pronor
ton Oh The s1ies ofIse public dopain our citizens would
~ sne hifasee have been reimbursed these immense
MICA they have incurred fg the benefit of others
~ wen as themselves. Ia conHecion with Ills anliect
si uid be remembered, that cur great lines of csnsi
N pc iiore o. less productive, % trade shall be cher