Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1843-09-21
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STATE SCHOOL FUND

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osf sih No eornpl,,,d al -c bad designed 70
t,v On The su3ses ofthe sbolnloo 9th, school fund
We hsvs crdcavorcd 10 treat the subloc, with can
Dor, - one Il great Importance to the whole com.
rnwnny. ~ ~ssievor party eoudHlon OF calling 10
lfe We hau rurpos-iy avoided ssying anything
whch nigh, by possibiiay b. oarvs,ve 10 .sny one
We wished the question s;iled on lie owH mcrits
merely,
In our IL No NJ showed that the fund had is
origin IN ,hs Old v, sis,o hauk and bcircvcd
tha, Ne could Wind cate the Lcgils,src 81 1875,
from the charge of passing m imrroVIden, act
from the cons Iteration, 'hs, their purpose to
protect the remains Of that bank from the r.por
isnhy q petitioners who yearly besicgcd The leg
isa,nrc wilh their effJrts to control these funds
H. The ~ We endcavorcd to show that $4,000
600 would b. Necessary to yield the amount OF m
,er,s required by The S,alnc, before the fund
would h. availsblc ,---ihsi tify-iour years would
elsrse before iha, sam could he accumulated, II
tho dc.as doe the fund were paid tina, the dsts
was slsi 900 ,hs, the mere expense Of collecting
tbs, som by tax wouh be n icus, ei0, 599,2t, oil
whtrh mus, be los, that n she deN were no,
paid go years would be required at the pas, rn'
ito Of increase before ~ 900 600 could be accu-
rnula,cd ha, \, the fund were collected IN 81 years
there would have been sunk in the collection and
management, ut css, $5o0,000.
In the 81 No we showed rs matter ofnccssity'
,hs, if,he fond were ever accumulated TO IS 600
600 the government, and the people would be in
theres,ion Of debtor and creditor, the people being
IN ctsed 10 the govcrnmen, TO the amount Of tho
fund tina, such a state Of things would induce
servile depcndence in the people on the government
incon.sen, with the condition Of freemen and dan
eerons 10 liberty; that after the accumulation of
the fund tn. poor would be compelled to pay their
rents and interest due the fund to educate the chill
dren Of the rlch while the rich owing nothing to
the fund would BE- exempted from the payment Of
school taxes that the rents and interest would be
COLLECTED yearly by state executions instead Of tax
bills and probably will be far greater expense and
difficulty
In No 4 we showed that our constitution and
laws md hc genius 81 our people were adverse 10
the accnmualing and perpetua,ing OF money in
masses. but that all tend TO diffusion that such
funds cannot be secured in perpctniy when they
consist in personal securities; tina, even upon lands,
frequently require military power 10 collect them,
and that i, IS hopeless 10 attempt TO perpetuaic
such n lundas ours.
In the 5,h No we showed, that the a,,emp, to dis.
tribute hn proceeds OF the sale Of pnblc lanis even
aaer the money was collected, and not wanted for
III, purpose of government, and when II could not
w. used without endangering the tariff, had been |
strongly opposed and OF times successfully resists
Cd and still the friends Of this fund would con-
tend for the collection of money by direc, tax,
and probably NOR for the very purpose Of distrb- |
utng ii at an uncertain period, from so to 900
years hence, and TO men who would probably be
in better condition to educate themselves than
the present generation.
In the 9th, that the fund If collected would op.
crate disadvan,ag eously upon the cause of educa.
lion itself and If would be placed in position of
-.
bic; that our present mode of supporting schools
was to be preferred to that proposed by the fund
aha, instruction was moro efficient with u.s. than in
Connecticut, where they have had fund based on
real estate.
Ia the 7,h, ha, it is mo-, believed tina, dollar Of
the fund will ever reach the object contemplated
in the net and that this has been admitted by some
who are opposed to its abolition, because Of its
possible effect on their party thus demonstrating,
that parry, no, right was their rule Of action -
that The money paid into the fund would be better
applied TO educate the presen, generation
Ia the s,h.. that from the history OF the past and
and Of the pilgrims in particular, it is shown, that
II is mind and morals not money, which will en-
sure national education and prosperity.
Such in brief, are a few OF the many reasons,
which have been and NIGH, be urged, why in our
jndgemen, the State school fund is unwise, unsafe,
and ough, most undoubtedly TO be abolished
We have endeavored 10 state these positions open
" and freely. II would seem to US, that the sub
jcc, is one OF such importance, as to claim and Sc
cure for il a careful and candid consideration by
every friend Of the bes, interes, ofthe State We
will no, doubt tina, the subject will receive that
consideration, from all persons, who care more
from principle than party.
In our next No, we will consider and examine
the communications OF some writers in the Age
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AUDITOR