The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1843-10-17


school fund. These two acts, with the one
authorizing subscription of six hundred
thousand dollars of stock in the Wilmington
and Raleigh Railroad Company, for the use
of the common school fund, comprise the
Legislation creating this fund--whlch in
November, lS40. amounted in nominal val.
ne TO Two millions two hundred aud forty.
one thousand four hundred aud eighty dol.
lars. A large portion of this amount has
accrued under the original &C. of 1925,
and considerable part is the proceeds OF
toe public MONIES, received by North Car.
DINA under the deposIte act of Congress,
and appropriated by the Legislature of $50
10 this fund. MIR. Haywood says that
" about two millions OF dollars was devoted
to the common school fund at this time,
(Which think is incofrec, IN amouni) and
tha, the Legislature of 1886 was Democrat.
&c" leaving the strong iniereLce 10 be
drawn that this was democratic measure,
passed by democratic Legislature, when
be well knew the fact, that the law of 1886
originated with a " big. was reported by u
Wing committee, aud was passed into Il
law by the Wings IN both houses. But as
| am con,rosefuug the position taken BY
one OF our grave aud truthful Senators, per
rlit me TO iortiiy my position by q refer
ence TO the Journals Of the House of Com
mons Of 1886. at page ass, where a com.
miitee is raised upon this subject, consisting
of Messrs Williamson. HILL. Cranberry,
Hosklns, and Sailerlhwaite, (all of whom
but Mr.. Williamson we're Whigs) and a.
page 499. where Mr.. Williamson, as chair.
man, reported bill "to drain the swamp
lands of this State, and to create fund for
common schools" This committee vas
appointed by The honorable gentleman him.
self, as speaker of the House OF Commons,
and from lis political complexion, infer
that be was not then SO DESTROYS that him.
self and bis poli,lcsl friends should share in
the responsibility of this measure.l
The test upon this bill you will find OF
page 500, when it passed its second read
ing BY 65 to %. Those who voted IN the
affirmative were Messrs. Adams, Ayeritt,
BrHmmeh, Boyd, Cammel, Clayton, Glen
emf, Cotton, Corington, Cor, Crawford,
Cruz, Davenport. Erpin, Faison, Fdrrop,
Gales, Gary, Gee, Gillispie, Giliiom,
Grady, Graham, Cranberry, Guthrie, w.
Harris, Hartley, Henry, Hill, Hoke, Hol-
land, Hollingsyorlh, Horton, Hoskins,
Hopard, Jtberson, E. Jordan, kenan, j.
A. King, ~ J. King, w. B. Lane, Lind
say, Maclln, C. II. Mathe,rs, Manlesby.
e. r. Miller, Moore, McAllister, Nc Clan.
ohan, Mcneil, McRae. Nye, Patton, J.
II. Perkins, Pinkston, Pritchard, Rane,
Rayner, Roberts, Simpson, Sloan, Small
rood, Smith, Siatlings, Suiff, Ward, Wat.
son. Williamson. Those who voted 10 the
negative we're Messrs. Bedford, Cham
bers, Coor, Daniel, George, TT. S. Harris,
Hooker, Howerton, lrion, Judkins, ]. W.
Lane, J. F. Lee, J. Nahhsws W. j. Nil
Ter, Moye, Roebuck, Spiers, Stockard,
Thomas, Tomllnson R. Whitley, X. w hit,
iey-showlng that 46 Wings voted for the
bill and agains. il, and % Democrats for
1t and II against. The vote in the Sen
ate, (page 23l was 81 TO 10. Those in
the affirmative we're Messrs. Albright,
Barnett, Bryan Of Craven, Bryan of Car.
teres and Jones, Burasy, Carson, Ddrid.
son, Dobson, Gadger, Hargrore, tlussey,
Joyner, Kelly Marsseller, Melcbor, Moody,
Nosely, Moye, Moore, Mccormick, Myers,
Polk, Relnhardt, Sanders, Speniu Taylor
and Williams. Those in the negative we're
Messrs. Arlington, Baker. Bunting, Cow
per, Exum, Houlden, MoREHEAD, Reid,
Kidding and Misunderstanding thai | 8
Wings voted in favor OF the bill and but .
against 1t, while bu, Democrats voted for
aud s against it, These are the facts con.
nected With the law Of 1880, referred to by
the honorable, gentleman, and The public
can nov decide, how fat he vas justifable
IN Boosting that this Law had been passed
BY Democratic Legislature. His next
position was, that the Law OF 1885 provided
tor paying the school fund to the several
counties according to The number of uhite
children in each, and that The Wings had
changed 1t TO federal population to the pre-.
JGdice OF the Western Counties. By re.
ierring 10 The act of 1886, Revised Statutes.
page 279, you will lind that there is no
such rule of division provided in said law,
nor any reference made as 10 the mode of
distributing the fund--and "that the old
rule Of DIVISION existed alone in the i'm.
agitation OF the gentleman. Ia his zaal to
awaken the prejudice Of The western peo
PIE against their representation 10 the Leg
is!atufe OF 1910, and To hold them respou
sibie iof violating their imaginary proyis-
ions OF the law of 1886, by adopting the
federal basis Of Tue school law of 1910.
he has forgotten to look into the record
aud see which Of the political parties are
responsible for this feature in that law. Il
VIII, however, open the Journals for bis 10. |
speciion and has party may have all the
laurels they will gain BY i,s exhibition. AT
the meeting Of the Legislature OF 1910, the
school law Of the preceding session had
been but partially put into operation, and
80 obviously defective tba, all conceded il
must be amended. For tina nurnose