Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-01-05

30 good, and that the present plan o.:
administering 1t is a failure. Its radi
cal vice, is | have no doubt, that = i, does
not even profess 10 help any who are
able 10 help themselves, the cons luence
OF Inch Is, thIt the poorer c asses can.
rot have the benefit OF it without a sort
Of T~eproachful admission.
suppose YOU have seen tteproceedincS
of the ate Richmond school convention
and the address of It's committee Its
plan, To be brief Is the comfy plan is
TO leave the who'e mUtcr To the cuuu
ties separately, and that through the
ins~trumentali:y of the County courts
ms pian-ihlS county pian-seems TO
me 10 he wholly nattnlsstble an TO
possess nothing TO recommend it.
shall not now pre'enl TO discuss IT, or 10
so into a detail OF objections To it,. It,
own weakness, and its certain incIpab.u
Ity, 10 give instruction to all the parts
OF the State alike, ought at once TO con
denim IT, TO say nothing of the monstruus
anomaly In any government o. entruSt-
ing a matter of such vital importance,
20 the uncertain aud unavailable &c ION
and legislation Of as many distinct bodies
as there are counties IN the State. IL is
to my mIno, | repeat, nustrouS. wi n
out adverting TO its folly, 10 commit such
power 10 mere corporation courts, or
county authorities of any kind. What!
has II come TO this tina: the General as
scmb'y is too ignorant or too weak 10
legiSlate for the whole Commonwealth
For what purpose is il that we wolld
give universal educatiou2 Is il no that
/ q ynrV ma, ha nh, -, ,,l-... l..
rights and the and ju,t Interests of
Inc Repu6lic? Ought not. then all parts
10 be equally instructed? Is not any
plan radically defective which. while II
c~nllghtens one part. leaves the other in
darkness? And will not this DC the re
suit Of the county plan? OF what avail
Will II be for the en- igh'eHcd county of.
NhendRdOah to spend money in SUI
porting schools, If It's vo'e i'm public al
lairs, State " National, may be defeated
oy the IGNORANCE 0 lie c,ty.oE Rich
mond'
The legislature has not left the reg
~ulatIon o! free negroes. the protection
OF the game, or the preservation ,oC nys-
tcrs and terraP:ns 10 The County Courts
Are we % say that the people from the
MeuniaInS, are more concerned for their
game, and That they down by tie 'sea
side" care more for their oysters an
tcrlapins, than they DO for tho education
OF the people (! fear. truth will con-
strain them 10 say, they do.
1t is 10 me surprising that sensible
men should for one moment tolerate
this county plan, What could have civ
en- birth to such a cruiiiy, not 10 say
detoTniiy, ! cannot tell, unless il was
that almost universal spirit oc demaron-
ism which has seized The public mind
and has made such towards Of Va all
that we no longer have the courage To-
do any thing which is good or great, or
TO move ahead or To stand still.
know that you have flattercd your I
sell with the notion, that when the de
mocraiic party drained the asccndency
IN the councils Of the state The cause Of
education would receive n new impetus
IN this you will find yourse + mistaken.
The spirit Of pure unmixod democracy
Is roracto1S Of Sorrelgn and political
poCer ard patronage aud therefore, / o.
firm, though | cannot here 20 into the
discussion, hostile to knowledge. Ii
must be so. 3oyrcign power, whether
vested in the one, the few, or the mann.
must, while man is q selfish being, be
opposed tosa too close scrutiny into its
acts and motives. Both orthe great DO.
liical parties Of the country, arc at this
time deeply imJued with the spirit Of
democracy. The principal difference
between them IS, thai one Of them has
more oil its lever than the other. The
body ofthe wing party is Republican
md such ! think is the case, with a
large minority Of the democrats, though
many ofthis latter party AMI pcrhap s
a majority Of them are full Of the pure
spirit Of democ .acy. You sir, nave
mistaken democracy for repIbIicanism
you have supposed them 10 De idcnti.
cal, whereas few things are more IN
like. They agree that all politica. or
sovereign power should be vested in the
people, and ] know not, that they agree
IN any thing else. The Republican
while he contends that the sovereign
power should be lodged in the hands Of
the people, yet he maintains that rs
few soyrcigns as possible should be
granted. lie in a word, is for diminish
ing the amount Of sorTeiga and increas.
ing the amount OF the pc soma, and IN.
dividual rights md i~mmUnities Of the
people. The Democrat. on the other
hand delights IN curiailing the indiyid.
ual privileges II the community, and
charging the amount OC the sOvreigl
and political powers ofthe State. Tho
Republican will not lightly enlarge the
privileges or pywers Of the SovREIGy