The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1844-01-13

care Of The Legislature. We extract sen
.,bIe paragraph on this SUBJECT beng one
If Inc hes, which we fnd IN The Message
ain the State Of Mississippi, every free
white male person who has attained 'he ese
If n,iori,, Is armed with The right OF SUI
frage.-The Fundamental law, and therefore
,be general legislation Of The Stale, have all
been made to presen, similar aspect; they
each, regard all men as equal, and seek 10
extend to all, an equal portion Of power III
the arrangement, and conduct OF public a.
fairs In such system Of government 1t Is
obvious that education combining both
moral and Intellectual culture, IS a matter
of primary public interest, which requires
and even demands The assistance and fos'
,eriag care of the government Of the State
Education in republics or free governments,
is no, merely the ornament Of The political
ed,fce j, is the foundation on which it
stands. Indeed it is demonstrated by rea.
son and experience and by the history and
science of government, that education is the
basis, the main pillar and brace which sup
ports, maintains and PerPetna!es republican
government, and iha. without education, the
fair and ever 10 be adorcd fabric Of free and
republican government, must crumbIe into
ruins, and must crush in its disastrous fall,
not only those, who, in ialse and fatal secu'
ri,y, have taken up their abode within it,
but also, may blast forever, the last prospect
o, the vo,sres of liberty and free govern.
ment throughout the world'
As mode of "proraoting education" he
suggests the establishment. Of "primary free
schools in every inhabited township Of The
Ia. ""-' '.'o
.,a,e, under the direction Of The Boards Of
County Police Tor other persons appointed
by law) to DO supported by "fax on the
persons and property of.he State" added to
the "prof's arising from the school laws in
the respective Townships" Proceeding
upon the hypothesis that there are twenty
inhabited townships ia each county, and 1t
would require $500 added to the proceeds
Of The school land TO support each school SIX
months, he says this system would require
LAO schools and an anualtax Of $22S,OOO
which he thinks would be- cheaper than
the presen, method Of supporting common
schools. We think i. would be an improve
men, upon Tho Governors plan to require
each district to supply the amount needed
over and above The school-land fund, since
the people of the district would then have a
moro immaculate and J;reo. interest in the
school, without which no system Of schools
will flourish. Ia connection with tie SUBJ
lect Of common schools, the Legislature is
invited to consider the propriety Of extending
assistance to Academies and colleges, ant
to take steps for pu,ting,he state universi'.
into operation as soon as practicable.
The next subject touched upon is tn
lfnsuciel condition Of the State. The deb
Of the State consist chiefly Of sfunded A,
di,or's ware nts, and the first ins,a lmens
the Planters Bank Bonds, with the inaere
e on those bonds for year or two past. I
u amounts under these several heads are I
IT given, owing, says the Governor, to
I'd deranged condition of the books in the off
IS Of the State Treasurer, caused by Grav
a. misconduct, and the fact that the account
bonds issued for the Planters Bank
heretofore been kept at that institution, a
not at the Treasury.
o. Four years ago, McNutt in his ann
u; message, set down Union Bank Bonds a
BIC part Of thes"debts" Of the State, but III
a we suppose, are considered settled by
ng pudiotion. The assessment Of taxes''
It's 1925 stated at $3l6,l2O,63; and tn
of of IS43 a. $780,, 77O,77s as far as retu
or have been received, subject to Sigh.
raj crease when the remaining assessments
tilt added, and to heavy deductions BY the
tol of assessing and collecting, and for "
IT. praismen's Of lands and insolveacies.
wv nett revenue, whether j. may be ,heref
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