Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-04-17
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over thu existing plan. II Is well known that many
honest but Perhaps misguided people, feel reluctance:
which can hardly be feprehended at being the benef
eiares of charity OF any kind whatsoever; and that this
very natural and honorable feeling keeps back from onr
common scinols nj present constituted much Of the
very best part OF That class of our population. that should
be proper ohecs III any general sysem OF Instruction..
In these labor schoos the contrary. this degrading
feeling IL entirely femovod here the independent, boy
wotks out his education by the Of his brow,
and Is not bowed down by humu,ing Of obliga-
ton 10 amy man or any eel Of men.
We establish military achuols in which Iaborous mil
lary duties allenaied with tho studies Of tho scien
ces, aud both Wesl Point and at our domestic nsti-
luon al Lexington. these duties found To be not at
nil Incompatible with the utlautneni Of the most thorough
education ihat any oi our colleges ali1. IL tho military
mort useful or moe necessary ihnn the agricultural pros
iessonl Ia The ar, Of killing moral or de-
slfahle onn Than that Of feedng aud clothing ,hom7
celebrated Englls Statesman laa declared that ''tho
~ "nfsl ose you can make oil man is To pat him 10
DEATH: surely the very besi you make of him il
10 teach hun at by whic, you enable him to minister
10 The comlnrs and wants 81 bra fellow mon.
We VII, uoi sup To speak ii the effect which such
Institution as we have prapaed. We'll Conducted would
have upon tie agriculture Of The surrounding nry
We will not calculate the advantages 10 be derived from
annna repofls o experiments. trial Of Implements Sc
onaaating from such an institution; but VIC viii hasten
Ia point out The connection between this project and
the organization Of thu Virginia State Agricultural Soci-
cry
Oar great uerior oh feet is as we have frankly avow.
ed, To win The Legislature Of he State the adnp-
hon oil lhs system in lieu OF that which now obtains
within onr limits, and We believe the State Apriculiu-
raj S1cety Is the efficient ueHns through which We
can hoPe attain that end We know The difficulty Of
procuring grant OF money irnn the Legislature for any
paa matter how plaua5le nc matter how well es,ab.
ished 10 the resi- OF n World, ii it has been tried
wlihln The knowledge q. our lawmakers themselves
We are satisfied, then. that the first school Of this
surt muat afise tIom individual action, and that
The feasibility vi The plan mus be demonstrated by actual
experiment. We have the most onre confidence that
the first we'll conducted experiment will establish It's SUI
peuory over every uhef system beyond NIL peradven-
tute lhs Sncely prop sos "a rtiee the sum Of twenty
thousand DOLLARS 10 be Devoted the improvcmot Of ag-
neullufe; give II definite alape, lei il be known
that lhpusand dollars OF II Will bn devoted iu the
pertinent labor apprentice sehoolsi and believe
The whole sum would be raised in three monlhs.
As slight praot that We nnl mistaken IN the pop
ulafiiy nj the plan proposed permitted 10 say.
hal eonposilof Che individual who tho type for
the Pianter) the first 10 whose inspection Tho props
osi,lnn has been submitted, said to us with liberay
that doea him honor owalds the establishment of sucIi
srhoo myself will subscribe iily dollars" SO would
II be wi thousands Of mechanics and lafmns. who ieel
deeply the Of institution where heir chill.
dren may learn an atl by which TO gain livelihood!
without the sacrifice u that which Is almost as valua
bic in their eyes, the opportunity OF gainn. M edaca-
we all aware how much Tho latei,.
may be eanyassed, and how many advantages may DO
punled out. which hive hlrdly limited ut but wo
must utbeaf and apnngso for occupying much space
oufsul IN paper, where allow 90 li,,le 10 others
We are always unwilling 10 divide M article. and hav
Ing commenced the subject caold hardly say less
Indeed. fear that Tho desiie 10 reduce this article into
the limits proper the size OF our paper, has caused
10 hurry pyrr the points that would well have admitted
Of greater tuedalloli. We have however, tho consula
lion of resciing that our omissions DO supplied by
tho correspondents and tie aborets that hope ID
have in the great work that we have undertaken.