Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-03-05

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sanction Of the peoples voice, and until
the intriguers and iime-servers are forced
to trim TO the popular breeze, or be driven
into the retiracy they merit.
When the impartial historian shall come
to review the public acts of John Tyler, he
will be forced to the conclusion that what
ever may have been his errors, they are
more than balanced by the good he has
done. Under his guidance, the great ex-
pertinent of selfgovernment has, in the
main, progressed successfully; and poste-
rity will look. upon him as a man 'jealous
Of the honor of his county, and devoted TO
her glory and prosperity" May we never
have a worse PresidenNa
FEMALE CoLLEGE.-- We give place to the
lengthy proceedings of the College meeting
at Middleton, and invite the readers at
tention to the report on the Importance and
feasibility Of the project.
We shall venture to make suggestion
to the friends of this enterprise, upon which
four suggestion, not the enterprise,) we
confess we have not thought much, but
which appears to us plausible enough to be
brought before ihe'public, and to the consi-
Iteration OF those interested. II is this ;
There is now, or once was, or is hereafter
to be, large sum of money in our State
Treasury, set apart for the founding and
| endowing Seminary or University, exclu-
sively for the education of the male SEX
Now, 1.-THE of this sum, say S25 900, APP
propriated to purposes OF female educa-
ton, with the private contributions which
may be certainly calculated upon, would
place an institution for Female Education
upon permanent and prosperous basis !;
and we know of no location so convenient
to all portions of the State--so healthy
and in all respects SO well suited, as Mid
dleton. We have never been able TO see
the patriotism and philanthropy of these
schemes of spending hundreds of thou
sands TO build and endow Uniyersties-al-
most always as void of practical good, as
useless, as they are expensive-whle hum
dreds Of neighborhoods are destitute Of the
most ordinary means of instruction and
we enter our protest against following the
example of several neighboring States, in
using the means Of the whole people in
founding these expensive schools for the
few, these hot-bed nurseries Of the non
producers, while the great mass feel the
need of schools for acquiring even the ru-
diments OF common school education. We
had rather see this "Seminary fund" appl-
ed to the establishment of good system Of
Common Schools. But If 10 be applied Gas
it probably will be) to College purposes, we
urge that it would be in accordance with
the enlightened spirit Of the age in which
we live, that portion should be set apart
for Female Education. We suggest that
the effort be made 10 obtain portion of this
fund for the endowment of the Female
College at Middleton. The State mightap-
point trustees to represent its interests, re-
quired TO make annual reports Of the trans
actions, and OF the application Of the mo-
ney appropriated.
We might enlarge upon this suggestion,
and upon the claims of the &C better half Of
creation to a share in the benefits Of this
fund, but we deem it unnecessary. If our
friends at Middleton think the chance of
success worth the effort, we shall be pleas
a q. IL. Al.
columns to urge the matter on the conside-
ration Of the public.
ADVANTAGES OF not ADvERTIsING.--These
may be seen in any of our towns and viii
lagos on any Sheriff's or Collector sale day.
A large quantity of land was posted on the
courthouse door to be sold, one day last
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