Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-09-19
c,.,.y Morning. September 10. 1910.

work or design, wransling about The course pul'
s,ed ~ those who cooperate with ihem-atii-
bn,ing improper motives Tor their actions "'s''e
di,irs ,hei. hes, efforts, and in)urihs inc .au'
they cspouse, hy dampcnins ne afco"' y ~
anl stimulating the eIerions O oppohsh's' -"
,o,oh more wise would j, be 10 turn cur batteries
noon onponen;s or upon The evils We sunef' '"'i
-, f,;snas who are eSering themselves N
,ar,r,o, cause, Il is full as easy, and rainier
r,ore cha liable, 10 imagine proper ana iaudaoe
motives 10 be tie springs Of action 'aah '.e r.
verse. =,
We have tcen led 10 these remarks BY he .o.-
lovirs aric.e. which appeared in The "kepubl!-
can" OF Petersburg lew days ago
"My. Editor: lam no sleepy observer Oh pass
;np events. il which the public have an interest.
Lam The friend of education, and am VIII. ns 70
ca shon,der Ia shoulder with the foremost III
any scheme for educating tie poor. SONG
h.Gcs arc engaged il putting scheihes on
fox which will never Go more han crawl
never he able 10 walk. Such J Dei!e.I ~
leo of education materials, ana ING o'n.i ~ -"
,eTnal improyemen MS, called BY him in la,e ,oas
Tho Isca and I'm, q. Virginia. Now, Mr.. tditor,
:, saems 70 me thar The scheme Tor Changing OF
rc-;oviporaiinc our Common Schoo' ssS'eil' ~
which he public mind is just now 50 much agra
ia has been rul IN foct hr he head OF the oiate,
io he person OF jams Mcfo weli, 10 enao'e n.,n
10 walk into the Senate Of the Uniieo STATES; iie
i aiming. suspect, Git | may be excused ior
.',.n.,,,ns bis Eycallency,) 10 enlis The East on
The so,,eci OF educating The poor, in otcef 10 get
he woes OF Eastern members for Senator, whist
~ his mex, Message 10 The General Assembly, Q,
h. soma more secret movement he VII! commend
himself 10 the stallion OF Senator By bis zeal ior
;r;.roal improvements Wemist' come tosome
r;oa, conclusion a, 70 the object oi b;s hycelencY
If he wcod respond 10 Inc inquiry. whether :
would upnou scheme Il Commcn scnoois:
effect 10 which The people mus &C ouiGeneu
-. .d.i'io1a "s''"n'l Va cay -: - .be
sail ,e = arranged, that The lakes Faised IN .ne
Eas, shall be apple in Il" East and lie take
,aiss in he Wtsi sti Ii {: applied IN The West
lie: lhe Eat lock &c i.
We happsn 10 sn7~ that Coy. Mcdowell had
no agency wha,ere- in originating ne meetins
q; he citizens Of Richmond, and that he was IN
doced 10 preside at that meeting oay y The ur-
gen, solicitations Of Trends OF he cause, "no'
knowing how beautifully he spoke, and row zes-
lous re was in advocating Education before me
legislature gere anxious ic Obtain ms import
an. aid in stirring Up our OWE ci'iSehs 10 ae'ioh
|, was no., then, his scheme 10 have "one ies o.
Education and the other Ct Internal Improve
,osntsn ID order 10 walk into The Senate Of 'h'
Tinted States bu was his arden desire alone 70
obige solicitor, friends, and . promote me cause
in The State.
ITO In The Corner" be friend OF Ecucahon,
?. be SAYS ne is, AMI te willing go Shoulder 10
shoulder with tic ioremos' T. ar scheme ior
educating he poor," how s4uch t-ie! wnuid II
;. 10 mite haru,onions,y with tie Governor who
!, among he foremost. ia support Of The cause
instead OF endeavorins 10 ciscTedi as exefiiobs
by ascribing 20 him.such motives. II " ~ Inc
Conner" be opposed 10 The election OF Cos. Nc
Dowel 10 the Senate Of the United States, lei
him NANTES, that opposition without o!eadins u /
with The cause cf Educa;icn. Why attempt 70
tie u me Governors HING, O. s,on his @'o9r1n
y,ice. in 50 holy a causc2 How he Governor
caa seek 10 ingisraie himself with ihe Ea>i: Pc
culiary hY adrocaiing any system OF EdGca'icn
throughout the whole State, we 10 no, exactly
understand The East have not been more
regularly in favor ot The cause oi Education,
Than the West, or less So, 8. far as We know.
But. instead ii advancing his prospects,
We think the Go@ernor might well pteju-
dice his views. if be entertain those ascfioed 10
him by his zeal for Internal Improvements Tor
The Eastern members constitute The majority OF
the legislature and they are known 10 pc gene
rally opposed 70 such Improvements. It's lnst 70
The Governor 10 say, that, both before and since
Inc vacancy has occurred in The Senate, he has
ever been The warm advodate OF The cause OF
Education. In hi, first message, few Gays amer
he was installed into Office, in communicating the
sys,em OF Common chools recommended oy
Francis n. Smith, he called the attention OF 'he
legislature 10 the subject IL glowing language
nWbe,her his scheme be adopted or not, said
no q, s rich in materials, and these may oe i'm
n-oved and shap ~ the wisdom 0. your honora-
h,a hody. 80 as 10 aid you in establishing sys-
lem Of public instruction, which shall eiiectuai'y
pro,ec, The future history OF The Commonwealth
from the repfoach 50 painfully fixed upon the pre-
.en,. me reproach, namely, that, in The midst {.
her means and her renown, there is one Of
every twelve Of the grown up inhabitants
OF This S,u,e-of that thinking, acting, conitol-
ling mass, which regulates, al will, every right
AMI interest among us-one on, OF every w. eive
Of those who can neither read nor write! This
uncomfortable fact, which has been brought 10
light By our census, discloses state OF Common
Education here which appeals 10 our public au-
thorilies for immediate redress, and appeals 10
them through The humilialing figures by which
that state is expressed, with point and ur-
sency Of persuasion 10 which nothing can be
added BY words You are lac authority, and The
only one who can provide the redress that is
needed and representing, as you Go, bolh The
power and expectation of the public, you will
moi, snd cannot, permit SO perncous condition
Of It's hishes, in;eres; To descend and fasten itself
upon any other than the generation that suffers
il."-This language has, by The lapse OF time,
lost nothing OF its truth and force and we earnest
IL commend il 10 the calm and serious considera-
lion of The legislators, who will assemble in The
Capitol in less Than three short months. Respon-
sih'e as their duties will be, there is none
more momenions than The duty csr aneed at
their hands by tie popular voice, 10 rend The
veil {! ignorance which now darkens The Com.
To wealth of Virginia.
"a. in The Conner desires 70 know, 90, whe
Their the Governor "wcul, support scheme Of
Comm IN Schools. q give effect to which Tie
people must r turdened with additional taxa
,ion.) in case the scheme shall = 50 arranged,
that The taxes raised 10 the East shall tie app:ieo
in the East, and the taxes raised IN the West shall
be applied in The West" Here, again, The same
sectional feeling, which has ever been the Evil
Genius CT Virginia, is ,o be arouscdupon ques-
lion like this. Are the people, living in The West,
virgnians2 Ifyou educate man in The West,
IS no, his mind as much The property Of The State
as The mind of a man in The Eas,l Will not his
talents rebound to the glory OF the Stale, as much
as The talents OF an Eastern man2 Will not the