Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-09-05
THE ENQUIRER.
Richmond, September 4.
SCALE OF IGNORANCE

In the movement: now being made 10 cnIi,Lten
the ignorance which oversaadows Virginia, i. is
Of bn. !iule consequence 10 consider whether this
Democratic or that Wing county is Inc mos,
deeply immersed in Intellectual darkness Inre
h.s, place, we DO no. see how any polirica. CAPT
ial can lie made ont d. i-but, above al i, is mos,
arxiousy 10 be desired, that The hand Of par,y
should IL kept away from he subject. Ii there
is one question, upon which all parties should
unite without any rivalry, savca noble emulation
in prosecuting 10 success good cause. surely
il should he The subject Of Education. which is
destined, We sincerely trust, soon 10 feel The gent
al warmth OF popular sentiment We all agree
thai, in every portion of Virginia, amen,aLle
ignorance prevails-ihat The Intellectual faculties
Of The people are grossly neglected and shameful
" suffered TO wilher away. We all ieel an aEx-
ions wish that some wise system should be adopt.
eli 10 she'd its blessings upon Wing and Demo
cratic counties alike. Indeed, fJr the sake 81 20.
li,ical success, j; should BE- Tie aim Of both par-
ties 10 diiluSc the igh; of education. Each rarlv
believes that is own principles are based upon
reason and truth and that, il they he fairly pre-
senled 10 an intelligent audience, the victory will
be d,crcei 10 It's own doctrines Lei, then, The
two parties emulate each o.her, in enlightening
The masses, 50 that an intelligent tibuna lmay be
created, 10 Judge fairly Of The merits Of each par
t.. and award the victory accordingly.
While, then, it is far from our wish or design
10 arouse the slnmbcrng spirit Of party on this
question: We feel called upon 10 take up the cud-
gels for some Of The Democratic counties, and
make blrl explanation, in reply 10 some Of the
recent comments oilac Wing. That papc pre-
>cLts, as he banner Counties o. ignorance, Roc;-
insham Shenandoah, Page, Harrison, ard Ac-
cuinack, and ACIDS:
I'VE mean no reelection, national or personal
we diSclaim live CrIy state The simple lac.,
when state that these banner counties so car
RED Polk's banner hSher in he air than any
others, save TWO or three which Craze them, II
,llev 10 no, lock ihem in 'rciin and writin.' .
Now while We freely admit that the four first
carried Po!k's banner most proudly, We must cor
rec, the simple fact Of The Wing, as 10 Acca-
mack. In 1910, she was one CT the banner Wing
Commissioning General Harrison 800 MAORI
ri,y-and in 1911, 50 far from carrying Polks
tanner she gave Mr.. Clay 81 majority. BY Ibis
role, then, she may be set down rs a Wing cuun-
~ Let US compare Ter with the Democratic
counties named by The Wing. Accomac i'll lef0
had a population Of 1896, and zoos white PER
sons, over 20 years ci aye, who could NOT read or
wri;e-Rockinsham, population 1874 and
1891 who could mol read or write-Shenandoab
population / ,GlS and |, $50 entirely uneiucaied
Page, population G,0i, and only 3SS who
could moi read or write. So that it seems that in
these three the Iao o. intelligence compared
with Accomack is in their favor. Asto Elarri-
son county, which in population of | 600, (5l3
more than Accomack,) contains : 20 utterly IN
educated persons being 232 more than Acco-
mack, The ratio is in favor Of The later Ent il
is moi lair 10 Judge Of the relative wan' OF inei.i-
scnce in Harrison county proncr ly this rule, as
since 1910, when Inc census was taken, Old iIar-
rison has bcea terribly cut up ana frc new coun
ties, viz Marion, Taylor, Barbour, Do,lli'ige
and Richie have been taken from her territory
As an offset 20 these Democratic counties, We
have compieiiroin !he Census table of!hoioush
Wh;s counties, which exhibit 10, very crecii
able spiinking o. Ignorance