Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-02-13
For The Ennu,r,

For the Enquirer
EDUCATION HO!-DR YERBY'S BILL
Why do we daily, men OF King William q
A majority Of Us are in favor of District Schools.
free TO all the children Of our county-aye, and
grown people too, if they choose 10 avail Them
selves OF their advantages. Many of US have
petioned the Legislature TO pass special act
for our county, giving rs The authority 10 tax
ourselves, and 10 adopt such system Of schools.
as We might approve. This favor has been
granted to Other counties, but as yet not US.
Instead ofhat, We are likely 10 have miserable
panper system crammed down our threats. AS
II il was not as necessary 10 have cheap sys-
TEN for educating the children OF The rich, and
of The great mIGdle class-ihe bone and sinew OF
our land-who are not paupers, but scarcely able.
after supporting their children, 10 pay from 10
10 80 dollars annually, ahead Tor educating them;
yet they arc 10 be taxed to educate, not only The
pauper children ut their own county, bnt those
OF The whole State, and then are TO be denied The
privilege Of sending their own children, free, 10
The schools which they pay for. Dr. ferby's
Bill nj Atcminations is The entering wedge for
creating universal pauperisn,. |! is direct
bounty 10 The honest poor man, struggling 10
maintain and educate his children, 10 throw
away his honest pride and become a papper.-
7 .et us examine the effects OF this abominable
bill on our county, in pecuniary poin, oil view;
and from these, you may Judge OF its operations
on the Stale a, large The bill proposes TO give
$50, 900 year from the treasury 10 educate the
poor. and $4,000 dollars annually to be appro-
nrialed 10 increase The capital of the Literary
Fund-he interest TO be given 10 the education
of The poor To put 100000 dollars annually into
The treasury, will require gross sum Of lll,lll
dnlIars-aowi1g III per cenlum 10 the sheriffs
for collection The Slate taxes for ls45, amount
ed 10 S60s,905 Is. Of tha, sum King William
paid So, 81 %. To raise HILL dollars King
Williams proportion would tie SSH 46. As
this would be distributed in proportion 10 free
white population, she would receive back S43S 81
which would be loss 10 her Of 1892 IS, provi-
ded the whole amount was distributed. But as
$50 600 would 60 10 increase The capital oil the
| Literary Fund, King William would receive in
fact only S2I9 80, with interest amounting to
Sl3 35 in other words, she would pay out every
year SSH &c, and get back 1892 65. And how
would this educate her poor2 BY the Cd Audi.
tors Report Of 1889, our indgentchildren amount
ed 10 $50: hard time. and failure of crops have
doubtless run these up 10 over 300. That was
the ONLY year for several that the school CON-
missoners took any pains 10 ascertain The NUN.
| Der. Since, they have guessed them a. about
200-knowing they had no funds 10 send more
| Than 80 u them 10 school for Ten months. Ii ne.
cessary can prove there are at present ovel
300, by calculations mol 10 be gainsaid. If we
had them all together, we could educate them
for 50 SO per head, as Dr. VERIFY calculaies-bu
they are scattered over the whole county. A.
we canno, bring the mountain 10 Mahomef, we
shall have TO carry Mabonel 10 The mountain
Since we eanno, bring the poor children eonve