Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-03-05

artisans and manufacturer and may Keep up with The nm
p'"'ements IN the subjects OF their enterprise. We SIR
have but interest," and that opinion Of those who
pursue H. does not require enlarged education for
ses. In word, Is at last an appeal to national
INTEREST," q the North education repsys labour and
me by which may be aequiredin vy,ns IL is other.
ws and whether etscstisa III induce people 90 en-
s nose Nsi'sd pnr'os essential to the true indepen.
denee OF people, aud should therefore pfeesde their in
uodueton. or whether IL |, the necessary result ,S
those Interests which spring from climatic local in
dpeemens, 10 problem To which cannot offer solution
Certainly, however evc-y neeial and manufacturing
people, comparatively well educated. and no country
eussey agricultural is. But to return; Whatever may
ce me merits OF other systems operation elsewhere
mere is none which contains mertorious principle for
the education OF the poor Of vgnis and in edu
eating the poor you do all that duty t,o.i,, =,
hands. 49,
Indeed taking consideration tina, you have but S7o
ooo to educate $4,000 odsent children. sy.,em could
achieve MORE than has dons you have 81 educa
ted for an average period Of 59i days. the same or bet
ter s'eragc than Is known for a35 900 Of 7v9 900 chill
dren at school IN N. Y. Oh. year 1874 Yes. Sir one
thid OF the children OF N. school les, than sky
dsys We have fiscal reports from every couny our State
except three, Of which crs<ed in lSl5
Well sir, these children educated cost OF about
~; and takirg into consideration the character of the
pupils Tor whose instruction ptovsIn 10 made; tho devo
ung by them OF ouesixh OF the year education when
many OF them have evey menal service perform when
they sometimes have elOthing-scatcely food-to en-
able them To attend school, the OF good effected il
rather To be admired than the OF efficiency be cen
suftu Many esteem irregular instruct OF value
Out have the Sunday Schools effected nothing where the
pupil receive, one diys instruction in seveni A genle-
man well and extensively known for his phanthropic
Nle's here and IN Europe. assured that he took
charge OF colored class Princeton and although utter
~ ignorant OF letter. years attendance Suldsy
school, they were enabled read we'll; and III,
usefulness ~ SUNDAY Schools In giving education
who are too poor attend school re,u
larry Is too well established to require remark.
hut objected that proud are too poor TO reeeye
hh'un Ihis think, rgnaed previous to 1929. when
the practice for the Commissioners to enter the ind
gem Tor the session. without regard TO the setus daily
attendance then the teacher only the name of the
In Hou. xho
testify that teachers been paid their accounts who
never had the pauper pupil at their school single day
But II Is remarkable proof OF the efficacy Of this prnc
pie OF paving Tor the actual daily first
ed IN ioSo that whilst in 1922 600 educated at
en ~ upwards OF S3s,OOO; in 1880, $4,000 only
S'ouJ lhe county Ui Essex, previous 10 time En-
pended 500 in the education 81 children and in paw
meat o Commissioners and other expenses that
afterwards schoued ~ children for SSO!s But sir IN.
pflue o the poor should not revolt (nor do the COmmis
soners report any complaints that subject Than
NO OF three counties in the Stae) partakng Of this
fund Let examine how II i, constituted TO AZ vberr
the isnominy Ot receiving IL exists.
s current resources are to extent derived from
| "hsICes and misdeineanors-a social deudand
wheh Ignorance, violence pays morality and 10
OF order: Of this the poor and Ignorant conrbu,. .,,
as much IN hines aud forfeited recognz
ances, as the rich.
The permanent capital resulted principally from our
CAIN tor STATE advance. To the Federal Government and
being an advance from the Joint of the people il
as maeh the JOINT property OF the people. the public
| lands.
Il a participation in this badge OF isnominy1
Is II MT nsht-yes, cir, a highland, when one 10.
sorts 10 IT, SHOULD ne not reflect that when by aid he
has relieved and elevated his children IL will be left a.
permanent revenue Others who need IN Would III.
sick man sccrn 10 the hospital that his ni-mes be
relieved by institution hich he IN common with other.
| had contributed To endow1
But, sir, the poor proud receive this fund The
Inivery OF Virginia Is an elevated and useful Instu-
uon-emp Irary obstacles cannot prevent il from dfu-
ing and perpetuaing better principle, OF its ustrous
vunder but, sir, this has been sgmatzed aristr
eaneal institution, too haughy to admit this OF tie
humble citizen into her august halls yet she derives
her daily a!'men from this despsed funds proud
~ receive M
Your Mill AIRY Institute IN TO Southern you,h
in its system ut discipline and iton Is it too proud to
accept ~ Would Henry Emery the bounty you
would offer them by renting the interest on your loan of
S?OOOO Or would the citizens OF Richmond hold a.
indignation meeting If you bestowed upon their beluniu
college as pefmlne IT tndowment the which has
obtained from the literary fund lnan1 Sir is not IN
system which eleemosyntry IL he system which char
ges. asin N York. upon the solvent pluon OF School the
deficiencies o tie Insovsnt ana cJmpcs pauper
and % heH that his neghbor pus his hand pocket to
piy his deficiencies SIR, that the humiang system; il
is that system under which you naturally heart any
par mt they will not send Their children ths Scho Is
to be reproached for their pyery and tsssed iauns
that hey are educated al The OF their
nae neighbJrs" Sir they complain less Virginia than
elsewhere. Ii the published reports are TO be believed
there than ninety OF your in which the
only thing coTplsined Of is want OF money. But,
the fixed fact which has struck Wig with shane that
persons over tue age of 30 could not read
in S4O and this array of and Indulgence regular
y depoys before whenever the subject
this Hal-how much the of 20 these aliens from
the Commonwealth Of letters have been not known
whether past the period Of education when this
menced rs 1922, aud therefore not chargeabe
with lis deficiencies, Is not stated.
Those the ignorant INDECENT aud educating but
10000 annualy for the frs twenty years OF its opera
ton, could not be held responsible for these deficiencies
But you might well infer, were the in.o!-
IN the State 1883 the poorest peo.
pie the UaIon, that the ignorant from the
isolated fact stated by gentlemen this oor, and
81 Inn adu
they proclaim her to be. SIR, cannot that we
shall become synonyme ignorance. Does the poiti-
cal influence OF Virginia the respect which has been
paid her voice IN the national c"unc ls-does the
Of her legal and medical proession-the puny and
the learning Of her minry-the pToyebis good sense
and business quail cstons Of sacy-do these in
dicae 50 disgTaceiul Il state OF ignorance
might take this body an illustration # popular
intelligence IN virginia which. with men possessing
eminent degree the highest powers # oraroy and logic;
It's cacuators like Hume-its meteOrs like Mirabeau-
comprises body of practical. business men. whom the
Interests o. people may, with safety be condrd you
tell me that the constituency which selects Federal and
state representatives. u the ignorant in America
am willing TO grant that the ina gent ignorant
rous and that their education has been provide
but for the people the planters he best class OF
Tie days OF the paarchs), tho professionalism the vUo
OF the women and the honest INTEL gence Of the mJn Viz
giniai, worthy her ancient reputation.
Sir, gentlemen propose the introduction Of u system
az the remedy for the evils II ignorance. We be
enlightened by plan imported ready msde but have
rarely pr"hted by copying the institutions uf other States
one huaPled 10 ptcullar con-
diiiun 7
We are told that Virginia demanding sysen Of Free
Schools and that the Education Convention has indicated
a system which should be recommended Now, SIR re
spect the motives which convened that dnteested and
enghe body; but Sir. what they prescnb"d-a
sgst m Mo- mere lifeles pr'Jet, submitted by the
President and Directors Of the Literary Fund in 1884, AID
damned with expedition" by this House; has slept
on the appendix 70 your journal since. until It dshum
| I'd by the Convention.
Sr look at that proIe and you will perceive some diff
cuues which the Convention could Obvaie and which
NJ" human widom may; you required to lay of the
counties into districts which "may contain a sufficient
number Of children IN make UP a school, and be Of such
" convenient size, thai oil children IN each district may
" daily attend tho school tlereil" We'll Sir. horo IL
geographical problem, which Is difficult OF soluuon you
must have district large onodgh IN Allegheny, Rab,
Hardy, Gscenbrtr, Knnnwhn, Lewis Pocshontas RUSSELL
Randolph. Tozewoll, Wood, Wyihe, Montgomery and
Others where the population is less than FIVE souls the
square mile, "contan sufficient number NJ children
make up SCHOOL," and yet these districts ms
nsousy be ~ such convenient size that
al tic children may daily stend tho school therein. II
the membtts Of the Convention could consider tho noun
| and broken Of Inc thew knc,y