Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-02-18
EDUCATION Ho,-pR. yees !S"s- s,,,


Why do Nc daily. men Of King wlhs,af A maj ,l,y
OF Us are IN favor Of District Schools ee to al. the chill
dten =" our eoon,y-s,e. snd people too. II they
choose tn avail themselves ol their advantages Mary al
Us have petoned the Legislature pass .pecia .s ,
our county. gving the authority ourselves. and n
adopt such system OF Schools as might spprove.-
This iaSoi has granted other countess but as yet
not TO u.s. la.,esd OF that, likely have . m.or
sbte Parper Ssssm cfammed down hroats ASH IL
was not a. necessary have cheap for educating
the children Of the cb and Of the great middle
bone snd sne~ OF our land who not paupers, but
scarcely sble, alter supporting their children to from
io 10 81 dollars annually head for educating them Yet,
hey are To be taxed to educate only the psuper chill
dren OF their own county, but those Of the whole State
and then are to be denied the privilege OF sending their
own chi den Tree 10 the Schools which they pay for Dr.
ferbys BH Of dbominafiOns the entering wedge for
creating universal psuperism IL direct bounty to the
honest poor man struggling to maintain aud educate his
ehlIdrcn, to throw awsy his honest pride. and become
Pauper Let Us examine the effects Of this abominabe
OIL ON our county IN pecuosry point vf view and from
you may Judge OF lis operation the State at large.
ihe OIL proposes Ia give $4,000 year. from the TIea-
slry to educate the poor and 900 annusy be APP
popaod To increase the capital o the Literary Fund.- the
interest To be given To the education IT the poor To put
SioOOoO annually into the Treasury will require sross
sum OF Slllll OO-allowrg 10 per eeutum the She.
u, Tor ieenon The State Taxes tor lsi5 amounted
10 SoSoSOo 49, OF that sum. King William paid s. 1871
~. To raise StII,lil %, King wdlam'r proportion
would be S51l 10; this ud DO in the aio
o. nee WHITE population. she would back SASS
el, which would be loss her Of Sl32 IS provided
tue whole amount was distributed. But $50 900 would
60 To increase the capital Of the Literary Fund King vii
nam would receive in fact. only S2l9 30. With interest.
amounting 10 35 In other words sho would paw out
every year SS1l 10. and get back S232 65. And how
would this educate her poori By tho % Auditor.
Report OF 1899, INDECENT children amounted TO $50
Hard tunes and failure oi cron. h.v. d,nh,l. 80 49,
up To over 300 That only year. for several tina,
the School Comm took any Mains ~ .sc., The
number; since, they have su,,,td them n, ,bon o0o
they had no funds Ia send NOR, Than an az ,h
10 School for 10 months II necessary can n,ove ,hs,.
present over 300 by caeuatuns nor o bo y,,.,
cd. Ii had them all together We could educate ,h.
for 81 50 per head Dr. Yerby calculates hut tbey are
scattered the whole county A. We canoot him. ,h
mountain to Mshonei, shall have TO carry Maho.t 10
the mountain Since We cannot bring IN, poor children
convenient Schools we shall bay. 4, loc,r
the Schools convenient the children And tim. the aid
allowance Of four will have TO b, ken uo,b.
teachers think dear bargain at that To educat. 300
INDECENT children day. for 10 mon ,s will TAX.
SSUOO OO!!. Now, sitr, IL Free Schools with district,
- miles square, would educate the 90O children of King
william Tor $500. This difference between the
PsHper Systen' and the Free School System'-Let
nose who are able pay, be taxed for the support of
rree schools aud they will educate their children for
one nan less Than they do-and all the poor for Moth
ing And you may ding Literary Fund into the Ca
or into Stock OF rotten Banks, for woud not b.
To prove that every child in the State could be edu
caeu ana all the tuition fees Of every student at every
No'ge IN the State DO paid for lcsa IL would
Ae 10 educate az ths "iHdigea children" in the State
according 10 the present miserable system IL not un,
does not educate the poor; but 1t formidable rival to
prevent he "a 'puon IT good and cheap system sdu
eaung any o'dy See how, under ITS blessings, education
has pio,peted Ia King William! For the year ls45 W.,