Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1847-06-17
Do ALSTIC INTELLIGENCE.
EDUoA1Ios-IIlE CIEK6Y.
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"P.3RTF ISSUES"
Tie Editor afthe Fredericksburg Rerlfaer one Of IL
mas talented eIan pens # the Virginia Demoeraey. !
a ys.t IL his nai.e STATE Of \ Haurshire tatI
winch lie Is writing letters for Lis arm chair at home
la his asi We have long aud instructive letter an ih
subject 81 Popular Education IN which he gives sun,
interesting taris regard 70 tie Free School system II
New Hampshire. lie states thai the township ru
which he writes contains al 81 square miles aad
population af sib Il ia divided into = school districts
500 scholars receive public instruction. most II fEen In
more linn SIX months. There are | : male and II II.
male teachrrshe first III winter. the LAST IA summer
The whole cost IS only $ mr. II per annnm or Ittle
over 81 cents Ia each nhabant There mol an indi-
ydda IN the town, Of Il years of aye who cannot both
read and write.
The writer proceeds 10 argue the question could this
Lee sshau system any aher Ike II be advantage It's
Is adopted IN Virginia He considers the objection Of
the leyeng tendency Il free Schools but thinks 10 am
can be done IN .eteng up meat the ALLEGED injustice
oil poll and property Tax support The en- eaneer
nIng which h remarks that while il Is perfectly trne
that some tax payers may hage children par ipafe
the primary benefits ii Free Schools il does mol fl
low thai they less interested Than others III teir os
tabshm'nt aud maintenance aud while the burden may
be apparohed 10 some extent, according IL the amount
ol properly aud not The number Of schoaIs may easily
be shown thai one's interest IN the education cadse
graduated precisely according 10 tie interests pecuniary
OF Otherwise which he holds in the community -
The firndatlea eeuon Of .aparseness # popn-
atan, he links. may be obyiaed 10 some eNieni by
i Iudlelags division of Countless giving the dtsifcls
proper cenre and broader tango. which, it IS believed
night be done without excluding any from practicable
# hat convenient, limits
The following remark, coming from one of the strong
ost paftiz,ns Of Virginia. deserves 10 be especially
ted
ii am NIL SUR but the people ought 10 suspend the
usual party ISSUES. aud rally with mind and heart
and Voice. for Nh EKsAL EDUCATION. 1t Is
Tins aone Hheh can elevate the State the character
aud dignity 1t ought 10 attan il is this alone winch
even keePher WheIf she Is
III subject ii educating the people has been ollen
made The tnc 81 haiangues fran the rasrum and tie
press, Hhlle 81 Le has been accomplished. that
ssGetmes tempted II fear thai Virginia will neveraWahe
lfum erapahy and that the cloud Of ignorance which
rests upon aer once glorious destined 5reytr 10
brod over her fallen fortunes Yet there Is aeency
which wish could he thoroughly rfsd before we give
over all baies aud II Is that IL which the lauened
ilcdsans inadc 81 the uquelf and stirring p
pcals which ever Il Aad fom eyr his burning pen-We
mean, the ftilFlf. I he imnel,eiataeree @l.lled
by the American leroy scarcely be eyeffaled-an
influence obtained legltlnatey finn their own sufe-
rariy OF hn9Nlei &c and exalted purity of chamcef
Il we regard the eiofs made in New England Itself IN
hIali o education, shall find the clergy the pioneers
and cbe agents Of the glorious reformation which has
resulted Ia lhe upeSampled enlightenment Of the New
England mind In Ills and III every country, III, have
carefully trimmed the lamp bua8ltd ee and aoulisbed
It's tanning heht, eseaHAeo surrounded lay the o.da4il
aluom n hafiafism and ignorance. We appeal to or
Virginia clergy i5la onward the Ell ri 10 reclaim AIr=
gina and aae and all, in the z.alous and ndumila L.
sfri Of Ae'nii,} Ia glye Themselves hady ,nd sud,
to the great and holy eanse oi popular education.
Would I'M could ring n5Qa the ears II Hose who
de ply Interested in the ssue. tine eloquent Ian
puage al M able Enalish writer. When knowledge
confined 10 the eelster, the monks the ln.st
powerful part tie community gradually it extended
iothe nohs and gradually TIE nahes s0pplaned tin
pes tie shadow ii the orb has adyanc,d-t Is rest
IN the peopelt is tof YOU who ! Centuries have