Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1847-05-27

Induce the hrf that "nans nl onr eutcrpsinr tiles
with u,ct slaves" have mol ony been driven irn this
county. previous to the tim. at which no undertakes to
cnlgh,rn the Editors Of IN, Vr,nian lrt that .'nmi
Cratiun irn tins eanss must continue todc,puin,e the
county for the iue; aud ,feuniinued il s s,rnely in
tnsrl that viii seriously ,hrai., il not cxtorini
the institution Of slavery How remarkable mol
tosay insulting III. ,es sense o tie people Of n,ry
is this languane WHEN II Is taken in ,op N nh ia,
qualification proposed b, ,he late Board ol Schul Com.
mssioncrs oi the tax Tor scbn nurns,s navy inmral
this species oi polulson Does his writer not know
,ha, the preceding Boari Of Sehni Commissioners re.
yWnncnded io the Lash Legislature the rNpedicncy Of
clcN ing the slaves ii the tax Il, which ,hcy are sub
cccI as properiy and Tor the future So regard them
Tor the supper, ID this $, STEM as iLrs oy aud liable 10
tax ouy IN that osJuri,' Here Vas an importan, con
ccsslon 10 the slave seN,ust hat how was il received
by sonc Of these Shareholders who nre =, anccm,uomi
sing against this iius system and 50 imps,icr, under
the insuppor,able burdens which il ipsss7 lrs,cad
Of paclfy ng their "cAei,e feelings and s,pciur ,tir
clamorous tongues in se degree al least its apparent
effect wss hut To Increase their rage the more As scon
az this concession rendered they suddenly lest sight
Of their own grievances and oycrburencd interest
and became Tor Time wholly and entirely ass,ahed in
that Of tho non stakeholder whose passions and
prtiuJc,s the most unworthy appeal, wrro msle, in
various paris oiho county Their sang was nov changed
They saw in this act of the Board \ fatal blow leyr
led at the p0r up,n whose already burdened
shoulders. Nh additional INK 10 he laid rails, the
iehcit To hc thus occasoncd. their symathics We're
aroused Tor the non Stakeholder and their lamentations
Filled The land They declared ha, by this act the Board
OF commissioners had forfeited all claim To the support
and co operation "i the Shareholder; and none more
promptly Observation-Disclosures tits tue. but.
nevertheless. none more promptly than themselves stood
ready To fcpndla'c II aud II was rcpudaicd. How
magnanimous'!! But, when The day arrived, on which
the scnsc ot The people 10 be tested second mo
upon the merits oi the SYSTEM II was approved by
ayc ana decisive maJay and thus was reputation re
ruda'cd.
You are again asked. Messrs Editors. il "you know
that the cost ii the official body belonging To this system
aud necessary to keep II IN operation. will cost. per
num- ab nj as much ssour parish leyics, and when you
add to this list at oilifs tho teachers shall have
ms small county about my whoae 10 be fcd and pro
r'dcd JW OUT oil TIE property ho',frf The impression
which u here attempted Ia he made rs obviously
neons So Tar variant even from the smlaRce d truth,
that am sure, should not incur the charge of unc,ar-
abcn,ss, were 10 refer Tho error To the want Of iarwcs
rather than to the ignorance OF the writer The parish
levy IN this county. Tor The preceding year was within
small irac N OF &op, belng the usual amount. believe.
appropriated Tor panp,r purposes Now. let us estimate
the 'cos of the ,ifcla bpdy belong 10 this system
We have y Sch' oil Commissioners who have heretofore
been allowed the sum of $40 each aud only SO, making
IN all $O I" The Clerk OF the Board SO is allowed,
and 10 the Treasurer per cent the amount collected
which Ia not likely TO exceed, one year with another.
the sum OF $l30o the commissions upon which is S225
which, added TO the foregoing estimates, makes the en-
tire "cos of this official body $40. which, taken from
300. the amount oi the parish levy, leaves $3.50 or
nearly one third more for the parish levy than the of
fetal hdy referred 10 but. when this official corps
We add he TEACHERS THIS writer asserts. that shah
have dbom my ,rho ale 10 he fed and prordcd for 0ut
@hc property hchlcr.p Now. What is the impression,
which Tins language must have made upon The Editors
al the \lrgtnan aud Their eacs II is, that the count,
OF Henry is taxed or the annual mantanance aud support
ct my persons (n"i hall of whom are tcachcs) an
incident To the operation o our system OF District Schools
And fact know man of intel luenr,