The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1849-12-08
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For The Cecil Wig.
nJuno," Common Schools, &C.,

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Mr.. EDlToR:-A strict observance of
The rules which govern discussions would
have prevented me from noticing at a II
the communication over the signature of
juno in your paper of last week NY
object in replying to "Juno's'' first arti,
Gle was merely to discuss the matters
therein contained My motive is still
the same, otherwise I might dwell at
some length and with some truth too.
upon the timetable stnpiditvr of mista-
king to what particular system refer
red when l said it was "a libel upon il
TO call it common" for surely no one
unless extremely dull Of comprehension,
or willGully blind could nave failed to
discover at the first glance, that it was
the New England and not the Pennsvl-
wanna system TO which alltded. will
however leave this part OF the subject
Ivy merely saying to "Juno" that howev-
er fine this species of bullying Billings
gate in Leu Of orGumcnt may appear 10
him, among men OF sense it is mark of
superiiclaity, 10 say the least.
a careful examination of 'sJuno's" arti
Gle convnces me thai it does not contain
single argument in favor Of his pet pyo-
ject which has not been refuted over and
over again, nor does it rebut enc arru-
ment which have brought against it
except upon false premises. His whole
theme seems to be a TRADE OF anathemas
against our Academies. What his lea
sons can be for venting his spleen in this
particular quarter, cannot imagine for
surely there is room enough for him to
rear that mighty jabric yclept common
schools, which he has conjured up in bis
moon struck Imagination. The eight
hundred dollars which our two Acade-
mics receive is donation from the State
and could not be inherited 10y anything
else. were Sumo to succeed" IN his truIy
patriotic plan of botting them from ex-
istence. There is on hand a conSdera-
bic surplus OF poor school fund, this, to-
gether with the ordinary taxation levied
IN such cases in other States, would ena-
bic us 10 support system Of common
schools credliaole to our county, and
that too without drpriving ourselves Of
having we'll conducted Academy, at
our very door. The fact that ole OF our
Academies IS badly conducted is no argu
ment In favor Of "Juno's" project.
"Chr'sti0njiy' hour'she, but poorly IN
many portions OF our world Let the
Trustees see that there are no noXiovs
weeds suffered TO grow up around this
plant and then If the soil is incongpnial
let ii be removed to one more in unison
with its nature. know that in the
neighborhood OF that Academy a large
majority OF the people are able 70 avail
themselves OF the facilities which it af
fords ofgivlng their children excellent
Quotations, and it strikes me that where
persons are superlatively negligent even
free schools would make little improve
ment.
"Jano' again mistakes my meaning in
the last clause of his article. did not
say that common schools would grind
down the poor but that, if the Acade-
mics were torn down, then rich men
could send their sons to Princeton or
Yale, and those who were unable to do
this, would be forced TO put up with
just such facilities as common schools af-
ford their children for acquiring an edu-
cation; or in other words, they would
be ground down to common schools. II
"Juno'' can project more feasible plan
for creating "and educated arls,ocracv
and an ignorant and enslaved rabbIe'
then I will acknowledge that his system
is all that he in his widest flights OF fam
cy ever conceived it to be.
SPECTATOR.
Elkton Dec. 9th 40