Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-09-17

ha Intelligence and those viriuous feelings and habits
"hch viii accumulate property and preserve it, you Will
aps, lessen The difference, 10 extent, between The
eAeey rlch and the extremely poor: rather you will
pace II IN the power Of erry person earn create hy IL
'eeent labor. sufficient property furnish him comoria
ie support ii not the uxcs of life yon place it in Tie
power OF some, md make il free al who might otherwise
oe lanpers, 10 become stor Grar you diminish
taxes OF the lic By diminishing paupeyism and crmeor
have ray for the maintenance the
ana the punishment of the ocr and in these and numerous
o'hrr ways by universally educating the PEOPLE, you may
increase the amount OF property which each individual may
hod and thus take from the wealthy few, the exclusive
lJoyment of the good things OF earth But even this would
NOT probably equaze propeTyhior the intelligence the
rch would be stimulated 10 additional activity in the acc-
mutation ut w.ah, which the intelligence o:e 7oe: unuii.
Cd by capital, might rival One thing Ioweyer is Ger.
tam, that by giving every Tie aud the induce
ent I" anass property You will necessarily increase the
number of those who will it, and therefore the nunbcr
OF those who will be favorable TO laws proteconthc
best possible security for the just OF rights
OF property. when universal suffrage shall place The whole
capital Of the State al the will and disposal Vi The nuer
cal majority.
Eut this is not the view Of correspondent He thinks
that taxation Tor education "nacks Of cqnazrg
because sometimes those VIII tc taxed who have chill
d:en 10 be educated and Therefore, that their property will
be taken from ,en without equivalent he distributed
among The people Leaving Of view al The Advantages
to tht individual in the way III protection property aud
lis Increased value nccin from general int, encc the
community; putting these aside H. hecanse man taxed
for at from which he receives direct immediate person
al teni il Is therefore be- grG n love,nni, nj acts
upon the principle o "equazng property and guilty Of
usupation, then it docs this and is suliy Of Ills every
uc correspondent support The coulis of JUS
ice when c has, and expects 10 have court every
time II taxes him II build or support Inii Iencuay
hold of punish criminals when crime has been committed
against h'n: every time il taxes hn u support an
aymy police protect the rights his fellow czens
Wien his rot in imminent, peril; every it
him lo iuratic and other Ia and poor houses, when hc
nevct expects 10 become ladln. paupe, deaf dnmb
blind ana dreams that is postey by mutations
of fortune, the dsrensa,ions q: Providence ay nco in
some ol ese ways the kind guardianship u.iion o the
State.
NJ One III lis senses conondoi liza, il Is Tie uy u
government feed and co;c the poor as su.ntuoy as
;tc rich Independent fed and clothed" ut there il
CIVILIZED people upon the globe, whatever bc e iorm of
eoyoiunent adopted 'yho d" recognize it duty
provide in manner for the subsistence Of The fcrisng
poor And a. ll Wise vol says, il is much dty
feed the .Gmsti,g mind the Starring body" Hes
Virginia lana since recognized this principle! Is
correspondent yearly taxed, directly Indirectly Tor The
annual contribution .! fifteen thousand dollars the Uni
versi'y AMI Of ,t greater 10 the Insane Ayla
ana the schools or tie deaf Gunb and bind Feh and poor!
l. there any thing like the equalization property al
this! Surely ii the State has the right lis citizens
for the educa,.or oi tie weather classes the cducation
estate students" and State cadets" annuay oi hun
dred INDECENT, tut worthy young men, the Uni
versty aud the Military Institute, the ncnta OF the
Insane aud the education of those deprived ty Of
any three o the five senses; surely the State has the re
and think, bound in duty, 10 allow nnd induce its
citizens themselves for the education o al their chill
Gfpn rich ana poor, ""i So r---i"- = Il - -
ana nc and perfect intellect o! the rising
generation wei Tor the mental o the insane and
the tuition OF the deaf dumb and bind. 1t is rather
curious logic indeed, that the deaf, dumb and blind
bv narure, should be taught To read the Consiitu-
ton the laws. the history Of their country and the
Bible of their God and yet that those whose organs Nature
has made perfcc and who's minds capable of unlimited
expansion and Improvement, should forever remain deal,
dunb aud bind tie great intellectual universe beamns
around tscm
As IL what is urged against Il nE upwards, we have
at PRESENT but little say. That any Kind oil astocTaey,
,Aceli that OF worth, il consistent with republican
nrinrlrs we cannot believe. That universal education
w,lI ,ace il in the reach oi every clid in tie commune
~ more easily 10 attain those hings-ineigence wealth,
a er influence honor reputation which create tie usual
nav other "leveing upwards" than the elevation OF real
,, 70 lis proper position upon the noble principle AMI
truth. that
Merit G,asss the man. aul oi It The fellow
m 4, NOT contend and we do believe universal educa
ton would promote.
Wc rcore that We must here suspend remarks We
bo that tie peope will consider this subject with the ear
n,s attention importance demands Plausible objections
NAV be raised by able and ingenious men, 10 any measure
Of paic policy that he recommended 10 he county,
bver wise in lis provisions and patriotic in its aim Let
The Free School system be eranind before II Is condemned.
We are perfectly willing lis adoption upon lis merits,
w these shall be fully understood and we lee that the
prospey happiness and honor oi the State are too init
,cy involved in The final decision Of this great question
of pouuar education for the only plan by which the rising
generation can be instructed TO be discarded without fair
nnprcjudiced and intelligent investigation
1ryyY LIND'S SINGlNG.-OpiSIoSs OF THE New
yopy PREss-The press of New York, after the concert
mite in the opinion that il was most abundanty successful,
and flIy cauaed if it did far transcend the high an
,;,a;iops that had been formed regarding H. writer
nb, knows what he is aboup in the Courier says: sit is
Ain, her Injustice call her the Nightingale; warele she
con uly but her voice is too full o human emotion 10 he
ikened 10 anything WHICH e'oi '"'' ''' '' ''''"' "
bird" ,,.., ,.L ,;,.. .,;,,.. .i /
ryaded that assembage in the moment alter the
"A her ps as being he proioundest most Imposing nom
e which could have been paid TO the genius OF Jenny
| Lind" e ,h o,,. of
dthlke Stiffness while the dying fall OF one OF her won
irons c4denzas was breathing its last, and adn! INTO no.
,b;ng but n memory friend al our elbow whispered 10
Ne Lear the crirhels 1t true. The note OF me insect
aonr the grass the Battery was perfectly audible where
we sitting.
Our usually staid cocmporary the Journal OF Commerce.
Inns concludes its notice Of the "Castl Diva
nrr o,cc ,ntcip,tion had not ouidone reality. Great
40 was the public anticipation sure that the music oil
hsr voice created favorable disappointment In lhe Judg
men of three ours of the audience Sch sweetness oi
combined with power AMI compass, surpassed our Ut
sonrnnc expectations She did not appear Ike per-
mer going through organized part before an expecting
audience hut like sweet voiced pfa "ro.hs ~ 10 a'e'
ar 10 The still night for very love OF music"
The Trbunes critic touches the point TO the same Is
sue in language Enthusiastically its own:
But the charm lay in any point but rather IN the m
ni,ed vitality the arty genuine ouipouring oil the whoe
The real and yet truly ideal humanity OF all her Singing
That is wha, has won the world Jenny Lind Is liat
her whole soul and being goes out in her song and at ei
voice becomes the mpersonaton OF that song son u
any that is if song There is plainly no vanity IN
her no mere aim to eiec is all frank and real and harno-
niously earnest"
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