The North-Carolina standard., 1850-07-20
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In his Address to the people Of North Carolina,
speaking of Common Schools, and of the mode in
which the School Fund is at present divided, COL
Reid says:
81 desire to see our system of Common School
system encouraged and improved, until it shall answer
the laudabe purpose for which it was established.
This has been subject in the success of which
ure for the first act passed by Legislature to
establish Common Schools. During the last can
vass tn the Ves., Gov. Manly assailed my vote on
an amendment that bill, to distribute the School
fund according to federal population. Whether he
will do so again, l know not. In his published
Speech lately made before the Wing Convention
and which presume was intended for circulation in
the East, we'll as in the Uesf, observe he does
not make this point. l make this remark because
the experience Of the past has taught me what have
School Fund according federal population, because
thought that, upon the whole, it would be as satis-
factory and right any principle we could
adopt Since l gave that vote successive 14egisla-
lures have convened and once, at least, Whig Le-
gslature has re-enacted the whole School law, and
this principle of distribution still remains. For the
part acted think it has fallen to my lot to receive
more than my share of abuse"
And now read this! We copy the following from
the Greensborough Patriot, Wing paper. The ex-
tract is from account in that paper of the discus
sion at Salem between Messrs. Reid and Manly !;
and this account published at length, may be found
in the Raleigh Star of the 10th, in the Register of
the 18th, and in all the Western Whg papers:
Gov. Manly then commenced review of the
public acts of Col. Reid, by calling the attention of
the auditory to his (Co. Red's) vote in the State
Legislature the bill establishing Common Schools.
He gave brief history of the origin and object Of
this School fund. He said the fund was created to
school the white children of the State, and parcu-
lary the poor and ignorant portion that the votes Of
COL Reid had been to divert it from this purpose, and
had been in part the means Of this fund being divided
| among the Counties according to federal numbers.
instead of being divided according to white popua-
ton, as should 1aue been DONG That by these votes
of Col. Reids the West had lost thousands of dol
lars annually; and thus the a0eaahy sLdueholdng
ties Of the East, where they able to send theil
children abroad school, receiued undue propor
tion Of the School fund.-
! Truly, our Eastern friends have come to be very
fortunate and wealthy of late! They are able to
send their children abroad to schoo''; and still, ac
cording to Gov. Manly, they are unjustly pampered
by the Legislature, while the West is neglected
wronged, and starved. Is this true, gentlemen Of the
East! Is it a fact that you have been treating you
Western brethren in this way2 Are you so.'' aoeal
thy" on account of the slaves'' you hold, tha
you can send your o,0n children abroad to school
while at the same time you hoard up more than you
just share of the School fund, at the expense of h
poor boys and girls of the w est! Is this so
YOUR GOVERNOR SAYS IT is /; and he stand,
pledged, If reelected to exert his influence to hav
this Fund divided according to the white population
Can you vote for such man! Will you go to th
polls and vote to revive and encourage sectional dis
putes and sectional animosities WiN you cot
against yourselues and your dearest itcrests? lie
the lst day of August give the answer!.
/ After along drouth we had a fine rain aay O
two since, which was truly refreshing and hiyhl