The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1850-12-21
GOV. MANLY-THE SCHOL FUND.

GOV. MANLI-IHE SCHOL FUND.
Several Of the Eastern Whig papers have
had their eyes opened by the late Message
Of Gov. Manly.
The Edenton Bulletin says:
&c Under the head of Common Schools our
readers will find the question of the distribution
of the Fund discussed, to which we refer the IN
for tae Governors views They ,cW find that
the disfrust telt an the East pending the last
1ceX founded He recommends the distribution
to be made in proportion to the number of white
people, and not heretofore in proportion to
Federal populations measure, which adopted
by the Legislature, would result great I'M ry
to the East.,'
The Weldon Herald says:
Sc We have made no comments on the Message
of his Excellency Gov. Manly, but we must take
occasion to enter our solemn protest against that
portion of this document which recommen nds the
distribution of the school fund according to the
white and not the federal population, at pre-
sent. We defended him against the charge of
being in favour of any such doctrine last sum-
mer, and used our every exertion to convince
the public that the charge false and that
Gov. Manly waa right and sound this sub
ject. 1t becomes now our unpleasant duty to
ask the Governors pardon for all that said
in his favor on this subject-having totally mis-
lieved at the time, that he would recommend
any such thing to the present Legislature, zoe
acould not haze supported him."
The Old North State Whig says:
"The position which Gov. Manly has taken in
his Annual Message to the Legislature upon the
distribution of the school fund, entirely recon-
Giles to his defeat. Had he expressed him
self in favor of change of the basis from the
federal to the white population before the cleo
ton, we should, for one, most unceremoniously
have repudiated him. We do SO noac, aceH
the doctrine achich he advocates"
1t appears, then, from Wing soure es,
that Eastern Wings were grossly and de
deliberately deceived, in the late cam
paign, as to Gov. Manly's views On
thi, question. But we can tell these Edi-
tors that Gov. Manly went much further
than this: He advocated the abolition of
the federal basis Of representation In the
Leglslature-a measure which, if carried
out at this time, would not only give en-
courasement to our assailants In the Free
States, but would completely overshadow
Eastern influences in the public councils.
And we can tell these Editors furthermore,
and all others whom it may concern, that
the W hg papers OF this City-with Gov.
Manly, and certain Wing leaders in the
present Legislature. whose white basis
Speeches and Reports are published and
praised in these papers, are committed
0t tIliS mOuCuI ~ a SOuN SnNtODs thC OO>
ject of which is to unsettle the present
basis ofrepres resentation, and to establi sh it,
not according to population aid taxation.
but with reference to white population!
There is a game going on here-a parry
game, with the view of breaking down
Western Democrats md of building up the
fortunes of certain Wing leaders, by ,0hite
basis orertures 10 The Uest and if the
Editors from whom we have quoted, and
the people generally, will watch the Leg
isIa,'ve proceedings and the Wing prints
Of this City with little more attention,
they will see this game as clearly as we do.
~. G. Standard.
''Glorious lille Vermont" exclaims a
whig print Of the abolition stri pc, in heral
ding forth the resolutions Of the Green
Mountain legislature OF the subject OF sla-
very and the compromise. The small part
Of the epithet is certainly applicable to a
state which. through its Legislature, goes
for holding fast to all the North gets BY
the compromise, but for repudiating all
that the South secures by it! ''Lifhe
Vermont will do. '.MOnstrous small'
...o,,la hoyo hooc hof<or suitod fO Such SIN.