New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-08-10

the TWO extremes. lnat Is tue naAtu truth
about it, and il confutes the incorporate
assertions so roundly INDUCED by Hale aud
by Butler-in South Carolina and in Mlssa-
chuset!s. Who is it then that's stuluGed!'
Free School LGw-Lstrer from A. Bascom.
SENECA Falls, friday, jay p
HORACE GRIZZLY, ESQ;
DEAR sIR-ln your reply toa communication
OF ": Osborn Of this county you admit that there
is juit one considerable defect 70 be amended, not
ia our free school law, bO, in our assessment laws.
As they now stand banks railroads, DC. Will be
taxed for the benefit OF certain narrow localities
WHEN their contribution should help the cause CT
education generally" l am gratied to sec 80
much admitted. and by your assurance that you
"vill Try to have this made just and equsl.' Tie
defect, however, il in the School Law and in that
law must be cured. Districts ar. expressly per
m;ted to tax the corporations within their bounds.
This law endeavored 10 have amended in 1917.
proposed amendments 10 the School Law OF that
year. exempting certain corpOr atoms which did
not NECESSARILY increase tho number OF children 70
be Scbooeo from district taxation, exceP. tor their
perintendents should, by e summary proceeding
impose and collect the hike per centum tax upon
their spital as that paid for the current year by
the other property OF the State Tor school por-
poses, and distribute the proceeds With the other
school money. This, under the old Law, would
have added from seventy five TO one hundred thou.
sand dollars TO the distribution of each year. The
Assembly passed the ameadment' bus they were
strioken out in the Senate Toe new School Law
provides that taxes shall be levied aud raised as
heretore. Under the old or the new law, every
principle OF justice requires that taxes drawn from
corporations deriving their support from the people
at large, should be distributed generally, ana AN
willing to help you little in keeping this subject
before the PEG, le But think you will find the
proposition q cooler TO the zeal Of many of the adj
vocates Of tax schools; for, 20 far as my observa
ton has extended, iind the most vociisr0us patti
otism exhibiting itself IN favor Of the tax system
in localities where In addition 10 the capital OF
few worthy individuals, a bank, a rallrosd, SC.
can be taxed for the benefit of angle district;
and am uucharitable enough TO suppose that
little seifshness adulterstcs the patriotam OF many
OF the supporters OF the taxing tcheme.
Bot do you mean to say that there is asst one
considerable defect in the new school la~I
thought there were many all the detects oil the
old Jaw rs TO enumeratlDg children and dstrlbut
ing money are preserved by the new. The tax
pay ers may relieve themselves from tue burden OF
the new law in many Of the districts by providing
for four month"; cheap schooling only, and their
district will draw as much public money as the adj
joining one, with the same number OF children that
keeps up school throughout the year. Now is
lot this another considerable defecti Or is It in
tended to say nothing about this and get the eeis
latUre TO repeal this part Of the aw as coon SIS the
people shall have enacted i'll
In ycor Address you complain OF the Legislature
fOr not materially altering the law the people had
80 recently pasfed. In my Judgment me Leslsla
ture did rieht in refusing. VINO knew that the
nneo,le would bsve SS'ssed any such law as the
amended law would be the necessity u, - .O''"
caticn illustrates the improperly Of passing laws
conotionslly, ard hope that the friends Of popu-
lar education will be strong enough This fall, aided
by the helshness you denounce rs freely a. il
great portion OF tho advocates of your system
were not actueted by mere seiishnessD to vote
down the new law, and leave the Legislature free
TO cure the defects Of the ols, wettried and popu
-. system.
ma; yen Saye E word to say abou. Ito const
tutionsty of Regulating in the wey the New School
Law was called into being for, although it has
been called constitutional by high authority, think
car show that the power OF egislating has been
fevoved as clearly as the power Of deciding a
question as TO what the law lin short, that the
Leetlstive power il vested In the Senate and As
embiy as clearly az the Judicial power ia vested
n the Courts. Yours, &c, ANsEL BAscoM.
RcnQrkS.
We really don't see that the defects in the
New School Law pointed out by Mr.. Bas.
.om are found in that law at all. The most |
hat can be fairly said is that this law has
lot cured all the defects in the laws it found
xis:iDg regulating the Assessment of Taxes,
distribution Of School Money, &c. &c.
Mr.. Bascom's cavil at the Free Sch, DOL
address seems to US very narrow and petit
ogging. The People had overwhelmingly
Oted to sustain the principle of the Free
chool law, and therefore Mr.. Bascom thinks
be Legislature did right in not amending
he details He does not seriously mean any
UGH thing. Had he been a Member of the
legislature, he would not have considered
imself precluded from amending the law
y the popular vote in its favor. lie would
eve understood that the People meant by
leir vote that the Common Schools shouli
Q Free and Exempts unknown, and mot that
~ existing defect in the mode Of assessing
axes, whether for School or other purposes,
lould be perpetuated.
AS to the Constitutional question raised
? Mr.. B. We hope he will bring it before
C Courts forthwith. Ifanact duly passed
: the Legislature and approved by the
oyernor is to be deemed a nullity because
c People have expressly approved it, it is
ne the fact were known. Ed. Tdb.
IA The Syracuse Journal is used by
e M. F. for "A Word to Horace Gree