The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-11-27

uiih ilis NH. e FfsmFFs a om Gor-t
emmsus ensfsfisd d . or COllHiituiioa
IS . salemn inianelioa ep0a ne PenPle's
R~nresrmialises lhas = Schools shoald be
established fos Ghe convenient Instruction
Of ysash. wilh surh salaries 10 The Mas
srrs . mighi sssbls ahem 10 Instruct -
inu prices"
TAis praslsson IN esr fandsmspssl las.
from rafsoss causes. bal chiefly from shs
want of means. remained for nearly hall
. c~~sury dormant and unheeded.
In The gear 1875. las sas passed
upon ii.e satJerl ca The 6rsi iinr; land
was rr~ssed. Board established 10 lnsesi
and manage ID. and shrr successful &C.
eusuula,iaa &c ils proceeds. an scl was
passed IN the year 1910. establishing
system az Common Schools and directing
an annual distribution 20 be made among
she People Of The mel annual income Of
this Fund.
I cal yaur sllensioa 10 The fact thai. by
the lau OF 1875. this iand was Sci spsrs
far Inc education of the youth vfihs Stats.
and Legislative pledge ~as therein given
10 the public. that the annual income
should be divided out among The coun.
Ties in proportion 10 The free while poru-
lalsan of EACH"
In dae year lsse. when the system was
put iuto operation. ihis division was ORDER
ed 10 be made among The Counties. NOT IN
proportion 10 their fchife. bta federal po-
pulafioa. BY This process. ihose counties
in the Stale. containing sparse white 20
pulaiion and bui Few white children 10 edn-
eaie. yei containing many slaves and free
negroes, receive the larger portion OF this
public bounty: while those counties hsv,
lug o large white pc. ulsiion and many
children % educate, YET having few slaves
and free negroes. rereive The smaller share,
This arrangement hold 10 be wrong.
This common Fund having been pro
ridrd and designed Tor The education. no
&c The rich. nor IL The ponr. exclusively
bal for MI the white children Of The STATE
alike, onqlli. ia my judgment. 10 be siisi
ded equally amongst them, whesher ihei
residence happens 10 be. or not 10 be IN ;
community holding slaves aud Tres ne
grnes.
n should be born In mind that The CAPT
tsl from which this annual inrome pro
reeds was mol raised by iares on Fedora
population. but from other sources OF pub
ic revenue. The argument, therefore
ihaithis distribution should hcmade among
The people according 10 federal numbers
because il was derived from them on tina
basis Of lsxaiion, 10 without foundation.
Is 10 The argument that portion of ih'
capital was received from the Genera
Government IN her distribution among ih
Sisies &C the surplus revenue, and ihs
should North Carolina he called upon I
refund The money. il would be raised b
laying Federal population, il is sufiicier
answer, that al this late day. no man 81
riously enleriains The opinion that III
States will ever be called on to refund lhl
money. And. moreover. Unjust he borne
mind that ,ha. portion Of this surplus revs
rue which constitutes part Of our liz,
rary Fund, was invested in the stocks ,
The Bank of The State and Of Cape Fea
and if return OF i. shall become indi
pensabLe. that il can be readily effected b
transfer or sale Of the stock, and mol b
the imposition Of taxes Of any sort.
But shall not deiain you with an al
Eument Of this question.
The rule adopted by the Distribute
Act Of 1910. carries on lis face Violate
OF The spiri, and ohjec, Of The injunctit
or The Constitutions: is breach Of The IN
lie faith given hy the Legislature Of 1922
is al variance with the rule in 9th,
Southern States: divides the fund mol a,
cording 10 The public necessity, but Il
uedifh Of The people, and is in i,self u
equal and unjust.
| recommends therefore change,
law, Of the basis of distribution of i
Common School Fund: That hencefoI
The same shall be divided among /
Counties in proportion 10 their number
white people or white children, and !
IN proportion 10 The federal compuiion
white people and slaves and free negro
combined.
But liis system is deficient, not only
its organization, but in accountability, y
iformlty. and its general management.
Fora period OF ten years, abou, 5000
have been placed annually in the han
az the various school committees Of
State; sum larger than the whole a
cunt Of the States Revenue paid into
Public Treasury during tina, period.
This large sum. forming an aggregate
nearly million Of dollars, has within d
brief period been spent, and yet no q,
quate provision has been made, much I,
enforced, for even informing The peol
or their representatives v hal has becol
fiji. or how il has been spent.
The President and Directors Of
Literary Fund, in obedience 10 an act
the General Assembly. compiled and r,
lished, and caused TO be circulated thou,
out the Stale. SIX thousand copies OF
pamphlet containing an abstract Of
School laws. together with an appen