Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-06-24
Our Common School System,
No. 3.
For The Fayetteville Observer.
FAYETTEYILLE, June 23. ISL.


most dif1icilt part of til : subject, is
the plan for raising the funds for car
rying on the Schools as proposed. I /
know that our purse-stnngs are m ore
tender than those of the heart. One
may strike upon the la tier with all
the power of Hercules, d nd scarcely
produce a slight vibration; but touch
the former, with but the lightest fin
ger, and the whole system is con-
vulsed, deafening sound reverbe-
rates through the land, and the cry
of robbery, murder, a nd treason,
CRATES upon our ears. Lost to every
thing but gain, we cry, M honey, money,
give me money; take friends, take
happiness, education, ref nement, mo-
fality, freedom, take all, all, but give
me money! But to the point. As
there is strong probability that the
Chancellor's office will be abolished,
i've propose
1st. To give the salaries. of the
-four Chancellors to the School Fund.
| Cd. To add the taxone each law suit.
| Sd. To tax each voter five cents.
18th. To add one-forti etf Of l per
cent to the tax ON property, which
shall be added to the Fund. These
addition to be made annually, the in
terest of which only shall be used.
5th, Let it be required Of each
School District, to make, by whatever
method it may choose, an amount
equal to that drawn, ann ually, before
it shall be allowed to use the public
money.
These additions, in the course of a
few years, with others occasionally
made, would enable us to lave longer
terms, a nd more competent teachers.
To hresd Mt the matter in a clearer
light w9 givea tabular view, made
from rhde estimates; for We have not
the M cans now Of accurate calcula-
ton. The table may exceed OF it
may fall short of correctness. We
suppose fifty suits are decided annu-
ally in each county, and there are
100000 voters In the State.
lst.. Four Cha cel-N
lors' Foes, $4,000
cd. Tax on Law
Suits, 8R Cos, &
SO Suits in eacn, 5 900
Sd, Tax 5 CTS, on
each yd,cr, 6,oO0\
4rh. Tax bn $780,
100000 properly
al l40 vi ] per
cent, $4,000
Total the 5, year, IT 900 10Th ySar.770,Ooo
Interest n these. 4,620 do 46,2oO
Add presd nj fund, 5000 do q $4,000
Which 81 yes, 1850 do fel,2oo
9Th. Add On equal
amour, from The
people, l19,62o do l6l'Soo
And we ! ave, s2s9.24o do s322.4oo
This estimate shows the immediA
ate and remote effects Of such sys-
tenn. The rate of tax will not be
consider led excessive by those who
wish the advancement Of their coun-
try and the happiness of postenty.
A tax of ! Of per cent. would give
the first year s239,240; the tenth,
SS62;4O0, which would actually ben
eft soci et, Blu t wo to the man who
dares to propos e such a taxi Bold,
daring, independent, unmindful of
popular applause, must he be who
advocates such a position. But /
need no t give the caution-nature
instinct vely avoids danger.
a BLACKSMITH.
SHIP BUILDING IN MEMPHls.-There
is now i our city an agent for a COM
pany in the city of Philadelphia, to
close a contract for the building Of a
of seventeen hundred tons,
to run b etween the ports of Philadel-
phia and Havana. This is an evil
dence that the ship builders are be-
ginnin g to find out the difference of
cost of erecting steamboats, and ships