Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-08-16
From the OHIO State Journal.
War upon the Common Schools.

She one by openly attacking It's principles
and showing just where one stands. so tha
nobody is deceived. aud the other is Il
set up a hypocriicaI preIense of friend
shin, bu, claim that the law is defective
that it is TOO stringent, that it needs amend
ing; in short. to defeat and destroy a sys
lem bv undermining its walls. sapping its
strength, and, by stripping il of lis vigoi
and efficiency, make it nonen,ity, a Thing
incapable Of good.
The Ohio Statesmac pursues the lauel
course toward the system Of common
schools in Ohio. II sympalhized with the
Catholic war upon schools in Cincinnati
last Spring, and published articles of that
sort Finding that open war would not do
that there was deep seated feeling oI
regard for common schools in the minds
Of large mass nt our ci,zcns, the plan
was changed. Nom, lhr law is too s'rin'
gent 1t imposes TOO heavy taxes It
gives too much power to S0mebody II
saps the foundation Of our civil rights.
and destroys our individuality. Boards OF
Control, State Commissioners. School Iii
braries, High Schools, &c. are all wrong
al must be changed, reformed in other
words, they are the efficient means OF
giving vitality to the School system, and.
therefore, must be opposed. An average Of
nearly tlco dollars per scholar for cducnling
the 100000 children of the State, for a
Wbole ycar is oppressive. and the people
will nor submit 10 it Such is the present
state of the case. Such is the position Of
the Statesman toward the law of last win.
ter for the better support and regulation of
common schools in Ohio.
We do not speak at random. Look at
the following, which we clip from a long
ar'isIo in the SIa,cman of last Wednes'
day: .
+" 1t is charged that this Inv is the "a.
vori,e invention of eastern booksellers and
lecturers. and of the school teachers; be.
cause "i the immense outlay Of State mo,
ney in the purchase Of books. building OF
fine school houses. and the munifcpnt re-.
muncraiion of teachers, contemplated by the
law"
Who charges these things except the
schools a.? Who is base enough to string
together sue an array Of iibels against
Senator Rice. for whom We shall always
entertain feelings Of respect for his Iahors in
the good cause, and the enlightened and pa
lrsoiic minds that laborcd with him to make
IN efficient school system For these
things ARE base Hbels. They see the ligh,
of day ior the frs, time in the Ohio
Statesman They are put forward in such
a shape that No one doubts the sympathy of
the editors with them. Look at the base.
ness Of these insinnalons Does The law
provide for the building Of ''fne " school
houses, more lhan the old law did 4! Docs
il say anything about wha, shall be paid
to teachers There is nothing Of this in
il, and norhmg 10 Justify such q fling. But
it is n good enough hobby 10 array tho
prejudice Of the ignoran, and degraded
against The system, and hence these hints
are thrown OUT. That the true object
Of that paper is understood and appreciated.
may be seen by The SORT Of men that flock
around it, and correspond with it. See how
a malignant enemy of tho system is per-
mlted to talk III It's columns. We copy
from the article Of Wednesday:
q a ." an, nc murh onnosnd to
this wholesale diclmion, taxing and Iything as
the Catholics are. 1t is TOO late to call cen.
waIizaion democracy. Our civil and re-
Igous rights depend much on individuality.
| cali thaI law bad in every aspect. being
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