, 1853-01-08

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i appears to them an actNOf great injustice
,bat it costs a man no more 10 send five
scholars than il does to send one. The OPP
,ration and design of the School law of this
Territory is TO make the property Of the
country support the Schools. Every man
Is taxed, TO pay teachers, according to his
Dgopeiiy, and not in proportion to his schol-
ars' So an old bachelor cannot excuse
himself by saying he has no children to
send-he must fork over Neither can a
miserly wretch of father keep his children
At home because it will cost him few dol
lars 10 send them to school. Nor can n
man who, on account of some slight preju-
dice against the teacher Or other members
Of die district, keeps his children at home
weaken the school thereby. The same
amount of dimcamusi be forthcoming whcth>
era man scnGs to school or not. Aud last
and lest Of all, it opens the school 10 poor
children. The parents poverty does not
debar the child from obtaining a common
school education. Prohgacy, misfortune,
industry, enterprise, talent, property, &C.,
makes a wide difference in the character
and standing of men. But under the Free
School system, the children of all meet in
the school room on a Republican footing,
Al enjoy the same opportunities all may
begin with equal advantages 10 run the race
oflife.
There are, unquestionably, cases where
such a law may seem to wok with hard
ship as, for instance, where the children
oflhe idle and proHgate are educated with
the money of the honest and industrious.-
But if there are men in the community who
have neither sufficient patriotism, respect
for society, nor love for their offspring to
educate them, il is the bounden duty of all
good citizens to cndcavor to save the child
rem from the deprayity of The father. Then
again many cannot understand why they
are taxed by the district when they have
paid their School tax to the county. The
county School tax must, by law, be applied
to the payment Of teachers exclusively not
4 dollar of it can be expanded in building
School houses or for any Of the contingent
expenses connected with the School. -
Teachers are paid by the county fund, so
far as it goes. Every district must build its
own school house. After School house is
built and furnished, there will be no more
district Tax, except trihIng one yearly to
furnish wood, keep the house in repair, &c.
4 district has the power, however, TO levy
tax to pay teachers, when the county
funds fall short.
Onr district and community have met
With a serious loss by the destruction Of our
School house. All had begun to appreci-
ate lis advantages, sufficiently to feel its
loss, and, phoenix like, il will rise again in
greater perfection and beauty. Most ol
our citizens have already contributed liber.
ally, and shown laudable public spirit
and their determination will increase with
the necessities Of the case. No permanent
citizen can put out his money at better in>
terest, or lay il out 10 better advantage
than to give a liberal suppohto education
and christianity. School houses and church.
cs are the noblest emblems Of civilization.
No village or community ever fourished
without them. The town proprietor, the
merchant, the newspaper publisher, = in
short, all classes are benefited by their
election and use. In new country such
public buildings in town afford great in-
ducements for intelligent citizens 10 settle
in the vicinity. The sight of church sIee-
pie, or The. sound of school bell .gladdens
the heart Of the man who has children 80
train up for Immortality. He feels induced
to settle where his children and himself can
enjoy such inestimable privileges. Olympia,
with such buildings, will enlarge, the ad-
joining country will fill up, the value Of
town property will increase, the bushes of
The merchant will double, the circulation
ot newspapers will more than keep pace,
and there will no longer be any occasion
ior the complaint that there is no society in
this country. What do we want 10 improve
society? The answer is plain Schools
and churches, and union of all good citi-
zens on the side Of morality and Of right
IT We want families 10 settle among US, let
us hold out inducements, and show them
that the blessings of civilization are appre-
eiated and enjoyed in this distant land. If
we wait for others TO come and make such
improvements for US, our place viii so much
longer be left in the back ground. Citizens
that we might have obtained will settle in
other places, and every citizen will be poor
eer, as to property, at the end Of two years
ior praetcing such miserable economy
Une year lost now will injure this place
more than FIVE years Of after existence can
redeem. We have the power now in our
own hands TO make Olympia the Queen OF
The Sound; we have the start-we can
Keep il by enterprise and activity, and 90
on with accelerated speed until Universi-
" and State house shall grace our tri-
SmPh. Some may continue to endcavor to
Guild up their particular town by railing
against all others, but il viii be Of no avail,
strangers will judge by what they see and
mol BY what they hear. And we hope that
towns will rival each other in public I'm
Proyemen,s and in works Of general and
public utility, instead of vieing with each
O'ner In abuse and calumny. II is intelli-