Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-04-03

his learning AK the good man who spell. out with abo-
ricus slouness. syllable at tiue chapter In his Bible
for what be would exchange his little stock Of letter.
the answer In each will give idea
the value OF education 10 the ndgduai ask the states
man. whose passion his love OF country and whose pride
that coontys glory and renown for what consideration
he would blot out letters from the minds Of his fellow
learning to the Stat. II education then be this priceless.
thing. shslt be enjoyed by tho many the fewr 10
despotsm, the ruler be WISE Il Is well with the State
In an arstocracy learning may be confined to the lew
because the people nothing; but in democratic go
vernment like ours unnstructed people as fatal TO
the State Is would DO weak Cxar Russia, igno
rant nobility to England ANY cos. which is within the
means OF the country well be bestowed on SO vital
the instruction Of the ruling power-and hee
the ruling power Il the people.
Tho statistics of the last census demonstrate tho ability
Of Virginia establish system Of Free Schools, and to
place them tho most liberal footing without lessenins
by any computable amount the comfort Of a single c
xen With a white population Of S97634 the State has
real aud personal property to the amount of
giving to each individual man, and child $3.50
In New Epglaud there falls the share of each indvid
ua the average Of silo In New York the
OF each $3.50, and in Ohio it but s95b. While
people have IL cent than those ofNew EDgand
So per cent than those OF New York. aud SO per
cent than those Of Ohio those States Afford
and do afford, to have Free Schools while Virginia,
told unequal TO the expense The importance and
value OF FREQ schools demonsable than the
ability Of Virginia sustain them. The proceeds of
tar OF two mills and half the dollar for the first year,
and two mills for each year thereafter udciousy expend
cd will give to our State forever the blessings and secu
rity OF universal education.
We should DO coasoled by the knowledge that the first
cost will be the most The good effects of uni
versa education would DO and felt in every branch
human industry Ii would speed the plough the spin
die and the shuttle; aud thus add enormously almos,
incidentally to the products Of labor and consequently,
TO the taxable property Of the State We informed
by the intelligent Secretary the Massachusetts, Board
OF Education, that Of the sagacous manufacture
of New England declared that his experience proved
that the best cotton mill Of New England if worked by
operatives low In the scale Of Intelligence DO
bic to read wrte would yield the proprietor
proft-that the machinery would be out the
owner impoverished and the operatives themselves left
penness But why 60 In quest of authority TO prove
what is svidenty So oug work with TOOLS and in
genuity required make and them intellect and
of course cultivated intellect must be prime element III
all productive labor. But shall not only gain much by
educated labor, but shall much. Through the
influences OF education conduct and character, shall
save to the State large part Of the cost of its vices
is difficult TO calculate the of idleness drunkenness
debauchsry and crime involving the expenses OF police
ofprisons ofpenitentiaries, and of poor houses.
Good public schools would supersedc in n great meas
ure private schools and in this way alone the ex
pendure Of but little short o. what necessary
educate the whole people This the experience OF
cry State which has adopted them. In of these
States, is believed that less than five children in hun
bred private schools Nor public schools
nurseries for rearing ploughmen and mechanics
In multitude OF instances Governors, Legislators and
Judges owe all that they and all that they have,
the unbougbt advantages which they have derived from
these institutions.
the money will be spent where it was raised, and |
carried back, by the laws Of trade, to the pockets
from which it was taken The tax which we pay OF
canals and railways finds its way, in the main
10 the pockets, OF foreigners In the judgment Of
lghtened economists, double much be borne
when the proceeds spent home than when they
abroad. In the before they viii be spent in
the most useful form-in giving employment hundreds
OF our worthest male citizens, and still! greater
Der OF our females, and thus be direct encouragement
to higher grade of learning than exists among
Lastly by making each school district corporation
with power receive and property under such
tnctions as the Legislature choose TO impose,
shall invite into the useful channels benefcenc,
OF citizens. There hundreds among now who
would gladly give part of what they have gained from
commercial intercourse with their fellow citizens for the
benefit Of their neghbors they knew how make their
offerings effective useful. These corporations will
open wide fed, where charity ana benevolence |
expand themselves The donor will be certain |
that he is doing good and who estimate |
how often charity is chilled, and how many good
impulses represed by the want OF this certainty i
Many youth who receives his first impressions good
and his first impulse self advancement from public
school, will in the time Of his prosperity, and in the hour
of DEATH testify his appreciation Of benefits received by
substantial memorials OF his bounty.
Your memorialists feel almost ashamed to bring the
notice of your honorable body details which theyook
petty in the last degree in view of the great go
rious object which they seeking to accomplish Our
fathers their purses and thoir veins without nan
sing calculate the cost of treasure or of blood that
their liberties and the liberties of their children migh be
won and now, when the question sabou preserving and
transmitting these liberties shall we show ourselves
unequGl 10 the sacihce which patriotism demands
hands? Can any man show how liberty exist with
ignorance, freedom with vice Is any man wise
enough devise any other mode Of expeing ignorance
than by the education general ignorance but
by general education There can be other mode
and the price OF liberty is tue price OF education, and
must pay it.
Your memorialists know Of no instance of private
individual being seriously injured by the liberal be-
nehcence TO objects OF public good and history gives
counenance to the assertion hat while nations been
victmsed by their vices their ambition and their wars
Spi di,,,r o4
trea ure in any connected how remotely soever
win the happiness aud Improvement Cf its people, THE
emo IN this case sancuy the means and that
experimenting Providence which shapes the of ind
viduas AMI OF States throws its mighty shield over e
forts begun and carried split OF enlarged and en-
ergetic benevoenCe. wide reaching and ar.seeDp pru
dence is far important States than individuals
Men mark their aud their responsibilities by years
the proper concern OF States, is generations Men fret
their busy hours the stage Of life and do well IL they
gam an honest living for themselves and honest
ample 10 their children States never die they NAV SOW
seed day. which they know will ripen for century
and such husblndy WISE and States which neglect
IT, are wanting in all their duties to posterity The seeds
oil education which desire see planted by the
STATE are OF this kind 1t is the of the f
ture than the present Living men aud women cannot for
themselves enjoy the fruit They have sowed Ignorance
ana they are reapng ignorance All that remains for
Is 70 40 something Tor posertysomething for which
our chhuteh may remember W., aud bess our memo
Ties.
In conclusion, your memoriass bcseech your honor,
DIE bouy 70 take this great subject under its careful
e"lhehte hituOuL ucldy the best Work
which ever engaged the thoughts and the abours of
Legislature or people prompt, decided, and an
energetic movement IN the right direction trusting to m
ture experience and observation overcome and cure oil
incpent obstacles aud defects will hailed by your me
moralss As an in the history of Vrginia-an era
which will be siguaised in her annals for all time TO
come.
~ Oh. q. ~. BRAINEIkD would inform the rubi,e
that he Is waiting for the Committee Corres ondenes at RI
ond 70 report and be E1ehange Hotel an
I'll saturday April LIST, 1884, from to II A. NJ and to
r. NJ Ny stay viii be short, therefore
apply At once Correspondents by addresag me g J ,,
!Ol New York Oy stating their case and whether
the eyebAl s snaI LARGE also whether
promptly Or IL for dollars obtain advice. q,
treatment for ten dollars which the pay Tor advice viii +,