Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-03-14

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: quest q stte Professors oJ az Blssll llaaso,i
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2 How far governmental aid fought tosb6
extended in aid of the cause of popular
education, tits not my purpose now TO ins
! lqutreg But l have always held that ik
was right, politically and morall u to eoms
pei the9wealthy, hyllegi$laIiye enaStments
to assist in the education Of the poor
5, aroundsth Eal.l al Is esisiSlssg
I am no agrariah. y.tnhold 1.-THE rights
pro erty saCred andtinyiblablc. BUTT
lis by thelaws of civil government. thatthe
goods of.thts world are appropriated. aud
the right guGtrantied to their t6Rtphats
possessOr to disposesoftheli1 a. he willaat
his death. Thisrighs WAS sst,nknown, %.
natural law, aud was unknown to the
Patriarchal pages These laws are the
Legitimate offspring of civil goveras
ment, aud g are fouad6d upon and oan
only be justified in, the fitness of things.
And the fitness of things, especially in
government such as ours, proclaims to the
man OF wsalth-the man whose oattle arc
grazing on Thousand hiis-that whil6
civil government! by its executive, legis-
lRtive. aud judicial departments affords
you ample protection in the enjoyment OF
the vast domain which it has guaranteed
to yotLtho rightto acquire aud appropriate
to youtselfand yoErs, its pow0t and eti.
ciency to protect and others in Your pro,
prietary fights-yea. tsVery existanee-.
depends upon thb education, Ith o. mental
and moral culture, Of itsicitizensa;a II is
not true, in contemplation OF either moral
or civil law. that each man is absolute
monarch over The properly eand wealth
which fortune, chance, or nPenperseEYering
industrys may have placed in bis hands.
tie holdsit, subject to the, rRtable sehar-
ges OF civil gOvsrnme ent, h9ewellbeingtof
human socieIy, andaIhe redemption efiho
world; and as to these uses be loldsbut
but u trust estate in hisaown propelay.-4-
II. then, We are not mistaken as to the
deep stake which civil government has.in
the education of its citizens, for what
higher or lOlieFpurpose could .a1 be les
We'd ouattIe propsEtyof the citizsnS2 Aud
who OF rightcould cpmPlaiuyif civil goYs
ernment should think proper TO 1AdoptaA
free-school system of education. suppor4
ted and kept up by an aa valorepl, tax on
the property OF old maids and haehelbrss
OF whom It'll may be said. they toll not
neither do they spin, aliwSlk sas upon
that of the heads ofsfamiiet ! But IswAl
pursue not this branchlof the ssubjeet5iop
Though Virginia as State. has mol
done much, she has onsusomethingoi
the promotion Of the ,causeltof popular
education. Her literary fund, Intended
20 be devoted exclusiyelyltoLhd education
ofthe INDECENT youth of,our country, was
founded in the year 1919. IL was then
small /; but il has been annually ippreaS.
ing since. and is now no inconsiderabla
fun!. AT the end Of Lhe last fiscal year
the tota amount OF its available cagiS
IHl Hlswas $i,606, 8O2 73 and its actin.
come the interest and dividends on ilh
loans and stocks only being seslimatedl
amounted TO $tO3,627 O3 Of which
amount The sun, Of $4,000 Was.distfibu.
ted among the counties Of the State t5faiI
tho purposes OF. primary Gduoatiotf. And
upwards of SO OOo poor Gbil1ren, byitl.s
expenditure Of this sum- were Kept At
school near fiIty.Iour daySneaeh daEhe
the year; in one hundred and t9entysnine
counties and four towns. which IsapBpSo
to embtace all tire cophties and toWntstiiak
have not adopted a free scho0l sYsfefh.-,
Heretofore thisfund looked chiehgito fies
and forleitureS for its augmentation attl
thus, to some extent. tribute was laia.bT
the State authority on vices Of 1gnr peos
pie. Tor the panacsEby which tbgSb vices
were TO be extefmina;ed But onrpfbsent
constitution levies poll tax. equal. %
twice the amount Of tax paid on each 100
worth Of land, on each nalbfcitizen over
the age Of tWenty-One year and 5pfovidoI
that one ftlOiely 0i the money 6bus raised,
shall pass to the literary fund and By
legislative enactment the other moietk
has been given the same difeclioa.-
From this Acoutee alone IbiS fBnd wilires
ceiye an annual increase of near S7l. 900.
Looking 10 the present resources Of this
fund, its revenues in time will b. iInmeHse
and may, at some distant day, boatnfi.
cieDt almost if not entirely % snpportG q
free school system thrOughout tue State.
But why invest Che principal and uss
only the annual profits arising n 5nI ~
investment Is it because 81 81 5ert
generation needs less goSerane Al
for the purposes Of education tllsh tfi.
generation which will fOilows3 fadeed.
IS MOI the eonyerseof the proposition ltne9
And it is confidently, submitted that &c {
would be the partscf wisdom .fgr our
legislative 70 devote the gross 4as
nual income Of this fund to immedt.
ate PurPoees of educatipns jSetead of la
Testing il and applying G6lg tle interest
and dividend.
Other rspublisl bave existed swhoss
commsneemsntea IL as auspicfous as ours.
and the stars whose destiaes 4 i. Was
.vainlv tho&Iht. would meyer sst p,,.