The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-11-23

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VIII The gsnslsnfsa alss lay before Ne publ,e
shsis plass Of psesidiae, unAss The Osn,sis.e;ea
- laws Il NE essse. ~ she pablis i.s,,ue,ie.
q tAs I've shsssaAl sshoelaAls childre. ef R...
i'nsssa The Constitution, which the Meuhen
eftAs Board On satiag once prssiasA % ,.,-
psfS provides "feF the saueasion Of an the
ysssAs Of shs State. shrsugh ! sys.su q een-
0sa schools" ID The Conslisusion 10 s. deaa
letter 10 The gsed city d Dsrllaesoal Yess
papsf ssA'ss, n. Edisss. that anosg Ne liz
shsusaad public prsssisusss il tho city Of New
York, Education 10 u : very lev standard, %
ascsrsainsd By the lnvsstigasioss 81 d. Bangor.
With such facts staring 10 in The face. wbas
Tread q vistas. hananity aAA jassiss ~Ill con-
plata 81 a. equitable Share 81 THE pablie n,tr.e.
sisss Biz Or eight years ago, Burlingssn v.s
she foremost town il the State for the oharae. |
ssr Of its public seheol-housss. Meanwhile On, |
population and wealth has more than doubled
The old Beard Of Education proposed sohe.l.
Aeuss sor the western part Of the city. Insta.a
y complaining ovsra bill for weed, and broom.
A1e s'.ss, snd janitor's fees. &c., &s., Our mot.
EXCELSIOR.
VI EDlfAR |
ssms to have taken "conniptions" ever what
y eonssruss into an .ttack upon the Board. If
. VIII moderate his wrath, and psruse my little
rt'cis more calmly, he will see that il vas NO /,
attack upon any body. but . staple INQUIRY
70 the why's aud whereferes This desire for q
'formation, would have supposed, would have
cen readily gratified BY any member Of an ed. !.
cas'ona9 oodrd-but il seems was mistaken. Il
ID taken Tor granted that person must learn b
inta'sion-that he ought to know there would =
meeting to vote tax without being in + +
rmed oft, and that no would know rhen this u
Getting would be held. fr
Would it not have been better TO have given q
'tics through our papers, that this meeting ia
- to DO held, and the object Of il mentioned! 10
leu the people could have been there, and do. In
rminsd fer themselves, whether such a tax vas :,
csssary. I have heard more than twenty n
.telgsnt psrsons' say they knew nothing Of in
9 meeting, and have been tsld that ..ths II
's'ing" was composed ofGftssn or twenty per- ~ g.
10. If this 10 SO, what principle 10 il, 10 il tr,
moeratic Or Republican that twenty persons Of
ould vote tax 10 be paid by two Or three Pc
susand! think not, and moreover if more 49, -.
uses are needed, would it not he q better cd
IN for the District to borrow money On twsn- mi
years bonds, and assess tax that would nay mi M
, interest, and form a sinking fund that would he
J the debt at ito maturity In this way our 10
res would not be materially increased, and sta
'se who use the school houses would pay fov :
m, under the present system we pay for what az
10 who come after us will use, and il 10 but va
ht that they should share the burden. sor
conclusion thank ths""Nember" for his u :.
gsstion about keeping the "shut,ers closedn gus
would remind him that when those who have
full stocks, (of brains or any thing sss) a. Cpl
self, keep the doors locked, and will mot lot
II superior intelligence shine upon the COM RE-
'ity that then the Lesser lights, with smaller rsa
ks, will venture before the public. Blu,
TAx.PArKR. tax
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