St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-07-12

half Of thc teachers Of our common
schools, as well as the system itself
and in nv own behalf / chccrfnlIv
rcsnynI. Bnt, first, with REGARD to
our own State svstcn of common
schools, am aware there is a divcrsi-
" Of opinion, but that cU are equally
in favor Of same efficient svstcm is c1ual
| lv trur. This is the essential point.
| Differences Of opinion wi,h rc.sard 10
the details Of tie system, viii, in time,
Undoubtedly, lie made to harmouiZr.
That our common scnaols should be
CJr, and accessible 10 al, is. I bclicvc,
iprcitv generally admitted, Under a
! rate biil system, many persons, though
unc.c. an erroneous imnrcssion, are in.
dnccd to keep their childrrn ont of
the schools for pccuniary purposes.
"Thc less we scndv say they. " the
loss will be our rate bills o. hence. uu-
der such a system, the induccmcnt 10
many is, TO keep their children out of
the schools but, on the contrary,
when every man is taxed in proper
ton to his luopcrtv. and is compelled
to pay whether he sends to school or
not, his supposed interest is changed {;
he must send all he can in order to
get the worth Of his money. This is
the beauty Of our system. 1t makes
it The interest Of ali, whether that in
tcrcst be pccuuiarv or intellectual lo
fiji mn thc schools That if is ri~Li
fins tn tav thn ,rnnc,tv of thc State
bv some NAV I've drnicd But who,
| ask. is benefited bv our laws for the
urotcrtion Of ,roncrtv cxcrnt the
Inwncrs Of rronrriy2 The man who
Towns mo- horse is in no dancer If hav-
inc, = Lnrsn s+nInp nci,hni is hn vho
,9 9oo,a,;ar.I~ ro"r j., I,ne,cr nr th.
h;n.Lwn,, rni.hdr. I,cncn II I,v,s f,r
the "rG,octinn If nrnncrtv Iircctly
ILnroit ,hn nrnocrtv LnlInr. aud II
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rn =, tI,n o,anunt IF uo lnnnit he
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inr =, gnmnross i,,nnronno n,n 'nnst
IcInc.,+o tLa r,o,,Ih. ;. hnncc all nron.
o,tv owners are directly Interested n
the diffusion Of knowledge by mcan
Of our common schools
Where, l ask, other things bein:
equal IS property won I'll t'lc most mos. II Il
, 0r in an IGNORANT and vicions one
; and Lv w,,1m is crime mostly commit
led? The response is certainly in ia
yor of Intelligence. Then OR com
nlol schools are indeed "caskcts con
tanning the Jewels of our country
Niuctv-ninc in every one hundred O
our people receive all their education
in Our cuunon schools consequent
} " nnr public money should mostly b,
/ aDpr,p.iatyl iur tilyi, support WhcI
: thc lower strata Of air is heated, Il,
: upper cannot he cold, for it is the ng
- tnre of heat 10 ascend 50 also, whc
orr common schools arc full Of th
, " Jewels" of orr country, and pro:
! rc,in-, onr upper institutions canuo
>, be cfupty and languiohing.
Ir The nronosi;ion Ire t. nc that "ri
! I.a l,c yfrtn" and fa,.lffucnco Of Gl
|. ...pat mass Of the ncnoln rlIn 1tal,ilii
" nr MI Republican, Governments d.
II ncodn and if it be trnr i;l,t "know
a rd~c * nowc~n dat KNOWLEDGE
/ ihe hand.maidcn Of virtue" aud "vic
: Of Ignorance = then, a~am say O,
r, common schonls are really "caskcts
J. a,d OUGHT 10 he filled with the "ic,
! els Of onr country" It is naanrsiio
,rJv thn dutv Of narcuts and ,,nar.
e, ans to FIJI onr schInls with their Gle,
1t rls y and of opr Teachers IN set ibrr
IL Tho snttino. of those " icwclsv csnc,
aIlv ON The part Of the Teachcrs
r,;,. rorn+v ou,rantcc shall u,
. nr,v Inc done but we'll done, accor
- ;ncr :, onr ability as far as bv the