Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-08-03
GADYERTFSEsCKST-'
ADyERTFSEHKST
For L e Daily Patriot.
Free Schools of Nash Vile.

ut IA the duty IL every fenecilnS man TO
Famine into public expenditures. and dis
criminate in his judgment upon those VIII"
preside over thpm."-Nes0 York Bo1rd Of Ed
ucdtiosa. In doing this We should bear in mind
hal human actions are prumpted by one OF
Two motives, namely-tbe good of others, or
The actors own selfish purposes. 1t is often
more necessary to look at the indirect than
1t the direcI u, ans f selfi>h gains. once
knew Il government agent whose accounts
gere kept with system AID regularity. vOucb-
srs. &C.. were all appar emily in due form. yeI
the laborer got but $50 per day, while The
government actually paid IS per day, the
government being thus cheated one hundred
per cent, while everything TO a boOk-keeper
mad the appearance of correctness. This was
accomplished by an intervening party, who
might be called Uoucher maker This is on.
OF the various ways deception may wear the
face of honesty. Iu judging We must lock
hey md the actions, to the spirits themselves,
the motives and the circumstances. We must
hook to the dangers and losses of the past TO
enable Us to secure the future. This security
Tor the future, then. is the object OF tuis ill.,
vesligaiion. If all present actors conu cited
with the schools p .sses the purify OF tue an
gels, that is NO reason for guarding
the future against danger, aud against temp
lations to dishou,siy and unIaii hfuluess; aud
il would be folly to propose Change without
showing that dang,r existed, or mat losses
had been sustained; aud il matters not
whether the losses have been caused by
dishonesty. by negligence or 10y iGcomp ten
CIV neither the losses have been caused 10y
one person or by several. Has Unnecessary
expense been made to the peUpl Can 1t b.
avoid, d? Is the organization such a. would
he dangerous il future incumU nus should
desire to be dishonest. These are The Impor-
tanI questions.
have shown that it costs f. om 900 to
$40 900 per year here for bak- DC, " uIle In
PnlladeIphia it Cost but S .3OO Tor d Xix
uumoer OF pupils, or 65 cen.s per pupil
4 he people have right To demand d reason
for this vast disparity IN exp NE, aud neitu'.t
the Board Nor tile Superintendent, csn COM
plain of being Called 10 rIg.d account IU
causing such eIatr of thidgs. A dec. ut ie-
sp,cI Tor Ihemsel' es aud ,he peupi, d maud-
lt of Them. lie only reason | haze found
War, they d u not with The schuui> com, la
contact With the bYUk stose.. This MEANS
hat ur business houses la be lak u un-
der the special prut ciion of the scnuols.
THESE book sIures are Conducted by iutellI
yeut und " rtby gentlemen. whu are C .pabI.
If taking care OF b ms Ives. Bat ihir pr,
tended protection by not co.ning in comp :
ttiun with the bookstores l., contradict u
',y the lnaIy pun cni>' oi bouks, $40 Z" moi
ess slater" d. &c, mol by giti ''an ord
,,n a h.,ok rtur." ~ the committee sa,, but
by purchasing within q yer hnDdr.d- oi
os.k> irUm Cto by, Nichols d o. AID other
Northern houss, and The COMM. tIe- cvutra-
dict themselves aud dspr..y ed Ihi- noI,-com-
petition, when they say, the Sup riuteudeni
mas also attend u To tue purchase Of ID Oks.
.iisIr nnests, ink, chalk. &c which th B ard
ns- (hsye) nj r.d flom tue N ,rtu l. par.
aug y resolution to intr,duc w books aud
o.sy ing u supply at .hrm 10 the pupils b. tire
tue bos,k-sel.ers know of the Resolutions, the
xay uoI TO come Ia competition? 4 not this
,.usi ess 70 uag-d that the Sup iiatendenI
eau usaAe Nor,hern purcuaser to an indeiuite
xt..uI aithout the book - llers or even the
Board knowing ~ what exient? Do not the
pupiis kuuw that a. all times, he has quan-
ny oi bcok- On hand in his Officer Tx
Q niued "A stock ut them Ia bis Office in 1856.
md We, account vi then il found at that
time Oh q records. But are the buok-s'.r
readily b. --nted by this prct nded pro,ec tn.
Luck At the Quantity Of geographic, Grau.
mars, DC thai have been made dad stock
on their shelves by the cIn tant changes o
TO- Ks In the SCHOOLS. 1 bis Constant change
leaves the bookseller liable At any time to
nave bis stock come dead on his shelves
and he cannot know what to purchase
But why do not the Board buy furniture
rom the dealers here, instead OF sending
North, 30 As not to come In competitions
There are three or TOUR worthy and irtelli-
GENT ladies conducting private Institutions.
Why eem' IN csupssisioa With thsm' The