The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1862-04-09

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their doors. Enables them to pay
debts, and for once have 1.-THE gle
privilege of being independent"
T These poor school teachers in
noble and praise worthy efforts to i'm.
their race, little ''the poor widow
|contributed her mite'' are giving
their living, their actual necessity
my friend gives only, from his abunda
and when the, jewels of the earth
made up and the names of the benefac
Iof the human race shall be indellibly
scribed on the pillar of fame; those
like the poor widow" have contrib
from their living, their absolute wan
will have their names recorded ia q p
ton, that we who contribute, only f;
our abundance, may we'll envy, Ie
now envy the position to which many
our noble self-sacri6cing teachers of o,
are entitled in the niche of fame.
The attack made by the gentlem
from Hamilton upon the poor scho
teachers and less favored counties of +
State comes very lily indeed from tn
source. Hamilton county that has be-
tied and sustained, ia fact been madet
pet of the State for the last forty yea
complain of not being favored in the d
tribution of, the State school fund. as,s
some of the other counties. She ]
not only been thus petted and sustain
for long years by the entire State
she is here now, asking that at least
third of the legislation of this Gene
Assembly shall be done for the spe
benefit, and to promote the special int
ests of this favored county. ,s..s, ii
i, She. is not only asking it now. throl
bar members upon this floor, but she
been thus importunate in her demands
the last, twenty. years. Her capacity
enjoy being only limited, by her power
obtain special legislation in her behs
There is a time when '..forbearancs ceas->
to be a .virtue,''' aud when the former
trespassers who have long been INDUCED
can hardly expect to receive the award
that may be due .hem, or, get. credit for
the virtues that, they really possess; and
from the mutterings, lond and deep that /
have heard upon this floor and elsewhere.
s;admonish my, friend to- be aware, lest
the application of ibis principle should
! come upon his. favored "Qneen of the
West at a time when they little ex.
pect it. ,,.,..in,5s, g.s;s..sssT
Now, Mr.. Chairmaa, I am done with
the honorable gentleman, from Hamilton
at least for the present, This much at
teution was. due to him. and from me al
he representative of three of those poor
er counties Of the S.ate. as he has beer
4 p'eased to denominate them, lest his frait
! q .ainst these "poorer counties should b.
concluded by him to be an unanswerabl
argument Z gnal vrIAoG H9
o With the permission Of the chair, Il vii
, for short time turn my attention to tn
gentleman from Miami o. ~ ..'ias
He says to us in SO many words "tha
our common schools are not the places t
= teach morals to the children, that com
mon schools are the evil of the age and
bans to society. that, here it is sirs ths
I the children learn idleness and profigac.
they become too proud to work aud al
: turned loose upon society, and soon fla
3 their way into the penitentiary and couI
tyi prisons. lsiu,sa8 .lasassfs sasG {
y 1t is easy to see sirs where all the,
petititions against the reduction of Il
) State levy for school purposes come fror
! I tell you that they bear the mark of tt
: : beast upon them. /" - s7.di"a nts
a If by this last declaration, he won
n directly, or by implication stigmatize
). any way the county which I represent,
!. hurl back the, imputation as being mo
h applicable in another direction and appe
= to the record for confirmation of the de
n laration. His county has debt six
:. one times greater than my owr, her ci'
q suits double ours, and her criminal pros
II cutions and convictions exceed ours TO
- fold Her cases of. murder exceed on
= two hundred per cent the last year. T
70 number Of mortgages against the pro
ir erty of her citizens is double those
h my county. laaas = - ze5
d By the tables just referred to, we Fl
ley that Monroe county compares favorat
It, 10 all things that indicate the Grimm
r., civil social and financial condition wi
1e the gentemans own county, and in
Id these respects she compares favorat
BIT With ans ether county in the State. B
be again take the following counties: .Fa
re field. Coshocton, Clinton, .Clermont, Cs
RS roll, Butler, Brown, Ross, Pike, Pickw'
ID Perry. Morgan. Muskingum, Guerps
ty Harrison, Lawr nee, Washington. T.
be carawas and Belmont; and find that
c. number of those who can rot read o
he write in Mouroe county, falls below
to Eaversge in the twenty counties enume
ted. With these statistics before u
Ii presume that we will have no more 10
nd aud unfounded inuendoes against tn
I'm 'poorer counties and especially agai
ot. Monroe
lit THE balance of the gentleman's arr
u, ment. if it proves anything, proves Il
ek if you will abolish our common scho
nt then our peniten,iary's and county pris,
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