The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1863-03-19
West yirglnla.

WV b'c"t huVAnlhgCs result
ant from ratifying cur new Consultation,
tho provision relative to free se1ooh, de
serves especial consideration. We piye
our readers the Constitutional pro,i,.
ion; Art 10 Of the Constitution Of West
Virginia provides
!. All money acquiring 10 tbi. s,,,o
being the proceeds of forfeited, dslin.
quen', waste and uuapproprialedllnds {;
mn OF lands heretof,fe sold for taxes
and purchased by lha Sa.o Of Virrioia
= hereafter redeemed. or sold to Other,
than this STATE; all grants, devises or he.
guests That may be made to this Slate
lof the p9rpnse of education, or where
the purpose Of suoh grants, dovises or
requests arc not specified; this States
just share Of the Literary fund of Virgi
nla' whether paid over or otherwise La.
Undated, End any sums of money. stocks
or properly which this Stqrc shall have
TIE night to claim from the State of Yir.
gina Tor educational purposes; the pro
eeeds OF the estates of ali persons who
may die without leaving a will or heir,
and Of all cscheatcd lands; .bo proceeds
OIL any taxes that may be levied on the
revenues Of any corporation hereafter
created; all monies that may be paid ms
al equivalent for exemption from militia
y du'y' and such sums MS may from
tlme to Z ae be appropriated BY the Leg
stature Tor The purpose, shalI ha set
apart as seperatc fund, to ba called tho
School Fund, and iovoste under such
regulations as may be prescribed by law
IN the interest bearing securities OF the
United States, or of this State; and the
interest thereof shah be annually applied
TO the support OF froe schools through
out the STATE, aud to no other purpose
whatever But any portion Of said in
'ercst remaining uuexpendel At the close
of fiscal year, shall be added to. and
remain part of,lhc capital Of the School
Fund.
9. Tho Legislature shall provide, as
soon as practicable, for the establish.
mcnt OF thorough aud efficient system
of free schools, They shall provide for
the support ofsuch sc%ool, by appropri.
atlng thereto the interest OF tho invested
school lund the net proceeds Of all for.
textures, conGscalions and fine. ACQUIRING
to this State under the laws thereof; an
by general taxation on persons and
property, or otherwise. They shall also
provide for raising, in each township,
by the authority OF the people thereof,
such proportion of tho AZ cunt reQuir.
cd for the support of free schools therein
as shall be prescribed BY general laws.
II will be seen that il is tho 5oua,lsn
duty ofour new Legislature to make such
laws as are necessary TO initiate a g-acral
system Of frfs sehools A large and
doubtless adequate fund. for the sup.
port OF this free school system, is provi.
ded for, as noted in the sections of our
New State constitution quoted above.
West Virg niunsr YOU have long de.
sired to establish system of general
education, but have hitherto been thwar.
ted in your wishes by the same inimicol
and oppressive legislators who denied
you all other requests and nearly every
right you ever claimed. They said
"Iree schools are not desired by our
section" and, therefore they prevented,
by means of their assured legislative
majority, the enactment Of laws Tor their
establishment: little caring what you
desired or demanded. They had their
feet upon your nSck and could we'll set
a, defiance whatever you claimed, and,
heretofore they unbushiugly have SO
done. They reasoned, free schools
providing for No educating Of all chill,
drenin West Virg;via-would stimulate
emigration hIhOr, and by that increase
Of numerical numbers, you would soon
become too strong to be ruled, at will,
BY your Eastern lords; ard they reason.
ed rightly. The emsrant woull shun a
country where his children must ncces,
sarily grow up in ignorance Of even The
rudments of education, and he would
pass you by and locate hundreds of
miles further West, for there he might,
with kindred spirits, inaugurste COM
maa sol.ooIs, ;ras irGm ~ inSstorat5,
antagonistic majority Whatever de-
tered emigration to Western Virginia,
met their approval, and received their
sanction, whether OF omission or com.