Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1868-03-12
LEONARD TOWN. Md THURSDAY MORNING. MARCH 2,sCS

I might have been vou7 C'r>at and Sa-
would have had To be my tu Brute, and
then should haze lad to NEE, hiIu Al
Phillip.
! cannot attempt to follow Star closely
through his verbo-plethor!c communiea-
ton, but for brevity, eontine myself 10
the principal points He charges me With
a general and vague statement ofhis (my(
OPPOSITION 10 the free school system ana
splenetic attack upon the State Super
intendent Is It vague when | say that
the Legislature has no right 10 take money
out Of NY pocket TO educate o.ler reo-
PIES cliildrou Z !. vague VIXEN ob-
ject to taxes to pay s. 500 70 the State
superintendent, and $500 for County Su-
perintcnden. for writing book OF hg-
ures Figures may not lie, hut 9 how
they cheat | admit sue1css1a a
amendment, no substitute. 10 abolition
BY the term But take the foundation FROM
under house, and that house must fall.
Take away the direct tax from our alrea-
dy overburdentd shoulders, and what be-
comes Of the free school system If this
is vague opposition, it is because l strive
too hard for breyity. The two points |
started out to argue are, First, that no
Republican Constitution can 90 beyond
the levying Of taxes for the support Of tie
government. For if they can levy IL
rs direct taxes fcr schools, YOU destrot
the limit Of eucroaehmeut, leave it TO un-
bridled extravaganza to burden the Pao-
pie with debt which Is mortgage on
The present generation ard all future ger
erations- -unless the people rise IN thoiy
might and throw it ott-which they AZ,
not apt TO do, as there is not much diff
Guilty generally, for the men who DO these
things, to prove by i little oratory that i
was the wisest thing ever done.
Secondly, assert, if the Legislature
has the power. It's iuexpcdient at this time
when the people are falling into bankrupt
=, begaary and want as fast as leaves il
Autumn. But the advocates ofthe free
school system viii say, the children cant
wait. How have Virginia and Maryland
waited till the Robbers got the ascenden-
cy in le63 and 1861? Did not tie s2mt
men who inaugurated the present systeFa
r : IN philanthropy, and thus disable
IS pres bear another feather | confess
sif Mr. S53rs eh2Tse W5 hor5 Of benz st
-. from Yankee villainy that
ontything thatFtraccs its origin
% p1 Parentage ,
- 1ses that [ W itc pro bon
~ppose he does too, and We
$ he has still farther &nd
viz. Charity, as he says he
~ bfc to me- This is the os-
of the present free schoo
IS "fi foanaaa}fF5n. i@ina2fS and 5sd3 adv2ffa'n: ofa e:
Saint Paul saws of this virtue
familiar TO need quotation
don me, however, for prcsum-
never read little books, as
10 viii tell him what read il
Zen, by way of illustration. \
mad lis pride wounded as well a.
il.e disappointed by being inviteC
-at which the savory vjatds were
''7 NJ a long necked vessel, 50 that ht
could not get anything but a smell. No
to be outdone in Kindness the fox made ;
/ feast and invited the patty that had inyi
/ ted him, a long-billcd crane When tn,
crane came, lie found the feast served, no
as he had done, out of sight and out o
reach but so thin on platte go +h-ucl
! he could see it and get to it, lie could ne
get it or enjoy it. Now, Mr.. Editor tn,
present Free School System pyofOsses !
I be charitable Institution. | speak OF
my honor, what have seen and what
know, of four families, my nearest neigh
/ bo-s. One family of he four is able {
enjoy the benefits Of the free school thrc
are not. Supreet Stars chair Will stan,
ION end" =. The assertion What, say
Star. not drink Of the fountain Of educa
ton without money and without price
Q cunning device and humblg to tax
the poor voter withal lis the foxes tcas
to the crane Unable to get decent c.othcs
unable to furnish school victualS such a
are old enough te 90 to school; oblge
to star home and work how can thes
.peor" come in for THEN share 5fthe " Al
imonv ?" Let Star write another as elab
crate article for Alimony to clothe an
feed the destitute and to educate them
ard Hannibal will get UP as high a h
can TO he-nearer star But pay gru'lg
inclv and against right and justice an
tax, even one mill per Sl,ooo to edrcat
children whose parents orc nc" "blc TIA
am. and who have no chiIiren to ccu
cate now. The rich. the comfortable, am
perhaps half-elass below enjoy the Al
monv but the poor needy. destitute an
rauper what j. the Free School TO them
The Superintcndcnts anI minor officers
perhaps, may ct some Of the Free Scho'
Alimony.
ana n~t surprised at Stars yri,ique .
the conjecture of IIannibars lsycholoG
cal organism Ills high, is teo high +,
common sense construction Let hH
rc-d again, the paragraph he er;t.eises.
7 said in substance. that mcn acfln-
, body. Do things, not thinking there
, any Individual responsibility Not tn
! their constituencies are Individually :,
.ponsible. For example: Who th.nI
that any one Of the Military Camr.issi.
, would have taken . piece ofrope nd NJ
Surratt. ana chotsd her: but as 4 hos
thev did il. Who thinks Arthjbald Sir
: ing would have kiiu2pPei al tho s!av
Of MARYLAND hut with h's confrer,'
robbed the people u their property ~
; shnehcd it on the other side. by preyen
: ing others. ever from making good = =
: honesty. Lei S,aF read acein 'st
: now nai,>c for a,moment tll~5ticr ',a