Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1868-03-12

Balt;move That would he, Is | assert
according = the popular ;'ea, > great
wrong bat a - cut OF Tie , counties
conSpre 10 rob Baltimore and Baltimore
county. it is -;r't and Just n-tmbars,
Ike kings c2a g 10 wrong and as so
many are benefited, it Washes out the
sin -
think Star guilty Of an ahsurday.
when he charges Baltiaore city with Aay-
lug absorbed their substance, (tbe coJ*fa'
ties. and claims thess extra thousands
''as a righteous rctribution fer past years
ofpri7atiou and injustice" +" AND yet he
labors for the Free school system which
viii "redound to the triumphs and glory
Of Dlltim re
agree with Star, that taxation is an
ipciaent and necessity to the existence
and conduct Of government. No, m s1ta
further do | 60. Can Star say thft with
the advantages Of universal education I'M
ported from Tauk,elnm, eur ''!,te. iber-
ty and property" have lee- tet'er protcc-
i'd than uadrr II ed regime: He
throws d~wn tLe gauntlet to any one 70
c0ntrovert his position that universal ed
ucation Is an indispensable requisite to
successful government. According 10
this theory the world has been nearly
5000 years without y coye.nm n. |
challenge Star to give an instance Of uni
ycrscl eI1catidn
! deny that there Is any, the slightest
analogy between taxes for education and
taxes for pensions 10 disabled soldiers
DO nothing create. fo. his country than to
give his h:e Al ENJOY the benefit Of his
services; We see, feel and ENJOY the ser
vice before paid for Why not pay. rs
well as we can Gall We can do is poor pay
for the loss OF son bru4her or father y
lust as If We had said, do so and 50, and
We'll support Your family ifyou die IN the
'.causc Of man Bat who can say whore
the children will be that the State is cdu-
catingI Tho relation Of child and parent
can change bit that Of citizen and State
can and Will Has the State a property
in them American statesmen ere now
in the midst of the contentious, that man
can carry lis allegiance &nd citizenship
wherever he pIeases.
| see that 4 petition has gone on to the
present Legislature to sell or rent out the
4 poor's House This looks bad, when st.
/ Mary's is ablazc with Charity Is some
one going to open 4 boarding. house TT
the poor, (rool chance for boarders, or
is it preparatory to erecting the county
into general Elcons synary Society =
! Y Ycs, turA. cot the poor and educate those
who coul4 1t cdrc.:tta vitlrort State as
sistaace
This Is the practical working of the pres
fnt school system. may be ezcentric,
( P1t 9iS y - .''~ ----'1, IL, - ~1's'-
aetcr Of man does not depend OH school
.tducation If there Is talcnt, You had as
( we'll try to hide fire with dry sharinas as
e tr- t" kcct i hid If tie mans heart
is good, under Gospel teaching. he viii be
as good citizen as if he had learned all
the books ever written. Many of the
I APOSTLES were illitcrate fishermen. and
Christ knew i; when ht called them and
vet there were. learned Scribes, Doctors
of Law and Doctors of Medicine not cal
led.
look over the whole Of the Gospels and
the Epistlos, and You VIII find that our
Divine master dill not omit one single
prcc,p. for mas bappiness To the poor.
tie Gospel Is lreachet-Go preach NY
Gospel to all nations but never a word
like our apostles Of Froc school education.
think Star IS not very accurate in rem
dering and con truing. The poor yc have
with you always, think was mere as
sertion and no behest. An advocate OF