Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-10-26

for each scholar is kept within the average
it will be by the employment Of poor
teachers, who can only command and are
willing to serve for low wages. For rem
edying this objection the Board of Eduea-
ton recommended, that all school districts |
be abolished, and that the support and
supervision of the schools be committed
directly to the towns and | commend to
YOUR careful consideration their report to-
gether with the report of the Secretary Of
the Board, stating in detail the reasons
for the recommendation doubling
that you will act wisely and with all
discretion in u matter of so grave impor-
lance.
The establishment and continuance Of
Normal Schools and Teachers Institutes for
the education of teachers is great I'M
provement upon the school system of for
mer years, and their beneficial effect is al
ready manifest in the advance of She stan
dard of common school education. But
the full measure of their benefit has prob
ably not been attained. The Board of
Education and their Secretary have made
some suggestions in this respect, which are
sufficiently important to justify deliberate
examination of the subject, and judicious
action.
The expenditure for the support schools
each year is about five hundred thousand
dollars: and this assumption and perform
anee by the State of its duty to provide
for the education of all its children impos-
es a corresponding obligation, that those
for whom this provision is made shall
avail themselves of its advantage.
The State has as good right to require
for its own protection against anarchy and
misrule, the results of ignorance and idle
ness, as to require allegiance as tie COR
: responding duty to the obligation of pro-
lection. ..
Yet a very large number Of the chill
dren in the State, both native and foreign
t born, do not attend any school and the
e present law is insufficient to compel them
r to do so. | recommend that more practi.
: cal and stringent provision be made in this
: respect. s.
s 1.s .tt MILITIA.
: The present condition of the militia il
o shown by the report Of the Adjutant an(
$ Inspector General, which will be before you
: A positive requirement, that the compa
MES composing the several regiments shall
be brought in competition with each other
each year by regimental parade, would
very greatly promote its drill, discipline
y general efficiency, and consequent value
;" for the purpose for which it is maintained
' and would tend greatly to the completion
y of the organization now authorized, by
= stimulating the formation, by voluntary
enlistment, of the additional companies re
. quired for that purpose.
ANNUAL REPORTS,
! The remaining annual reports TO which
: | have not alluded will be laid before you
for your consideration. have not vet
:. had opportunity to give them careful ex.
g., animation which their importance requires
! Should | find it necessary to do so, | vii
call your attention to them during YOU
session.
70 LAW REGULATING RATE OF INTEREST.
There Is one matter Of existing legisla
. ton which | regard as Of sufficient impor
lance in its present bearing to justify IN.
y calling it to your special attention. Tn
: certainty that an existing positive lax
:" cannot be violated with impunity, tina
"a transgresson, if known, will surely be fol
% lowed by punishment, has as much inau
- ence in promoting respect for the law an
' preventing its violation, as the example G
10 visible actual punishment And tho cor
tinued existence upon the statute book G
, positive law which has become so fl
'' obsolete as to be wholly disregarded an
"
:, openly violated with ontire impunity, ha
~ tendency to weaken respect for all Law
- The law of this State prescribing the legs
rate Of interest for money loaned, an
positively prohibiting the taking either d
IL rectly or indirectly, of greater rate @
ID interest than the rate prescribed, is no,
AZ in this cnndition. tits daily and openl
nc violated by banks and by individuals, an
ne its violation is entirely disregardcd. ]
oi serves only as check upon those VIII
a. are too conscientious to knowingly disrt
a. gard any positive law, and operates as a
D. inducement to them to send their capita
nc abroad for investment, instead of inyestin
Vi it in the State for the promotion of its il
nc dustrial, manufacturing and mechanic,
Sc interests.
VI 1t is thus direct element of moral an
IL practical mischief. The only remedy fc
u its enforcement is given to those who COZ