Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-05-29


riohing incorporated companies, a
the expense Of the people, may b
perpotuated, With such ma,eria
the "DeelaraliOn" mado by the ~
cent convention granting saoo, ,nol
OF the six per cent, State Bonds, in
terest payable semi-annually, ii
gold, and 100000 acres Of the pub
lic dominion, To the Liverpool Steam
ship Company, may bo carried into
effect.
1t would DO 4 nioo thing for ouI
people to have to pay the salary oI
Degonor, snd dozens like him, n
agents in foreign seaIorls, and then
tho Passage money lin part or in
toto of tho rcd republican immi'
grants they would send ever here "a
control tho dcslinics Of tho State
Our peoplS should not slumber over
these things, but bo on tho alert,
and send none TO tbs Legislature
who will make such provisions as
this work opprcssivoly and ruin
ously.
Article nino provides that the
Legislature shall mako proyiSiohs
for the gratuitous instruction Of all
tho inhabitants OF this State between
tho ages of six and eighteen years,
This includes Indians, not taxed,
negroes who pay no tax and never
will, Chinese, coolies, and every
class of people who now or may
hereafter live in this State, without
regard to citizenship.
The State may be laid OF into
convenient school districts, and n
Board of School Directors provided
for each district, with such lcgisla.
tive powers in regard to schools,
school houses ahds chcol fund of the
district, as may be deemed necessary
and proper.
We regard this rs an exceedingly
delicate provision, and one that may
be greatly abused, These school
districts may embrace different pre-
cincts in county, or they may
embrace two or moro counties.
And to these Directors may be
given such legislative powers as
will force tho mingling of white and
black children in the same schools,
and may forco whitc children to go
to black teachers, or suffer such
penalties as they, il their lcgisla-
Two capacity, may see proper to
inhct.
Suppose there should bo as many
districts as there arc Countess, with
the directors for each to bc paid out
Of the school fund for their services,
and for tho exercise Of their lcgis-
lativc functions; or, suppose these
districts are to correspond with tho
senatorial or judicial districts of
the State, with pay attached for the
labors Of the Directors; it can
readily be seen how the school fund
may bo used to foster swarms of
hungry carpot-baggcrs, whose pccu-
liar mission to our State is to secure
office, and to indoctrinato tho ne
groes, and tho poor white trash, into
the mysteries of tho loyal leago.
Under this provision, tho Board of
Directors may inhibit manned con-
fcderates from teaching; may re-
quire each teacher to take the 'iron-
clad" before entering upon his
duties, and may give such part of
the school fund of their district to
the indigcnt, as they may see fit.
The Legislature is fetuirod to
enact laws that will compel the at
tendance upon tho public schools Of
all the scholastic population of tho
State at least four months in the
year; provided any ofsuch popula-
ton may be relieved from this at
tendance upon showing that they
have received instructions for such
time from % teacher who has cor
titicate Of competency.
We suppose these Legislative
Boards of Directors will prescribe
the qualification of teachers and is
sue the certificates referred to in
See. V. Art TX.
In addition to tho money and
property heretofore set apart to the
school fund, and tho entire public
domain not taken up by actual set
tiers rs homestead, ono-fourth of the
annual revenue dcrivablo from gen
eral taxation, and an annual poll
tax of one dollar upon each male
person within the State between the
ages of 21 and go years, goes to the
school fund; and, if necessary, in
addition tax may be lowed in each
district for the purpose Of building
school houses.
Just think of it. The Lcgisla-
ture will first ascertain the amount
of money necessary to carry on the
State government (and this under
the new system will not be less than
500, 900 dollars annually,) and will
then apportion and fix the taxes ac-
cordingly; next will be dctcr'hIned
the amount to be expended in the
immigration department, aud the
pay of passage money for immi-
grants and for the services of agents
abroad, &c, and then add to the
rate of taxation to make up the nee
essary funds; next will be asccr-
taincd what public improvements
are absolutely demanded, such as
buildings in the way of additional
pcnitentiaries, &C., and an addition
al levy will be made for this pur-
pose; then the amount of the pub-
lie debt and payment at least, of the
interest thereon must be provided
for with an additional item of taxa
tion; and finally, when every item CT
public expenditure has boon.t thought
Of and the taxes apportioncd SO as
to meet them, however heavy and
burdensomc these may be, and how
ever large the taxes we must pay to
the general government, and how
ever serious the embarrassmcnis of
the people on account Of failure in
crot1s uon- --epresentatiOn and nom