The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-04-23

acres agricultural college lands; ali lands granted
to the State howsoever; all escneats, Hquoi
licenses, and military exemption ices; an pensi
fines; ali school lands or funds; and "the Legsla-
ture shall from time to time, rs may be necessary,
provide for the levy and collection Of such other
taxes as may be required to properly support the
system Of free schools herein adopted
NORTH CAROLINA.
All school lands, bonds or stocks; ell State
estrays, escheats, fines, forfeitures swamp lands,
unspecifying bequests, and military exemption
fees; together with SO much OF the ordinary
revenue Of the State as may be necessary
SOUTH CAROLINA.
All school lands and escheats, "togetner Will
such ether means as the General Assembly may
PROVIDE san annual tax on all taxable properly
throughout the State for the support OF pubic
schools being directed, said tax beng unlimited"
TEXAS.
All school lands and funds and proceeds Of any
sale OF State lands Ia most enormous grant con.
sidering the great size OF fTexas total proceeds OF
the 81 poll tax; and "one-fourth OF the annual
also the Legislature shall, IL necessary, in addi:
tion to the income derived from the pubic school
fund.- and from the taxes, &c, &c, PROVIDE ior
the raising OF such amount by taxation; IN the
several school districts in the State as Will be ne
cessary to provide the necessary school-houses ia
each district and insure the education OF all Inc
scholastic Inhabitants OF the several dis!ricts."
VIRGINIA.
The '1iterary fund;'' all school lands and other
property, all escheats, waste and unappropriated
lands all forleitures and all penal fines; total pro-
ceeds Of 81 poll tax; county school tax OF hve
mills on the dollar; State school tax Of not less
than one mill or more than five mills on the dol
lar; "and such other sums as the General Assem-
bly, may appropriate"
But WHERE ARE THE SCHOOLS?
Such is the liberal, even prodigal, endowment
for a Southern comm n-school system; but wnere
are the schools? Three-fourths OIL these States
have been reconstructed since June, 1868, now
very near two years; but where are their scnoolsF
They are, and have been, wholly in Radical hands,
and therefore it cannot be said that adverse State
legislation has prevented the organization OF
common.school system. School boards, school
commissioners, State superlntendents, IN some
cases with salary OF $4,000 year, have been 10
ONCE and steadily drawing pay since the South
was reconstructed; but where are the schoolsY
Set aside pet academy here and there IN some
city perhaps, and defy any man to show me
any common school system South. The oIfctd'S
hare stolen the money. They have had plenty OF
time to organize a common-school system; they
had ample means to keep it going when started,
but they have stolen the money.
honest men administer the Southern school sys-
TEN, and notlet these robbers keep on Tooolng
and then tax the North TO make up the sum OF
their spoliaticns II 1t wants the blacks educated
let il see that their professed friends do not make
away with the school funds. But the truth is.
the Radical leaders here in Washington do not
care dime about the education OF the negro; ::
they did they would have stopped the outrageous
spoliaIion Of the school funds South; they knew
OF such spollations; they permitted them In order
to keep the plundererS there attached to their po.
litcal Interests All that the design here on foot
TO revive and extend the Freedmen's Bureau
means is to erect new prop South to the Radi-
cal party. And the question, the great question.
Is whether the already overburdened people OF
the North are 10 be called on to endure the re-
newed and increased burden Of the resurrected
and amplifed Freedmen's Bureau? That move Is
on foot, and distinctly warn you there is set
purpose TO revive that bureau under another
name and make you pay the bill.