The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-01-15


brought disobedience aud heresy and secls
into The world, and printing hath diVulSee
them and libels against Lae best government
God keep us from ooth."
That was sound doctrine then and undel
that political system, but il would be fatal tc
our present system if reduced to practice.
With US it Is sound public policy 10 en-
tighten the peopfe, from whom all polIlca
power must rightly emanate.
The theory that man s entitled 20 sell-soV'
ernmenC is advancing throughout tns civil
lied world like an irresistible wave. ibis IL
dine TO the more general spread OIL euucateu
intelligence among the Working MASSES U,
mankind, fact which has led a dlsllngulsneo
political wrier to observe that seven oayo-
nels think"
Let the youth of South Carolina be edu'
Gated so that they may stand abreast WIN "a, tae
foremost IL This advancing marcn OF Inlelli-
gence. The common schools should De inuI-
tiplied, and punctual attendance upon tnem
should be enforced by law. The immense
number of absentees from the schools already
established renders II imperatiVely necessary
that the General Assembly should, without
| DELAY. enact q statate to enforce the attend
auce at school of all children of scholastic
age, whose physical and mental cosdltlons
will permit. TO that end invite the earnest
attention of your honorable bodies 10 Sec
| lion 4. Article 10, of the Stale Constitution,
wherein il Is declared that SIT shall be The
duiy OF The General Assembly TO proVi1e for
the compulsory attendance, ut either public
| or private schools. of all children between the
| ages OF six and sixteen years, not physically
| or mentally disabled, for term equivalent TO
twenty.four monthslat least; Provided, that no
law TO that effect shall be passed until sys-
| tenn of public schools has been thoroughly
and completely organized, and facilities al
forded TO ali the Inhabitants OF the State Tor
| the free education Of their children"
No sagacous statesman will doubt The Wis
dom OF this constitutional provision, or the
policy of rlgidly enforcing 1t by statute. Even
If compulsory education were not expressly
authorized aud eDjoined In our organic law,
the right to enforce 1t would still be nnqnes-
tona6le, on that principle OF seltdefeuce
which pertains 10 States as 1t does to indi-
vIduals.
State has The same right to arrest the
growth Of ignorance In It's populallon aS IL
has 10 check or suppress an inclplent pesll-
lpnc, Indeed, its right and duty In the
former case address themselves more forclbly
to the public conscience. and more deeply con-
Germ the coumoQ welfare than In the latter.
The skill OIL the physician may stay The march
OF the destroying pestilence, ana the que et-
forceu ent OF known sanitary laws may oreak
it's force. but the fearful evils that spring from
the mi ,directed power OF great multitude
controlling the government OF Tree State,
and themselves controlled bv ignorance and
It's twiu-brother, crime, infllct disaster with
ont remedy, and eat like cancer into the very
fibre and vltals Of society.
An excellent system of public schools, mod
elled upon that Uf New England the land oil
The schOol-house- has been thoroughly organ
lzed In this State aud the facilities tor free ed
ucalion, as designed By The constitution, are
now afforded our people, aud therefore the
compulsory attendance, st either pubic or
private schools, should be enforced by law, as
required In The constitutional provision cited.
The facilities for popular education should
be Annually increased, and the proceeds OF
the TAX levied for that purpose should De sa-
credly Set apart Tor the liberal aud un!alllng
maintenance OF our system OF Tree common
schools.
In every valley and upon every hill top the
school house should be seen, standing as the
true bulwark OF free State-a fortress well
designed and strongly built to arrest The
march of ignorance and vice.
I ask for this, the fourth annual report Oh
the superintendent of education, (the Hon. ).
K Jillson,) the careful consideration OF oach
member Of the General Aaaembly. caunot
sufficiently commend this officer tor the uuilr-
ing diligence. and the rare ndelity ana tuI-
eiehoy with which he has discharged his I'M
portant trust, amid the greatest emoarrass-
He deserves we'll oil every friend of the peo-
ple. and NAV be Justly esteemed an educa-
lioual benefactor to the State.
The state Orphan Asylum.
herewith transmit the annual report OF the
| board of trustees of the Slate Orphan Asylum,
with the report OF the principal OF The luslilu-
ton.
II appears from these reports that there are
one hundred and forty inmates 10 the asylum,
of whom there are seventy-one ooys apo Silly KY
nine girls. All the children are colored. The
uumoer at the date OF the laSt annual report
was one hundred and fOrty-four. Since lnat
report tbirly-seven children have been admit
ted; nineteen have been delivered TO parents,
and twenty-five have died. The number OF
deaths, IL will be perceived, has beel enor-
NOUS, In proportion TO The number OF children,
amounting 10 about sixteen per cent. This Is
startllngly great mortality, IN view OF the
exceptionally healthy year iu the city IN wllcn
the asylum ID situated.
It must be accounted for, In part, by the
fac, noted by the board OF trustees, tnat tne
building is damp and unhealthy, anu requires
very great repairs and improvements TO nt IL
for an asylum for children. In its present. con-
dition it ls manifestly unit Tor mat purpose.
The children, too, stand greatly IN need OF
flannel clothing, suitable tor the winter sea-
son.
This is q sacred charity, and it should be
literally maintained and fosLered by the State.
II IL peculiarly incumbent upon the General
Assembly to provide ample means for tne
comfort and education OF these orphan bene-
fcisries, as none Of the municipal orphan
asylums supported by our city corporations or
endowed oy private charity admit colored or
phans 10 the enjoyment OF their benefits. The
report OF the board of trustees shows that Inc
institution has been greatly embarrassed du-
ring the past fiscal year, and that large part
OF the necessary food, clothing and luel mas
been obtained on credit, at high rates of In
terest.
The General Assembly appropriated $4,000
for the Asylum FOR the dscal year ending Octo-
ber 81, 1872, but OF that amount only s250O has
been paid at the State treasury, leaving an un-
paid balance of SILL 500.
There are ninety children In the Asylum OF
scholastic age, and now under instruction.
The very skillul and excellent principal, Miss
j. B. Weston, reports that they nave MADE
rapid and commendaole progress in arlthme-
tic. history and geography, and In the analysis
OF English words aud composition.
The admirable system Uf "object teachlng"
has been Introduced into The school, but on q
very limited scale, however, for want OF the
| necessary apparatus.
By reason OF the non-ability OF the StHte TO
pay the appropriation. tie pupils have not
even been supplied with the required leXL
books.
heartily commend this asylum 10 your
generous support. and earnestly trust that
such an appropriation will be made therefor
as will be fully adequate TO maintain 1t more
credltably than before.
State Normal School.
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