Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-01-08

,itude of its wealth and power, restore
to our State by assuming
her deh,, 4 l,airy bslrthen On the Nat
ional treasury, bat grevious to US in
poverty ii would only III small meas
ure.msGe retoru t',p the vast donation
with wrirn t:Ae .nl,liificence Of Virginia
endowed the Jiio, III It's weakness aud
infancy.
THE uNICE2 STATES AND THE EDucATI0N
OF III. sCJl.2"ED POPULATION.
Another ,n:..j;lstod result Of the war
is nla,is la;iiat II the uew and euor
nous nlI't.ie.s imposed by the peculiar
circumstance; gil,i-i' with Hiryini. as
sumes Tie t'.~s o: e'''scaiing her c,'ioted
popnla5i ~, and a,i,nltisteiin. justice
among th4m Before their emancipa
ton the cost OF governing and admins
tering justice among the colored popu-
latioa, and Of maintaining paupvrs Of
that class, was mainly and directly
borne by the Shareholder. Yet now
not only that charge, but the far great
er charge of educating the colored race
is imposed upon the public treasury, SO
that our burthens are enormously in
creased at the time of our greatest i'm
poveri.hinent and depression. At the
date Vi the destruction of a large pro
portion Of our taxable resources We are
entrusted with the care and education
Of n IL than half million Of the
nation without being provided with
the Indispensable means for executing
the trust.
Let us rot be misunderstood De
plorable consequences must result from
such custer Of State authority as would
be involved in any Interference with
the administration Of oar public schools
by the Federal Government. The Ell
forced application Of civil rights, as
commonly understo ID, to our State
schools would prove quickly destruct
i've Of the educational system, arrest the
enlightenment of the colored race, pro
duce continual irritation between the
races, counteract the paciication ana
development now happily progressing
repel immigration, greatly augment
emf gration, reopen wounds now almost
healed, engender new political asperi
ties, and paralyze the power and in
fuence OF the State Government fol
duly controlling and promoting domes
tic interests and preserving internal
harmony.
Nevertheless, justice humanity anc
the best interests Of the colored race
and OF the country at large invoke tht
common Government to enable us t
efectuate it's policy of educating anC
elevating Our newly~entrancaised popa
iation by supplying to the State The
necessary means to that end.
INEQUALITIES IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF
NATIONAL CURRENCY.
The financial panic, or money famine
productive Of such distress throughout
the country is not new here 1t ha.
with greater or less severity prevailed
in this State for years past i'll conse
quence OF he inekquitable distribution
OF the national currency. While SOM
Of the States have allotted to them sew
eral times their due proportion of Cur
rency, Virginia is allowed less than
one-third Of the amount to which she is
justly entitled. Prior to the war, Viz
ginia had within her present geograph-
zeal limits more than three times the
amount Of her present banking capita
and currency; and yet, instead OF this
abrupt and alarming dfminution, a large
increase Of both was obviously de
manded by the revolution in bushes.
relations resulting rom the enamel pa
ton Of the colored race 1t is too
much to expect the full recuperstion Of
our business interests or our continued
ability to yield required Federal anc
State revenues, unless these enormous
inequalities are corrected. Upon ev
cry consideration OF justice and interest
the Federal Government should either
cause the State to be supplied with its
due proportion Of national currency, OF
repeal the existing tax on State bank
notes, and TINS empower US to provide
a circulating medium for ourselves
STATE DEBT AND EXPENSES.
While [ recommend earnest efforts
to carry into effect the views and tc
obtain correction of the grievances set
out III this message, it will not become
us to depend solely or mainly upou
assistance and relief from the General
Government, The surest way to OBJ
tain help from others is first to help
ourselves. Obligations to public cred
itors, binding the honor and good faith
of the Commonwealth should be full
filled to the utmost of her ability in any
event and under all circumstances No
other calamity could infiict greater det-
riment, either moral or pecuniary, upon
the whole body of the people than a
deliberate breach of public honor. 1t
is believed that a proper scrutiny of all
appropriations of public money, the
correction Of every abuse, the abolish
ment Of every unnecessary Office, the
enforcement of the strictest account.
ability on the part of all revenue Off
GERS, and the application of just prin-
ciples Of retrcnchment to all branches
Of the public service will lead to re-
duction Of expenditures corresponding
with the contrastion of the limits Of
the State and the diminution in the
means of the people, and, together with
the taxing as may have been unwisely
or inadvertently exempted in the rest,
will enable us to meet all present de-
mands upon the treasury without in
creasing existing rates of taxation-
Such changes Of our organic law as |
shall at an early day recommend would
in my opinion, lead to a reduction Of
present rates of taxation without i'm
pairing any Of the rights Of creditors.
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
While enforcing rigorous system of