Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-02-18


he Frustrated, and your whole population out of
employment The ships of your merchant prince
would soon rot at your whaves, the wnarves
themselves would soon go 10 decay and grass
would grow in your streets.
Had 1t not been ior the opening up of the great
wilderness of Name and the energy put forth to
change that wilderness to cultivated country
| thereby ahordng homes for a great population,
your cities would have existed only in the wild
| dream ri the enthusiast Portland would have
| been bat ti>herman's hamlet on C+,co BAY
| Bath would not have ha an existence ami Bangor
would never have been known. Therefore / saw
| mat we are not 10 debt to tue cities bat on the
| contrary they have obtained their veal h. their
| power and their prosperity largely from he COM
| ny. Consequen ly the wealthy people of the cites
| land understand that 1t Is this class who COM
plains can well aiord to be taxed 10 support the
| common schools, Tor therein lie. the ,afet, and the
| perpetuatlon of republican institutions under
| which We all want 10 i've. The senator from
| Cumberland IN his rcmak KS made at tie time of
the introduction of this bill made the 81 Element
| that the amount of money expended for schools.
| III 1871 VA, e4Sl ,22i aud that the amount cXpcud
ed 10 1871 WAS Gully SIS IA aud made tins As a
| point ~ favor OF cutuug oil the mill tax. In an
sweT 10 tals will say that in 1851 the amount Of
school money wa great deal les, tlau ia ISL,
and less IN 1881 than in ISL, and the tatther ca
| 90 back IN tue history ol the country iac les. Won
wlli tiud Ial,ed aud expended tor tle support of
| schools. Ii YOU trace back fan enough Vou will
come 10 u Pctloi "hrn uO'ihug Al an Wa cNpend-
| ed to educate the masses. Bat VIII any person
clalm that the people IN hose days lived any hap
pier or mai 'e's burdens to bear than the people
oil tue present, even II we are IN a measure op-
pressed oy taSAuoh 10 we want 10 take Que
| step backward IN the educational hne Does
any look back to the day. when ign rance
| prevailed, with envy Win any one attempt to
cIala mat IN We dal ages lhe people we're bet er
of than now. If gentlemen will glance back over
the past thtH VIII hud MAJ States aud nations have
adj ed iur &
| nhuenceJHst IN proportion 70 the adv 'n'"ment Of
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