Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-10-19
following Northern States ;
TotAs.........

The difference between enrolment and
school population is small. IL is only
45l.i9l, or less than one in four. In
the nine Southern States there Is only
one out OF every four and one-half chill.
dren enrolled rs pupils In the public
schools ; while in the nine Northern
States there are over three out OF every
four enrolled. The statistics OF school
attendance II compared with enroll.
ment, would be still more u~nfavorable
to the South. The average monthly
pay for teachers in the Northern States
named will be about S42. Tho total
number OF teachers employed for 1877
was 6 Z 1886. being nearly three times as
many AS in the group OF Southern
States. The cost OF public education is
even moro striking. Ii is as follows /:
Michigan. S~3.45s,JO5; Iowa. Si.2ss.-
5s2 /; Wisconsin. 20. 1876. 7il ; Massa-
chusetts. sc. i0j. $50 (: Minnesota. ST.
$50, ss3 /; Maine. Si.2is. 7G2 Kansas.
81. l6s.437; Connecticut. Sl.52o.l Isl I;
New Hampshire. $500. 020-making a
total OF go, AS. 5i7. or abont four aud
one-half times as much as was expended
Ia the indicated Southern States. Yet the
population in the latter is greater than
in the Northern group. Taking the
Congressional representation. and IL will
be seen that the Southern group has 81
Representatives, against 50 In the North.
ern one. II the comparison were carried
further into details. the result would be
even more uniavorable to the frst.named
group. Take Arkansas, with four men,
bers. and Kansas. with three. The ELL
tire school enrolment Of the former is
but 10. 800. against Isl. 22t in the latter.
or nearly twelve to one Kansas spends
81. 1876. i37 on her public schools. while
Arkansas spends but Sill. 400. Kansas
thus spends nearly eleven times as much
as the older and more largely inhabited
State. Only q few years since II bur-
geoned from the wilderness into its pres
ent strength and civilization. The South
has many lessons to learn. We do not
fear that her Democracy will wipe out
the common schools. We do know.
however. that ii binders their develop.
ment. Free labor has already enriched
them: free education will make riches
secure and the state stable and prosper
ous."
The figures furnished by the Post are
suggestive, and may well cause thought
full citizens to pause and reflect. The
theory Of Republican government is
founded on the education Of the masses.
Ignorance cannot. iu the nature Of
things. DO entrusted with the right to
govern itself. In the South. we have
Democracy. pure and simple, Democracy
carried to its ultimate result, soto speak;
and what do We find therel A genera
ton growing up in ignorance and degra-
Ii is the policy OF the men who
that section to maintain this
state Of affairs. Tho continuation Of
their power depends upon 1t. Democ-
racy is cruel. selfish. aud unrelenting in
the pursuit OF its object. The fruits OF
its rule in the South are exhibited to US
in the above figures. Are the citizens OF
Nevada ready or willing to turn over the
State to the control Of men
who are opposed to the education OF
their children whose leader is himself
a specimen Of Democratic culture. in
other words, a prince OF ignonnce2 Let
them answer the question by their bal.
lots on the 9th OF November.