The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-02-07
che dollar. Some Of them have been
consolidated under tho ack of 1879

tue COLLAR. Some OF them have been
consolidated under the act of 1878.
In Section 9th of the Act of Congress,
viz: And be it further enacted, dThai
the. giant Of land scrip hereby author
ized shall be made on the following con-
ditions, 70 which, as we'll IS the proyis-
ioCs herein before contained. the previous
assent OF the several States shall be sig-
nified by legislative acts: First, If any
portion Of the fund invested, as provided by
the foregoining section, or any 5orfion OF
The interest thereon, should by any action
or contingency be diminished or lost, it
shall be replaced by the State to tchich il
6etoa5,, 90 that the capital of the fund
shall remain for aver undiminished, and
that the annual interest shall bo regularly
applied without discrimination to the
purposes mentioned in the Attn section Of
this act, ,"--it would seem, that the State
nas the power 20 protect herself from
this grand fraud, a. the numbers Of the
bonds can be ascertained, and 90 she will
have to pay the interest on these b. Ids
II they are not thrown out by the Gen.
eral Assembly, and she would have the
right to issue bond in the place of those
that have been fraudulently disposed of
or lost.
/ am opposed to giving this fund or the
annual interest, which amounts to $ll.-
600, TO the Claflin Institute. One of the
provisions of. the act Of Congress pro-
hibits the expenditure of this fund, or
the interest arising therefrom, in the
purchasing of lands aud the erection of
buildings thereon for the purposes indi-
Gated in the act. 1t was expected that
the States and Territories would pro.
vide for the same.
In Massachusetts the State has added
not less than $500, 900 to the fund re-
ceived from the government. In Yer
mont and New Hampshire the fund has
been connected with institutions pre-.
viously founded by the State. Connec-
ticut added ths fund to the scientific
school conne-ted with Yale College.
In New York it was added to funds
amounting to two millions of dollars.
Pennsylvania, Michigan, Maryland and
Iowa have adopted similar disposition
of the fund. Michigan expends thirty
Eve thousand dollars annually on her
agricultural college.
TO recur to the system of education
that | have been pressing upon the at
tention of the Senate, I would not have
you overlook the development O.. the
moral and religious principle in che
youths of the land in our schools and COL
leges. Teach them to be patriotic, hon
est and truthful; energetic, brave moral
ly and physically, virtuous and good, Cor
these are the great characteristics that 20
to make great people.
Teach them the great truths of Chris
tianity; impress upon them that true re-
ligion is catholic sentiment that finds
its home in the hearts of civilized hu-
manity. That the church is but the ex-
ternal representation of the religious
faith.
Insteadsof teaching them to read the
absurd theology of Hesiod, .be enporsti-
tious epics of Homer and the lascivious
.odes of Horace, teach them to read and
understand the grand epic written by. the
finger of God upon the strata Of the
earth. q