The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-02-07
the dollar. Some of them have been
consolidated under the act of 1873.

the dollar. Some OF them nave Oeen
consolidated under the act of 1873.
In Section 5th of the Act of Congress,
viz: And be it further enacted, "That
the grant of land scrip hereby author
lied shall be made on the following con-
ditions, To which, as we'll as the proyis-
ions herein before contained, the previous
assent Of the several States shall be sig
nifed by legislative acts: First, If any
portion Of the fund invested, as provided by
the foregoining section, or any portion Of
the interest thereon, should by any action
or contingency be diministed or lost, it
shall be replaced by the State to uOhich ii
belongs, 10 that the capital of the fund
shall remain for ever undiminished, and
that the annual interest shall be regularly
applied without discrimination to the
purposes mentioned in the 4th section of
this act" ,"-it would seem that the State
has the power to protect herself from
this grand fraud, as the numbers of the
bonds can be ascertained, and as she will
have to pay the interest on these bonds
if they are not thrown out by the Cen.
eral Assembly, and she would have the
right to issue bond in the place of those
that have been fraudulently disposed Of
or lost.
I am opposed to giving this fund or the
annual interest, which amounts to $11,-
900, to the Claflin Institute. One of the
provisions of. the act of Congress pro-
hibits tho expenditure of this fund, or
the interest arising therefrom, in the
purchasing of lands and the erection of
buildings thereon for the purposes indi-
Gated in the act. 1t WAS expected that
the State, and Territories would pro-
vide for the same.
In Massachusetts the State has added
not less than 100000 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 the fund to the scientific
school connected 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
FIVE thousand dollars annually on her
agricultural college.
To recrlr to the system of education
that have been pressing upon the at
tention of the Senate, / would not have
you overlook the development of the
moral and religious principle in the
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, for
these are The great characteristics>that go
to make a 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.
Instead ,of teaching them to read the
absurd theology of Hesiod, the supersti-
tious epic, of Homer and the fasciyious
.odes of Horace, teach them to read and
understand the grand epic written blythe
finger of God upon the strata of the
earth.