, 1881-05-09
NORTH AND SOUTH.

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WIN = n 11tND ooo LIZ
s,,,, r,,.. ,,,d 1,,v,~o. .rout 1,suon.
ypeese! 10 Cincinnati ro,tnatrr,a.. .
WAsr,iStroy. u. G.. Mny U.--rl,e National
t,,rea,, - r,l,nnt,a,, IL - on,,cnrn tha ,,sr,
harean OF huucatton " eonce1i' .tle w..
faliless Of wlile,, ~ very ao''ot!n'' ou. tnsy
thom which epult not otherwise bo obtatnc.i
axnnnt l,v on,,lic,t;nn tn ami atatn snnnr,,te.
% iw'' ria i,nrsn,, % l,ns cnllcc,a,i tho totni nx-
nsniiures s if% for 1%s ee Schools ~ IN I'll o %
States and Territories Of thu Unlon, and the
ros,,H Ia vcry a,,arastjyc. Thoso flrurrs will
~ sar,np,,.; ,, ,>e,,,, ~ 4, ,,nrt nenn,,,t,nv
for n'ucl. ot our National d!!!leulty in reeo''.
CLING North md South. Tho amount aS-
pended upon common schools III tho North
nrn s,o+ca Ia n,,t M nj, nronnrftnn IN rim sa,nc
- NV ~. ~ ~ G.., G.a,o w |- 1i",,
expena1nle III tfc ooaeaotn o.A.So. ''; -,.,oms
tic Northern States, and still tho exccss Is
not accounted for.
New iork heads inc Ast win an ospoht.i.
tnfo or Slo'a'a,olo III snphoft OF plplle
schools, PENNSYLVANIA comes next with
enpo'asu ~ ~ an3 .w"" a"- ~ ~ ="
shott. nYe oIatea spc'lu , pvos % S"''oooD n'.-
nualIy III support OF public SCHOOLS, among
| n population of about II, 7,00U,000.
IN Tho Sout},orn stntcs. North caroiina
,na,,,,s sea7 III u",refo stn, m. A ,n,,omn
spenas saa,.ost; uooFe.n, ean''fas, ntaoana'
SstI.Nsii Icnhcssee' s'1o,0's; ana Flrelhla'
much as oxponued In tho single State Of
| Iowa.
~, Theso agares M ere very yer sqegestlve& and p; par;.
spent SIC, ,o0o annually III support Of pop
| ular education. and re.nsylvnn1ln tut thrao-
Indicate 4 radical difforonco i, mcihotis
between thoAe two States, a,,ti ultimately re-
suit Il, striking points nf dssi,aliarlty III tho
population Of tile two states. Spcak1ng Of
inent t NeW Enxiana seator saii Tint u i! itl
iot thli,k onr children iior our children's
ch!ldten ,woull liye to aee nj enI ot the
"scctionnl question" NJ botwuuti North and
South. The habits 1,tl methods Df tho icOpiu
mark two clyllixauuns, not necessarily n1,-
tagonlstlc civilizations. but still so .fssi1nilNr
rs TO bo cause Of constant ngitatlon Ut one
In this connection he mentioned Senator
Bntler's remarkable speech. III which hg at
tutnpted to hold up New England civilian
chusetts ] wltlnn 'Iiie past few 1n"atla Tho
Maine. murder was. peculiarly atrocious, q
| jNntt having AlAln Ills mother cut IlHr I'D h1lu
lid tlor rel,iAEns.
l. OF course there nro lnnrders lit atnfne, rs
everywhere, but IN tho stnRie county Of
Etlgetloltl, South Carolina, tho h0lna VI Sen-
atOr Butler, thore nrc. some yenrn RB mary
murders mid lnntlslnu glIters as in thu ontlre
Stasp Of Maine. 1nEdgel'ela County, Ii. the
year 167S, there wero rs matly .s,coplo muir
| tlnreu us during tho Same yt,ar !n tia whole
Stntc Of Massachusetts outside OF Bostun. III
single street. fight lit that county four MEN
were killed, alltl Senator i}utler was 0n0 uf
tho counsel retained To dolenll tho survivors
Of the little Affnir.
Tho frequency nnd dendliness Of theso nf-
frnys. which nro peculiar to Southern clYil[-
cation. or tho want OF It, III the very county
wtIcro Senator Butler lives, have given rise
to n Joke, which tho Senator ilas, no doubt,
himself heard, Il Is sNlu that when ma,i
returns. to EdEe!iela County FROM q journey
Ills first question Ii this: "Woll, who's been
killed siIlco I'ye beUn g0ne9''
Tho argument Of Senator Butler, based
upon ttr0cions Instances Of murder Of New
England, Ia not worth n featller. The first
man born Into tho world killed the 8NcDntt,
nnu thero hnvo beoll instances OF murder III
almost every community OH tho globe. Tho
question Is hot as to the peonltnr features nf
lIrutnlfty attending this ortnlB, but the nun,-
bur OF crimes or this clAsy cO1nlltttGd. III
and that Of ult the Southern Senators who flt-
tu,npted to say anything ab0Nt u, is childish.
1t tn rs childish ~ II a man allGtl1 ntl!r1n