Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1882-10-19
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you thought proper to inserbthe at
tack Of the Rev. Nathan Covingion
y ooks upon Gov. Hamilton, and we
believe it appeared in only one jour-
nal beside your own in the State
We think il due 10 the people of ST.
Mary county that the canse of the
attack be given, and then leave tie
matter for their own good judgment
This il not done in defense Of the
Governor, but rather that the people
may know the truth in respect 10 his
action a. coordinate department OF
the Government, and as such, answer
able 10 tie people for his official acts.
And furthermore. in doing this. We
do not propose to refer to the person.
al matters in which the Rev. gentle
man has 50 profnsely dealt. but sim
ply confine ourselves to a plain state
ment of facts 1t appears that Mr..
Brooks was the President of a school
in Baltimore known as the Baltimore
Female College Ii was gotten up,
we believe, under his auspices and
conducted by him for many years.
Ia the year 1860, hs made applica-
ton to the Legislature and WAS sue
c,ssful then by an act of that year,
Chapter 367, in getting an annual alp
preparation of 81 500 TO be directly
paid him, without any further Legis-
lative Intervention, out Of the Tressu-
nv. This was given, as alleged in
the Act. for the tuition of a Pupil
from each Senatorial District in the
State, there being then % Senatorial
Districts. This made the cost for the
tuition Of each pupil the sum Of $50
large sum for tuition only aud the
use OF books. Shortly after, the APP
preparation was increased to -, 2UO,
an increase from 500 10 500 for each
pupil. In the year 1858. by Chapter
4,O, there was an additional annual
allowance of $500 for three additional
pupils from the increased Senatorial
Districts, making then the annual al
lOwance of $500 drawn directly
from the treasury on the warrant OF
the Comptroller and thereby making
il a perpetual appropriation until re-
pealed- This Mr.. Brooks got out Of
the treasury for his school from 1860
to 1882, inclusive, the sum of forty
seven thousand dollars. This large
annual appropriation of$2, 500, il APP
pears, was not sufficient with what
ever other patronage il had TO sus-
tain it, It got into a failing condi-
ton aud for some years past this Rsv.
gentleman has pes ere members of
the Legislature aud all other gentle
men whom lie could approach 10 as
sist in getting still larger appropria-
ton. He succeeded in getting = bill
passed BY the last Legislature which
provided he should be paid quarterly
out of the treasury the additional
quarterly sum of 81, 800 for board,
fuel and lights (not Iodging,) making
the additional annual sum of s., 200
which, with $500 he was already
getting. would have made the sum Of
seventy-seven hundred dollars paid
annually out of the Treasury % HIM or
The school. The Governor considered it
10 be his duty to withhold his APP
proval from the bill and it did not
become law. The question is did
the Gov. do right? We take it for
granted his action was prompted alone
by public considerations. The sub
ject itself could involve nothing else.
The Gov. must have considered the
policy wrong to put institutions or
schools of the kind. being entirely Of
private concern, upon the Treasury
Of the state. There are hundreds Of
such private schools in the State aud
each upon like grounds would be en-
titled 70 q similar support The peo-
pie If the State pay by State ane
County taxation . million or more
Of dollars towards the support Of
their common school SYSTEM estab-
lished for male and female alike and
which i exclusively State institn-
ton. This burden 10 borne patiently
ard ssith the knowledge that IL i FOR
the general good. But i this nol
enough And should we Be willing
ii addition "a the liberal pne1ision
here made still further to put upon It'd
taxpaying people all kinds d prisat
institutions ? We say the Gov. did
a wise and right thing in not approx
ing this TsolicY Of giving the pHblir
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