Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1882-10-19


Messrs. Editors LIN your journal
you fhtu1ht proper TO insert the at
tack Of The Rev. Nathan Coyingl on
Il o5l.s sstsen Gov. HMnilton, and wr
believeit appeared IN only one jour
ilas beside your own in she State.
We think it die to the people Of ST.
Mary county hat the cause Of the
stsmk be given. and then leave tie
matter Eur their own good Judgment.
llfa IL not dotle in defense Of the
Coz ernos, bssg rather that the peopl,.
MAY know lie truth in respect to his
strtien - 4 eeofslInaie department OF
tise Government, and an such, answer
able 10 the people Tor his oiliei.ii acts
AID furthermore, in doing this. We
it, not propose to refer to tile l.erson-
al matters IN which the Rev. gentle-
nam LAS - profuseIy dealt, bat sim-
ply euntine ourselves to plain state
menl OF facts. lie appears that Mr..
Brooks was tie President Of u school
ia Baltimore known us the Baltimore
Female College. IL was gotten up,
we believe. under bis aslsf ices and
conducted is him for laaIsy years.
ia lie year 1860, he made alf,lica-
lion 10 the Legislature aud was sue
ssfnl then by an act of that wear,
Chapter $50. in getting an annual al,-
preparation of 100 10 he directly
l,aid him. without any further Legis-
lalive Intervention. out If the Trsssil-
r. Iasi4 Nas ssiTasss - .atlleensl
the Act, for the tuition Of fsigssl
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
n large sum for tuition only aud the
u.e o: books. Shortly after, the APP
preparation was increased to &, 2OO,
itn increase from 500 to $l0U for each
l.upil. In iLe year 1868, by Chapter
4i.0, there was an additional annual
allowanee Of $500 for three additional
pnldls from the increased Senatorial
Districts, making then the annual al
lowance OF $500 drawn directly
from the treasury on the warrant of
the Colnpi roller nj thereby making
it perpetual appropriation until re-
pealed. This Mr.. Brooks got out Of
the treasury for his school fron 1860
TO 1882, inclusive, the sum of forty
seven thousand dollars. This largs
annual appropriation of$2 800, it az
pears, was not sufficient with what
ever other patronage il had TO sus-
tain il. 1t got into failing condi-
ton aud for some years past this R,v.
gentleman has pes ere 1 members Of
the Legislature aud all other gentle
men whom lie could approach 10 a.
sist in getting a still lager 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 1900 for board.
fuel and lights (not lodging making
the additional annual sum OF 80 300
which, with $500 he was already
getting, would have made the SUM of
seventy-seven hundred dollars paid
annually out OF the Treasury % hlsa o.
Ire sckool. The Governor considered il
TO be his duty to withhold his APP
proyal from tile bill and it did not
become a law. The question i did
the Gov. do right ? We take It for
Vranted his action was prompted alone
by public considerations. The sub
iect itself could involve nothing else.
The Gov. must have considered the
policr wrong to put institutions or
schools OF the kind, being entirely OF
nrivate concern, upon the Treasury
81 the state. There are hundreds Of
snci private schools in the State and
each upon like grounds would be en-
Tiled 10 8 similar support. The peo-
Ole Il the State pay by State and
ronntv taxation . million or more
of dollars towards the support Of
their common school system esfab-
l;shed for male and female alike and
which i exclusively a State institu-
tion This burden is borne patiently
and with the knowledge that i J. for
he general good. Bat Is this not
snongh And should we be willing
= addition 10 the liberal provision
here made still further to put upon the
faxpayinq people all kinds OF private
,.stitntio1s We say the Gov did
"a w;rykf thinsr IN not approv-