The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1883-03-24

n0WSpapSFsS th$V uS WSs SAAVN
ed to charge regular rates and cred
it by amt. free meAey received,
and even stating publicly that he
did not want any who weuld not
pay-and if any such took sdvan-
tage of the school thus accepted Of
his own free will, and SStabliShsd
by law for the free educ&ti on Of the
children of Tippah, he would Stig.
ma!ize them aG guilty of INJUSTICE.
Soon after the establishment of
Blue MT. College al . free school,
parties made complaint to me that
they could not send there without
being expected to pay extra. tSld
them they had certainly been mis-
informed, that Gen. LOwrey would
not put out such a report, after &C.
cepting the school on the terms ne
did. But soon we see it under his
own signature. Is this righte Is
this justiee9 To accept the school,
so as TO get the benefit of the pub
lie money for his colIegiat" classes,
and then make such Impressions
aud use language as to deter any
proud spirited but poor p0rSOn
from accepting the benefits tor
when he is paid out Of the public
treasury, This may be right in
Gen. Lowrey-but if any OF the
other free school teachers OF the
county, with whom be desired to be
placed on the same footing, should
DO such a thing as this, there would
arse such a cry Of Indignation as
mas not been heard among the bill
Of Pippah for a long, leAg time
But | suppose the people have be
come reconclIed to the fact tina
there is "A PRIVILEGE CLASS" per
sons vhs have rights that do mo
beleng to the common herd; VIII
eaA trampls with impSnity upon al
forms Of courtesy, propriety
truth and justice, and yet be BEL
sacred in the eyes OF their fellSwsr'
IT'S true eur tOrsfsthers fought
, wipe this doctrine eat Of America
institutions, but it 10 here, aad on
, people are bowling 10 1t every da,
! in church, in state and in society
Ifthsre is one great good mor
Z, than another which eur publ
schoel system should soak to &C
j.. complish, it Is the education of tn
. poor-the dissemination OF Ia
general principlss.o of reading, W
S ting, arithmetic, and gFamm'
d amsng that class who have not th
means of securing higher ed"catio
We have plenty Of schools and CO
lsges Of a high grade; the rich al
able to send their children to Ties
6 Institutions to secure higher trait
e ing and moraAiberAl culture. No
n We Should net rob the poor & ign
4. rant oil the very bread and meat
- learning to give it to colleges al
persons who do not need it, az
who in many instances, do act cal
for it. Much less should u agre
70 to teach a free school, to get Il
6 benefit Of public money tor
= collegiate institution, and th'
cav to those who are unable or IL
willing to give additional c0mPsI
lie sation, we do net want you unle
ar ysu san pay extra, and you are u
ia Just if you take 1t for nothing
"a Yet this is what Gen. Lswrey b
= said and done.
But | do net wish the public to
ar too severe With him ia this matte
70, Fer it would seem that the GCasr
id has contracted what JuVsnaI terri
ra "INsANABrLB sCRIBBNDI cAcoETHE
an insane passion for ssribblin
and hence is hardly responsible
If everything he has SAID. He b
no certainly since the comencsne
TO Of this controversy bssn on eve
PIE side of the subject, as can
: j shown by quotiag his own Ia
> guage. Perhaps, as be alwa.
'm keeps his feur thousand dell
Ter schoOl house and stoves in front,
is to see hew they lock from diff
Il. mt points of view. This subj'
-. seems to haunt the General Ii
some frightful nightmare, that
Oh lows him no rest by night, and
to- turbs his thoughts by day. Ii
Ter Rannue's ghost. il will not dSwn