Telegram-herald., 1886-04-24
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years sgo ihis saoofn Ia. sln4siaF T. tSie
sa1 - Bos ssfef h. sas ps-ssd - lie
Ssnats, buf fgria1alsly, 4 @as sisfsated
- tbs hlass. fbal bIli wss rBtnssllseed
- S@sAtoF bLAIE, II As~ hsnlpsiiFs.
4 gon tbs eonysninz ~ tDs pressnt Cs5il-
zrsss. nothing daanted b. hls previous
exgsfisness, The same osuatoF sho seems
b have bsoons infatuated ~itn tas idea
again introduced the Measure, sad
fss sssks ago Il passed TIE ssnats.
Ihs bih sppFo2riasss some seventy odd
lalili0n tellars s1noag All tie States and
Territories Tor the purposes ~ education,
shieh is - be distnbatsi during . psfiod
u sight years. The uonsy Is 10 bs IA
vidsd among the different States IA pro.
portion 10 the ilhtsracs existing IN saeh
/ ., the state hsviag tho .Fsatsst proper
/ tl0n of illltsrates viii receive tbs lsFgest
share q the swag,
The 0blecl ~ tue 5ill. a. stated by its
author, Is % aid toe old slave Stsi-s IN
the education of their colofed popula tiou,
Dat. as al appropriation for that pGFpOse
1ould not have even the color Of eonsti-
tasioaality the act is made - extend the
al 10 AL the STATES aud Territories. no
matter whether Il u neeied Or not.
Thirty years ago no legislator would
have dared 10 support such = measure IA
Congress. II he bad, be would have been
thought 6t subject Tor an asylum for
tho feeble IA inded. That the federal gov
| srnmsnt hai the slightest warrant 10
the Constitution for aiding d State
ia educational matters, was not then
dreamed Of. IL has remained for the
shire 10 euunciate the doctrine that the
State of Michigan eau be legally taxed
by the general government for the edu-
cation of the people of the Southern
States. IL does seem a. If our dignstied
Seuators were bereft Of their reason TO
the shame OF some ot them, be II said,
that they acknowledged that il was bad
legislation, bat they voted FOR Il because
they dill not wish 10 hurt their record,
and were sure the House would defeat It
Verify these are degenerate times, We DO
not real much about records" III the
political literature Ot the days OF WEE
srER, CLAY, BESTOS and RANDOLPH
When thos, men honored the Senate
with their presence such measure would
have been characterized As pirstical and
revolutionary; today it Is called statSs-
manship.
Unquestionably the bill Is utterly con
trary to the expressed letter OF our or.
ganic law, and antagonistic to the per
petuity ot our form OF government. This
policy once in lugnrated, its end would
never come. When the seventy million
dollars were exhausted the cry would 20
up for more, aud the present bill would
| Ia cited as u pfrceucut. Dceluo All else'
,he mea ure Is vicious in its tendency
II puts premium on iliteracy; it offers
the largest reward 10 the State exhibiting
the largest proportion Of ignorant inhabi
tants. It's passage would tax the people
10 an enormous extent; and, instead o
being au aid. it would be positive detri
I r,,arf .uI a 81 roo ~ thorouOb aIueaffop
We are amazed that 1t ever received se
ri0us consideration by the committee
aud are astounded that the Senate OF the
United States should have sanctioned
SUCH a blk upon the people Of this re
public. We earnestly trust the HouH'
will give il ts death blow.