The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-02-18

medicine and the third at building hOus-
q give them the same advantage of
!, start and, If 1T the end of tan years. the
+ carpenter is not able t. buy both the la@.
Yer and the doctor, | viii give up my case.
The Land Scrip Fund.
- early rs i4G2 the Congress of the
4 United States though the late war wa
then fiagrant and the country was torn
with battle found time to recognize the
value and Importance Of labor and EN-
4 phaSiZed that recognition by donation.
4 to the various States and Territories, of
+ immense tracts Of public lands for he es
/ tablishmcnt Of colleges where agricul-
ture and the mechanical arts" should be
/ taught, i. e.-l Industrial Schools Al the
close Of the war North Carolina avalled
herself of that Donation and received,
4 from the government Of the United states,
land scrip. which was sold for 1928, 900.
] Having no such college we thought best
to allow the University Of the State TO use
the fund and that institution is now III
receipt OF 81, 300 per year, the interest on
| that sum
No place in the state to Learn ii Trade.
i ''The Wtlings who defamc her have
facetiously lIkened cur state to Rip Van
Wrinkle, the sleepy hero Of Irying's charm
ing story. | a'h rather proud of the name;
for tho we seeP hc Yily, we are certain
to wake after 4 While, a1 ] We then wake
to the progress OF the tgC. Sentiment
forms slowly with Us h. IS healthy ani
when formed is all the stronger
The idea Of giving increased sa~pecta
! biity to agriculture and mechanic arts !,
has been slowly smmering in the North
| Carolina mind for years Rip Van Winkle
was dreaming He has lately awakcd, and
,nteadS lis dream to be reality. Acntl-
meut has crystalized The establish
Of lchpoI in, ,,-Iris.h ON wont u lIaI II
at the most moderate cost, be trained to
become skillful artizans ard by their lives
| 10 invest labor with its proper dignity, IS
now demanded By the peremptory decision
Of all classes. If | wish 10 make q lawyer
or doctor of nay son, the doors Of a hun
dred colleges Will fly open at my knock,
provided that knoci shall have the ring
Of metal about it; but # ! wish him 10
learn useful trade, however rich, or how
ever poor | may be, as things are now con
stituted, to accomplish this wish, | must
| either send him out of the State, or con
sign him to the eompanionship Of negroes
on a plane of perfect equality. This is not
a conclusion arrived at by thought, but
an actual experience.
The Industrial School Law.
Realizing, and deprecating, this condl-
ton, the Legislature of 1880 enacted law
entitled IAN Act to ESTABLISH and MAIN
| TAIN an lnUuStrial Sclncl
In a State like ouls, the voice Of the Leg
islature, when it finds expression outside
of the channels of routine. IS the voice of
the people and means that the sentiment
Of the whole people demands such express
sion. 1t doee not import mere committee
work. dictated by the head Of a depart
ment supposed to be best acquainted with
what is needed in q particular line, but
the need Of the public, brought to view by
the leaders of thought in every community
in the commonwealth. The need is a fact.
The public proclaims it. To meet that need
is question of ways and means which
the public leave to its servants-the Leg
iSlators.
In the present instance the public has
proclaimed its need - IAN Industrial
School" Its servant, the Legislature,
have met this need by doing all they coald;
l. e., by passing the act to establish and
maintain such 4 school. Then ask, Why
is not such a school established!
Several years ago | heard a very diStln-
guished lawyer try case III court n
which he was proSSecutlnga man, charged
with committing an act, which constituted
4 criminal oifense, and the commission Of
which the defendant bitterly denied. After
discussing the evidence With great vigor,
and extraordinary skill, he closed his
, speech with a climactcric. Losing iliI.l-
: self in a frenSY of absolute confidence III
his own argument which was ovcrWhelm-
, ing, he exclaimed with inmitabe earnest
ness and vehemence 'Gcntlemen Of the
jury ] have showed you, he had the incli-
, nation and have showed you, he had the
opportunity, now, Why IL the name OF
. God. didn't he do it?" | need not say he
I gained verdict. Now it seems to me, be
| yond doubt, that the State has the incli
: | nation to establish an Industrial School
/ and the Legislature has given the oppor
| tunity-nOw why don't we establish it
| This very question is now seriously VeXin2
public thOught-and ! have read, Will
anxious attention, much that has beer
written. and have heard with profound
consideration much that has been said, OF
the two sides of the question. Fully i'm
Z pressed with the belief of the necessity o
such a school, and being satisfied that it
| establishment is demanded by the public
| even venture - differ in opinion with m,
distinguished and valued friend Dr. Bat
tie, of the University; and the Governor o
State, who has arrived at the same con
, cluSion with the Doctor.
President Battles Card.
:? AS | write, in referring TO the Doctor
first card, published in the News 2.d ob
V server of Jan. Gath, ult., 10 be perfectl,
e certain that understood the reasons givel
for his present opposition, (and | under
) stand it is only .'present') l am It'll
>, startled by "a thing | had not before no
a ticed At the head OF the column OF tn
o paper, next on the left to that occupied b.
!, the Doctor, is a double loaded q beliey
Q they call it so) article follows: ''Labo
O Question-President Cleveland eNpresse
n his views He seeks the elevation of tn
n working classes and takes strong ground
o In one column, the President of on
a University opposing an Industrial school
e in the next, the President OF the Unite
d States eleyating the working classes
|, Strange juxtaposition F! Singular fatality
h As | understand the Doctor 5 card,
g sets forth the reasons why de deemed ]
le his duty as member of the Board of A2
n ricuture .'whie being in hearty sympath
le with the movement to vote against tn
" Boards ''acting at once" The Docto
IS and | being in hearty sympathy with th
le movement, 'and of course with each Other
or we only differ as to the propriety of 'tac
n ing at once" an 'thoneSt difference" afte
If ali but one which 'makes our fortune, c
f. fordoes us quite"
"A s.EstabIish and Maintain.''
id The title of the Act | have already QUO
ted emphasizing two words, establish
Ie and s'maintain.' The body of the act
r, very short, pointed, and as I conceive
r perfect conformity with the title. This
legislation is virtue; and Lord Coke
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