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22 devismg any means, for the jraprovement of these teachers is still more remarkable. These leach- era are not ta be oiamea itnr meiT want oi com .'"V ''V ' ma a4 aIIamva aamK mm a teachers. : De pw cuj uu6, - r:c :: month. fcr th3 purpose pt ,aie- AHA . ' . W f Villi in. IIP" -. fravinsr their expentq:,. icr mcn;u:j: r .tincvlhew'doa well as thev can; labor with expected "to teach two or thrcs. years alter greal asuuity and discharge their duties to the grtduaiing,ttntl tlius remunerate tneState of f herr abiiiti5 jKo no Instead of blame, r..it.. ;narn(ori in all me orancues ui executing meir lauouous .asivs ... mj. wen. nui n enlUh and mathematicareducation ; and 5 -4,f jr :.Krtnl. An you aou you.s.fs, Line and manapmeju uuui Mttfdti6rToTthis kind multiplier teacners a said doUars a iarge revenue, and should pro hundred fold.; Forty or fifty of these young duce sotaeihing-bsidps a little bad orthography men &ar Continually nunand bad arithmetic New-York has a School re- dred or twoltHousand persons to become j venue? of five hundred and eighty two:. thousand For. let it be re- doUarswaod- raises by taxation, .three hundred there is;blame some where; let .ihe people look r t-- w ...iKUi tnfn th discio- and see; Where ? u jsv y no is in .ami - j ami mdUcted afaras possdile into the tocig VoU-sr ancto orf to the one kmdred membered, that the pupils ' taught by those -Normal school graduates, are .themselves ca pable of teaching, should, they think proper to do so.' Indeed, l am well persuaded, that fifty or sixty thousand dollars, expended by vahce the interests of.the popular education, '""t pound practical education, tbaa the niae hundred thousand dollars expended . during "the last ten years. . JLet us see, whatt wpuld loe'the jprobabie. cost of such aje "joiMi next iten jears W$ I will isay I first .year, erectiou of the buildingi, fifteen thou - sahd dollars. Second year, Salary of three teachers, three thoirsand.. dollars, and board 'of eighty pupils, (a sufficient number. K for pur. State,), at seventy -dollars each,: which vould be about the cost in such an establish ent fiye tKousand . six. hundred ;doilars, .Second year, therefore, eight ; thousand tlx liunred dollars Tbird the, sam. , Fourth veat the, tamer and so on lo the'end of the tenth year. . . Whole amount, at the end of the tenth year, eighty three thousand eight hundred dollars., lnere wouid prooaDivoe ferfy" payjng pupils, so.that. allowing;; three jear8 .'for tbe course, of studies, you would ifaye at the end of four years, one hundred and twenty capable School Masters. Each jof this . number, at the . least calculation, xit ill 4fK- Hnnnnr InA novt lhrf I'part fiah!v different pupils. , You wouW tneretore naver. jat the end of seven- y ears from ; the start of jrour, normal school, . nine thousand six hun dred persons,-taught, thoroughly taught, all the branches of an English and Malhemah--cat Education. , I have, before said, that the '.pupils of those normal school graduates be come capable of teaching if, they -please. And if you viWl admit that one tenth of nine thousand six hundred would turn their at 'tentio'n to this business, you would have nine hundred and sixty teachers, at the end of sev en years. Add to this number the one hundred and twenty, with which we first started,, and you have one thousand and eighty. But dur ing the past three years.another c ass has been preparing in the normal school, say one hun- 'dred and twenty more, but we will ohlv reck- 'on one5 half of this number, because one half bfthe first class will probably have quit the bu siriesa by this time. Thi? makes ele ven hun dred and lorty, witn wnicn u commence tne eighth year. Now, making the same calcu lation, which we did before, this number jwoidd, at eighty pupils each, send forth ninety -one thousand two hundred well in structed youths at the close of ten years And if you will again admit that one tenth of this number wouid be capable and willing-to teach, you would, have over nine thousand teachers, at the ei;d of ten years. Well, you may say, I presume, this number Is' sufficient, more .than "we want. New 'York and New England have also more than 'they want,' and therefore teacher are . pro cured for less' wages than they are he re. But I am afraid you will say this plan is ra ther; expensive. Not so very expensive. ;et us compare this plan with yours, than which at "present exists. '. Your plan costs mnety thousahd dollars annually. This will cost V fraction over ninety eight thousand. Your plan his net mde, in my opinion, one teacher, nor properly educated one child iu the State ' This plan, wililput over ninety .thousand children in a' fair way of obtaining .good education, and make at least nine fthousand teachers during the next ten 3' ears .Your plan manages, by dint of hard tugging,1 to get out of your teachers, a little bad or lhography, a little bad reading, a little bad arithmetic, a little bad geography, , and a jjmall quantity of horrible grammar. This would teach all these branches thoroughly, jand. in addition, to them, geometry, alge Ur surveying, . natural and moral .philosophy, Jbkkeepirig, rhetoric, the rules, of English Wrnpdsitidn. declamation, and whatever else, the State "ipight see fitfdj3:ect. ;Thts plai,; .with Akuperinieti4e counlyY'and' 'a general supeiiatendent, would jforni a per-1 'temtem; ptpubiic iastruclwa'ITourlpJan- Certainly very deficient. . You rieither - .teachers, number o childrenrrxbr where arts, its grenf discoveries In philosophy, astrencxay and matlieniaiica 1 " The question needs no wwweri But if this debt!" denied the poor, at such an in noancement one-might feel a c&apositjon to 'dispute and argiie tlie case. , Poverty owes this yorld noth ing.? Now and then one of licr children indy de part, leaving 'x iewdoarir'' unpaid, bnt" when ac The bill to hj cO" and est:' by the name. of 'Wr herspcoTV, the amendmept by the Ccnitui. PSsed asrarfitce:': s-ii ?',;:: The bill ta incorporats ihi .. coup5 -sirred ia. ??Stan and Topsail Plank Read Co;, passed nd lir-T .1. .... y... - - . . . " . . J " Be, Dill to repeaJ err act or 1 c-lS-u. entkll eounta at hist shall close, the balance win oe iouna;;i amcuu nc ui xnchory nut Tum. on her side. She pays the world a nunarea kj, for every tdng which she receives. The few doU fors- scattered nbout among her poor ragged chil dren, are not lost, cbut by, her jndling thes dol lars bacorae dragons, teeth, from whicli strongmen spring up, armed for every emcrgeucy,and every fortune, j J eseDisScrjoorat. North make more eminent men, than all Jtheir. other insti tutions. ,Cas3, Vepster, pitddnson nd Fillmore, begaii their -education jin theni.ts Pi.ie .halfjOf the SiatofficeraTepreseh in Coiipe Sena tors and Judges Wtmld'erhnYe been heard of, had it not been fonthps Schools. In all this, the doings of poverty again appear. ; , God be thaoked that thera is such ;a thing as-poverty. Sha braces these poor boys for every eonrlict, and pushes them on to power and fortune,; with suchpidity that theSr vvonder atnheir oWir succesi.5 . They enter rthe lists for distmetionaftd rehown, against wealth and influence, with strong hearts and tmgjtty ener gies.' i Far bai-k. upon tjie humble school house they look down and ard astonished at, the height they have climbed. But they never forcret the bid school house wiUi its white-washed eaes and grassy lawns. They jnayhave CwYdtert-their, names; high up in letters of gold upon tha,tcmpb of Fame, but thjy rememberthev. have written, thcjmaUo upon tlie rusty jwal Is oftlip! polsy od Jsehool house., . They remember, the tiine when vifli Jiaptess JiaUj, and bare feet they plodded their way thither, "and theV thank God for the eoujrager. and . resolution, which there - began- - Oh I liow -1 lvave r wished the gloriousjthc bfavo)ld house -was ; here in'r all her strength and all her ride'; when I have soen the poor, neglected .world forgo ttcu. by, shivering m the wintry Mn& r:HeaT J, Irixqr beg the. World to buy the things he ouercd seen the busy world pass heedlessly on seen the natural pride of that poor boy, rise np-and shudder back to his strfcken heart, as the unfeelinj? icrazc of tht world .mocked pike Road was read 3rd time, and on motion of Mr. Bynum, laid on the table, t . thousand, making in ihe aggregate, eight. hun dred and eighly two thousand dollars. paid away for -district school instruction, , But thsUvStatehas twelve thoosarid sct)QoIsf and educates orer eight hundred thousand. cHildren,.whrch. is a greater number than thrftoflhe wholepopulatioh ot' North Carolina. ,s,l suppose this state bus labour twenty nve uunureu scnoois anu Bevenvy uve uiuusauu ciifldren.- So' that the revenue of this stale, is greater j in proportion to the number of scholars. than tnat ol .iw. X orK. 1 11 s you esumaie our u umber of scholars atseventy-6vejhousand,which estiraaje .1 think is .rather hirge, the amount per capita, is one dollar and twenty cents, - .While id Wew York, exclusive ol the Uirecuax, it is on ly seventy cehtsaud'tvfo' mills jihefuding this tax one dollar and ten !ceQts.' Yetl in that State, these schools are of a high order. GThe people both the rich andlthe poor, almost -universally commence their education there. -The rich send to them, be cause the english and mathematical branches are more thoroughly taugfet these thaiv iu. ihnc ciassi cal academies The r eaeo n of ; t hi, is, that t lie teachers devote all their time and attention to those brahchesthe "classics being generally ex cluded. Those schools not only give a practical education to every ehUd i tbe JStatr ha ; t-liey also open ihe-wayj to every persevering -young man, to the higher Wtitutitins, their colleges and academies;' I can safely assert; that one half tof thegiraduates of ' Northern Colleges make jtheir way through by .teaching those Schools. . And a judicious- system would produced he same results here. Young children could acquire in ahem, a accomplished English education, while every young man 01 energy migni exienu nis siucies to the cfassies. -bt teaching tliese Schools a part oi'the time, and atteuding our lvigher mstkutiona the blaiice- ;,?'':ii , You'inay thiu airthis chimerical, rJ I kuow it is not. I have done it myself and lave known hun dreds ot others, who have done it. . yVe hear much said at this, time, in, every, quarter, about the; ne cessity of making, an ; effort, to render .ourselves more independent of the North. , And it certainly is a very great waste of time and money, for the people of this State, to be obliged to go a journey fbf a thousand miles, to purchase their clotnmgr implements of husbandry, house-hold turniture, and other articles of comfort and convenience. Duty, therefore-; as well a interest,'' abold induce the people of North Carolina, to make all articles of home consumption, except such as are forbiddcu by the soil' and climate. The: laws of trade de clare, that the greater the amount of homo ex changes effected in any State, the better it is for that State, because the. money or produce paid away; to effect exchanges in otherf States, - which might be made at home, is so much withdrawn from its capital, and must in the end prove extreme ly detrimental to its interests, however great may be its resources. In view' of these facts every citizen of this State ought, irrespective eVeh of the political questions; which agitate the country to toster and encourage home manufactures of every description, and also to give the preference to our own meclianics and artisans of every class, when ever it can be done without serious inconvenience. We wish to develop the resources and wealth of the State, extend its capital, build up a system of internal improvements and elevate the mechanic arts. Will any man in his senses say that these ihings can be done, without a thoroughly educated and ;industrious people.5 - If any mair w ill - assert this, I deny it, because I am sustained in this de nial by the principles of political economy and the experience of the world, during six thousand years. And furthermore, should . any; one assert, that a estate can become truly, great and powerful and eminent in the mechanic arts, without bringirig-.to bear upon its interests all its intellectual strength and mentil skill, I deny this also, ami will appeal to Prusia, Germany, England, and the State of the INorth, and they shall help me to deny it, witl one hundred millions of tongues. It seems to me, fellow citizens, if you would secure tho best in terest of the State, you must first ijo to work upon these 8evcnty.fivc thousand poor child ren, who are growing up iri ignorance. Among theni are grejt artists, great lawyers, great statesmen, and great mechanics ot every description. ; Wake : up them, and vou wake up the mechanic arts! 1 When you bring these poor boys out of their iiiding.pl.ico ,of poverty and inistortunc, then and not till then,- m my opinion, will you hear th clangor, oijiamniers The bill to incorporate? the Weldoa Manurir Thel)jll io arhjpnd a acfof 'l84f?7?Wtr;T: an acl ijw regation of the town 7r Nashrjilf , I were.passed the' 3rd tlmTawI?orderprt to. be eftrossetf. Alsotr.bni,'!0'Wtnpri2e the citizen's of Clinton .to elect Commissioner IrvSherardfrrn:t rion, lvpbttetfth.b1lebnc9rn Roil fiom le Pungo .tpiyrrffjuth, in.Waslwn2toa County; and recommended its passage-Wj h be hrid orrrhe lableV f . Ui, I u The Resolution fa - faVor of -Enoch Utese ani James. Maoris liead 3rd time nd ordered to be ei. grossed, ; ;: j ..".'.: v.-- The engrossed Wl from the House, entitled a bill extending trie powers -of the Commissioners of Frankliuttmr passed; 3rd time and orderei to be enrollied.-' '. '- 4' :.-...;-. v wTlie4iU 4o--etaWish--UwrIlo GrouBdandtto ipof"ae UwVsame, passed 3rd time and ordered t3 be 5enrossedU t i Tlie full lb incorporate KaYftteViiIe and North ern Plank Road Gov, read 3rd -time an 1 passed. Thejbill lid, amend anact. xf? 1848-49, entitled an act nwretotually to prevent the selliag or giving WaY jituYMsV Jtqours'at rorittar places ot public vvprshipread 3rd time and rdered to be engrossed :-nt K--' ; ' Th M"l i preyeais.giring ors'enihg.spmm. ous litjuor tt Ngrces and Indians, and fur other puiseswaffadrd irae anijlpassedr at his " shiverfng'i ' ragged, nalced limbs." Seen the tear start out upon that poor boy's pair cheek, and seen also, that in the dark nwy. fifepw,;lKnn which that tearrose uptbepe lurked the thunders and lightnings of genio ; pqwers whiebjf arot- el to act 10.1, should make the cold eye or mso- ene, which now mocks him, quail before the disnitv of a superior nature. Powers, which if aroused to- aetroa, should handle thought, Jike a hero a sword m battled ThooslMs, which should fall fromt.hts tips like sMvbeu epM darkness, stir up the hair ot the ' head like a .wind, rush through all our.vems like b!ood,and.pow through the hearts of men like tight nihg through the clourfs. Thoughts, wliich. in the language; of tliepoet. should go burning, "blazing, n ' fijcvrer, when the sua and the moon shall have perished, and tlie bold bright stars are- dark as death dust." How long poor boy you ate to be cheated, out of your rigtrts and crushed down, crushed down to- the very caves of death and darkness, God ouly knows. But take courage, noor boy; this sta't ol ihings cannot endure forever, better times rmust come ere long. . - ' . EUNOOS; and whirling of spindles, and-your villages hum, and cities roar trim all tho arts of mechanism.- Then will your merchant ships come bounding in from every sea, laden with the wealth of the world, and your vessels and steamers plow the deep by the side of those of the North, and take from her at least, a part of that commerce, which she now appropriates and bring it back to our own soil from whence it snriujjW - ou cwy thitik this fancy, my friena; if soEjiiUjjQtJifye. tho presumption to argue the .case. But would ask, if, these results are not to be trained by tlie course, which I have stated by uhat means-' can . they be secured ? by vouj.jmoney TOe8. ninety thousand "dollars! ture asserts it false. She sjvsas &nre as hsrhtn - where does it go; ,v;ho kno .s where? - 1 S3 Durn and hurricanes rend, so sure, sliull igno f -No ooeoxit?6f iiorih Carolina niildljpiipire- rancc and idlenesa destroy the prospects of a coun . 'that the vn36ftiiT?HV tRousand dnltars ta jinftiiat- i try and sow it with the dust of destruction, i And tlofth to thiisds,' without any account of the arts and improve tlie condition of the State, i ; wuwi it jicaaeu.; . Ana it is cer- anos l" auydju-me wuousi.ua poor cm. oxen, V: tjlyay?remafkablei that the systemofnublic who are growing up in ignorance. If it is; not ; ;3iuaraa,..woicj : consiuecea an., imnoriant there, wnere is iu vvh; ine ricn turn mechanics. ; .wrasca oiaaeoyernmenrm omor - states, shquld blacksmiths, hatters, ciotmers and earnage makers a thing unworthy of consideratiotf, and judicious nearly all that has been done, to -divest the world taauagement. cut that the state, knowinsr the of ita barbarian mannenw and to change it from th latge a sum for educational purposes, without whom is the world indebted ! for all its mechanic STATE LEGISLATURE " SENATE. . ' ... Faidat, Dec. 27. Mr. Barrtusrer presented a rriernojrial from Cabarrus, asking for certain "Volunteer Com panies in that county the privilege ot elec ting Constsbles within their bounds. , .Refer red to comrnittec on Propositions andGrrev- ances. - -' -y' i ? .- Mr. McMillan, a bill to incorporate Rich land Academy in the county of Onslow. r Ij . : i p - i ' f aeau i ui Bimrriencu.. 4 Mr. Pender, a bill to prevent the obstruc tion of Fish at inlets on the sea coast of this state Read 1st time and referred. i? Mr. Bar ringer, 'a bill ' to incorporate the Concord and Taylorsville Plank Road Corn- pany. Keati 1st time ami relerred. Mr.- Pender, a bill to repeal a mrt of the 2nd Sec. of an act of 1848.'-I9, chapter 77th entitled an act to increase the revenue of the State." ReacJ and referred.', ? ' Mr. Richardson, a bill prohibiting the Fale of Spirituous Liquors within a certain distance of the Carolina I? emale College, in Anson county V : ' Read 1st. time and passed. tt 'I . Mr. W vley, a bill to amend an act posted in .1846-M7, entitled an act to incorporate the Orapeake Canal and Turnpike Company Read 1st time and referred. Mr. Thomas, from the committee, on In ternal Improvement, to which was; referred the bill to improve tlie State road from Wilks boro1 to the Tennessee line, reported the same without amendment and recommended its passage. Ordered to lie on the table.5 V "Tlie bill to amend 64th ' Chapter of the Revised. Statutes and better to provide" for the widows of intestates in certain cases,' was read 2nd time and passed. . - The bill to prevent the sale of spirituous liquors, within a certain . distance of Antioch Academy, was read 2nd time and passed. ; ' 1 - ' ' . The bill coneerning the selling of spintuous li quors near Newby ' Bridge Academy, was read tul Hme and paed. t , .ivrh bill to eini'UMipate Lucy and her child Lao ra,'was pasd J2rid: riuie. :, ' The- bill authoring ; the Commuioners of bimthfield to sell "town commons passed 2nd ume. . - , . . - ; The bill to ameu'd ah act, entitle! an net, to in corporate Jonathan's t ?reek and IVnnessre Moun tain Turnpike Road, Co., passed 2ud time. - An L.ngrosseU Uesulution, fmrn ihe Hous ise. Mr, Locke $ presented a, petition rom chtzenx of Stanly County, praying; for the emanciptioi of a slave, which wan referred to, the Coonnittee pn Propositions and Grievances. t - r alririeiiuiwa a?pkionrjring that Jury trials may be restored to the" County Curi of Yancy, Referred to the Committee oa the Ju diciary.; ?WV; ktt ;7t - .r T ,; -Mr. Avery presented a petitio from citizens of CleavcUud aud Jiutherfurdeouiitic.'i, praying for the establUhJuent .oT new' county. Keferred to the- committee on! Propositions and Grievancet. Messrs S aaid Webb prestmed .counter Vttti wi,vh chw re r ferred in like iiunner. Mr. Sloan a ir.emorial prayiiHr for : the resto-i -ration :of J unr- trial iu rhe County Ciurt of Kutherford. Referred to the committee on , the Judiciary. - ?w ' Mr. IX A. ;BarncF, a bill to amend the 119th. SecIst Chpv,rf'ivi9edSia!utes,enitfed Courts,' C U ty im iSttpei Hr f whicli fji'Bl fi.st readirp and Vered the ciuimhittee:onlhe 'Judiciary.! Mir. Poole.a revonkw sik3!iuciig iWe conimU te on the Judiciary to enquire! titu the expedien cy o; passing an act fto exempt justices or the Peae from serving on Juries in SuperioVCourtii. Mr. SaundersoiK ai reso4ation.inslructin? tha cwmmttee wj the Judicury to. inquire into ths expediency ol chahgmg'ibe tkae of ' holding the County and Superior Coartar in Hyde county, j Mr. Wilson, a bill to incorporate a company to nukoa Canal to connect the waters of Cum tuck Sound with Nurth River. Passed first rea ding, and ordered to be printed I Reports fkm Co Mil if tees. Mr. Person, of Moore, from ihc Committee oo Finance, reported the bill to appoint Tx Collec tors for the State of North Caro'ha, a ikI recom mended ita rejection - (In motion ot Mr. Webb, the bill was laid on ihe fable. i- ? I Also; the resolution instructincraid comm ttee to enquire into the expediency in changing the time oflistirig- properly for taxation from' Ut of April to 1st of July: and stated that it was d(em cd inexpedient C iwurred in. ' " I Also, the bill to repeal the 2d sec. 92d ch. and tlieSist iecVSttych. Revised Statutes, and re commended its rejection. Mr Caldwell, of Row-" an, having calJpJ for aes and noes, it was rejected ayes 7, noes 70. . Also, the memo rial from citizens of Burke county, praying ! for te appointment of a Tax Collector for said county, and asked to be discharg ed from its further consideration ; w&ich was coa curred n... . . - , ' . y t - a t - . . j Also, the hill to facilitate the eoRretibn of the Revenuf, aud to economize the mode thereof, and recommended its passage.! j Mr, Person stated that though the Committee had instructed aim' to report laronkiy u the bill, yet' he was himself opposed to if, aawl a the bill provided for important changes in the existing laws, and he wished grntlnen' to te under standiugly he moved ta lay it on the table and print ; which was agreed loi ? ; Mr. Wilson, from the Omiinit ee ot Private bilK rpojft(d the folkwing bills and iomniehd ed their pa5sag, viz :the bill to incorporate Ral eigh Chapter, No. 10; RoyarArch -Masons; the hill to incorporate the towu of Madison in the county of. ilockingharn ; ; the bill to incorporate Kisiiig Sun DiTifion No. 144, Sohsof.lVmper ance; the bill to incorporate Pasqu a maur Loe. No. 103, Acien: To k JMaabns; yxe hlW tolo corporate Pasquotank Divisiolt No. 2t;-Scti lVmperance; tlie biU to-mcorporale Union Sn campmeut. No. 8, Ir O. O. F. j tbe bill to incor porate the Trustees ofGrahanr Institute ; the bill to extend the limits of the tOwn'of Kenaasville in Uuplin Couuty ; and the bill to incorporat tlie Albemarle Fire Engine Company. W kick said bills were severally, read the 2nd time and passed. 'Mr. Soott, frora the Committee on Private BilKre ported the bill to incorporate the town of Concord, in. Cabarrus County, and. rysrtfurrunffcd its passage.--' Passed d reading.. T 57 ; r .. .r Mr. Rayncr, from the CorarnittW ori mtcrnal Im- ! proyemeuts, reported the bill to incorporate the Ashfl i ville and Greenville Plank Koad "Company, and re- j com men dud it passage, t Mr. ,h. said.be kit it to bo 1 1 , ' mm m - . if ' 1 TT a 1113 uuty to cau the auenuon oi me xxouse to a par- i?-.Tf.. - - x ' it t 1.'? ucuiar provision ui ute uiu, uiuuii censiueraxioa he did not object to it bim-elt After some remarks r w rn i 4 l j : tn t r i - - ..wu.-i, iu i jpnij. Hemia anu Avi i V IK. q iinpsana Yocumen . support of the bUl, it was put upon its 2d reading and relating to public Surveys and Internal Improve-!paSed - -:C ;-;i t:--. , iiieais-oi me oi.ue, aim ior otner purposes, passed A messago was received from bla excenencV. tho Governor, transmitting tbo H eport of the Trwvrr 2nd time.
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