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Tl'ToX (*X KlHCAl JO.N. 357 I'lilion. If \vc !'( ii:ir(l ihc wniil of gciicrnl kiidwIcdtK.' ;l^ euiinecUMl with the cause of reliii'inii ninl ninrulii v, \\> iisp( x't is awfiillv ^(ilemii; but the other view of it, already allu(h"(l to, is sutlicient to excite the keenest solicitude of the h'nishitive hodv. If, then, ihc iii'iscrvat ion nf .^m- I'lii'iu- '••••"«•''' '»- ^ . ' ' I (ini)itc-ly (•(HiiutKmI nnrivalhd C'oiistiintion (hqicuds uj.un i he intelligciue aiid ,\Vl',\J'j;i,)iJi",'r''''" virtue of th(! ])(o|)h\ how is it ihal .\<>rlh-( 'ai'oliua Jms "'^""""""'' been so remiss in fortifvinu h; i- pari nf ihc iiaiioiial eli lice ^ Idle jieojde of this Stale, with iii'eal |)r<i|ii'iel \\ have made it the express duty of the Lei;ishiturc lo encourage: and promote useful learning', to establish schools for the convenient instruction of youth.—Where, then, are our Schools^ establishments so iulimatcdy connected wiih the permanent prosperity of our political institutions as well as the local improvement of the State. Why has the aen- '^"'."' f-taMisiniicut eral establishment of schools expressly directed by our "^-'o'wt*-''*- Constitution been neglected so long ? or, if not totally neg-lected, impeded in its operation by appropriations totall}' inadequate to the object ? In most of the other States measures are adopted and funds provided commensurate with the importance of the subject, ahd education is uni-versally diffused; while in IST. Carolina (I speak it with shame) the same chilling and sluggish apathy that pene-trates into and pervades all our ptddic measures for im-provement, is visible in the establishment of our ptddic schools, a subject of the most imposing consideration. While other States are advancing rapidly in knowledge fjoHKnu'os"iuo^^ and wealth, their prosperity, to the most superficial ob- knowi"a!)".''' server of our peculiar political Constitution, is owing chiefly to the general diffusion of kmtwlcdg:'. In this State, genius and tahnls. instead <d' bciuL'' nurturc<l with the refreshing dew of patronage, are allnwcd to wiilur in the frost of neglect. Our jdiysical. in<>i-al ami iniillcciuai powers have never bci n nninldcd. and nr\cr will be. until the ]>eople are recleenud by cdncalion fi'oni the state of ignorance to wdiich they lia\-e been dmMned by nwv pi'iiny-
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Full Text | Tl'ToX (*X KlHCAl JO.N. 357 I'lilion. If \vc !'( ii:ir(l ihc wniil of gciicrnl kiidwIcdtK.' ;l^ euiinecUMl with the cause of reliii'inii ninl ninrulii v, \\> iisp( x't is awfiillv ^(ilemii; but the other view of it, already allu(h"(l to, is sutlicient to excite the keenest solicitude of the h'nishitive hodv. If, then, ihc iii'iscrvat ion nf .^m- I'lii'iu- '••••"«•''' '»- ^ . ' ' I (ini)itc-ly (•(HiiutKmI nnrivalhd C'oiistiintion (hqicuds uj.un i he intelligciue aiid ,\Vl',\J'j;i,)iJi",'r''''" virtue of th(! ])(o|)h\ how is it ihal .\<>rlh-( 'ai'oliua Jms "'^""""""'' been so remiss in fortifvinu h; i- pari nf ihc iiaiioiial eli lice ^ Idle jieojde of this Stale, with iii'eal |)ri-al ami iniillcciuai powers have never bci n nninldcd. and nr\cr will be. until the ]>eople are recleenud by cdncalion fi'oni the state of ignorance to wdiich they lia\-e been dmMned by nwv pi'iiny- |