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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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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 |
