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Excerpt from Sixth Annual Address to the Legislature of Indiana, 1852: On Popular Education It is a fair inference from the above facts, that more than two-thirds of your constituents would not be required to'pay more than from twenty-five cents to one dollar and a quarter for the noble enterprise of securing to every child in Indiana the blessing of a free school. Would it be a burdensome and oppresive tax? There are good and substantial reasons for believing that the proportion of resi dent tax payers on $400 and less, is fully three-fourths. It is well known that large tracts of land in our State are owned by non-residents. Probably few if any of these own less than a quarter section many of them reckon their lands by sections. This fact would prove that the foreign holders of property would al most all belong to the class taxed for more than $500, and consequently the pro portion of resident tax payers on $500 and less would be even greater. This is cv ident in a simple statement of the case. Suppose that two-thirds of all the tax payers pay on $500 and less, and that one-tenth of those paying on a larger amount of property are non-residents, then it follows that the proportion of resident tax payers paying on $500 and less, is thereby increased. This is corroborated by the statement of the clerk of one county, who says that 'about or nearly half of the taxes of the county, except poll tax, is paid by non-residents.' To be sure, some of these may be citizens in other parts of the State, but the probability is that a large portion are citizens of other States. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from An Address to the Legislature of Indiana, at the Commencement of Its Session, December 6, 1847, Upon Popular Education The topics that have engrossed the public mind for the last ten years, have, in a good measure, been happily disposed of, and the foul blot that has so long rested on the fair escutcheon of our commonwealth, has at length wen erased. We are now at liberty to contemplate other and higher interests. Thong a good name is more to be desired than great riches, yet it must be admitted, that whatever will secure both this and the higher interests, has stronger claims upon our attention. That a thorough intel lectual and moral training of the rising generation, will accomplish both of these important objects, admits of no doubt. The history of our own country furnishes abundant evidence. Where is the greatest thrift and un tarnished public faith 1 Are they not to be found in connection with the highest elevation of intellectual and moral culture 2 Such an education is the birth'ight of the entire youth of our State, and it requires no aid of fancy to hear them demanding the redemption of the pledge embodied in the fun damental law bf the State. Shall the plighted faith of this commonwealth in pecuniary matters, be maintained at any sacrifice, and an earlier and higher pledge to those dearest to our hearts, as parents and patriots, remain unredeemed? The very suggestion of the inquiry is enouge to thrill every heart, ierve the feeblest arm, and impart courage even to pusillanimity itself. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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