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The National Intelligencer And Washington Advertiser
Washington, District Of Columbia
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In March 1807, the Grand Jury of Abbeville District, South Carolina, issued presentments highlighting two grievances: the absence of state-funded public schools essential for republican government and societal virtue, and the poor, nearly impassable condition of public roads due to neglect by commissioners and overseers.
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Abbeville District, South Carolina.
MARCH TERM, 1807.
WE, the Grand Jury for the district and state aforesaid, do on our oaths, make the following presentments:
1. We present it as a grievance of the most serious nature, that the legislature of this state has never passed a law, and appropriated money for the purpose of establishing public schools throughout the state. We the more earnestly recommend an interference of the legislature on this subject, when we reflect that the very existence of our republican system of government depends on the general diffusion of information among the people, which schools of this nature are so eminently calculated to produce. The Grand Jury are also well convinced, that upon establishments of this nature rest that virtue and good order so essentially connected with the happiness of society.
2. We present as a grievance, the bad and almost impassible state of the public roads throughout the district, and the inattention to them, by the commissioners and overseers thereof.
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Abbeville District, South Carolina
Event Date
March Term, 1807
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The Grand Jury presented two grievances: the lack of legislative action to establish and fund public schools, deemed crucial for republican government and societal virtue; and the poor condition of public roads due to neglect by commissioners and overseers.