Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1824-01-06
Secretary o state, and will be acted on

No CtilCld lhiOfmallOn mas Oeen re-
cel,ed from ne commissioners for To-
Gazing a route for canal lrom Lake Erie
to The Ohio + or, relative TO the progress
which has b. n made 10 That work. Ii
is understood oal then exeftlons 10 pro.
cure Il e services ola prncpa Engineer
for the pas, season, were unsuccessful,
and that their operauous we're much re-
larded by the unacalhlness al the seas, II.
IL Is cerlaIn that the examinations On The
contemplated canal routes have not yet
been completed. II Will become neces-
: SAY Tor the General Assembly 10 pro-
vide further means 10 enable The com.
ptIssipners to continne the exam NATION,
aud prosecute il 10 final effect. In work
81 such magnitude as tina, in con pia-
ton, and requiring 81 vast an expenditure
IN rs execution, tht examination should
be made electnai 10 the ascertainulont u
lis pacueabIlIty.
The resolution passed by the legisia-
ture OF tins state, conc1rrlag IN resolu-
non Oh the c0nnpDwc, 1t Ut hcntucky,
having Tor It's object, d prov III re-
! gard 10 slaves witch should escape from
The service OF their masters, and the law )
! for the regutarlon OF persons oil ooioI {,
| has not been carried INTO effect. The
| executive transmitted the resolution Oi
| the General Assembly oil tbs state, 10
| The Governors y Kentucky, Indiana, and
| Illinois, and has had no corr pondencr
since on the subject, except Information
FROM The Governor Of The STALE oi LIMOS,
that the subject had been discussed b,
the legislature oil that s,ate without any
hnal result.
Provisions for the encouragement OF
Ii arnlng aud the support OF schools have
been The frequent topics OF eSecuuYt
accommodation and legislative discussion.
d ltierences al opinion cannot well exist
as To the adyantaPes TO snciety from the
general d,''uslon oil cdlcatnn throughout
The comnianity, Indeed no sentiment IS
more generally he'd Ia be mconirot eriI-
b'r, among eniig htened treemen, tuan
ti3at moran snd knowledge are neces.
sary To good government. The neccssa-
~ dependence Vhich civil liberty and
the moral qualities and inleiiigenc oil The
people, give Importance to The provisions
iof the encouragement and suPp0ri II
common schools. An interest so i'm
)Urtant to the welfare OF sncicty, and To
HE future responsibility Of the state,
should uot be lesr Oh the insecn ore ground
al the force Of mOtai sentiment in each
member OF the CON mummy for its regu-
latpn and protection. However nnivcr-
sal Tie ae.ee'nent IN sentiment may be
a. 10 ties, views III the subject, there is
still ground tor difference of opinion as
to the n'e,anrc II support to be sn cn,
and the mode in which 1t Shall be admin
istered.
In this STATE, there are causes eStrin-
sic IN their nature for the difference ot
opinion on the SUBJECT Tie popn ion
is composed principally OF emigraus
from The different states OF the no3on,
illh habits and modes o! thi9kiDs on the
subject, as different as are The regulations
OF The s'ates from whence they came. Il
viii then require concessions OF opinioa,
and the abandonment OF early pteposses-
,ion to be made before we arrive at
favorable result. The systems OF regu-
la lon Tor common schools, which have
been adopted IN the several states where
any regulations have been made, may pe
reduced, IN their essential features, to Two
CLASSES. The mode in The one. is that OF
collecting the whole mean, tor the
purpose, into a common !und, aud
trom thence distributing 10 The several
school districts throughout tle state.
The nther, IS the organization OF the
particular townships or districts Tor the
purpose, and the va5ting IN the town
ship officers, the power 10 provide for
the snppor and regulation ol schools
within each saV"ra township These sys-
TENS have each, when Carried into erect,
been found effic lent, and have, perhaps,
eunail, recommended themselves by
their sanitary effects. The latter system
/, unquestionably the most simple, and
least expensive in its operation. |, was
that which was III use when the FIRST re-
servallDns of lands for the support OF
schools were made by Con sress, and APP
pears 10 have been In flew, by the terms
| IN which they were made. They are
IN AIDE IN the townships severally, aud for
! the support oil schools within the same
especially. This circumstance Of the
| especlslhy OF The appropriation Of the
school lands, 10 the as. of the several
townships aud districts within large
portion, OF the state, would appear to
, recommend that system Is best adapt