New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-10-07

ioycas fruit ion Of the very necessities OF exis-
ence This. " isels di7idei besweea recreation and
pro1uctir. labor vond ielt abundance. to proyj.i,
Tor all his ants 10th pi sical and mental and f
the sam. stem were e,.ten,Ied u several hun.
,iT,is or thousands tue joIrt proinct ot heir -
,zd,,.trg voald leave . constantly aocuulalaiir.y
surplus, y h.cl il she- tine would be % sa. ~
all-besdes repay IN the money advanced b. he
City IN the outset Of ihe - Experiment.
Vow among any number OF ohIdscn thus e,iuca
ted and thus conducted 10 the Gates OF manhood.
boa many pickpoekets, drunksEds. burglars, rob
bers. assassias. do Won think there would be No.
one the sup?ozito1 thai there could De Is a io1I
aspersion upon Human Nature and upon the God
who made It
But let Us carry out our superstition little Ear
ther Let cs suppose that all the children in our
CITY were thus provided ioJ-and ;hat every Other
city and town in the world were to follow our cx
a,1ple--resder place this -uions pc;ura before the
e. Of yolr imagination. and ash yourss how much
less than sa.o.oc9 year wouli provide FOR tie
oaupers and criminals Of q city as large as tins
What reduction OF the salaries and fees q cur Grim
ina officers Courts TRIALS Police, & Sc might not
be made out Of the TWO or three millions Of dollars
per aunum which II now costs to keep our city
what II !
But this IS dream Yes truiy-and 50 ii would
have been dream. in the Thirteenth Century. II
one had stood up among the proud. ignorant and
avyless robber barons Of England and said that the
Anglo-Saxou serf was as good man rs his master
and destined to work complete revolution in the
condition Of man-to establish and put in practice
the laws Of political e,luaity-to dispense altogether
with the protection Of his lord and master
and to establish vast empire where the only pow
er was the Will of the common people, and where
no one mans voice or Influence was entitled 10 more
weight than anothers, save as lie was more int.-
lcent or more wortty-where every man should be
free to speak, act, think, write and publish accord
ing to his own sense of right that he did not i'm
pinre this privilege in his neishbor In short the
change that las taken place is quite as wonderful
that which stu remains to be effected although
the melorative effects of the last changes upon the
actual condition OF mankind and society viii neces
sarily be increased in the ratio of the increased
wisdom and intelligence by which they Will be
directed
To come then to the purport and object of these
rcmarks-wc would see the establishments, either
by the State or the Local Corporations. IN every
principal CITY Of a Grand Educational and Protcc-
toral Institution in which should first be received
the Foundlincs then the Orphans then The Infants
of paupcrs drunkaris and criminals and thus grad.
ually include almost all except the children OF
those classes who are able To educate their offspring
according to such lights as they have For this great
inevitable Rciorn-without which all other reforms
are IN unmeaning mockery-must unquestionably
begin among the poor and abandoned classes who
have no right nor disposition to be strenuous for
theoretical abuses that the first evidence of the
great change will be that the chiidrcnoI the Poor
are better educated better developed better trained
and make better citizens than those OF the Rich
aud the State ar the Public Authority IN some form
is the only power that can commcncc or carry out
this work
The Institution Of which we speak should Of
course be founded upon the principle of mutual and
associated industry. The pupils should find it not
an irksomc task house but a joyful harry content
ed home They should be instructed according to
the peculiar organization Of each and their labor
should be so diversified aud adapted to their caps
cities and nclinations as 70 become thrilling diver
sion instead Of crushing. iewcnry punishment
All kinds of useful and necessary occupations should
be taught herc-but principally or very largely
Agriculture and its kindred pursuits for the human
heart like the trees and herbs and flowers, is best
nourished Of the earth The Profession, rs they
are called would not have to be taught to any great
extent as the field their operation would be CON
stantly narrowed and finally cxtinguished by the
new order Of things which absence OF crime aud
paupcrism in a few years would produce. But all
The good Of the profession would OF course be pre-
served in the every day instruction IN all that Is
beautiful IN AT or useful Ia Science
Mr. Randall has won the esteem OF all good men
bv his earnest and noble efforts in behalf OF Educa
tion--nor do we ask him 10 forfeit the hold he has
upon the slow moving bat wellmeanin.s mass of
public sentiment by permitting himselito be charged
bv the apostles and defenders OF Conservatism
with .yagarieS and chimeras dire. He has done
much and viii IL hs time aud place do much more
for the dearest interests OF Humanity. We could
IN no wise spare ham tom the strong frontier post
where he has CALAMITY planted himself with his
face steadily turned 20 the Future YET leading care
fully in each hand the falterin- and rmid Present.