The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-09-02

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N!ll H. increasing wealth. When this
Institution Nss formed in IsS9 il had Dot
nom llssn IeB sssOSiaie colleges in ilie
xhala uaiOn: AMI many Of these. 10 eve
II lhsng bat the name. we're hardly on \
lsEel 'wilh our mOdeTa srademies. There
are now in llse United States st least tea
times that number. viii, ~ aggregate Of
nearly eight hundred instructors. Al aiten-
l.nce Of lwelTs thousand students, and .
library al siE hundred and liliy thousand
golumss. independent ol these. but Ia
horing in ihe same field Of nsefniness, are
lhiE,g-lour schools Of theology. Ihiriy'iwO
al medicine. and eight of law. all Of them
in successful operation. and some OF them
lnnniircniiy provided Vi h The masi roS!'
" apparatus and most valuable wnTks.-
The .rna glory. however. Of republican
culture j. found in those less ambitions nur'
series Of learning which. Scattered broad
cast over the Unim. extend tie opP0rlH.
nliies Of free instruction 10 almost every
isnily in America. From the imperfect
returns OF many Of Ihe States. and the
different srslcms adopted in various Sec
lions for accomplishing the same end, an
accurate summary on this subles; canR0i
well be obtained. Five years ago il was
estimated that. in the whole coaatry. there
were nat less ihal two MILLIONS nj pupils
Who attended common schools; but bet
ter idea of their extent aud influence may
he gathered from the statistics Of a single
Siaie. In New York. there are nearly
eleven thousand public sriiools; not less
than half i million Of pupils; and district
Libraries for The use alike Of children and
adults, comprising in the aggregate more
ihan million Of volumes. In tina. State,
am aware, the school system has been
the work Of many wears; but even the
system Of Ohio, one of the youngest States
in the Union, NV we'll attract our aston
ishmen, and respect. Here, il any where
in The land. considering her late existence
aud marvellous growth, We might have
looked 10 see the cultivation Of mind IA
tally postponed, If not wholly oyerwhelm-
edhy the iirongirg demands of enterprise,
and the pressing employ Of acliye
I!eT Vel her consultation declares, in the
genuine spirit Of the Republic, "iha;
knowledge is essential 10 good govern
mest and human happiness" aud that
"schoois and means OF instruction should
be encouraged in such way, as is ron.
sistenl with freedom Of conscience" Act
ing on the admirable sentiment Of this pro-
s ISM s shfh hlaa eist I 1ag$ II
Two hundred and twenty-five thousand
scholars.
These illustrations egince, al single
glance. the extended interest Of our people
IN the diffusion Of knowledge, and Ike
magnificent results which thai patriotic
interest has achieved. Ii some States
Lave done less than Ohio fnr The cause Of
Instruction, there are others which have
dune more--and all Of them, | believe
without exception, have recognised its i'm
pottauce BY wise constitutional or legal
provisions. The pubic funds set apart
Tor this psrpnse in the whole Eninn, in
GLIDING the generous gIapls Of land by The
Federal Government, IN promote the sales
oi Is public domain. need not shrink from
comparison with the boosted literary en-
dowments Of Europe; and vet they fall
very lar shor, Of The entire expenditure in
the United States for Tie education oft'ie
Soang: The cost Of private instruction
forms of itself an additional item If iin-
iaense amount, while The grand aggregate
q SUI further increased by the frequent
contributions or individual benefeence.
ipr the foundation Of libraries, or The I'M
pro'ement OF schools. In the field of let.
icrs, as every where else in our country.
The great principle of voluntary effort is
eeastlessly ~ work, and constantly rivals,
by the energy Of iis movements and The
magnnude IT lis effects, the mnst success.
iul action on the part Of Government.
Inc exercise Of their combined pnyyer
bias perraded tIe very heart If the people
with the influences OF moral and mental
culture, and has extended The means Of
td"eaiion 10 every grade of society aud
every condition OF life. u
Aided. however, by no combination
with The State, Tie religious teachings of ,
America are the work purely Of private c
benehcrnce. In the republics Of anriqni. G
'y' relIg'an Sas only part of their poll r
i'ai system, and the head Of the State was f
also the father Of The church. This un. n
haIarai connpxion, fatal alike TO christian. G