New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-03-24
Horace Mann ON tho Will
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=. yx.,ns.jsy's Sesfss Alas we have met
9Th i. s,r, OF Mr., MAINS admirable letter OF a'-
...n,.,Sc Of the Wits nomination o' Vonsressiona
,.n,,s.,e k,r the With District OF Massachusetts,
a. an, plsec II the late JorS Quincy ADAMS Its
-, ana generous sentiments. knowledge oil the
~. r,,rciples IL develops, and the liberal and
,sls,y IL shadows forth. will warm the readers
A..,s toward the benevolent Secretary Of Board
a, Kusat,cn in tho Bay State. to whom our country
.,,o.sx owns a very large debt Of gratitude. His
r,.,.r,n Repor, ON Public Instruction is on our
,.A,. and one Of these days we will carefully re-
view H.
On the Question Of extending the area oiireedom,
M giving more power over the Free to our 100000
sl.vs.ewners. MIR. Mann thus expresses himself.
Would 70 God that every wan in Congre" were
hAc him
The suas,nent OF laws which shsll cover waite terIi-
sery d ~ applied TO the myrisds OF human oess VINO
49, hrr>sner occupy that territory, 10 awoA Wnsen
seems 70 rreeede and outrank even eouesuon ltseI
wseshes vide sxpsnse OF country sasn 80 hse 's :,
~Nnm n 10 asnied-~th tfose. whom humanity eh' .he
sw make sday to teach or with those wn,% .nnb
anIty sad the law make legal duty no' 70 tescn
,.,m. preliminary TO all questions rspeeuns me bes
.,sten, saa method. for rendering education effective
There ia eiisis In our affairs. n ,eI.9 9 20
s,,pt Jar that Of the ,hteen original states
wssa they repeled the power Of Crest Britain mas se
N-.n added or IL doubtless about 20 be ADDED 10 oo
.t,cns domain The expanse Of this territory 80 vast
tAst may be divided into dozen sections s1o lhss
sections may erected into separate stst' esen one
ufieh sha Re % large that Mss.sehusetts would sse
hat an uncomfortable court yard pIseed 40 'o a.
P.,t, Of IN territory fertile snd saueilous IL co
49, s.appsrtips millions and millions OF human beings
~ ths s,ns senerston The Numbers OF tne suceessie
s viii be As the leaves forest the sands on
No ,es shore Each OF these 10 TO os nVlus SOU
win II. Joys its hopes and fears us snseep
sf,.s of ,xAtAtion or sbsse Each one Will be ca
esbe Of seos formed into the image OF GOD or OF oene
sssorm 81 into the image VI all thst 10 anti
Tsss. eouutl-ss millions 10 be kindred many
n them p.rhsp our deseer dsn,s AZ soy rate cur
Brethren q the human family for has not o9d nsoe o.
-. aos ali nation, OF men to dwe upon all the lace OF
tae earth 10 rights in character In hsppiness 10
,x.. ~ Lnowirdse or the debssemen at and superSti
tons of iguorADce; IN their up~Ho-iOehhs apaIi1
40 Low. of mora excellence, in their oowowsrd'look
49, nroae rushipr 10 british sppses and passions what
shall tbese millions OF our fellow creatures pc pS ~
fr II i. more ,hsn probable that
very senersOD-nsy, that the actors 10 Puoc mars o
s NE .s sss e. .es ssey DOOM Thai doom
what present eorduet predsstoe' ,i,r,,ors nnasr
hos. hsrsn r that vast tract of territory snail
=, snsrh With myrsds Of human osns', eaen one
hf liberty the pursuit Of hsppiness eacn one rec
Tor tbs Of his sclties aud free 10 the ehoes
and the rewards Of his iaoor IN we 90 ms etn9usu
abe srsnd result may manifest tns mseves for thou
sand years yet when the fupes OF time shs come the
sopy and he of framing those laws and ipsuohr
viii belong 10 u.s. much though the glorious conruIn
nation eou be reaixsd omorrow On the other hsna
n shape tie mold ~ srtich As" Fortunes &c 20 %
,t laf fsr fssn or fer any portion Of them hsre "aI
kt sstuds instead Of lbsy ignorance instead o. tfnea
nos debassnsnt INSTEAD of dignity ne ndketnce ~ ostal
a.rs,ts sns,sad of saaeitss and securities of d9mtt'c
Es-.f~ sst tas mountains shall ersmbie a'Day oy age,
.rl t avelss Of tsr skiss shall jail "a rotnnrs these
ssas,n and these ae sH nfysr cease 70 ees' oact tae
alterations memory Of al nc ges' ara coca ~,
eff.< er!d Ard thls Ter'sIf'on' 's'e' "'' com" 's"
9fsiy. cs rss! as last foTsuer. .,..
eve has been discovered deep down In whose chaui'
Der. there IL pool Of ~ster which no beam 81 SUI
light ever shnis nshiess hsn Il sao 70 ~.
rsy zee pool 10 this animal indeed, the rudinens OF
ysu. organ supposed b. ny oisc-blb!e nut OF
an orb refrsc the of light of re,ua to receive
thsn there 10 trese Nauralists suppose that no
prog-utors of these animals In long gone by pos
ne Il vision bet that, beins buried IN these
depths By OF Nature, long di'uss at hst
i'm paired at length ex;insuished, and mas az a
rated the visual organ itself. The animal has suGk In
the scale Of being until its senses Accommodated to
the bisckness ofdsTkness in which 1t dweis go
Thuf will Ii be With faculties above tho surface oil the
earth a. well 40 below *. Thus will IT be with human
beings, we'll with the lower orders OF creation
Thus will be with brethren or children, shou
W. shut up frou hem the Book Of knowieess, or ses
th.ir thai they could not read IT, Thus VIII
b. with God given faculties just 90 FAR as tne'
are debarred from legitimate exercise upon their appro
pirate objsc The love Of knowledge will die out when
Ii be stimulates by the means OF knowIecg-
ssrpect will die out utder the everpIssn, se9's %
when cunnirg and fslsehood cs1 obtain more grsh
estious than fS.ptness and honesty The nobd impulse
sat will de out ichen every sphss closed agd,sSf aeU
srere VAN sueh dyeadf4 work Is dong, or hreaen
Be des any tand islesy by, see 1t psrPetrdted
and TIM trpset to htmD uRdef the false, mPot'
yretsrt of Cam Am nay brst4srs ke-perl
"Faly then. dol agree With you and the de egates o
the Convection you represent In saying that the success
Of Mr. Adams should be whose voice aho vote
shall on ell asops be exercised in extending aud se
curing liberty to the humsp race" Ofesurse do not IN
ne Unsd St,ss sieh e,ery Representative SUGARS TO sup
port"