Saturday morning visitor., 1849-01-06

represented, so that those who are requl-
red to obey the laws, should have an e.
quail and fair participation in their ador-
tion. These are primary truths which
will command unqualified assent.
There are few subjects, however the
importance of which justify special notice.
In a government based on the popular
will, general education is among The OBJ
iects of executive and legislative action.
The direction which may be given 10 pub
lie affairs, depends upon ths intelligence,
not of the few alone, who fill important Of
fees, but also of the masses who are the
source of political power. Hence il be-
comes one Of the first duties of the State,
10 provide as far as its immediate resour-
ces, and the condition Of the people will
permit, for the education OF every child
within lis limits. Such is the best mode
OF perpetuatiug the rights and privileges
bequealhed 10 all. The force of public
sentiment is the lever by which free goS-
ernments are moved, and that those gov
ernments may receive heathiul direction,
it is necessary that public sentiment should
be ,irluous and enlightened. Let us,
therefore, Senators and Representatives
upon whom our common constituents have
devolved important trusts, give all posi-
BILE countenance and efficacy 10 that spirit
which leads to moral and intellectual cul-
turc, so that ultimately, every farm house
and log cabin may be stored with useful
books, and each inmate become qualified
for all the duties which society imposes.
Intelligence would then beam from every
eye, cnntentinent smile in every counte-
nance, and each freside become the scene
OF purest pleasure. Although our pres
ent means may not enable Us 10 enjuy
these blessings at once let us moi despair
Of finally reaching the very maximum OF
wishes. II is emphatically the caure oil
The people. Each year we may advance
a le-slowly--but surely-unlil week
iend our schools into every township, and
elevate them TO an Intellectual standard
wothy of q free and exalted people.
Our University should be the pride Of
the State; reared as it is, in one of our
central counties, and nrniticently endow-
ed 10y lis intelligent and hospitable inhab-
itan,s. ] shall ever feel the most lively
interest in lis success. And while ! en-
tertain Just solcitude for that and every
other literary institution in the State, ]
must urge especially the Importance Of
encouraging Common Schools, which arc
the great magazines & slorehouses whence
education is diifused among the masses.
II may be proper to establish, ere long, a
Normal School, or Department in connec-
tion with the University, in which com
petent instructors may be prepared for the
Common Schools Of Missouri. Let wes-
tern Universities educate teachers for the
west. In all that appertains 10 this i'm
porlant subject, as the chief Executive of
the State, here stand pledged to the peo.
pie, that i'll The inception and consnnma-
tion OF such measures as may he necessa-
ry for the success of the educational cause,
shall at all times give my hearty co-o.-
Grafton.
Tie rapid progress Of Missouri in pop
ulalion and wealth, has demonstrated the
propriely Of reforming the organic law of
the State, and husbandinG lis resources Tor
the fuller development of its vast miner
al and agricultural products. Within one
generation, il may be said, Missouri has
outgrown her Constitution. The mode o.
riginally adopted 10 secure TO the people
control of the government, has ceased in
its practical operation TO give due effect in
legislation 10 the popular will,
Perhaps no State in the American con-
iederacy can boast mightier natural re-
sources. Although we have soil unsur-
passed in fertility, and adapted 10 the
growth of nearly all the great staples Of
the couniry-rnineral deposits OF inesli-
mable value, mountains of iron, vast beds
Of copper, lead, cobalt and coal-and ma
visable streams stretching in nearly every
yet only small portion of that
soil has been cultivated, and a few of those
mines worked, or indeed their extent and
existence become generally known. A
geological survey is demanded by due
regard for present snd future prosperity.
AS the Federal Government is still the
OF large tracts VI land, the sale
of which would be promoted BY such
survey, il can justly be appealed to for aid
in the enterprise. Such survey, togeih-
er With liberal charters for mining com
panies. guarding in them the just rights
II the people, at the same time giving as |
'urance that the investment OF capital
'bould haye fair opportunity Of reaping |
Is appropriate reward, cannot Gail TO open |
ip 10 us brighter, prospects for the future.
We have received from the General Gov
'rnlneni, what il known 10 be the Three
Der cent. fund, also donation Of 800, 900 |
Icres Of land, oil Of which was ppprepri-I
ted and designed 10 constitute on Inier-
lal Improvement fund, and while il 4pOt
ny purpose to call in question the wisdcm |