The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-02-17
,,..,,.ut Movement.

A. 81 and leave the rest TO God.
u.., Important Movement
w.,,ks from Wright's Casket the snolO'heo
.,;.l. TO which We ask the earnest s''en'iOn
So ,..5,rs. The call, it will be seen, is
- - same Of our cOuntry's nOblest minds
"h' CoxvrSrIoN or THE FRIENDS or
LOS ScHooIs.-The undersigneo' oeeiuing
~, ,bs great cause Of Popular Edueauoh ~
-. T,ited States, may be advanced anu tue
-.-,;ops Of its friends strengthened anu
60. by mutual consultation ana oelOera-
- respectfully request the iriehuS OF C sn
~. schools, and OF Universal houca.ioh
.---.,bout the Union, TO meet IN Convention
III, 80 Civ Of Philadelphia, on WEDNESDAY
.. 81 Ssy Of August next, at IO O'CLOCK, A
n n, the promotion Of this paramount inter-
"a our Republican Institutions,
p, Rev. AonzO Potter, ID. d., fhlladelPhia.
S:.orrs N. Wharton, Esq, President OF Board
=, conirollers Of Public Schools, county oil
Pbila6elPhia. .,-fp-s
+ directors Of GIrard College, Philadelphia.
I,bp ;. Hart, A. NJ, President Central high
school, Philadelphia ur,..c
IIr,sd E. Wright, Editor Of "Wright's Cas-
10 and Paper" Philadelphia
TovBsend Hsines, State Sup. OF fuoile
schools Of Pennsylvania
CHRISTOPHER Morgan, State Sup. OF Public
Schools Of New York. ,
DrTFKng, State Sup. of Pub. Schools of
NsE Jersey.
Hon. Henry Barnard, Com. Of Public Schools
O Rhode Island.
seth P. Beers, State Sup. Of Public Schools
e Connecticut.
William c. Crosby, Sec. of Board Of Educa-
tea Of Maine.
New Hampshire.
Her. Ina MAYHEM, Sup. Of Public Instruc-
Ton, State Of Michigan.
samuel Galloway, State Sup. Of Pub. Schools,
ohio.
Robert J. Breckenridge, ID. D., Sup. Of Pub
D, schools, Kentucky.
Hon. Horace Mann, for II years Sec. Board
q Education, Mass.
SIS. Randall, ESQ, for II years Dep. Sup. Of
Pablo Schools, State Of New York.
Ex-Governor Horace Eaton, Of Vermont
Hon. salem Town, y. Y.
Judge Willard Hail. Delaware.
NJ D. Leggstt, Esq, Ohio.
AaD. LORD, Esq, Ohio.
D. L. swain, A. NJ, Pres't Of the University
Of North Carolina.
y Other names, not yet received, will be
appended to the call, as they come in from a
distance.
We cannot better express our conviction Of
be importance Of the proposed Convention,
Ian by quoting the following editorial from the
number Of the Cssket, from which we have
iaEsn the previous article:
TAE EDUcATiOs or THE PEoPLE.-The grand
PfObasts remaining TO be worked out, by these
United stsles, in the nineteenth century, is the
slucStiOHCf the people.
When railroads, running through the length
and breadth Of the land, shall intersect each
GAer in every direction-when the Magnetic
Telegraph shall convey news from one extremi-
Toi The American continent TO another, with
cat moments loss Of time-when the vast
schemes Of internal Improvement, now planned,
and others, still more gigantic, but as yet un-
hOnrbi Of, shall all have been completed and
carried into operation-then il will still remain
Tor The Amsrican people TO cap the climax Of
tbeif national glory, by educating themselves
tyeleyating their masses into the glorious lib
sriy Eherewth the truth makes free-to give
he world assurance, not Of one man, but Of a
laiion Of men. No age has been 30 impotent
Is 70 have begOtten no one man whose name de.
served 70 be remembered, long after the sceptre
aas passed away from his country. But no ma
h0h' in any age, mas yet succeeded in develop
'ng 1.-THE Of the talent, and energy, and power
Of citizens. For never, since the valor and
S'oSess Of the Spartan have persisted, has any
country 50 mach as attempted 20 educate the
mass Of her people. Yet, though the Spartan
name will still recall the memory Of all that was
noble ia physical courage, and physical power
val still recall the deeds Of high and noble dar.
iag OF desth-defying bravery, and almost su-
PeFhuman'eadursnce. still the Spartan system
education, while il embraced every free-born
y'aih' vas imperfect in extent. This system
mace all the citizens perfect soldiers; why shall
hot he American system Of education make all
nT citizens perfect meni The thorough train.
iag Of the bodily powers enabled the young
Stsrls1 10 DO honor 10 his country in The ga.ne.
sao bloody contests OF his age; but nothing
suon Of the equally thorough cultivation Of thu
yONeh Of the body, mind and soul, can rende
We Young American capable Of honoring tn,
nTss shd noblest country on the globe, anC
eaSoe him to be Of the highest use to his fellow
men IN this most critical period in the histor,
s 1s world For the very exigencies Of tn
aa demand whole-sOnled, perfect men. An,
sI country, in the freshness and energy o
= new life, invigOrated by rapidly increasis,
SNef. and as It were, inspired by the very vast
us extent, fail to produce great men, tn
Asaior The age-for the nation-for the world
sneie shall we look1 Shall we turn back q
Ns SeggdrIy elements Of the old worId9 Shal
seie& 10 those nations which, in their extrem
", urn their longing eyes To us--who ar
usf 70 see us develop the great principles Q
Nsiona and social polity-who are waiting Z
work them out in our experience, an
f.O's them by our success, that they may ven
sSfe 70 follow our example, Shall we turn 1
Methinks hear every American proud
gaAss mPhstically answer NO! America shs
l'PfoVe herself equal to the task she has a,
.Smse' difficult as il Is, But 20 do this, TO $,
Example TO the world, and 10 reform N
ta' she will need all the powers of all h,
-en' NO insufficient or incomplete syste,
soaestion shall ever succeed. For shoul
system unfortunately be established
IN prove iiselfa failure, though IL be at n
Fnse oil securing the dewnfall of the Anne,
republic. Had Sparta educated the int
IN and morsl faculties of her sops an
1 s! but half as thoroughly as she d
physical powers, she might still have r,
e lnsulnerable. Let us repeat Il then, Il
wan which can never be too deepIy In
hs,so upon the minds Of American citizen
-. thorough and xniversal education Of {,
$50 y osr beloved country, 10 inseparablv co
d.. S'm ts ''s!fare and prosperity. And Il
VIII yet come, when IL will be deemed
we DUTY Of governmental provide for Il
- aoh 81 even IFS humblest child, a. 10 DR.
taias' he ravsges ofpessiisnce or famin