Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-10-19
Aaa Fon THE NATIONAL ISTELLIaENcER.
THE SCHOOL AND SCHOOL DISTRICT AMERI-
CAN INSTTTJTTE

The attention Of the people Of the United States is respect
fully invited to the subject Of establishing the School and
School District American Institute, incluSDg teachers resi-
dence. experimental and model farm, garden of plants
with such improvements the American Institute Of the city
of New York; the National and Smithsonian Institutes of the
city Of Washington, as may seem appropriate with
for public meetings, for chemical electrical and other philo
sophcal apparatus for free library such as those of Massa
chusets and New York for the reception and of
the newspapers and reviews of the great parties which divide
our country such as the National the Republic
the Uon the congregational Globe the National Er1 &C.,
the Democratic and Wing Reviews the State and county
papers Of the respective schools the Presidents annual
sages with the accompanying documents, the Patent Office
reports, and such others as to Congress may seem appropriate
that each voter may examine thoroughly the great ques
tons which agtate our country.
In leisure hours thrown out of employment
may always be had valuable library, philosophical ppara
tus and to pleasant place Of resort for social enjoyment
well for POLITICAL physical, intellectual and moral inn
provement.
Mothers and Daughters American Institute an Ameri-
can, Maternal Paterna and Juvenile Code Of Laws, may
also be established for mutual Improvement to aid in self
culture. where the old and the young become successful
learners and teachers of truth. And the mothers and
daughters of country will have facilities for higher attain
>ments than at present.
number Of landholders in Maryland, Virginia, District
Of Columbia &C. have offered to give from to two
hundred of good land aid in establishing State and
County Normal Schools School and School District Exper
mental and Model Farms from which every family may have
the most choice fruits vegetables flowers, &C., and the use
of each Others labor, books, money, &c.
Estimating the cost Of each school at ten thousand dollars,
and eighty thousand schools in the Unon the whole
cost would be eight hundred millions of dollars This is
large amount yet the American people approve, they
equal to it's accomplishment But is not the object sufficient
to induce fathers mothers, and the youth of country
dispense with of the uxues and nse of the day to
accomplish it
By introducing good Libraries, philosophical apparatus
permental and model arms much valuable knowledge may
be acquired by the children and youth Of country between
the ages Of four and twenty with the advantage Of pur
yck~ Ok
District American Institute in e-greaty facilitating
the Of adding to human knowledge and Of dusng it.
Government be great POLITICAL social Intellectual and
moral partnership will not the adoption Of the proposed
greatly advance its object JOSEPH L. SMITH.
g. The attention Of the people of the District of Coum-
ba is respectfully invited to the fact that the people Of Scot
land, of the Presbyterian Church. greatly benefited by
the valuable Libraries appended each church, for the
free Of each member Will not the appendage Of vaua-
BILE libraries to each church in the District of Columbia be
greatly beneficial to the members Of said churches and pro-
mote the establishment of such libraries in each church
throughout the widespread Unicn ILL., 8.