New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-09-25

oA!se VIC ~ onr Common 8chools oy pfomo'-
~ 80 hsneGt Of all classes wthous oelng Oufucn
| some to any. u o,r onin;on the uresent
). none OF these requisites bat IL d.
i1~ he reverse Ii is inhde socialism IN lie
riecolea; unjust and oppressive in ia operation
ProIsIip its tendency irreigious in its conse-
1nences and injurious to the GAUGE Of education
both by not possessing the proper requisites-snd
by destroying the harmony necessary for its sue
cessfu operation
l. Resotved, That the cid law combined the ben
efcsl results Of experience with perfect equity
IL its operation. Under 1t, ali vino chose could re-
ceive the ful benelss OF 3 common school educh-
tion--ss com petely az under the new law. II ex'
Guided none for want Of means. l. merely re-
Quired payment from the able in fuli!imens Of their
parental duties. II promoted harmony, 2nd &c.
cured the improvement Of our schools, by giving an
interert TO all the employers in their successful
operations
5. Resolred, That we thank the Legislature Tor
wisely providing by Law tbatin the people shaxe
of the preseut calling yoke. by repeating the Free
School Act, orr old law shsll be restored in all It's
provisions, es perfectly and in the same condition
as il existed before il was suspended by itE Cd
poxious substitute. And we hail this restoration
ag an Involvement TO exertion and an omen Of sue
cess.
s. Re8olced That We warn all rejecting Peraons
10 beware of the alsehood and aophlstry OF our op-
ponepts, who pretend that the vote soon 70 be
given is Only On tie question whether SCHOOLS shan
or shall not be free. Ths would amount TO no IL
sue st all. They were tree 10 al under the old
law for 10 one who chose to attend could be ex-
Guided for want OF means, and they will continue
TO be free should the new lay be repealed. The
vote required by the statute Is to be, "for the re-
peal OF the zese fchoo law, or "ag&inE the repeal
OF the school law saying nothing abont free
schools This ia 70 be the form Of the ballots and
z ~ f1pi [or fha -ba5s
as u as with al the perfections which its advocates
acknowledge it posfesses: and should it be twice
sanctioned by the people, 10 Legislature will feel
authorized 70 reverse the verdict by altering any
one part more than any ofher OF law so aRnc-
toned. Every one must see plainly that il the al.
thorty OF the people 10 greater than that Of the Le
siBlsture, then the Legislature must be at much
bound by this sanction az individual citizens will
be and the voter takes the whole law OF none.
Amendments aFe out Of the question, and he will
find 1t SO.
:. Resolred, Tha. we believe three.fou1ths Of the
yeomanry are opposed to this law; and ii the
County az such ID left to itself SUCCESS 20 our cause
Is certain But should the masses in the cities
overpower US, then the contest must be carried to
the Legislature. 1t ig therefore, Of vital impot
lance 70 the cause Of constitutional liberty, that We
have ma orI,y in the Assembly, until the ques
ton il finally decided. Whether it be in one year,
or two years or twenty years, We will never cease
10 CQGISDQ lCE cur IlSQLk, UQLlI 70 nave I0ufSbk
6. Res0i0ed, That we accept the issue rendered
by the Syracuse Convention-"that the Z rec
School question be c0Dsidered subordinate 50 DO
other, az the approaching election. and we hereby
pledge ourselves lot 70 vote for any man Of any
party, candidate Tor the Legislature OF this
State, who viii rot come out boldly and pledge
binsefiR opposition 70 the present Free School
Law, both in its principles and in its detsils.
g. And furihe7 Resotyed, That these Resolutions
be signed by the Chairman and secretaries Of this
meeting and sent for publication 80 ali the newspa
pers Of this and the neighboriDg Counties and to
all the Repeal papers in the State.
Charlton, Sept. 10 1853.
We have few words to say to these Res
olutions, and We will take them up in or
der, viz:
l. We despise these inculpations Of
prong and dishonesty Wealth has
fair play in Massachusetts, where the
Schools have long been supported by Prop
erty and their instruction Free to All.
2. The fewest disadvantages can only
be found in connection with the Free Sys-
ten, because any other will tempt those
struggling hard for subsistence, as well as
the misery and the issipated, to keep their
children away from school, thus defeating
the end of our Common School System,
which is Universal Education.
8. 1t will rather astoniSh the People Of
nearly all New-England that they have
been practicing infdel Socialism these
many years, by their Immoral and ir-
religious" system of taxing Property for
the support of Common Schools. However
like the Frenchman astounded by tie infor-
mation that he had been speaking prose for
twenty years-we rather think they will
survive it.
4. The old system required the poor man
working by the day or month for a livelihood
either to pay for his children's schooling
from his scanty earnings or keep them out
of school, or to 60 before the school, officers
plead inability, and get exempted from his
school tax-if they saw fit to exempt him.
Now he sends his children like any body
else, and pays like any body else-that is,
in proportion to his means. We guess he
will vote that there are more harmony,
perfect equity" and beneficial results
in this than in the old rate-bill and special
exemption children. He won't vote to have
his children looked down upon and twitted
as indigents" just now.
5. Re thank the adversary for admitting
that the contest is distinctly 6et'oeen Tx
Free School lac and that ,ohieh it superseded
There is no pretence here that the present
lac may be voted down yet the Free School
principle be preserved, The question il
simply between Free Schools and Rate-biI
and uper-Exemption schoOls-let no one
be misled concerning it
6. 1t is idle for the Charltonians to com
mence cheating at this late hour, after theil
c Il,