New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-07-13
FREE SCHOOL CONVENTION
'0"e'PO"0 SYRACUSE "Wednesday, July TO-
.o<~uoou Sesston- Continued.


rem Of the State. no matter who may own the prop
erty or who may have the children. What edaca'
ton do we want, be inquired For his part ne
would have every child thoroughly instructed In
soience and literature, but this is not all they mast
be Thoroughly educated He fully accorded with
his venerable friend, Father Waldo, that we must
have the Bible in our schools. The bioe Is 'n'
book which gives us the diviney Authenticated TO-
cord Of the FIRST three thousand years OF 'ne u'''
of the world. From IT, and il alone, we derive al
our notions Of God, our duties to him and our ie'
4 low.men. and consequently all those virtues oy
which vice, crime and misery may be Overcome -, o,r
/ Herepested that we must have the bloie IL Jul
/ scbools 10 make education effective A.. .La
MIR MAEpEvrLLE then rose and sald t ma, ;oo
nrinciple on which he advocated flee ,acb
r. al tyss that our Government imposes upon oaGI
70 al "a', nsfsstion 10 vote. No man can AVOID
IN, nov without avoiding great respons'oi
Sorne tell us that the polls Is not the pace ioC
a'aood man; but say that Is the very Place loI
Rim and the very worst place ID 'he "o'tt ~
- man The grand objection, he sad, winch Is
PC sinst the law is that it obiges one man TO
nav for the education Of another mans chlldrenm
Pn, be would tell the objectOr that education VIII
add TO bis wealth for propertyis always greater
value where the people are the most lbteniBeht
and virtuous. In Massachusetts the people are
every year dOOlDS W thC bCuoul iNb" -
and hundreds of thousands of dollars could be read
iv voted to the purpose Of education, while we are
arumbling about q few cents He spoke OF the
time when there was a struggle IN Hartford, Conn.,
to obtain Free Schools. There was wealthy man
there 10 whom the friends Of the measure applied
/ and be heartily c.opersted with them ne vas
seen on this ard on that corner OF tie street taklnS
earnestly to group of the people, and ne maze
this reply 10 those who objected to the right OF COM
peling the rich to contribute for the edaca1on OF
the poor: any property, in Worcester, Mass was
increased in value Is per cent by the rec ocn1oi
system; that is the way was ruined there, auu
wish TO be ruined in the same manner here" -
! DR. LORD of Columbus, Ohio, then addressedtne
Convention. Heappealedto the people OF the Em-
| pire State ia behalf of the Great West Inc west
! looks TO the East for an example In all improve,
ment and if this law be defeated this Eau 1t VIII
greatly impede the progress OF educational I'm
provement through out the whole West.
| HORACE GREELEY was next called for, but In
stead of making a speech he would read the Ad-
dress to the People Of NewYork. The Address
was read amid the cheers OF the Convention, ana
! it was most enthusiastically adopted
Mr. THOMPSON Of Erie then suggested some oo'
iections TO the Law, and advised the Convention
not to overlook them. he said that District No
DAYS but two dollars on the thousand, while NO.
pays four dollars on the thousand. dow win you
answer this objection ION account OF the slngu'
larity OF the law
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out and he opposed the system ITSELF The State
ia assuming authority which does not belong to 1t,
| in prescribing system of education and taxing
the people for the support OF schools lt purposes
by this to invade the family sanctuary and rob the
parents of their authority over the children Each
one is to use the products Of bis toll as he peases,
and all contribution for education should be made
"a matter of charity. He spoke of religious In
stuction, and said the State proposes TO invade
the province Of the Church Even the Address
says that Education ignores religion Mr. Gree
ley here corrected him--the Address says "dog-
matte" religion" What religion, asked Mr. Nc
Masters, is without dogmesl Even the Socialists
have dogmas God they say, is passion In every
man that nerves him to action, and this Is one OF
their dogmas.
The debate here assumed catecheticsl form,
and will not follow it,
The Bakely Family" then sang The Good
Time Coming" and the Convention adjourned, tc
meet ct seven O'Clock this evening.
Evening Session-July 10.
, MIR MAY introduced the debate OF the evening
by relating en- anecdote Of Gen. Harrison, which
he thought peculiarly appropriate, as ne also, a.
Gen Taylor, died while President of the Republic
The gardener OF Gen. Harrison requested MIN 70
purchase watch dog to guard the grapes from the
thefts Of the boys Said Gen. Harrison " Get q
teacher, and you will save both the boys aud the
grapes" ,
MIR BAscoM of Rochester, an opponent Of both
the Law and the Free system itself said chat
leDge had been thrown out by MIR. Randall, and
be would accept 1t. He had no sympstny Wit
that sordid cannes OF avarice which would with
bold education from the poor. He found no one IL
the Convention willing to swallow the law as 1t is
nor no one " no denied the right OF every chld 70
good education. He thought an unwise course bad
been hitherto pursued by the State AT an early
day the public lands of the State were pledged
for the education of the people. The State come.
in possession of S275,0 900 annually as Schoo
Fund. This should have been applied TO the edu
cation OF the poor. We had heard much OF the schoo
system Of New England, as superior to that OF the
Empire State But Senator Of this State showed
by statistics last Winter that NewYork stood
higher in this respect than any other State OF The
Union, or nation OF the earth. He objected 70 the
law aud the system, because it had not secured
the good will Of the people-for good will is every
thing in carrying ont any enterprise. he theT
spoke of the bad effects Of such law in diminish
ing the interest of the people IN education anC
weakening the incentive which is necessary 10
true Improvement. He instanced the peasantry
of certain district OF Europe who, some year
ago. were Industrious, virtuOus, brave and happy
but the Church stepped In and by her oounees
which che dispensed with liberal hand that peas
a sntry has now become the Lazaroni Of Italy. Bu
! not to follow Mr.. Bascom through his speech TIT
. other points OF which were OF little importance,
), will give the two propositions which he submitted
:, l. Heal and personal property should be placed o.
a the same basis as TO axation. Personal propert
Is not now half taxed because Of the deduction OF
g account OF debts while debts are not regArde
" az real property. 2. Public institutions, such
. banks, railroads, canals, &c. should not be take
A for education in the localities where they are site
s, ateo, but should be taxed for the general schoc
fund.
IL MIR. RANDALL then read beautiful lecture O
n the duty Of parents as 10 the education Of the
a children.
MIR. GREELEY was then called out and cor
menced by giving toast which his friend BishC
"a Hughes offered on certain occasion; Honor
:. New England, the Mother OF School Houses al
~ School Masters" Why is New.England entitlt
:. 10 this distinction Ii 10 because of her ear
- movement 10 behalf Of Education. He then spoil
n OF the objection that the State has no egitima
% power to educate the children. What is the Stats
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