New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-09-25
Free schools Unjust 60 Property-A Substitute
Proposed.

Correspondence ofThe Tribune.
WAreRTowN N. Y. Sept. !, 1850,
H. GREELEY Dear Sir; "The King's favor is
az dew upon the graas" Your forbearance toward
late communication of mine on the Free School
Act emboldens mo to try my hand again.
In your Hints to Voluntary Correspondents you
advise such, if they would keep their contributions
from under the fore stick" to at once pitch into
their subject and not perpetrate fattery On the
publishers. The frat injunction l will heed and
the second will not be yioated-when can helpH
My theory, az heretofore expressed is to assimi
late Schools, and their support to our othsr social
RELATIONSHIP the voluntary principle" The near
er we can approach this the better. To its alb
sence, and TO the unjust and despoto character OF
our School Laws, since the orgar izRson Of the
State, may be charged the dissatisfaction of tax
payers.
What! is Free School Law7 Allow me to an
swer, 1t is in one particular, Poor. Law. Ii DIFF
feS little from our ordinary POorLaw The latter
ia for filling the belly and covering the back at the
expense of the Tax Payer. The former for confer
ring an accomplishments useful one, to be sure
the driving knowledge into the head.
| Common humanity-indeed, ccnyenence-re.
naked die and rot above ground, for the want Of
food and ahelter but, with regard 70 the other
| thing Where js the dire necessity, AID where may
it atop? Or, 1.-THE principle be admitted, How far
NAV il not go? We know that native incidence
il stamped on the whole human race and the
more men can be released from lo king out for
themselves the greater will be their mprovidence.
This might De illustrated ia a Thousand ways. II
the industrious, temperate and more proyident man
il now called on to teach reading, writing arsh.
motto and geography to the children Of his neigh
bors, gr&tuitously, how long might 1t not be before
dancing, music &c. would be required in addftionY
and the INDECENT, no matter from what cause their
poverty may have arisen, beside being taagns %
break the Commandments, in coyesing THAI WHICH
la their neighbours begin 10 think il shelr soe vooa
ton 70 beget children for other people 70 aA0
of .;.o,s
Educating the children of tho ndigens y . ~"
work Of neces.ay it is only the dcsSSg 81 dsnone
policy And to thia doctrine w i"ns and iuSq.
We profess to have Free lnsttuWso ang.Sioeis p
i've TON tba nat we know that II any'nins@
naS2natnsta them /. is intelligence snga5 u9
naaaes. Everything else bas oesn EN- M tha JatsiIs i,
The only part that remains 70 u, ~ beins nna-ri
such manner that is. .a' existence oths OPP
Jul enaii L, 1sfch has puzzled our aw.makerg.
Rosle o. VIZ ropoaition being false, the details must
nacssaariIy be detecnVe
- rot welded 10 any desaia In particular,
and only suggest BY way OF approximation, Wnaf
W - were King, absolute, and held my crown
hr sbs eraca Of my subjects, and were impressed
9Th the belief thas my own reign and that of my
family depended upon certain intellectual attain
ments of my people, l would have schools, and
every new generation should receive instruction.
at least such rs had industry enough to taks II H.
And 40 to those who he'd NOT, il they did not be.
have themselves
III were a de"'agogue, born amid popular In