The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1850-01-10

| Neither il NeW JerSfy deaf to the call for high
popular cultivation, that goes up from the heart of
this country. The whole number of districts is
lGl0, and the progress from 1915 to 1913 is thus
| given:
Districts reported 99l LAG
Amount raised for Schools -S5lG32 SlOl. 767
Number of Scholars ll752. &c lO6
! he people are looking to the excellent library
system Of New York, and king to Introduce it ;
and the establishment of Normal Schools IL re.
commended
Nm York deserves the title of Empire State, =
rs well in her moral as in her physical resources
/ Her Common School fund il &c lFO. A3I. and sh,
has more than her 80 600 children in her schools
| She has nearly 500 600 volumes in her district
| libraries. These glowing facts are sufficient to
mark her proud position in popular intelligence
ONE has hut ~ poor account TO render on paper
! But her Common Schools are not wholly inef.
| hcient Though it is difficult 10 obtain reports
from the districts yet she Is not quite az sluggish
in educating her youth az this fact would indicate
On the Reserve, and in other sections great in
terest is manifested, and the people are literally
attending to instruction, without regard to the
paternal care Of the State. Teachers Institutes
are beirg established, and the profession of the
teacher is being elevated.
The people of Ioi0"0, at their last election
will hereafter have not less than $500 900 for her
annual school fund. This will place her Common
Schools upon high plane, and the term Iloosier
will he far above dcrison. Half n million il n
munifcent sum for Indiana, and it is doubtful
whether any Western State is doing more for the
good cause Her thinkers and her press are ut
work to perfect her school system
Mchigan is the child of New York, and will
doubtless prove eminently worthy of her sire
The whole number Of youth in this State il
1882, and the number iii attendance in lslS
was 9S,0i4, which was an increase of 10 600 over
previous years. The libraries of 3l5 townships
contained 81, 203 volumes, being an increase over
the previous year Of IS libraries and II PIT vol
umes
The gallant State of Wisconsin is laying a broad
basis for the instruction of her youth. The
number ofacres in her school sections is ,i0s 000
TO which, if we add the 500, 900 acres cedcd by
Congress for school purposes, we have very nearly
100000 acres in this State for n permanent
school capital. These lands will yield on mi
average, So per acre which will give $40 900 900
as the school fund Of Wisconsin more by near
500 600, than TINT Of New York In addition TO
IT, above 4G ESQ of the best lands Of the State
are set apart for the establishment Of university
Indeed, if we travel all over the land we shall
not so where educational improvement is not the
order Of the times If we descend the Father Of |
Waters we shall find the Key State of the South |
awake 10 this subject At the late session of the |
Legislature, s.i50, 900 were appropriated TO The
support Of common schools in Loui,ana IT we
voyage along the Gulf and the Ocean, we shall
discover no section Of the Republic where the
democratic temples Of learning are not erected
Perhaps no fact Of recent years tells so emphati-
cally for the public zeal in behalf Of popular
learning as the liberal donations Of land in every
p.,r Stat. which Coporase keu no bo kou;a oC
n permanent school fund Each new State is pro-
vided with about million and half Of acres for
this purpose. This is q growing policy, and il the
lands continue 10 he sold for mnny years longer
donations for education will be still more literally
made
There rfe other points ia the moral position Of
sur p-cj which might mention 'ouf they are
not ~ ny original design Under the head OF
educnti, n properly belongs the Church, and all
it's Efforts to civilzc and Chris,ianize the world
and il il to remarked that she il gradually ex-
tending her lahors, but not with the rnpidity
which characterizcs the improvement Of the age
There is a demand upon the Church for greater
exertion and more enthusiastic zeal in the eleva-
ton of man tits her mission 10 lead in all that
il great and good and she should be found in the
van OF educational advancement For several
years previous to 1917, the Church seemed to he
declining hsr increase did not keep pace with
the increase Of popul ton, and some scots actual
" experienced a dmnution Of their numbers /
But during the past two or three years there has
been some improvement, and il il hoped that the
Church will 50 represent the spirit Of progress
hat il Selling upon the hearts Of the people as to
prove her ding Let her exhort the clergy Of q
BUR land who are consecrated 10 the promotion Of
human welfare, 10 bcs'ir themselves in this mid
lie Of the nineteenth century, that il may not "
wheel into the past murmnrng against the lassi- &
ude of the Church I
| have thus glanced at our moral position We r
ind abundant encouragement to pursue the career
IF greatness we have commenced. We find vice
md crime on the decrease ny education advances
n this can We only hope for the equalization OF '
mankind, for the abolition Of all wrong, and for /
he universally Of human happiness In connec-
ion with our subject, the various manifestations
II beneyolence might be mentioned, which show
he natural goodness Of man to be more and more b
developed, IA the people are more enlightened n
We nigh, also mention the real n respectable
lass of thinkers for "Geforrn,n which also re- :,
lec,s the de,ire Of for hgbkr and holier so
ial state, and serves asa PROXY PA better time.