New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-07-12

the law, vet Whatever reproaoh might De s,s
mon him be should do all he coeld 10 al, e"o. ao
Education OF all the children OF .ue ia v.s
| evnen.e of those who have the means re
| .11bb -, :. 20 nv some one. % Why, nave enaca
"a nv children and why should pay Tor tns 81,
uc.,;on Of the children OF others T. he would leu
" .nch that they may not have child IN the
d.. House or Peni,entiary, and yet they are pay
ing ,ometbipg every year Tor the support and edo.
cation of children oil others who are Ia Prisons aud
! Poor. Houses. Let as suppose our children at the
| Common Schools and not at the Prison. But he
said he came 10 be instructed on this momentous
! question and would take his seat.
The Committee Resolutions here reported,
! ard Mr.. GREELEY subsequently read the Address,
all of u hch you will get in whole.
The Convention took up the resolutions seriGtin,
and seemed to be passing them without dis'enson,
when
MIR. PIERCE hoped the Convention would not be
too hssty. Ii is easy to pass resolutions bat II IS
not easy TO csny them out. He wished to learn
from some OF the eloquent men OF the state mat the
souls Of the delegates may be fired with entha'
siasm, and 60 home and electriiy the people on tnS
great question
Mr. BLoss being called remark ed that if the Con-
vention wished to hear from an ice-breaker ne was
on hand. Laughter What are we met Tor =
To repel an invasion that is threatened against the
free education of the people. Our people have OIL
fered bounties for VOLTS scslps, aud the tax was
paid without murmur. We tax the people Tor the
support Of public jail and penltentlarles, and the
tax is generously paid-but when we propose TO
educate the children, so as to overthrow our JAMS
peGte ntares and police, we find 1t necessary to
call Conventions and arouse the people, in order
that the rich may be induced to pay tax for the
elevation Of the people. He was glad that the peo
pie bad been excited on this subject. There was
Providence in forming the Free School law to the
end that this subject may be discussed, and the
people wax ed up to the subject of universal free
and thorough education. He said that IN Rhode
Island all the youths are enabled free OF expense
to obtain all except collegiate education. This
amount OF instruction costs only 81 per scholar, and
it has been found that this expense is less than
notbing-for more than this amount is saved in the
morality and good order produced by education
We should adopt the Alhenien rule that men, AID
not soldiers, are to be educated We shoU, d not
stop in our educational progress until all rom the
rising to the sitting Of the S1n She, a,;ov the
amplest means for thorough instr ctinn. Nothing
limits the extension OF this Prnr Avarce,
Ignorance and Slavery. Or mission is to overcome
al mere eIeas evns' I'D 30 accomplish this or de-
m1nd free al and univ crssl education.
rs'nei lido then arose and said that he once
RESIDED ). Rhode Island, and thirty years ago not
nah u the people could read and write In some
families, consisting of seven ten persons, no one
ceuld be found able to read! Nov, what can We
ssy OF this State7 She has more thorough educa-
tional system than any other State OF the Union -
He was in favor of a good scientific and literary
education, but he could not overlook the moral SEN
tments. The Bible is the great regeneration The
more we educate men without the Bible the great
er villains do they become. II we would rob our
poor houses and peDitentiaries eliminates we must
introduce the Bible, and If the law would enjoin It's
use in schools counties can soon say as some
of the counties of Connecticut report that not an in
dvidual is confined in their jsils. He had visited
one hundred school districts and he had found many
teachers who were infdels or Unlversallsts. This
would not answer. We must have the bible. He
bad visited the penitentiary at Auburn, and had
found that not one in seven had ever been taught
the comm andments but on the contrary they had
been brought up in violation Of the Sabbath and the
sound doctrines ofreligion
Rev. SAMUEL J. MAY then rose, and said that
every where the objections to the law were made
to some subordinate portions OF II. lie would leave
il to those experienced in legislation to say wneth-
er any such law was ever made entirely free from
objections il not, then we should sustain the law
as q whole, and endeavor 70 correct the detects
He said he feared that the objection lies back OF
! the defects Of the law, and was aimed at the law
ITSELF and the great principle Of Free Education
| He said that the expenses OF every community ln-
| CURED for the preservation OF order, were due to
the ignorance Of the people, and the cheapest mode
| Of governing mankind is To educate them The Oh
iect for which we aim is Free Schools, and not any
particular law. We want that settled, aud then
we can form the laws at our leisure. He feared
that, if this law be defeated it will be long time
before another be enacted. He knew how
great had been the change wrought by the Free
Schools of Rhode Island. Let us initiate her ex-
ample. We should aim to add something to the
legacy we have received from our fathers, and if
possible we should do that for posterity which will
induce our children, when they inquire for the faith
ers of their inherage to speak of us also as among
the fathers Our Republic is to be just what our
children make it, and our children will be as We
educate them. Can we point to child, and say
that he will not some day, be situated as to ef
feet something either for the veal or woe of the
Republic In this country every indvidualshould
mean something and be enabled to be something
| He related the case of a noble man in old Ply
mouth, who told him, when talking about establish
ing Normal School, that he would give $4,000 for
that purpose. He asked him how much he was
worth? THAT" said he, sis an impudent ques
tion-but am worth $1,000 and, having four sons
can easily afford $4,000 for their educational wei
| fare, ard for the improvement OF all future genera
tons !" Blessed be God, continued the speaker,
DO man lives to himself and no man dies to himself
We ell live for each other aud for posterity.
But this letter is full, and must wait another
mail. l.. A. HINE.