New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-07-16
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE, JULY 16.

! tons and rot attempt by indirection vha. you
should not and could no, do by direction. II we
! 10 have sectsrian religious training in our conmon
! sctools then we shall have as good 4 church estab-
/ lishment ne the best Of them.
No Just or liberal man will say u is any thing b1t
! odious oppression 20 be compelled n support and
educate ones children under a system be abhors,
OF otherwise be compelled 20 support such sys.
tenn and II he educate his own children 0ut 1t t.
educates them NJ his own expense also. Dissent
ers from the system are not allowed a much priv
lege were the dissenters from the Standing order
in some parts Of New Eneland-they could be eX-
cused from taxation by obtaining certificate that
they belonged b another order.
1t may be you and Mr. Morgan, by the aid Of
Normal schools and schoa rs town superintendsnts
and other influences. may bully the people into
vote in favor of the Free School Law; bat If you
shall your regulations will beooms as unenviable
as was his who idded while Rome burned
the Free School principle, by direct taxation,
shall become fixed upon Us, there will be an cad Of
our boosted republic
You say the details OF the law are wrong aud
will be amended VIII you inform us wherein the
details are wrong, and should be amended VINO
complains Of the details II is the principle of
which we complain-we care nothing for the de-
tails You, Mr.. Greeley, are "bateyed' or you
have never examined the principles involved in the
School Lav-or you desire the destruction of oar
liberties
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Tribune and have paid for it to Januay next. have
come to the conclusion that journal whose Editor
advocates such unjust and anti Republican doctrines
is not worth the postage-theretore please discon-
tnue sending IT,
can tolerate great differences Of opnion-but
desire TO have argument instead of rhodomontade.
Yours &c. EPHRAIh OSBORNE.
ESEWe are much obliged to Mr.. Osborne
for showing US how to defend cause by
argument" instead of "rhOdOmontade."
We cheerfully bear testimony that, judging
by the above letter, he seems to US not
likely to disobey the injunction which cOun
sells us to provide for ourselves and our
households" We agree that intellectual
education does not ARRAYS make men bet
ter" for Mr.. 0sbornes letter is written in
a fair hand and the words correctly spelled.
We 'own up to being of that unjust
illiberaP class who do not consider it
"odious oppression" to be taxed for the
support of a system of thoroughly Free
Schools. In short, we agree to almost any
thing, until Mr.. Osborne comes to tell US
that the success of the Free School sys-
tenn "will be an end to our boosted Repub-
lic"-that we don't swallow. 1t may put
an end to the Boosting, Though it would
seem more likely to justify it, but how it
should destroy the Republic surpasses our
comprehension.
There is just one considerable defect to be
amended-not in our Free School law but
in our Assessment laws. As they now
stand, Banks, Railroads, &c. will be taxed
for the benefit Of certain narrow localities.
when their contribution should help the
cause of Education generally. We shall
try to have this made just and equal. Plea
SAINT dreams to you, Mr.. Osborne Ed.