New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-10-23

rnanitv alike demand tliat "iaI INC ''t"'e ~ v'S
exercise Of its conceded powers to watch over
the public welfare, can do should at once be IN
dertakcn and vigorously and judiciously pro
secuted
There are those among our opponents who claim
an exemption from general contribution for the
purpose of extending the blessings of knowledge
to all, upon the ground that they have already
provided for the education of their own Children
or are both able and willing to do so, at their
own proper cost and charges and that it is tor
others to do the same, or to omit it altogether
as they may deem most expedent Let as eX
anime, for moment, the strength and validity oil
this plea Ny friend you have daughter whom
YOU value as the apple Of your eye--whom you
have noprished and cherished with ali the fond
ness and warmth of parental love; whose fair and
svlph-like form you would scarce permit the
winds of heaven to visit too roughly = whose
mind under your vigIant supervision, has been
made the receptacle Of all high and holy and
pure thoughts and for whose future welfare you
arc tenderlv and anxiously SOLICITORS While she
remains under your protecting root, and within
the pale Of your constant guardianship, happiness
attends her every footstep and peace and Joy
day is coming when she must leave the hal
lowed sanctuary of home, and 60 forth to mlnSle
with the world. There the heartess sedacer-
the unprinciped fortune-hunter-th empty and
frivolous coxcomb-the subtle and malignant rut-
tian-the ignorant and degraded vagabond, and
the brutal sot-await her coming, and lay their
terrible snares for her destruction. Is it not
fearful time Can you indeed look coolly on and
watch the issue with a compacent eye, satisfied
that YOU have done y0W duty, and that all Will
be well? Is the conduct and character Of your
neighbors-your fellow men-in reality nothing
to YOU, that you should interest yourself! III their
education
You have a son. upon whose education no time,
no pains, no expense has been spared. He too,
has been daintily brought up and vigilantly cared
for. No vulgar child of poverty and degradation
has been suffered to polute the far surface OF ms
| ingenious and aristocratic mind. His companions
ship has been with the gentle and the well born :
his associations have been exclusively with the
vrtuous, the high minded and the pure. All that
the most eminent and successful instructors and
the most ample store of ancient and modern lore
could give him. has been freely and literally be
! slowed; and lie goes forth into the scenes OF nc
| tive life with proud brow, fearless heart and
cultivated mind. Surely, it We're the hight OF pre-
sumption to expect that father could do more,
What is it to linn that the licensed vcnder OF Al
coho turks in his neiehborhood with his well-hlled
dens of infamy and of darkness What is it to
him that the gambler, the debauchcc, the prost-
tute the accomplished Hbertine, the unprincipled
villain are abroad in the land, and that they and
a.l,o tbo- fpySr CHI
wears since, as luckess and poor but yet nno-
cent and unhardened 60yS were passed haughtlly
By as unworthy of his notice regard A few
brief years have rolled on and that tairhaired
boy in an evil hour, has yielded to the allure
ments of passion The tempter has prevailed;
and his swollen and bloatcd checks, his trembling
limbs, his pestfcrous breath, haggard and blood
shot eyes tell that for him the DRUNKARD's dis
honored grave is rapidly preparing Alas my
friend had you, indeed, no interest in the educa-
ton of your neighbours children
"a poor Irish widow" says Thomas Carlyle,
cher husband having died in one of the lanes of
Edinburgh, went forth with her three children,
bare of all resource, to solicit help from the chart
table establishments of that city At this chart
table establishment and then at that, she was re
lused--reierred from to the othcr-helpcd by
none till she had exhausted them all till her
strength and heart iailedher, when she sank down
in typhus fever, died and infected her lane ruth
tccc,, SO ihat SercntecR ottcr persons ded Of tcrer
there IN consequence, Would it not have been
economy to help this poor widow The orforn
Irish widow applies to her telow-creatures as II
saving Behold, l am sinking, bare of help; ye
must help me They answer, No-impossible
Mou art no sister Of ours But she ptoces Ter
SiStc,Aood her typhus fever kills them, They
actually mcye her brothers, though denying il !!
Fellow Citizens ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND
destitute children OF penury and affection are 81
lently appealing to YOU for permission to enter the
public Common Schools of your State, and to par
ticipate equally with their more fortunate broth
rem and sisters in the blessings OF Education. In
their names, and in the name of our common hui
mainly for the sake Of those little ones whom
you yourselves cherish and whose future welfare
is inscpcrable from that of these, | conjure you
turn not aside from their earnest prayer and sup
plicaton, Shut not your ears against the humble
petition they prefer; close not the avenues OF
your hearts against the precious boon they crave
They come now before you with innocent hearts
and hands, as supplicants for the recognition of an
nalienabe right Refuse their prayer, and a
few brief years only will eapse before thcir
claims to Your regard viii be presented in q mode
You c0Rnot overlook. With YOU rests the respon-
siblity of your choice, for good or for evil; its
| consequences with Your children and YOUR chill.
| dren children!
The BApTIsrS OF MlcHIGAN-At the State
Convention in session in Detroit for several days,
the following resolutions Jas prepared by the Com
mittee, Rev. Messrs. J. A. B. Stone, E. Weaver,
D. Peck, II. X Simpson, j. !. Fulton. were
adopted without dissenting voice, on the 18th