New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-07-13

Good teachers in every district at good pay. He
Concluded b, hoping that this Is to be au era In the
bi,,orv Of New York, as IL will be IL we pash on
this Free system Of Eduestion
Tha pRrsIps1T, Mr Morgan. then took leave oi
,he Conveption IN a most beautiful speech He Rd
.aos,sd the most thorough educsti0n aud hoped %
co. the time when every school would be college.
u .noke of III. charge Of despOtism that had
hen made against the Free School 81 stem Al
80, n,oving that Education can go elevate every
mind that virtue instead OF wee WI abound, hap
,;'.ss instead Of misery prevail and Independence
i..,esd N ser,ility shall distinguish every indlvd
~ W. impose axes for the support OF the 20.
- the prisop the poor house and the asylum
-, h moi this despOfism also ! tie would Tax the
cs,Ia f,r such an education ~ VII do away with
du,bere and mahc true men and Won an OF all our
,I II this be desFO ism, exclaimed the speak
~ iod Grant that such desPotism may increase
"a aonTjs in this State aud throuE h'ut the world
T,ns declare il thunder tones that every child As
a riebt 10 an education; thet every child shall be
Educated. ard that the law shGu drdD from the
noctets of those v h0 have the money and not The
- 10 contribute Of their abundance for such a
glorious Enterprise
favorable to Free Schools, and the Convention adj
iourped to meet al O'Clock 70 morrow morning
THURSDAY MoRMse JulyII.
During the session this morning speeches have
been made by Mr.. Walker Of New York, Mr. Ran
dali MIR Pierce and others. Messrs Randall and
Pierce made the principal arguments. They went
over the whole ground, but the principal points
made have been already noticed. Mr. Randall sta
ted that be hsd instituted such Inquiries as salts
fed him that the new School Law had brought
100000 chil6ren into he schools OF this state. de
smoke ably Of the relation Of Education to Crime,
clearly showing that Crime dIminishes es lgnor
ance is overcome. DIR. Pierce made an aoe ana
eloquent speech, and among many things whlcn
have already reported, said that he protested
against letting the sentiment go out as the opinion
OF this Convention that intellectual educ aIon does
not promote morality. A man must know the right
before he can act isbtly and intellectual develop
meIt is necessary to this end. No one iauy know
re-; certain course il injurious 70 himself VIII pur-
sue il But be would not dePrecste moral culture,
he would go high as Heaven to save his children
from going deep ss hell" To the objection thatthe
STATE has no right 10 tax the rich for the education
of the children of the poor he made most satIsIAc,
torv reply Whence comes all wealth Its derived
from labor His friend is now worth 100000, who,
a few years since was not worth 500 cents. HOW
did he procure bis fortunel He employed poor
men wear after year, and from the labor they per-
formed has obtained his wealth. AL fortunes come
from labor and shall those who are so lucky as 10
obtain wealth from the labor Of the poor now refuse
to contribute small portion for the education OF
the children Of the poor who have earned their
wealth. Its but justice that they should do So
Every laborer should not only receive enough OF ell
things for his physical comfort, bat also that which
il Of infinitely more value than gold and sllver-in-
teligence, intelligence and happiness. The toiler
earns all our wealth, aud therefore the property OF
the people Of the State is bound 10 deiray the ex-
pe1se OF the most thorough education OF the children
OF the State.
The Convention has steadily resisted all attempts
to introduce any matter foreign to the great princ
ple of Free Schools. | send the resolutions that
were adopted at lOl O'Clock this morning.
l.. A. HINE.