Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-01-10

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litical matters.
RECEIPTS.
Total, s2,s7s,656 II .
Balance in the Treasury 18th
Nov, 1850, l3O,4I2 l2 o
Amount applicable to the dis
l,ursenieills of 1851, s3,OOg,O6s SO 2
Amount ofpuyments out Of
Treasury during the year
ending Nov. Is, 1851, 2,696,360 81 6
Balance remaining in the
Treasury, Nov. 10, 1851. S3l2,697 25 6
After referring to, and recommending such
charges in the Judiciary, rs have been made
necessary by the adoption of the New Con-
stitution. The Governor discusses the i'm
portent question ofpublic education us fol-
lows:
re 9th article of the Constitution is i'm.
peratve on the General Assembly to provide
for an efficient system OF Common Schools
throughout the State. This is certainly one
of the most interesting subjects which cuu
occupy your consideration, or that of the
American people. Under systems like ours,
where the real sovereignty is with the citizen,
and he rules hinself'-where the govern
mcnt is upheld or put down by the opinions
of the people, expressed through the "selt-
renOvatng power of the ballot box" and
not 10y violence-light, knowledge, intelli-
gencc, science, are essentially necessary to
he widely spread among the masses of the
community. A common English education
is within the reach of all, aud is, ut least, in
dispensnhe to the happiness, safety and pros
perity of the State. Experience has shown
that education, with the masses of the peo.
pie, affords infinitely more protection to lib.
erty, good morals, aud more security to the
rights of others, than all the criminal enact
mcnts that have ever been made, or prisons
that have been built.
If we desire the rising generation to he
virtuous, lovers of freedom, aud to cherish
our institutions, which We must soon leave
behind; If civilization, intellectual enjoy
ment, substantial refinement, love or order
aud prosperity nre TO he leading charactcris-
ties with those who are To succeed us, the
means must be provided, and an efficient
Common School system devised. The youth
Of the State must be educated, aud instruct
ed in habits of useful and industrial pursuits,
for habits formed in early life are likely to
follow to its close.
The constitution has very wisely provided
for the inviolablity of the principal of the
school funds, which now are, or hereafter
shall br, under control of the General As.
sembly, aud for the faithful application of
the income to the purposes designed. thus
also declared that such sums shall hc raised
by taxation, or otherwise, ms with the income
of the school trust fund, will secure an eff.
cienI system of common schools throughout
the State; and this Constitution, the repre-
sentatlvcs Of the people have solemnly sworn
to support.
For the amount and condition of all mo-
nies and grants for shool purposes the Cen
cral Assembly is referred TO the report of the
Secretary of State. 1t is respectfully recon.
mendcd that every school district should be
required TO have school kept in it, from the
first Of December until the first of April in
each aud every year, aud that parents or
guardians, mud all others, entrusted with the
custody of children, should he required to
send them TO some school for nj least three
months of That time, unless for good cause
excused by the directors. IL is likewise sug-
gestcd that some method should he provided
better suited than the one now in force, to
prevent the employment of all hut compe-
tent teachers and those of unexcepiionable
mora. character.
believe it to be true that children, in the
habit OF attending school become fond of it.
The desire to learn increases. II the found
alton be laid in youth, every one of either
sex, as general rule, and in any ordinary
condition, may become possessed of II com
mon English educalion, mny he intelligent
and intellectual. There is leisure sufficient
from the employment of all, if the disposi-
ton exist The General Assembly might do
much to improve our common schools and
TO promote the cause of education, by prov-
ding for suitable libraries in every school
district, such MS would be adapted to the ca
pncltes and tastes ofyouth.
In Massachusetts every school is furnished
by the State with Wcbster's Dictionary, as
tue standard work Of photography and pro-
nunciatlou. The same is recommended by
committee of the New York Legislature
for the Empire State.
Ii is admitted to be the most valuable
work of the kind extant by the learned men
both here and in Europe; and lis general
use in our schools would break down
all provncialisms, so to speak, and produce
uniformity aud elegance in the Use of our
language. Words would then be used by
every one, IN the same sense in which they
are defined by that able photographer.
Much might also be done 10y the General
Assembly TO encourage literary tnsle, by
small aid, fran Time TO time, for the pur-
chase of hooks, periodicals, and newspapers,
Tor permanent literary associations, lyceums,
aud clubs in our cities and towns. 1t wo'd
certainly have tendency to prevent dissipa-
lion by tho deserlion OF places tending to
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their minds with useful knowledge, and ele-
yate themselves in their own self.dignity and
selErespect.
Again would say, LEI the masses be edu-
Gated. Send information and the means of
instruction among all classes of our people
unable to provide it, and your jails will be-