New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-03

BY the culpsble and crlnnsi 70 - Dr..
- :, ,be,r dispo@al IL h9 ngnt, and u w
sr,, 10 insist that for every dollar contributes ONu
tbs .sucation Of the peope, AZ least an eiu1
us - A Snc,.d from the annual s.sessment Tor me
80, cancc and punishment Of criminals, ana ne sup
t-ort Of yagsbohds snd psnPtrsi anu D :. io,,,
iiecurc only by gathering into the lnsuu1ioHS "
ing provided zoe that purpose az Eeose u o,hcr 40
sce for whose mental and morA 0U''uio Nv w."
quaie prov ision has been n7ue. - o,s;5o,.,ions of
This course is not only dictated by coisoe'a1Ios -
interest and of policy 80 isr as uie PO.o a, s,ni
cerued but i, cvInnends itself TO our adOp'lon % I
,ey in sccordaI &c with the principles Ol en'-uent
Christian philanthropy. The full extent OF tne "seIta
edp,ss cesuturon, ignorance and crimc "u'ou
been permitted 70 accumulate In THIS ulsuoPOis ''
Ibis SIN. le cannot, Of course IN me ABSENCE
hs te9uisite statistical detail. be aocuia'sy ssSI.
Inn, from iuiermstion derived from the most IeuAO.c
s-prc.s There can exit no reasonable dono' INST
re ,srS loes, SO TO- children utterly unprOyided
,;tb The meat of elucA on and surVundeu ny lnhu
encts rncst unfAyorabie 70 honesty anu mvCsiiJ.
Many thousands of thee chu1nn are -
homeless houseless suffering ana wIe'ene' oS.-
css,s of humanity. uracquainted wuh me t.g-
meuts of sIowledge, sss"cl"lng ony Nh %
vile the upprncipltd and me vicious iaui'a
with uiseiy, violence, cruelty hunSe, 1ou ~, 80
.rb, sno forced 10 regard all around mem ~ neiS
natural enemies Of whom every P'ss'oie suNan'aHe
90 be taken They wage an ineesssnt wal spDn 'Ge
community ard 10y their numbers, theI PteoVVuy ~
,bl;r sing recossiuCs and the utter neekaSs-
MSS of their character speedily render thenseiVes
formidable recruits IN the ranks OF crime. A''.I
ali
become the inmates OF our prisons penitenua''es au
slmshol.ses and drag out miserable ana infamous -
stence un.nlighteIed by single spark OF ln'ev,,
ard vpaccom panied by solitary gleam OF NnIs''Su
| virtue or rational happiness. lilo" dliieIen' "cua 90
| tho result II these neglected children Oh wee anu anu
5..tution we've earnestly, Systematically, ana uAi'.
| Gently sought out, taken by the hand, weI noss
urpeIt wants supplied their educson, inte an
n,orl cared for and their associations WIN n,s ~
| 81 n, ,b,;r source And how worthy OF aSnrNuan
ar,n,unity ike our osD through It's Appropriate NUM-
fu.vans and az the common charge OF al US lnosi
SPs nm. H sInn e lou Via " ~ and stfays II
sivc benevolerce. HeSS.sd permanently to reclaim
Rlum sei'y-.hus efTeotually Ss-ssss and "rstehed-
pess train them TO habits of usefuness>-aofer upon
with principles Of goodness and virtue and GO tics Of
them all the requisite meals and instrumental ~
future welLbcbg, honor and happiness There, a
the one hand arc the thousands and tens of thousands
ef ignorant suffering degraded, vicious and homeless
children, destined inevitably, IN few short years
Ia become tire active scourges, the irreclaiui-
abe pests. and the heavy burdens OF the com
munity; aud here, the other arc our stately, noble,
conmOdoas and comfortable Free Public Schools,
provided, prepared and furnished at the public eH'
ptpse open and ready for the reception of ALL ofeyery
erade and every iaLk. Why not, then, IN the true
spnit of active and enlightened Christian Deneh-
ctuce 60 out INTO the highways and hedges the by
ways and purleus, the lowest hHunts OF poverty ana
iDtamy and If necessary compel them to come IN -
not by force not 10y pains and penalties, but by the
stronee rds of persevelDg, Sysematlc sedlrected
Kindness anu sympathy put rih, not alone oy ihdl'
yduals and assoc Citations and charitable organisations,
but by the entire community IN ts corporate capacity,
lor iis own benefit eq ially wuh theirs
The liberal and generous policy of the State, in ei.
tablshIg and munhcen'ly supporting schools IN every
locality how ever restricted obscure, where children
are TO be found avail themselves of their advantages,
and in opening these schools freely aud without charge
10 all who may desire TO attend upon their instru tons
has abuDdsny NindiC sted selt by the practical results
which baye followed IFS adoption even though 1t may
not have sccomp,s neu a.. which IL advocat seIpeced
or desred or secured all the advantages OF which Is
fairly susceptible Ii has conferred the priceless bess-
ibgs of educsiion Ia greater or less extent upon
millions of those who row, or arc hereafter to be-
come, citizens of the Repub ic, and among those who
have enjoyed and faithfully improved these blessings,
ninety .nne out of every HUNDRED have been, and
promise 10 become useful Intelligent and upright men,
tes OF socetythe guardians and supporters of moral
i,y and order the adysncers Of CIVILIZATION and the dis
pensers Of knowledge and virtue. That ignorance and
immortality, vice and crime restitution and misery, still
so exensyely prevail, keeping pace with the advance
ment of population and the progress OF knowledge,
and that education does not fully realize oil the bone
6cal re-ulis which may reasonably be- expected from
It's general diffusion, may i. is believed, satisfactorily
be accounted for,
FIRST BY the fact that there are still permitted 10
remain and to grow up to maturity in midst, vast
number Of Chi dren and youth wholly destitute of in-
sructlOn or of moral and religious culture and that
the character condition and influence of this pIriion Of
our population, are necessarily productive OF the most
disastrous and IN furious resuls, rendering compare
lively lnoilicacous far at least the public bur-
de1s are concerned, the mmense outlay annually ex-
pended for the entire education OF the youth Of the
State.
Second BY the fact that largo proportion of those
who are brought to some extent within the influences
of our public and private schools not permitted to
avail themselves Of their course Of instruction, and
mental aud moral discipline for a sufficient length Of
time to enable them TO derive any permanent aud SUBJ
stentia adv entage
THIRD by the fact that, in largo class of cases,
the education aud discipline of these institutOns how
ever excellent and valuable they may be In themselves
coUnerected and neutralized by opp lsiDg iniu-
at bone and amid the and associations Of
every. DAY lite; and
Fourtk: by the fact that this educ alton and disoi-
pine, even under the most favorable auspices, and
when II embraces the whole period Of youth Is fire.
quently and 10 a great extent deectivei
/. In not being sufficiently eompreheasve- TO
embrace in its culture the whole nature of the cdLl.
ply sica, intellectual moral and religious and emitting
neglectiBg that ae1iduou~, careful and conscientious
training and discipline OF the affections and passions
upon which So essential part Of the future character
is destined inevitably to depend.
2. In not being sufficiently pr fical-expendn9 a
difprOpOIionate share OF - cfe ges in the ACC I'm.
plishment Of results which hos over valuable they NAV
be in purely scientific ppb' OF view or however use
ul and even indispensable uDder special and peculiar
circumstance Of little practical value in the ordi
nary pursuits VI lite, and under the actual circum-
steLces and conditions, and with reference 10 tie
probable future wants OF the pupil.
3. In not providing adequate means aud facilities for
the complete preparation and traluiDg Of tearhers Of
the highest grads Of character on quaic ,tons and
in iaI to Oifer sufficient pecuniary Inducements 10
secure permanently the services Of such class of
teachers
t. In the absence OF regular and systematc grada-
ton Of schools from the lowest 10 the highest TAnk A.,
arranged as to carry forward the pupil from the sm-
pcst elementary branches OF instruction h all the
sciences Lectsary TO his advancement and snocess in
nf teaaio mr. aallt ...ht l.