Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-10-06
City ann County sntelIlgente.
Adjourned Free school Convention.

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of the recent school legislation of this Com
monwealth reassembled at Horticultural Hall
in this city, yesterday. The attendance was
very small. The class who are interested in
the subject are not those who are in the habit
of attending conventions. Agricultural fairs,
and temperance conventions, taking place
simultaneously in several counties doubtless
prevented several from attending who might
have been present under other circumstances
The convention was called to order by Horatio
Pratt of Taunton, presiding officer of the for
mer convention, who friendly reviewed the
| ground upon which their movement was based,
stated that, though few in number, the SYM
pathy of the masses of the people was with
| them, and that there was no cause for relaxing
their energy at this time. S. ID, Horton of
| Rehoboth chairman of the state committee
addressed the convention, recommending the
nomination of candidates for state officers,
standing upon the platform of the Free School
party.
B. W. Packard of North Bridgewater fully
agreed with the suggestion that standard
bearer should be selected at this convention
whom the people could rally around and sus-
tain He did not wish for coalition with any
of the existing parties. Coalitions were often
made to Cypress rather than to benefit the peo-
pie. The dominant party in Massachusetts
would not have been in position to crush the
rights of the people but for the fated coalition
of 1858 (?) He wanted no officers like those
of the Republican party to take away from the
people their inalienabe rights. He moved
that the address and resolutions adopted at
the last convention be recommitted for the
| purpose of being presented in new draft
| which had been prepared. The motion pre-
/ vailed
On motion of Mr. Horton, committee of
five was appointed to report a ticket for state
officers for the approval of the convention, con-
sisting of S. d. Horton of Rehoboth, John Ell
lis of Fairhaven, Edward Briggs of Attleboro',
B. w, Packard of North Bridgewater. and Lor-
ing Merrick of Brookfeld. While the COM
mittee was out, the President of the Conven-
ton stated many of the obvious objections to
the law abolishing school districts, and argued
against it as based upon wrong principle,
namely, the Capitalization of power. Whether
it would be repealed was exceedingly prob
lematical. Less than a majority of the whole
Senate had voted in favor of its repeal, it
was now in the hands of the Committee on Ed
ucation the same committee which reported
it, and he had been told that if they should IA
yor the repeal, it was still doubtful whether
the House would concur with them. The
committee having returned after long inter
val of silence, submitted the following list of
| nominations -
| For Govenor-GEoRGE N 13RIGGs of Pittsfeld.
For Lieutenant GoyernG9-EDwARD MELLEN, of
| Worcester. *
For Secretary of StateA SAMUEL W. BowERMAN,
of Adams.
For Audtor-JAMEs E. EsrABROok, of wOrces-
For Attorney General-H 3RArIo PRATT, ofTaun-
| ton
For Treasurer-A. H. lEURRIER, of Newburyport
Mr.. Packard of Befdgewater said the list re-
ported met with his entire approval and mov-
ed its adoptiop'by the convention, which was
according done. The revised address was
read by the same gentleman. 1t goes over the
same ground with the previous address,
4 charges various acts of corruption upon the
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tional interests of Massachusetts,, makes a ran
dom assault upon the Board of Education and
gives a resume of the familiar arguments
against the act of last winter abolishing the dis
tricts The address, which was very long and
unnteresting, closes with the following recon.
mendations =
First, That the inhabitants of the several
| school districts take such legal and proper
measures as to prevent the use OF their houses
except by the legal consent of said districts.
Second, That the inhabitants Of the towns
take care at their annual spring meetings to
elect to office none but men who are well
known to be hostile to the present school sys-
TEN, and in favor OF division Of the school
fund.- and, in an especial manner that they
take care to fill the vacancies which will occur
in the school committees, with men who will
not fail to show, IN their reports the corruption
which the School Fund and the Board of Ed
ucation have engendered, the prodigal waste
Of money their joint influence has induced the
comparatively worthless species OF education
the Board has introduced, the infringements
upon the sacred rights of parents, and the vest
ed rights of the school districts, which that
body has prompted, and the dangers OF the loss
Of liberty to be apprehended from the exist
ence of a secret and irresponsible literary arts
| t0cracy, whose interests and sympathies must
always prompt them to overreach and depress
the industrial classes, and to prevent them
rising to an equality Of social and political
| privileges with the nlonied and literary arts
tocracy. The antagonism of interests will
forever prevent the latter from being trust
worthy guardians of popular education.
The address was accompanied with a series
of routine resolutions, which were adopted,
and placed at the disposal of the publisher of
the Gree School Campaign" The Secretary
was instructed to notify the gentlemen desig-
mated of their nomination. the State Commit
tee was authorized to fill vacancies occurring
in the State ticket, the usual vote of thanks
was passed to the officers, and the convention
dissolved.
SUPREME JUDICIAL CoURT-F'H Bench
Lar Ierm.-Cases argued Wednesday Paine
Aldrch VS.. Ralph Earle ct al, Dewey & VIII
liams for plaintiff, Rice & Nelson for respon-
dents; ARENAS Lee VS. Inhabitants of Tenn
pleton, Devens & Hoar for plaintiff, Bacon &
Aldrich for respondents. Case now on, Geo
p. Bryant VS.. Chas. Ii. Isburgh, Bacon & AL
drich for plaintiff Foster & Baldwin for res
| pondents.
RECEPTION OF FIREMEN.-The Empire
Fire Association of Lynn arrived in this city
Wednesday morning by the steamboat train
from New York. and were received at the de-
| pot by Niagara Engine Company No z ac-