Daily national Democrat., 1861-08-18

| their own right, aud when th-v ask fer it
they but ask for their own This is a fair
statement of the demand Now. | say here
that If that be true, it necessarily follows hat
The other portion of the people representing
the otner three-flths of the moneys, may also
demand as right that it also shall be set
apart, aud placed under the direction of guar
dams and parents for their children And |
say that it necessarily follows trot1 that that
you have a system of private schools estab
lished i'll your State, among WHICH the public
moneys are distributed according to a certain
pro rata distribution, bat that there no longer
eXists in your State public school, school
conducted by the agents of your State Now,
if the Introduction of this measure, If the
atrmance and success of this proposition is
proper, then, | say, thqt it is of sufficient i'm
portanco to be presented to the people that
they all may know it, may understand its
effect, and may III their wisdom determne
whether they are to have public schools or
not. so far as am copcerped as citizen or
! an individual, might perhaps say that
J nave no choice as to what shonl0 be done /;
out havea Judgment an opinion, and
very decided one=~that the establishment of
public schools, supported by the MOI eys of
the people, and conducted hy the accredited
agents Of the State, is great public good
~ es sir !" and applause that no cons
m"nity, depending upon the public in,ell-
gence for carrying on such a system of Gov
ernment as we have, can afford to abolish its
common school system. Applause 1t must
not be forgotten that the rich in any event
may and can educate their own children suf-
Hciently, and that these common aud free
schools are the recel 'tacles of the children Of
the poor, and that when all other doors arc
closed these are still open to them, and that
they are not opened to them as a matter of
gift, but as right. Their childIen are not
received in these schools in the character of
poor scholars. but as matter of right to be
the recipients Of what properly belongs to
them Now these were my opinions, and
these are my opinions. But find tina. op-
position is invoked and arrayed against me
among portion ofour people on account of
my action upon this question. Now what is
singular about ii is, that there was not can
didate before the State Convention from
which ] received the nomination for the office
of Governor that had not both directly and
indirectly pledged themselves to other gen
tlemen that they too were opposed to the
distribution of the public School Fund and
yet the friends of some Of those candidates
pretend to hold me especially accountable for
the same opinions and views. But some Of
them say, "Mr. Conness was one Of our peo-
pie and ought to have been with us, but was
in this matter against u.s. ! do not take any
view Of that kind Of the subject, aud say
further, that never will IArplause
do not belong to any particular class in
our society. ] recognize every man as a cit
izen and a brother without making any dis
tinction growing ont of nationality or creed
[applause and say that distinction Of
that kind should be recognized or fostered or
permitted 10y any good man Appnu-e.
You can not ufuse society with deadIier
poison than that Gppeal to you such of
you rs are foreign born, and have been nat
uraized aud indicted into the privileges of
citizenship; call upon You TO remember that
but few short years ago you denounced, you
repudinted. you antagonized, you opposed
with all your power and might another po-
liicnl organization that preeIudel you from
the pri> >iieges yon had acquired and closed
the doors ofpoltical pre!prment against you
| was with You then, not because ! was one
Of YOU, but because believed aud knew that
you were entitled to an equality of rights
that that urgaui zItion was an invasion upon
those rights and that there was no man 20
low and no man 50 high that he should be
held otherwise than Ms standing in an equal
position with every other citizen before the
law. | thought that organization was a viu-
lation of the correct principles of our free
Governmental stood shoulder to shoulder
with YOU in opposition to it. (Applause y
Now, ask you whether you are prepared to
reopen a question of this kind? If so, you
had better reflect upon it, and whether
YOU are not wrong l ask YOU whether this
turuishes YOU with sufficient occasion for
organizing yourselves, and thrusting your
Il f,,t, trl ,,l, L.f
ccty? | warn YOU that it is wrong | tell
you that it is IA violation of your native,ge
erons and just impulses, and if you take that
course You will see the day, and that not far
distant, when you will regret it because IL is
wrong-and whatever is wrong. will as Ger
tain as God is in Heaven, invoke and bring
upon itself its own convictions and its own
reprohation (Applause) might perhaps,
ii 1t had not the appearance of paying too
much attention tc an anonymous scrbbler-
and perhaps it may lie taken as exhibiting
an unnecessary sensitiveness-call your at
tention to an article which appeared in
pretended religious journal published in san
Francisco | will name 1.-THE Catholic
Monitor In TINT paper recently appeared
an artiele-and invite you all when yOu 60
home To read it and think upon tin which
it is stated, as reason why ! am not entitled
to public regard at the present >tine, | sup
pose that is the oil iect of it, that i am n mem
Der Of the church of the Rev. T Starr King
C"Wh difference does that make!" Laugh
teri Oh, none but there is something in it.
In the first place | ara not good enough to be
n member and in the neyt place do not be-
lieve in the doctrine. ("lf you did it would
be good for you" Laughter) | take this
occasion to warn you, my brethren and fell
low ctizens--men whom never yet deserted
when could befriend them and never will
i warn them ojustify themselves l'y rising
above this miserable narrow bigotry, hy
bringing themselves up to the true standard
of citizenship. If yon find better man than
myself or better party than mine, in Gods
name 90 and support them both. but dismiss
forever these contemplate considerations
that disingeniOus, ,ungener0us meH are trying
to force upon the public mind. (Appause.)
With this dismiss the subject. 1t is due
fellow citizens, at the present time, in view
of the disasters which have befallen the Gov
eminent in view of the caamites which
have fallen upon our country, and may be
now impending, that we should sink all minor
consideral; ions, and that we should make an
honest endeavor to bring ourselves up to
true national, and patriotic stand point
Surely there are none of us who do not re-
gard the prosperous condition of ourGovern-
meut under the form which has been handed
down to US, MS superior to every other con-
sideration. There are none who do not wish
that our national banner. as it floats above
us, shall still continue 10 reflect noble,
high and patriotic sentiment. and commu-
nicate that sentiment to the great body OF
the ueoule Let all of lis agree then unun