The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-10-13


on the proper model they we're divided
into many colleges, but the university grant
III an degrees' Hence there is no rivalry,
save as 10 attainments and there was a uni
form standard Of excellence required
ARRIVAL OF TIE PEeCEssIoS.
At this point, the procession Of pupils Of
the various schools arrived, and recess Of
fifteen minutes was had.
PRJFEssoR LINDSAY
Welcomed the ffty teachers, and two thou
sand pupils, in behalf Of the State Associa-
ton, to seats in the hall, and galleries.
Music.
After the welcome, Horne's band dis
coursed several airs, in a highly ereditable
manner.
ADDRESS BY REv. Mr. OGDEN.
He said that he could expect to effect
more good By addressing these two thousand
children, than by addressing al the Legs
lators in America. II the miadl Of the peo-
pie, had been properly trained, snd i'm
pressed, and imbued with religion, N youth,
there would have been no war. II these
children are properly taught, they viii
never lift a hand sgainst a brother. or
against their country. But instruction
must be mingled with the grace Of God, OF
il was positively injurious. II God had
been taught as thoroughly IS arithmetic,
there would have been no civil struggle m
the land, as there had been
There we're 1900 children before him,
and for whatg For the purpose % having
their minds properly impressed with refer
ence 10 present and fature,-to God, man,
and country. He said that as an engine
drives all the complicated machinery OF
factory, 50 we're the boys the engine which
must carry this nation along. If the boiler
bursted, the whole machinery would stop,
or fall and recently the moral boiler OF the
country bursted, and the civil war was the
consequence.
The late great commotion was the result
Of q remisness Of parents, teachers, preach
ers and Legislators, who failed 20 do their
duty. The teaehers are the great engines,
who will guide the ship Of state 10 a eiori-
GUS future, or TO a complete Destruction
all depended upon them
MUSIC by TIE SCHOOL.
The pupils here sung the well known
aud patriotic song, beginning, "My country
'tis Of thee" the singing being acco upa-
MED by fine piano music, by Miss Grace
KimbalL
sPEEcH OF MR. B0ssoN.
Hon. Mr.. Bosom, the father Of the Ten
nessee School law, was then introduced. lie
referred 10 the presence Of so many children,
ss the sign Of the dswuing Of q new era.
Old things have passed away, and a new or
der OF things has superseded them.
Future generations would point TO this day,
as the one, IN which the interest in schools
received its regenerated impetus. There
were ? 600 youths here, but there are 37S,-
600 more, dispersed over The State, and they
now vented the means Of culture. II was
for the Legislature 10 frame q system Of ed
ucation, broad, and liberal, in its base, so
that no one of the 375 coo need be left in ig-
norance, except by his own fault.
The members of the Legislature were fully
awake. They would give every school dis
trict, six months Of free school. every year.
He urged ell legislators 70 view the scene
before them, and be impressed by it.
DR.. BowES's ADDRESS.
The speaker, as q member of the Senate
Csmmittee On Education, welcomed the
children to the hall, and congratulated
them on the fact that they had good school
houses, good teachers, and a public sent-
ment devoted to education.
He told the children that they would
be Appended 10, 10 contribute 10
the relief and evangelizati0n Of the HOttsn-
tots, OF Their Pagans and while he would
not have them steele their hearts against
the wretch edness Of foreign lands, vet they
must RENE mber that there are many tens of
thousands OF helpless orphans in Tennessee;
orphans, whose fathers had fallen in the
late terrible war. They have neither schools,
nor comfortable homes; and in behalf of
.hese tens Of thousands, he appealed TO
.hese girls and boys before him.
II L E Al
proposed school law, and said that his fame
vas really more to be envied than that Of
sherman or Grant, green as were their lau
-els. He must be sustained, even though !
heavy taxation followed. Better raise funds
% educate the mind Alright, than TO raise |
en- times that amount 10 psy a war debt.
The Association then adjourned (at quar- |
er past l2) till 2o'clock Pm.
THE PROCESSION OF CHILDREN.
over 1900 children were 10 the process |
iOn, arranged according TO size. In front Of
he procession was Capt. Horne's brass /
,rand, which discoursed many national airs. |
The ladies Of the High School, 500 In |
lumber, were in the advance, lead by |
heir teacher, Miss Charlotte Jones then |
ollowed 500 pupils of the Hume School, |
hen 500 of the Hyues School, $50 Of the |
Toward School, and go Of the Trimble /
,chool.
The procession was formed at the Hume /
,chool, corner Of Broad and Spruce, after
which they proceeded in the following line
C march; up Spruce 10 Church, down
'hurch to High, mp High 10 Cedar, then
round the Capital, till the whole number
cached the grounds, when the girls were
onducted 10 the gallery, and the boys to
be tlo0r Of the house.
Ii was a grand sight, and one the like of
which the city Of Nashville has not wit
.cssed before, hese four years. Process
ions enough have pafaded the streets but
hey were OF melf,--a med men, The git
erng bayonct told too plainly that their
mission was death and destruction. But
fter four years Of wasting war, It behooves
IS 70 turn 20 the work Of building up and
hat the first demonstration is in the interest
Z common schools, is strong evidence that
be people are now starting Alright. Let US
ave sufficient prominence 20 education,
nd start a school system ON proper basis,
nd such professions as was witnessed yes
erday, viii often make glad the hears of
be people, while we shall have no fear that
be pomp and circumstance Of war will
yer again make noisy our streets, or
Trough violent deaths by thousands, send
louming to every household.