The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-05-10
THE CONVENTION.
SATURDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
Address TO TIE PEOPLE.

ioiioWihB resOIWlon, Whtcn was adopted
Resotred, That committee of thirteen
be appointed to prepare for publication
with the revised Constitution submitted TO
the electors of the State. an address stat
Ing the changes proposed to the existing
Constitution, and the reasons therefor.
After some debate as to the manner In
which the committee should be appointed,
1t was agreed to appoint a committee of
FIVE, consisting Of Messrs. Cummings,
Springer, Anderson, Tincher and Wagner,
to select the committee.
The resolution adopted yesterday, allow
ing each weekly newspaper $50 which pub
fishes the new Constitution, was amended
SO as to require the publication Of the nd.
dress. EDUCATION.
Tho report Of the Committee on Educa-
ton was then taken up in Committee Of
the Whole, Mr.. Hays IN the chair.
a long debate was had upon section I,
and several amendments were offered. II
was finally adopted AS follows:
SECTION. l. The General Assembly
shall provide a thorough and efficient sys-
TEN OF free schools, whereby all children
of this State may receive good common
school education.
Section was adopted without change:
| OH. All VT bLUtT
property, donated, granted or received for
school, college, seminary or university pur-
poses, and the proceeds thereof shall be
faithfully applied to the objects for which
such gifts or grants were made.
Also section 3:
SEc. 8. Neither the General Assembly
nor any county, city, town, township
school district, or other public corpora
ton, shall ever make any appropriation or
pay from any public fund whatever, any
thing In aid Of any church or sectar-
Ian purpose, or to help support or sustain
any school, academy, seminary, college,
university or other literary or scientific
institution controlled by any church or
sectarian denomination whatever; nor
shall any grant or donation Of land, money
or other personal property ever be
made by the State or any such public cor
poration 10 any Church or for any secta-
rian purpose.
Mr.. English objected 10 section 4, which
provides that no district school teacher,
etc, shall be interested in the sale or profits
of any book, etc, used In the State
schools. No class of persons are SO COM
potent to prepare and revise school books
rs teachers, and he thought the use of their
services in this regard should not be pre-
vented.
Mr.. Fox did not see any reason why
school teachers should be legisla,ed agains,
rs a class. He moved TO strike out the
section.
Mr.. Tincher was in favor Of the section.
II any person is In the book business,
either as "a do@lor or nm author. that bu.l-
meas should consume his entire time. He
did not want il made possible for the
school officers to log-roll their own pro-
auctions upon the public through the
agency Of the school system. The section
combines vast number of peventions for
abuses TINT now exist In the system.
Mr.. Anthony thought the public should
be allowed to benef, by the experience OF
the school officers in the preparation of
school books. They are a respectable and
worthy class, and should not be lcgislated
against
Mr.. Rico had introduced resolution
ontaining the principles contained in the
section. He was not opposed 10 the
earnest and worthy school teachers. The
section Is not discrimination against u
class, but IL is 10 prevent the abuse which
IL so much complained Of, Of the constant
and frequent changes of school books,
which are made in the interest of school
officers. These changes are made, not for
the benefit Of the schools, but for the bene-
iii ofschool officers, who require com.
pensa,ion from the publisher, fore intro
ducing them.
Mr.Abbott was In favor of the section
He had become intimately acquainted
with the abuses complanedof Of, in the fire.
quent and unnecessary changes Of books
Mr. Sedgcwick presented substitute
, which prevents any teacher from being In
! terested in any book, etc. used in hi
| school.
0 Amer further debate, the section Wa
stricken out
Section 8, which provides for the cleo
ton of State Superintendent of Public
a Instruction, was stricken out.
e Section provides for the election o
y County Superintendents of Schools.
{ Mr.. English moved 10 strike il out, an'
| after debate, the motion was lost.
c Mr.. Bayne presented an additional sec
I ton, providing that the General Assembl,
9 shall pass laws 10 prevent the exclusion o
the Bible from the Common Schools. III
b advocated the adoption of the section, in
. speech of considerable length.
Mr.. Gamble was earnestly in favor O
: the section, and read Il carefully prepare'
!, speech upon the subject.
= Mr. Snyder was opposed 10 the section
= He considered IL an unreasonable and ty
= y ranical proposition; and made lonl
, speech in support of his views.
Mr.. Cameron did not think the discus
sion of the question was calculated 10 d
any good. lie believed that the Bible i
all that is claimed for il but opposed tn
section on the principle that it is well 4
= let well enough alone.
a Mr.. Wagner then presented the follow
j ing substitute for Mr.. Bayne's additions
? section;
q 1.-THE Bible shall never be excluded from
II the Common Schools in this State, no
"a shall sectarian doctrines be taught therein
o Without coming to "A vote upon the sub
), ject, the Committee rose, and the Articl
= on Education was taken up in Convention
% The striking out of sections 4 and Wa
n not concurred in and they were reinstatcd
"a The sections were then taken up TO
/. final action.
d Mr.. Mcdowell moved TO amend section
% so that colored children shall not be per
II mitted 10 attend the same schools will
n white children.
: Mr.. Tincher moved to lay the amend
G ment upon the table. Carried-ayes SO