New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-02-07
.o.oo,. =, the puol lands to the education of tho


Ar PIERCE GeeY,, Miss), who reported tho bil, OF,
fcred that the bill shall in no way enee ~ any
existing law foF tho disposition OF pubic iau r"
prSSiee Shef Ss way Of reservation grant
70 tho States otherwlse nor be NAV here
after see at TO make. - .,anent nro
p3S ND Gen. sS w. not G sasa am any eect to IMPEDE
impair suspend any law authorizing the preo1p" o
Of tho S be- eo %nas cd s as G in any the
power Of Congress to alter or extend INC "s " N'1
The bin debated nt d great o,S leRsth oDs
bc bill. and IN reply to his cohsagae' Mr. ksT 1
to ss asTgc E9R
Dem0erac party had nnY5h nad 70 done aS yhn n the
madter t Was to break down tho system under which
that school fund was accumulated. Iho ,ts ~
the state While he was favor of the bill generally
he opposed TO the mode OF dlstlibmtion t an
proportion TO she illteracy OF STATE anu ~ ~, and
verse proportion 70 the amount oil sehoo pro'i' 81"
Mr. STORM DEM Pa opposed the S and 1 IpTis,
t excIusivel to schools conducted In the English Ian
guage TAeie were severa counties In Pnnhsy lyana
language aud it would be unfair 10 exclude them from
the benefits Of this bill He regarded the blii tse as
purposes would hardly amount to cent and hall per
sa or every G man asrc %pnS with ana Mr. cn Butler Of
Tcnnessee as to the illiteracy Of that STATE ao,
borne the FRUIT OF dishonesty. lie informed that
that lenn was a member OF the Rebel Legislature
funds includng $4,000 OF the school fund, to Georgia
Turning his attention TO Massachusetts ne ana at tne
boosted education OF that state had resulted IN lrodno
ing indeity in religion and degeneraey IN inc race
two OF the greatest evils which afflicted Massach95eus
and had almost driven out the oldashioned IDEAS OF p
tanlsI - ,,--, A., ,oo.,o,,.,
system OF his own state and said that WINE NHEDin
making it felony TO teach coored child 10 read
ored people both at Pittsburgh and Philadelphia The
gentleman from Virginia tMr Ilarrs might not exhibit
such extreme about mixed schools Inc dlhcuty
would be only temporary lor me sun anu ,bt ,ri
Southern States were known 10 oeach the DachesI aI
Mr.. HEREFORD Dem, West Val Is the gentle
man in favor forcing mixed schools on the people r.
Nj KELLEY-I say this, that nature gives the he TO
with women of African descent, He ascIined INC poY-
erty and decay of the south to the absence o educa
which deferred cu,grants from going there. , .
Mr. GARFIELD Drop, Ohio said, he would discuss
the bill on two questions First what was proposed 10
be gwen to the cause ct education; aud, second,
how was il proposed TO give iti lie showed that
since the establishment of the Government per cent OF
the mad been derived from the punlc lands.
ana amounted $50 OC0O0O The thought OF giving That
TO the cause OF education was great one, ana tne
that thought In law and the Congress which gave TO "
assent lie protested tat tne tll' was nos thor ~ c
used through it, and TO he part OF H. ana To DE WHO'LL
subordnated to IT, me Leading governments vi EuIuv
beginning 10 sectat the American SCHOOL systc,
better than theirs because the american ~ TEN
sprung from local selfgoyemmcnt and municipal lhst-
Mr.. GooDRICn Gep. y. " supported the bill as as
tenuDg Ia break DOWN anu w
perpetuate the policy OF universal freedom ,
Mr. STEVENSON rep, OhiO) said he would prefer 10
OF the public treasury Tor the purpose Oh
cGucon III tine SOUTH but he accepted TINS Dnl az s'ep
in the right direction lie believed In the policy OF
taking what ne could get for school purposes $500
Mr. DAWES (Rcp., MaSsD adyOolted not tne details
but the general scope of the bill H. wished that every
uuoccupcd acre Of the public donna was, by this bill,
consecTated for such good and n1.de purpose Ihose
who had witnessed the mode III when re pubuc lands
had been preyed upon aud spollat,d Tor INC last
ten years by the action Of Congress could not
but regret that stronger resistance Lad not
been made TO such a system. He himself had
voted for lands to the Pacific RAILROADS, but had
resisted all like grants. As To the charge that the
that slow to acknowledge rs that the coun
try was becoming nation not only III name but IN
everything which goes to make up nation Inc gent e
man on the other side attreutcl D"t tendency 10 pOl
hidden in the very growth aud development OF the
nation which nothing could hinder ana nothlng
could stay. The railroads that traversed the
country, the telegraph that made the man VINO spoke III
trade running from end OF the country TO the other
all OF these state lines only imaginary lines, ana
made much he was sorry to say yet Ia lneYiao
sOthe people, one people, one natl0n-and the events oi
the last years had only precptatcd results which
were Inevitable. o did not desire 10 hasten that result
their duty to acknowledge the result OF those
| The debate closed by Mr.. PIERCE Rep., Mlss), VINO
defended the bill and It's details ana expressed us COR
yction that the whole fund would be permitted 10 20
| where il most neeuei--tO thc Soulhcfn Sibtcr'
The first question on the amendment OF MI
| McNEELEY tDen, I'D. putting ln1niers lckcts ana
ink, typc-pIeta ana prin paper on the lier list
mcut WAS ruled out OF order being revenue measure
which must first be considered III Committee OF the
| Whole.
| The vote on the bin and pending amendments went
over till tomorrow, aud the House, at 500 j. ~, ad
jOurned.