The New York herald., 1875-12-08
SATISFACTORY COSDHIOS OF TaE FAlSCES
The Course o. the Goyewrer' 1egaft.
ing Submanne Cables

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TO TH1 SENATE 40 norss - RsFassssraNTx
In submitting NJ srgeaih aanaAl MusaaEs y egs
gress % ths centennial year 81 ustleual sAlasnes
"a : free anu ndcronaeut pscpe, a anefaa me srvst
pleasure 40 rccur to fht ths h@s as
from the tine of he colonlosoue hundred years axo
We we're then q people Numbering "a z 50 - Now
We number than - Oao 90 rueu ndusarss ~efs
confined almost exclusively 70 the tlAge a ms tol
Now manufactures absorb maoh ~ tae labof 81 tss
country. our liberties remain ur,mparsd me
hondsmcn have been freed from slavery. We haze
become possessed Of The respesL uet ~
friendship. Of all civilized nalloas Cur progress
has been great all the arts-ln sccnoe, agrtcuture,
commerce. navigation. mining, mcchsnios. iaw ned.
cine, &c And in general education the progress :
LIKEWISE encouraging. Our thirteen States have
become thirty eight, including COLORADO t~hich hAs
taken the niatory steps 70 become statel and nghs
Territories including the Indian Territory and Alaska
and excluding Colorado, making territory extending
from the Atlantic 70 Pacific ca the south have
extended to the Gulf ofMexico, and the west from
the Mississppi the Pacific one hundred years AGo
the cotton GIN the steamship, the railroad she tsie-
graph the reaping sewing, and modern printing na,
chimes and other inventions of scarcely less
value to our business and happiness were entirety
even in name in al this territory. In 1870 more
than Q 600 600 persons employed in manuiaeio-
res producing more than s. 100 600 products
amount annualy-nearly equal to national dcbI
From nearly the whole OF the population Of l170 being
engaged 10 the occupation Of agriculture, in lsl0,
so and diversified bad become the occupation
Of people, that less than oooooo out Of more Than
40, 900 900 engaged The extraordinary effect
produced country By . diversified occu
pations has built market for the products Of fertile
lands distant from the scaboard and the markets of
tho world. The American system VI locating va
rlous and extensive manufactures next 70 the
plough and the pasture and adding connecting rail-
roads and steamboats, has produced distant IN
countrya result noticeable by The intelligent parts
OF all commercial nations The ingenuity and skin Of
American mechanics have been demonstrated At home
and abroad a nattering 70 their pride.
But for the extraordinary genus and ability Of our
mechanics the achievements OF our agricuiurists,
manufacturers and iransporters throughout the
try would have been impossible OF attainment The
progress Of the has also been great or coal
production small, now many millions Of tons are
mined annually SO with iron, which formed scarcely
appreciable part or products half century ago,
we now produce more than the world consumed
ut the beginning Of national existence, load, zinc
and copper from being articles Of IMPORTS We may ex
pect to be large exporters or he future. The
development OF gold and silver mines in the United
States and Territories has not only been remarkable
bat has had a large influence upon the business or all
commercial Our merchants ~ the last hundred
years have with great and have established
reputation FOR enterprise sagacity, progress and IN
tegrity unsurpassed by people Of older na,ionates
This good uame" is not confined 10 their homes, but
goes out upon every and into every port where
commerce enters. With equal pride We can point 10
our progress ii all of the learned professions
EDUCATION MASSES
AZ we are nov about to enter upou our second cen
teuniai commencing our manhood as nation, i is
well 70 look back upon the past and study what Will be
best preserve and advance our future greatness.
From the fall of Adam sor his trangression, 10 The
present day has ever been free from threat
cned danger to its prosperity and happiness. We
should look 10 the dangers threatening us remedy
them FAR as lies in our power We a Republic
whereof one is good as another before the law.
Under such form Of government i IS Of the greatest
Importance that all should BE- possessed Of education
and intelligence enough to cast vote with right
derstandng Of its meaning large association Of e.
cannot for any considerable period oppose
successful tyranny and oppression from tho
educated few but will inevitably sink acquescenee
to the viii Of intelligence whether directed by the
demagogue or by priestcran Hence the education or
the Of the first necessity for the preser
vation OF institutions They worth preserving,
because they have secured the greatest good to the
greatest proportion Of the population Of any form Of
government yet devised All other forms OF govern
approach Il just proportion the general dlGu-
Of education and independence or thought and
action As the primary step therefore, advance
In all that has marked progress the past
century suggest for your earnest consideration, and
earnestly recommend il, that constitutional
amendment be submitted 10 the Legislatures OF
tho several states for ratification making Il
the duty OF each Of the several States
TO establish and forever maintain free public
SCHOOLS adequate to the education Or all the children
In the rudmentary branches within their respective
limits irrespective or sex color birthplace or reIgions
atheistc pagan tenes, and prohibiting the granting
fany school funds or school taxes any part thereof
either by legislative municipal other authority, for
the benefit or in aid directly indirectly Of any
igous sect denomination or Ia AID or for the oene-
H OF any other object Of any nature or kind whatever
USTAxED CHURCH PROPERTY
In connection with this important question would
oso call your attention TO the importance Of correcting
an evil that n permitted to continue, will probably
load "a great trouble in our land before the close of
lhe nineteenth century II is the accumulation Of vast
smouuta of untaxed Church property. ln 1870,
4 believe. tho Church property of the
Uutcd states, which paid no tax mu.
actpa ~ state amounted 70 ABOUT
sSs.0go.Ool Ia 1860 TIC amount hsd