The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-06-10
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Tho public free school system OF cd
uoalion which has been adopted In
nearly all IL not all tho states u the
union, has been clearly aseerlalned toI
BIO an active and powerful lever, II not
an indispensable agency IN the moral
and intellectual progress Of our people.
As q system II 10 tho product, not of
American but European genius, and
was first tried Ia Prussia, where, In u
short time, il attained TO high degree
Of perfection, Tho results which flow,
cd from II we're 80 speedy happy and
striking that the government AT once
made II the special object Of ils watch
lul and tonder care, and spared neither
palns nor expense In expanding and
building II up into noble suporsiruc-
turo, aud making itwhai II now Is, the
most wonderful agency Of human pro-
gress known TO political science and a
sine gila ron in tho jurisprudence OF
every people who would keep pace with
the spirit Of tho age
There II no maxim more lorcble nor
more generally received than that
"lmowlcdgo Is power and Solomon, q
man Of diyinoly inspired wisdom, de.
caros In his proverbs, that IL Is u treas
sure, in comparison with which all the
riches and houors Of the world sink
into utter lnsgulicanco, In the late
Franco, rrussian war which, in many
respects was one Of the most oXiraor-
binary on record, the superiority of the
Prussian troops was mainly attribute
blo TO the silent and mysterious work.
Jugs Of the free schools, which gives TO
each man an individuality which he
could have acquired under no other sys.
tenn Of training, This il not nero A.
scrton and the statesmen of Prussiu
are 80 thoroughly convinced Of It's truth,
that of late years they have adopted
what Is known AZ the COMPULSORY sys'
TIM, which requires the parent, u der
pains and penalties, TO send his children
to the schools This system, which, on
u superficial view would seem to SAVIOR
OF tyranny and to be an unworrnnie5ie
infringement gpoG The natural and in
nlie"aOle rights Of the private house
hold has caused no discomfort, and has
been attended with the hNppiest and
most beneficial results,
The constitution of Texas has made
ample provisions for the education OF
her school children, and the free school
system is happily part of her organic
law owing to tho vast extent of her
territory and the paucity of her popula
ton, and to the difficulty of converting
her public lands into money except at
q heavy sacrifice her efforts have been
wanting in union of method and pur
pose, and her system ofpublic instrucs
ton has lNngushed and suffered But
this il only temporary embarrassment
from which she will soon rally, and
with the rapidly increasing wealth and
population OF the state, we may look
for the same yigor and effectiveness IN
her school system which has so stmk
ingly characterized it in other states Of
the union,
In connection with these observa
tons, we desire to call attention to the
election which has been ordered in this
city on tho 10th instant, to determine
whether tax. of onc-Iourth of one per
cent. shall be levied on the taxable
property within the corporate limits OF
the city, for the maintenance of spublic
schools. The imposition of this small
TAX would hardly be felt by the prop
erty holder and the good to be derived
from it is simply incalculoble 1t will
afford us the means of educating ou
children without cost, and will be Q
strong inducement to families Mt u dis
lance to come and settle in our midst
1t will create centre of conservative
influence in the community, wherein
right principles will be taught, and
knowledge will be gathered and diflused
and will in n thousand ways elevate
refine and enoble the character, hopes
and aspirations OF our entire popu
lation. Let Us with hearty good will
vote for the tax, and for whatever else
may have a tendency to advance us in
the scale of moral and intellectual well
being
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