The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-04-14
STATE CONSTITUTIONS.


ARTICLE siis.-KpucarioS AND seigSeE-
SCHOOL FUNDS AND SCHOOL LASDs-fEsAL
AND CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS
la an Grafton upon internal improve
ments aud education. delivered a. Auburn.
n. Y. Ia tsss. Hon. VIA. H. Seward said
"tet " always be remembered that 10 ele-
waite the standard of general education.
and 20 extend It's benefits, Is tae most ina
poftsnt daty Of the age in which We live.
Better wonli g be for our Successors taa.
The waters OF the Erie and Hudson had
pursued their ancient passage To che ocean,
strangers Ia each othsf. as shsy wege before
the towering intellect Of Gluten compelled
them % mingle aud Tow together: better
would Il be that the Atlantic cities were a
forest. and the valley OF the Mississippi
had fsfsained an iuhospstable prairie. than
that we should tFsasmit 10 them. with the
mighty Improvements oI the age. a ssht.e
poison which should undermine their So
eiel condition We mus. make cur tan.
proyement Of the minds ST the people
keep progress with these Of oar isfrisesy,
II NE would preserve those institutions
without which sn the wealth aad pros
reFtty we can secure aow wsu ealy inSise
more syartcious aud rigorous oppseSssua.
wili ealy serve. by showing the height 81
ont present. elevation, - make Haass man
iFest ;he denlosaale aertA Of ear fall /"
These words 81 warning. ffseEht with 80
nneh 81 Wisdom and the Spisit 81
prophecy, true Whea They were spokea.
sFe equally true new. In The rush and
Whit ~ rapid material psesrsSs, the iasels
lectual aecsss 81 e geopir sFs too liable 20
b sighted eF overlooked This j., Fer
hspss particularly the ease 80 REV eoau-
Try. where The oFFegs8estseS f0g education
arr necessarily limited. aai whege the
leisure for scholarly pursuits csn scarcely
oe spared by any Considerable perticn Of
the community. Is seems ike stating :
tFglsm 20 say that nothing can be 81
greater Importance a. Ire welfare ~ sAo
state than the proper ease2Flen 81 is
people Material resources. combined
with energy and indGsfry. may aSke a
wealthy stale. hus % nsske coatsRtca oae
there must be intellectual as weEi az raa-
sessal SigSs. II becomes ssssaenJly Sc.
sigshie. therefore. shss IN framinS state
csnstitasioa dae rsesrd be paid 10 earea
ttoasl necessities. asd pEsYsr sns liberal
provisions be seoaFesa for the establish
Raeet and mslnssa.nec az sgassois ssa eel
!
ay Cengrsss fer tais ragpssse, Aad u prop
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