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session. The result was the passage, by a unanimous vote 

 in both Houses, of the following resolutions. 



THE LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTIONS. 



Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Illi 

 nois, relative to the establishment of industrial universities, 

 and for the encouragement of practical and general educa 

 tion among the people. Unanimously adopted. 



WHEREAS, The spirit and progress of the age and 

 country demand the culture of the highest order of intel 

 lectual attainment in theoretical and industrial science; 



and, 



WHEREAS, It is impossible that our commerce and pros 

 perity will continue to increase without calling in requisi 

 tion all the elements of internal thrift arising from the 

 labors of the farmer, the mechanic, and the manufacturer, 

 by every fostering effort within the reach of the govern 

 ment; and, . . 



WHEREAS, A system of industrial universities, liberally 

 endowed, in each State of the Union, co-operative with each 

 other, and with the Smithsonian Institution at Washington, 

 would develop a more liberal and practical education among 

 the people ; tend the more to intellectualize the rising gen 

 eration, and eminently conduce to the virtue, intelligence, 

 and true glory of our common country ; therefore, be it 



Resolved, By the House of Representatives, the Senate 

 concurring herein, that our Senators in Congress be in 

 structed, and our Representatives be requested, to use their 

 best exertions to procure the passage of a law of Congress, 

 donating to each State in the Union an amount of public 

 lands not less in value than five hundred thousand dollars, 

 for the liberal endowment of a system of industrial univers 

 ities, one in each State in the Union, to co-operate with 

 each other, and with the Smithsonian Institute at Washing 

 ton, for the more liberal and practical education of our in-; 

 dustrial classes, and their teachers; a liberal and varied 

 education, adapted to the manifold want of a practical and 



