AGAINST THK NEW SCHOOL LAW. 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY JOURNAL. 
ring on the latter the power to make laws, 
subject to the approval of Congress. 
U is true that by these Congressional 
acts the legislative function is bestowed, 
and they therefore furnish examples of a 
delegation of legislative authority by a body 
which is of itself subordinate. But the 
right to exercise this high power is express¬ 
ly gjanted by the federal constitution which 
by A.rt 4, Sec. 3, provides that “Congress 
shall have power to dispose of, and make 
all needful rules and regulations respecting 
the territory or other property belonging to 
the United States.” Under this grant, 
which was, indeed, indispensably necessary 
for the proper disposition and regulation of 
the widely spread districts of country be¬ 
longing to the Union. Congress has right¬ 
fully enacted laws referred to ; and yet, 
mindful of the elementary principles upon 
which the Republic is based, tliey have al¬ 
ways invested the people of the territories, 
with the choice of the legislative agents. 
As already intimated, there is a class of 
statutes, of modern origin, which it is diffi¬ 
cult to recognize as being constitutionally 
made. I allude to a series of Acts of As 
sembly, which seem to have originated as 
late as the year 1839, and been repeated in 
successive years, down to the present.— 
These provide all the details necessary for 
the erection and government of houses,— 
for the support and employmentol the poor 
in the county named in each of these acts, 
but close with a direction that the question 
of erecting a poor-house shall be submitted 
to the decision, by ballot, of the people of 
the particular county; and according to the 
result of the vote, the act shall take effect, 
or be null and void. Whether this provi¬ 
sion can, in principle, be distinguished from 
that we have been reviewing, it is not now 
necessary to decide, and perhaps may nev¬ 
er be. If it be unconstitutional, these acts 
may be cited as showing how silently and 
insidiously a dangerous practice may creep, 
unnoticed, into the legislation of the State; 
but surely they Cannot be called in to jus¬ 
tify a continuance of the practice. Being 
limited in their objects and effects, they are 
perhaps no farther injurious than as fur¬ 
nishing precedents of improper legislation, 
at first touching matters of small moment, 
but sure in the end, to be extended to sub¬ 
jects of more general concern. It may be 
mentioned, as worthy of remark, that tliis 
species of legislation, if it can with propri¬ 
ety be so called, has grown into use within 
a very recent period; and, it is believed, 
until the passage of the Act of 1846, was 
confined to objects of a local character, not 
calculated to awaken the general attention; 
and it is perhaps ^rscribablc to this fact 
that they have been suffered to pass with¬ 
out complaint. 
'For the reasons which have been given, 
the court, after m'uch reflection, and not 
without reluctance, is forced to the conclu¬ 
sion that the Act of Assembly, upon which 
the plaintiff' in error stands convicted, is 
inoperative and void, and, consequently, 
does not warrant the judgment pronounced 
by the court below. It is therefore, revers¬ 
ed; and the plaintiff' in error is discharged 
without day. 
the tniKtees for tho faithful discharge of their duties; I AKTIQUITY OF F^E SCHOOL DOCTRINE. U NCO N 3TITU M 0 N ALITY OF THE Then shall we have affain in the Ian- 
and all monies collected by them shall be paid to I - SCHOOL LAW. t .*1. tt tt ° « m 
the trustees of their respective districts._“_I The advocates of Free Schools begin by 
A 4. It shall be the duty of the collector, upon . . 1 . . n ,1 i m j r .i 
mceiving his warrant, for two successive weeks to assuming that all the children of the Cltl- 
_ ' gaage of the Hon. Horace Mann, “The 
Where is the l.aw-making power of the best Common School System in the 
fnoh tocT™ m»rbVraSy7.W lo ^ens of this Common«alth, belons; to the Slate of New York vested? Article III, World.” Electors of the Empire Statel 
him ; and in case the whole amount shall not be fbGn cUIm fh<it it i«! riwLi inci Section 1, of the New Constitution reads as Uraut that this may be the fruit of your ac- 
ar;qutoHeto;rthrp^^^^^ foUows^-eThe Legislative power of this tio„ at the ballot-box on Tuesday the 5 th day 
'iliaeus to educate the minds of these, the State sWf be vested in a Senate and of November next 
-riu. l: _ j;- mu;.. tv. semolv.” It further nrescribcs the number wun one years expenence under the new 
of the time mentioned, five per cent; and in case State’s children, 
a levy and a sale shall be necessarily made by such „ rni a 
collector, ho shall be entitled to traveling fees at 
State’s children. This is no new doctrine. 
“ Tlie Athenian’s,” says Smith in his ‘ His- 
tho rate of six cents per mile, to be computed from tory of Education;’ “were the first among 
the school-house in such district. 
sembly.” It further prescribes the number year s expenence under the new 
of Senators, the number of Assemblymen, school law, that Mr. Mann bore testimony 
the manner of choosing them, <kc., &c. Sec- ^ ^ which should have precluded ex- 
§ 5. If the trustees shall neglect to prepare the •, i • , • mu j • 
said estimate within the time herein limited, or ment prevailed in all things. Ihe domin- 
whom riilhiro wa =5 frpp ” “ Free develon- fioB 14 of the aforesaid Article is as follows: penmenting, even in the State whose motto 
™ -The e„actmg dauscof dl bills shall be is "Excrls.or?” _ 
shall neglect to post the required notice, it shall be ion of the priesthood, the hitherto sacred People of tlie State of New York, 
fimI“iswni%TuSntV^ authority of ancient institutions, perished; represented m Senate and Assembly, do 
mate and give the said notice. and superiority of intellect and of fortune, Giiact as follows; and no law shall be en- 
$ 6. Whenever the said voters of any district at arbitrary ambition, had unrestricted acted except by bill” 
sir annual meeting shall refuse or neglect to „ ..J' . TLo fWpn wp infpr from I.lm Him- 
TO THE ELECTORS OF NEW YORK. 
Mr. Editor: —After expressing my cor¬ 
dial approval of your course in opening the 
columns of the Educational Department of 
the New-Yorker to a free discussion of the 
raise by tax a sum of money, which added to the scope.” “Herein Athens, the principle The People, then, we infer from the Con- columns of the Educational Department of 
public money and the mon^y raised by counties recognised that the child belongs stitution, are not law-makers, only as “repre- the New-Yorker to a free discussion of the 
at^t'rfmumoXTn^ to the State, and it is to be educated by and rented in Senate and Assembly.” The New School Law. permit me to offer a re¬ 
house in proper repair and"^ furnish the nece.ssary Sffite ” following Decision under the Free School mark or two on the subject. 
THE‘FREE SCHOOL LAW. 
at least four months in a year, keep the school- to the State, ar 
house in proper repair and' furnish the nece.ssary Sffite ” 
fuel: then it shall be the duty of said trustees lo 
repair the school-house, purchase the necessary fu- « The fundti 
“ The fundamental principle of the iia- 
Law is in hai-mony with this view of the 
el and emplov a teacher for four months, and the • • a i v t i Constitution: 
expenses shall be levied and collected in the man- tiOBal culture originated by Lycurgus, and CoURT- 
ner provided in the second section of this act. 
$ 7. Free and gratuitous education shall bo giv- 
of the Education, which, in subserviency to 
to it, he established, was, that all the chil- 
en to each pupil in the common, public, ward and , ’ x i a ai ^ cja a * • a .,7 . „ i 
district schools in the respective cities ill this State, di'GB belong to the State and brought for taking and ’ V-xZ - -7 ° 7 .-n w 7 • ’ 
now incorporated or hereafter to bo incorporated,, not merely because ilae parents belong to apllino- nronertv under a warrant issued bv probably remain 
lraeci;y'orNew'L*;''Lc^^^^^^ it * « * Immediately upon the virtiiof the provMora of the Free School unchanged for yeare. Hence it is all im- 
now in force in said cities. And by each city birth of a child, the State asserted its para- Law. A special verdict was taken by the portant, that they investigate the subject 
where such free and gratuitous education is not a • ^ a ja , r ja (j„nended on a pkdntiff at the last Tompkins Circuit, held and vote understandingly. Let no one 
already established, laws and ordinances may and mo«ni, ngni, over H , lor ii ucpeuueu on a 1 „ Ql,.,nLlLd axid iLg nnoc. a i A • j- u c L a 
shall, without delay bo passed providing for, and public decision, whether it should be per- y ^ - .x i ^ take the zpse dixit of another, but examine 
securing and sustaining the system in each of „:ALp,i a„ |;„e mUp father accordinfrlv GOnstltutlonallty of the law rc- iiimsclf. Read the Act, and see how 
their common, public, ward or district schools. mittea to me. ine lather, accordingly, ggj.ygj He has now directed a judgment > i ai, f f vi t ' • 'f 
$ 8 . All laws and parts of laws incoiisistont was required to bring his new-born child .for the plaintiff for the following reasons: . operated. In my opinion it 
with the provisions of this act, and others than to the - older inhabitants who met in his “ I base my decision of this cause upon the unequal and oppressive, and tliat it hasdis- 
State a 7 Sbyrepo\led.°°'" any cities m the tho»ity in a hall; then inspect- broad ground that the act establishing free turbed the harmony and peace of numer- 
§ 9 . In case any trustee or other school district ed the child, in order to ascertain whether sgIiooIs throughout the State, pt^sed March ous districts is notorious. But I go further 
officer shall use any money in his hands belonging Ia hpoUhv And well nrnnnr tinned Tf 1849, is unconstitutional; bccausC in- g^U—J believe it tO be unconstitutional, 
to such district, and shall not apply the same as nealtny and WClI proportioned. It Legislature passing the law „ 1 *1 • L V f 1 • • A A • 1 
directed by law, he shall bo deemed guilty of mis- they found it SO, they ordered that it should definitivelv themselves they have attempted belief alone is suffcient to mduce 
fraT ™ or deform- to delegate their constitutional power in ^ '’“to 
or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding ed, they caused it to be cast into the chasm this respect to the people in their primary But saying nothing of its unconstitution- 
six montbs, or by both such fine and imprisonment, of the Taygetus.” assemblies. The 10th and 14th sections of ality, let US look fit its other aspecta My 
$ 10. The electors shall determine by ballot at _ . , , . , , . the Act expressly refer the question, wheth- „^urhhnr A bplfovf^A ILg law on Gvil 
rpREME Court —Tompkins County — 
Henry D. Barto, against David W. Ilim- 
rod and others. Trustees, &c. 
The question whether the Free School 
Law shall be sustained or rejected is one of 
vital importance to the People of New York. 
They are called upon to decide tiffs matter 
at the ensuing election—and that decision. 
me to vote for its repeal. 
But saying nothing of its imconstitution- 
six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, of the Taygetus.” assemblies. The 10th and 14th sections of ality, let US look fit its other aspecta My 
We h-ale quoted enough to show that ofn^fteCfo: ""8“” 
whether this action shall or not become a law. . the doctliue, th,xt the children belong to T at wr'”™' 
tendent of common schools to prepare and furnish the State, as well as that of Free Schools, The reasons why this cannot be constitu- o • “ ^ V ^ ^ i c 
to the several town clerks iu this State, forms of was taught by pagans, long anterior to tionally done, are tully given in the case of ©qua y opposed to it, yet for the sake ol 
_J.. J i. christianitv. Tliis^" Anti-Christiun notion vs. The Commonwealth,_ 6 Barr the principle he will vote to sustain the law, 
all the poll-lists, returns and other necessary pro- . . . 
ceedings to carry into effect this act, and he shall '-'liristianity. 
that the children belong to the State hae Te'ffXr ^at it will be so modided and 
school district in tlio State, five copies of this act 
with the forms prepared by him. 
$ 12. The ballots to bo deposited iu the ballot- 
lllUb IIIU CUIIUICII UCIUIIH LU lllC kDlHtC luts e ‘ V 1.1 A ai.;„ T ^ 
been perpetuated by the undying literature P' amended that all will yet be well Now 
of Greece and Rome. It is time that these 
prove. 
The decision in the case of Parker vs. 
which is right—the man who condemns the 
, ^ ^ . .-- . XUU UWlOiUU lix V/ttOV/ X CAJIAVA uo. J 1 J* 1 X t. 
notions were repudiated and in their .t, Comuronwealth, dte. referred to above 1?!“^,! 17.” u! 
favor of the adoption of this ac 
following words:— 
SCHOOL. 
ste^, taught, the pre^ptsoftho Bible: we publish this week. Though long we Ite- “"ttaT'^o.rf'mV retuirfro^^ 
such as, “1 ram up a child m the way he gpgak for it a careful reading by all who « a i al. a- al i aa 
FOR THK NKW SCHOOL LAW. 
Tlmse cast against the adoption of this act shall 
contain Uie following word.s :— 
SCHOOL. 
such as, “ Irain up a child m the way he gpeak for it a careful reading by all who ^ J ,x ^ ^ r al i aa 
should go”—“ Correct thy son”—“ My son feel an interest in the Free School Law.— j ^ h ^ "^11^ ^ 1^ 
forget dot my law, but let thine heart keep matter whether you are in favor of it or J ^ ^ no we -groun - 
mycommaiidments.”—“And ye shall teach opposed to it, read-read and digest, and any goo wi eaocom- 
them,[my words] your children speaking then vote as your judgment dfetates. ^ . . oondemned we foil 
If the new law is condemned we foil 
And the ballots shall bo so folded as to conceal all of them when thou sittcst in thine house, Rnt Komp one mav sav if the law be un- 
tho words except the word school, which latter ^ some one may 8a},u the law he un 
word shall not be concealed, but ehull appear on and when thou walkest by the way, when constitutional, why vote tit all, either for or • ^,.^au„„k 1 vx n a 
the ballot as folded. thou iiest uown ana when thou nsest up.” against it? For this reason, if no other: , -e a • i. a • i 
$ 1,3. The inspectors of election iu the several “And ye fathers, provoke not your chiidVen timt the vote whether the law be reoealed ‘s stistamed, what evidence 
election districts sfoill furnish a separate ballot-box ^ x x x i • .x • -.x that ino \oie, wnetner me law DO repeaiea al..a Leirialaturp will mndifv 
in which shall bo placed all the ballots given for or to wrath; but bring them up in the nurture or not, will serve to guide the next Legisla- la ^tt, ° a au* j i a 
_ :_-A Ai __ II..... >pi._ _u-n x x .x -r x .. .. ^ ° o or amend? Whv was not. this done lARt 
thou best down and when thou risest up.’ 
jectors at least, is far preferable. But, 
against the new school law. The inspectors shall and admonition of the Lord.”—“ But if any ture relative to the subiect If the Law be Why was not this done last 
canvass the ballots and make return ttiereof Ill the . r ?• j • i, lure reiauve lO me SUDjecu .ii ino vaw oe ™jr,Agj. mstcad of the irresoonsihlp mum- 
same, manner as votes given for the office of gov- provide not for his own, and especially for repealed it will show that the people do not ’ e j* ai a- i. i a 
ornor and lieutenant governor are by law canvass- those of his own house, he hath denied the ^ant it If it be sustained bv a small ma- « sending the question back to the 
ed and returned. a- VA / • ai at Hit DC sustaineu Dy a small ma- le? No, no, friends, we must not 
j,14 I,. ca.o« majo,Uyofnlltho vote,mthe faith, and t, worse tha,. an xnfidd No jority, it will not. probably, be deemed ejc- 
State shall be cast against the new school law, this intimation here that the children belong to nedient bv the Leoislature to enact a Free it x^ ^ . 
Tiuhthe State. But directly the opposite doc- Lhool L«v for the State. As it concerns P*“'™ ‘>>8 T"®*- 
fLr.7!L^ I. X 7.. .l/ ^ ''■« >>c placed by onr decision. In 
An Act establishing Ikeo Schools throughout 
the State. 
The People of the State of New York, rc])rc8ent- 
cd in the Senate and Assembly, do enact as 
follows: 
Skction 1 . Common schools in the several 
school districts of this state shall bo free to all per¬ 
sons residing in the district over five and under 
twenty-one years of age. Persons not residents 
of a district may be admitted into the schools kept 
therein with the approbation in writing of the trus¬ 
tees thereof, or a majority of them, 
$ 2. It shall be the duty of the several boards of 
Bupervisora, at the annual meetings, to cause to 
be levied and collected from thoir respective coun¬ 
ties, in the same manner as county taxes, a sum 
equal to the amount of Slate school monies ap¬ 
propriated to such counties, and to apportion the 
same among the towns and cities in the same 
manner as the moneys received from the State 
are apportioned. They shall also cause to be lev¬ 
ied and collected from each of the towns in their 
respective counties, in the same manner as other 
town taxes, a sum equal to the amount of State 
school moneys apportioned to said towns respect¬ 
ively. 
^ 3. The trustees of each school district within 
thirty and not loss than fifteen days preceding the 
time for holding the annual district meeting iu 
each year shall prepare an estimate of the amount 
of money necessary to be raised in the district for 
the ensuing year, for the payment of the debts 
and expenses to be incurred by said district for fu¬ 
el, furniture, school apparatus, repairs, insurance of 
echool-house, books, coiitingont expenses and 
teacher’s wages, exclusive of the public money 
and the money required by law to be raised by 
the counties and towns, and the income of local 
funds, and shall cause printed or written notices 
thereof to be posted for two weeks previous to said 
meeting, upon the school house door, and iu three 
or more of the public places iu said district. The 
trustees shall present such estimate to such meet¬ 
ing, and the voters present, who are of full age, 
residing in such school district and entitled to hold 
land ill this State, who own or lease real property 
iu such district, subject to taxation for school pur¬ 
poses, or who shall have paid any district tax with¬ 
in two years preceding, or who owns any poreona! 
properly liable to bo taxed for school purposes in 
such district, exceeding fifty dollars in value, ex¬ 
clusive of such as is exempt from execution, and 
no others, shall vote thereon for each item separ¬ 
ately, and 60 much of said estimate as shall be 
approved by a majority of such voters present, 
shall bo levied and raised by tax on said district, 
in the manner as other district taxes are now by 
law levied and collected. District collectors shall 
in all cases before entering upon the duties of their 
respective offices, give security to the satisfaction of 
of all the votes in the siato shall bo cast for the HcHooi Law lor tlie otate. AS It concerns J 
new school law, then this act shall take eflect on trinc is tauoht; to wif, that the training and tho Txaw then let all vote for or no-airiRt thp , . 
the first day of Januarj', eighteen hundred and nnrtnrin.v fpaMfino-nf Phild-pn ia t.dp ^condemn the new law, wo know 
nurtimng and teadimg of dnldion 18 made roped, so that there may be given popular But if «e suetain 
VM.UABLE STAmnes; ^ the apecial duty of parents, and they who demonstration as it regards the law for Free i 
_ do not provide for their own children are Schools. K h f ‘ K' • ki f 
Statistics showing the per c^entage of children in- justly charged with the want of fidelity. The Sections more immediately concern- Gsorno its o jectiona e tatures an^ 
Statistics showing the per rentage of children in¬ 
structed in various countries in propetrtion to 
population. ' 
, . , . ,.1 „ X.., r 11 .. / \ e made acceptable. Remember this in decL 
The duty of children to their parents is repeal, are as follows (copied from l* v, • i u n a v ii 
. L .... F ,, ^ ^_J A__M x/xxi. xo^rx\ ding upon which side your ballot shall 
BKLGHiMin 1836, educated one scholar in ten and no less clearly set forth in the Word of the Act passed April 10th, 1850,)- 
your ballot shall 
seven-tenths oT its inhabitants. 
Holland,. 1 in 8.3 
France,. 1 in 13.3 
Scotland,. I in 10.0 
Ireland,. 1 iu 13.0 
Prussia,. 1 in 6.3 
Wurtomburg,. 1 iu 7.0 
Baden,. 1 iu 6.0 
Bavaria,. 1 in 8.0 
Saxony,. 1 in 5.5 
Bohemia,. 1 in 5.7 
Austrian States,. 1 in 10.0 
Switzerland, some cantons,. 1 in 9.0 
others. 1 in 12.0 
do. 1 in 20.0 
Sweden—Norway,. 1 in 7.0 
Denmark,. 1 in 7.0 
Russia. 1 in 77 0 
Italy—Lombardy,. 1 in 12.0 
Venetian Provinces,. 1 in 30.0 
Spain,. 1 in 17.0 
New York State,. 1 in 3.6 
The New-Engiand States,. 1 in 4.0 
Ohio,. 1 in 4.0 
Indiana,. 1 in 17.0 
Kentucky,. 1 in 17.0 
South Carolina,. 1 in 64.0 
God, than that of parents to their children. section 1. ine Lilectorsoi this btate 
“ CliiUren obey your parents in all tliim 3 : determine by ballot at the annual elec- 
» . X, , . . , tion to be held in November next, (iuesday, 
for this IS well pleasing unto tJie Lord.”- fjov. 5tli,) whether the act enlillcd ‘An Ak 
“ Children obey your parents in the Lord; establishing Free Schools throughout the 
Section 1. “The Electors of this State '’P™' 
shall determine by ballot at the annual elec- formed understandingly, and based 
tion to beheld in November next, (Tuesday, upon the unalterable principles of justice 
Nov. 5th,) whether the act entitled ‘An Act and equality. Monroe. 
for this is right”—“ Cursed be he that set- State,’passed March ‘26th, 1849, and the To the Electors of the State of 
teth light by his father or his mother. And act entitled ‘ An Act to amend the act en- New York. —At the approaching election 
all the people shall say. Amen.”—“Hearken Act establishing free schools tlie friends of the old school law must be 
unto thy father and despise not thy moth- q 3 ^ 49 be repealed* in season in providing and distributing the 
er.” Thus is taught to children, directly 3. “The ballots to be deposited in pi'opGr tickets; so that on the day of the 
and clearly, their duty to their parents, the ballot-box shall be in the following form: election, every man who desires the repeal 
No recognition hero of the pagan teaching Those cast in favor of tlie adoption of such of the new school law may be furnished 
that the people belong “ immediately to the ^'^pcal shall contain the following words: a ballot with these words on it: 
State” ‘SCHOOL.* SCHOOL 
■ ‘ FOR THK RKPExIL OF THK NKW SCHOOL LAW.’ wwaj. 
The advocates of the old school law of • Those cast against sucli repeal shall con- 
this State maintain no such absurd proposi- twin the following words: 
I tion. In it is recognized the direct duty of ‘SCHOOL.’ 
«nxx>x oix^ oxrnrxT nfiront tr, noxr of looof o »xo..f ‘AGAINST THK RKPKAL OF THK NKW SCHOOL LAW.’ 
unto thy father and despise not thy moth¬ 
er.” Thus is taught to children, directly 
and clearly, their duty to their parents. 
in season in providing and distributing the 
proper tickets; so that on the day of the 
election, every man who desires the repeal 
State.” 
The advocates of the old school law of 
this State maintain no such absurd proposi¬ 
tion. In it is recognized the direct duty of 
each and every parent to pay at least a part 
of the expense of educating their own chil¬ 
dren. If the ability to do this does not ex- 
SCHOOL. 
FOR THK RKPKAL OF’THK NKW SCHOOL LAW 
TRUTH-ERROR. 
Truth courts investigation, but error 
tenths of its inhabitants — thus standing j without a common school education any According to section 5, if the law be amidst the wreck of matter and the crush 
Kentucky !. •••• — •• of the expense of educating their own chil- -^^d the ballots shall be so folded m to con- shrinks from scrutiny. Truth fears no evil 
Soull. Curaliiia,. 1 in OAO drcn. If theability to do Ibis does notex- ^7“ the most rigid examination, but error 
In 1836, asseen above, the State of New ist, provision is made for dl such. No one, ooneealed, “mibk^d'winXdMSm. vltt^ 
York instructed one in every three and six- therefore, under the old law need grow up but shall appear on the ballot as folded.” like its author, is eterntU, and will exist 
ifcs on+c? + 1 >t»cs cif ____ J a! a l* a . • • t* .11 « 
foremost in the list of states and countries more than starve for the want of bread, or repealed, “ such repeal shall take effect ten of worlds, while error will be swept away 
contained In the list While New York go naked, when parents are too poor to pro- dBy’* after the result shall be ascertained witli the refuge of lies. Themoreyouex- 
sfonds at the head of the list, Russia is at vide; as ample provision is made for all and certified by the board of State Canvas- amine truth, like gold, the brighter it shines. 
.lA-A i X X , 11 • 1 sers.” Truth is not tarnished by inspection, but 
1 oot, on ) on ^ ^ se\cn )-sevcn a - such as need educating, whose parents Sec. 6. “ In case the act mentioned in the discoveis more splendor. Any system 
tending school in the latter country. are not able to pay the expense, as for the first section [quoted above] of this act shall which shrinks from scrutiny, discovers oor- 
Had not New York, then, just cause to latter two necessities—to wit, feeding and be repealed as aforesaid, then all the acts ruption in its premises, and is unworthy the 
feel proud of her school system, which the clothing. Let us, then, have the old school which were repealed by the act entitled an attention of an intelligent mind. 
Hon. Horace Mann said w^as “ the best in law again, until the people are prepared to j’ 
xi 1 J oi> A 1 x f 1 1 X xi 1 I f X • • J March 26th, 1849, shall be revived and en- Patience is very crood, but perseverance 
the world?” A larger per centage of her adopt the Bible plan of training and nur- 00 ai,.i .r • 1 u ** fa 
, . 111 ,. _^ • 1 -,, rn, T 1 1 ,• 101 ced m the same, manner as if the afore- is much better. While the former stands 
population attended school in 1836, than of turing children. The Lord grant that this g^id act, passed March 26ili, 1849, had nev- as a stoic under difficulties, the latter whips 
any other country in the civilized world, time may soon come. er been passed.” them out of the ring. 
