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Kentucky

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Parent Issue
Day
1
Month
July
Year
1844
Copyright
Public Domain
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In 1831, Col Barry, Gen. Jackson'sPoutMof. ter General, obtained the passage of a lnw, by the legislature of Kentucky, for the eatoblkhment of the district school system, similar to oura at the North. After a few fceble spasm8 it expired, lleaving not a trace behind." In 1835 or '36 a second attempt was made, by O. M. Ciay who then held a seat in the legielature, having returned home a few years before, from a Northern College, where he had deeply imbibed the spirit of popular educalion, and in his youthful simplicity, supposed nothing was.easier, than to introduce the same benign and efiective ar'rangemente for the purpose into his native State.- The resultof h!s efforis was, the enactment of a comprehensi ve, wise school law,with all the need'ed, and customary specifications and penal ties, nnd the actual provisión of a kalf millión of dot lnrs, as a permanent fund. For a few yenre faint effbrts were made to carry the lnw m.t0 exe' cution, but soon tho 500,000 dollara disappearcd - appropriated to pay State debts- not a dollar is lift- not a single district school, in good faith, as far í as can learn,is in operation in Kentuckyl Common schools can't live and flou.rish' Irere fof two reasons -first, the Iarge land" and slavehuk ei wil! not be taxed to support schools for thtt children of his poorer neighbors. The smalf landholder and mechanica are too scatteretl, and remóte from each other, to associate .or flwr ftciproeul benefits of fninily education. Tho rich can edúcate their children at homo or send theui a!road as they please. ín the second place, ther is an instinctive jealousy whicli etemally lurkïin ;he bosoms óf tyrants towards the masses. They nevercan rejoice tosee them educated. Kriitoízdge is poioer! Thnt belongs to them exclusive y! Beside, the abject race miglu, by possibitity, siealaglimpse at the spelling book, or New Tetanient, f these were too common! Wbat mis:hiefs might not the multiplication table. rr a sliht nsight into ihè pleasing scienceof'Geogra)hy. in their possession, lead them to perpétrate - Cor. Liberty Press. flWe find the following tabíe crecítod to the New York Herald. It may in terest some of our rp.acif.ri.flThe correspondent of the Liberty Press Writes from Lexington, Kentuckyi in reference to the excitement againsft C. M. Clay on account of his ariti-slavery movernents. "Extreme excitement and angef hare died awav. Kentuckians can be talked to - reason ed w i t h- i n st r ucted - persuaded. Judicious publications might be ex tensively circulated, if the necessary means were furnished. Doet. Bailey, of the Oincinnati Philanthropist, has 100 qr more subscribersamongthem. He might soon find channels to convey hundreds of papers to different persons who would read them, if the needfuï was put into his hands. Leavitt and Alden, of the Emancipator-yoursclf and other editora and publishers of Liberty papers could do the same, and in that way, thousands of papers soon would be doiag their their work in Kentucky. When will it be- when?5'

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Signal of Liberty
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