at the last election, in favor of the Act establishing 4. Resolved, That the emphatic vote of the people Free Schools throughout the State, was clearly indicative of the deliberate sanction and approval of the principles which dictated the enactment of that law, and that no defect in the subordinate details of the provision thus made for the universal education of the children of the State, can warrant or justify the abandonment of that principle, or the total repeal of the law.

over the whole ground, but the principal points in the severol School Districts in this State, SHALL made have been already noticed. Mr. Randall sta- BE FREE TO ALL PERSONS residing in the District, ted that he had instituted such inquiries as satisfied over five and under twenty-one years of age." him that the new School Law had brought 100,000 to be attained not wholly by highways and canals, 3. Resolved, That the true welfare of a State is children into the schools of this State. He spoke by asylums and penitentiaries, by a police and ably of the relation of Education to Crime, clearly standing army, but by the development of the physhowing that Crime diminishes as ignorance is over-therefore, if the former should be sustained at sical, intellectual and moral energies of the people come. Mr. Pierce made an able and eloquent speech, the public expense, much more should the thorough and among many things which I have already re-education of the whole people be amply provided for ported, said that he protested against letting the from the same source. sentiments go out as the opinion of this Convention that intellectual education does not promote morality. A man must know the right before he can act rightly, and intellectual development is necessary to this end. No, one fully knowing a certain course is injurious to himself, will pursue it. But he would not depreciate moral culture, he would "go high as Heaven to save his children from going deep as hell." To the objection that the State has no right to tax the rich for the education of the children of the poor, he made a most satisfactory reply.Whence comes all wealth? It is derived from la-Schools, as the only sure and effectual palladium of bor. His friend is now worth $500,000, who, a few years since was not worth 500 cents. How did he procure his fortune? He employed poor men year after year, and from the labor they performed has All fortunes come from labor -and shall those who are so lucky as to obtain wealth from the labor of the poor now refuse to contribute a small portion for the education of the chil-free to all the children of the State, it virtually dren of the poor who have earned their wealth? It is but justice that they should do so. Every laborer should not only receive enough of all things for his physical comfort, but also that which is of infinitely more value than gold and silver-intelligence and happiness. The toiler earns all our wealth, and therefore the property of the people of the State is bound to defray the expense of the most thorough

obtained his wealth.

education of the children of the State.

The Convention has steadily resisted all attempts to introduce any matter foreign to the great principle of Free Schools. I send the resolutions that were adopted at 10 1-2 o'clock this morning.

AFTERNOON SESSION. Correspondence of The Tribune.

L. A. HINE.

SYRACUSE, Thursday, July 11. This afternoon two resolutions were added to the series I sent in my last. The following are the resolutions complete :

ry proper means of influence in our power, individ-
5. Resolved, That we pledge ourselves to use eve-
ually and collectively, to procure the renewed sanc-
tion of the people to the great principle of Free

safeguard of their rights, and the surest preserva-
their freedom, happiness and prosperity; as the best
tion of those noble institutions handed down to us
by the fathers and framers of our Republic.
School Law, because its operation was contrary to
6. Resolved, That we are opposed to the old
the principles of Democratic Government; while it
professed to be liberal it gave the avaricious parent
an excuse for keeping his children from the schools;
while it should have furnished intellectual aliment

drove thousands from the school houses, by wound-
ing their pride and branding them as paupers;
while it should have discriminated between the right
child it often treated unkindly, and blasted the
of the child to public beneficence, and that of the
hopes of the former on account of the improvidence
or misfortune of the latter; while it was far better
than no system of Public Education, it did not sup>
calling for "light, more light still."
ply the wants of the rising generation who were

7. Resolved, That we will most cordially unite
with the people of this State, and recommend to the
1849, establishing Free Schools, as shall make the
next Legislature, such an amendment of the act of
expense of supporting such schools, over and above
the revenue of the Common School Fund, a charge
upon the real and personal property in the State,
county, or town, equitably assessed according to a
just and fair valuation of such property, and make
such other amendment of the law of 1849, as they
in their wisdom shall see to be best, and we recom-
mend that a memorial be circulated in each district
inhabitants of each district may seem desirable.
of the State, embodying such alterations as to the

Resolved, That the friends of Free Schools be requested to procure the publication of the address 1. Resolved, That the proposition before the Con- and resolutions of the Convention in all the newsvention and this State is not, that our present Com-papers of their several counties throughout the mon School Law, in all provisions and details, is perfect, but that this Law should be maintained in so far as it provides that our Common Schools shall be free to all the children of the State.

2. Resolved, That the principle upheld by this Convention, the principle which should be fixed and established in the political economy of this State, is, that "the property of the State should educate the children of the State;" or, in the words of the 1st section of the act, that "Common Schools

in support of this great mission.
State, and we earnestly invoke the aid of the Press

of Free Schools in each County to hold a Convention
Resolved, That it be recommended to the friends
at their County seats, on the 1st Thursday, in Octo-
ber next, or some more convenient day, for the pur-
pose of organizing and preparing for the election.

A report was also made for an organization for efficient action, with the following plan: The appointment of four classes of Executive Committees:

1st. A Central Committee to be appointed by this Convention, consisting of seven persons, resident in the city of Syracuse.

2d. A sub-Committee of three in each County, to be appointed by the Central Committe, and to reside in the Shire Town of said County.

3d. Another Committee of three in each town, to be appoitned by the respective County Committees. 4. A District Committee of three in each School District to be appointed by the respective Town Committees.

It shall be the duty of these Committees to procure and direct the operations of public speakers to lecture, if possible, in every School District in the State; to publish and circulate all documents tending to the general enlightenment, and to devise and execute such other measures as will in their estimation promote the same great object.

men seen eye to eye so clearly. Never has the desire for universal peace and good will to man prevailed so widely as at this time. Although tumults, discord and chaos exist in political governments, and vice and dissipation strive for the mastery in social organizations-yet, it is evident that the determined purpose of Christendom is the subversion of error, a nearer approach to National Brotherhood, and the unity and elevation of the human family.

Allow me to say that I consider your scheme for reciprocity of productive labor, moral amity and mutual benefit, as an important feature in the signs of the times. I wish you success in the National Movement" you propose, which has for its basis general intelligence, good morals and self-education.

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The following persons were appointed as the State The value of correct training of the thoughts and Central Committee :

habits of children cannot be too highly estimated. I trust I may be able to present the subject acceptably to the consideration of our Common School Superintendant, and other friends of education in Cin

A random discussion is going on concerning Ca-cinnati. tholicism, Protestantism, Socialism, &c. which amounts to nothing, as such discussions are apt to do. At 6 o'clock, P. M. the Convention adjourned

, sine die.

L. A. HINE.

SCIENTIFIC EXCHANGES.

LETTER FROM MR. HOLBROOK AND MRS. JUDGE MCLEAN.

WASHINGTON, April 30, 1850.

S. S. RANDALL, Esq. :-To report progress in full since my last would require a large volume. To avoid a tax so heavy, both upon your patience and my time, I send you a letter just received from Mrs. Judge McLean, of Cincinnati, an able and worthy, though a silent counsellor in the supreme court of our nation. She does not belong to the class who say “be ye warmed and filled," but to the doers of many noble deeds. She travels with her honored husband through his judicial circuit, where her enlightened mind and noble christian heart have a rich as well as large field to plant seeds of righteousness, and of fruits not subject to decay by time, but constantly to grow richer and riper, till ready for transplanting into a heavenly soil. But she can best speak for herself:

CINCINNATI, April 22, 1850.

I have to day received the elaborate and highly pleasing offering of a port-folio, filled with the beautiful work of the dear children under the influence of your valuable instructions. My heart filled with emotion and my eyes with tears as I examined each specimen with admiration and care, and reflected that their young hands were employed, while their precious hearts pulsated with kindly feelings for me, in preparing this offering of love. Thank them for me; I consider it a great honor and a great privilege to be thus noticed. May the Lord bless them, and infuse into their young minds a large share of his heavenly grace. And as they grow in years may they experience an increasing desire for science and the arts, benevolence, industry and religion; with a just estimate of the future accountability and true dignity of their being.

With great Respect,

SARAH BELLA MCLEAN. The "offering" referred to, consisted of a PortFolio neatly worked with worsted, in several appropriate insignia and the address "FOR MRS. JUDGE MCLEAN" and sundry contents, such as drawing, writing, needle-work, illustrations in practical Geometry, the elements of mechanism, MR. JOSIAH HOLBROOK :--I had the pleasure, my &c., all the work of young hands in Washington esteemed friend, of receiving your letters a few and New York. On the return of Mrs. McLean days since, and thank you for the kind sentiments from the National Metropolis to the Great Western expressed in regard to myself. I do, indeed, feel | Emporium, she took with her a Cabinet of Nature with you, an intense interest in the progress of the and Art, consisting of minerals, illustrations of philanthropic effort to extend scientific intelligence crystallography, &c., &c., collected and prepared by and industrial associations, which, for many years, the joint efforts of herself and son, in company with you have so ably advocated. May God prosper several other mothers and children, families of memyour efforts, and be assured that He will crown bers of Congress, engaged in the same interesting with success a work of such comprehensive good, and instructive work. An arrangement is entered inclusive of utility, fraternity and happiness. into extensively among the members, to take or The present is an important era, as viewed by send to their homes Cabinets of Geology, designed the Christian philosopher. Never have the Watch-as Beginnings of extended collections, both of N

ture and Art. Let all the Members of Congress
thus plant the seeds of science in their respective
districts, and their neighbors unite in cultivating
and scattering that seed for the common benefit of
themselves and each other, and disunion will be for-the
gotten under hearty reciprocating efforts to realize
and enjoy, intellectually, morally and socially, as
well as politically, the blessing of a Union “
and indissoluble."

It will be issued Weekly, in Quarto form, and one numpaign paper established at Syracuse, by W. L. CRAN-ber will be issued after the Election, giving the returns, and suggestions as shall naturally arise from the result. Address W. L. CRANDAL.

Prospectus of the Free School Clarion. Shall, or shall not, New York have Free Schools? This question is to be decided by the electors of this TO CORRESPONDENTS.-". Prayer," by Miss C. A. Cone State, at the polls, in November next. It is admitted" The Troubadour," "Words to a Mariner," and by all, that the question is one of immense and absorb-"Labor," all by N. A. Woodward-and "A Sketch by a ing importance. London Correspondent," are received, but unavoidably

Yet this question has never been discussed before the deferred for want of room. Will appear in Sept. number.

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OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.