Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York, Volume 57, Issues 1-2 |
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... increase in the number of children taught , which is to be ex- pected from the natural growth of the State in population . Experience in other States has proved , what has been abundantly confirmed by our own , that too large a sum of ...
... increase in the number of children taught , which is to be ex- pected from the natural growth of the State in population . Experience in other States has proved , what has been abundantly confirmed by our own , that too large a sum of ...
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... increased , and those who are qualifying themselves for the business of instruction may enjoy the be- nefit of all the other branches which enter into the ordinary academic course . In every ⚫ point of view it is conceived that this is ...
... increased , and those who are qualifying themselves for the business of instruction may enjoy the be- nefit of all the other branches which enter into the ordinary academic course . In every ⚫ point of view it is conceived that this is ...
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... increasing indifference , on the part of the people , to the subject of common school education . The teachers now are probably as competent , in all respects , as they have been at any previous period of time . But the progress of ...
... increasing indifference , on the part of the people , to the subject of common school education . The teachers now are probably as competent , in all respects , as they have been at any previous period of time . But the progress of ...
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... increase of the number of children , in a ratio corresponding with the increase of population from 1825 to 1830 , it would give an aggregate of about five hundred private schools , and an aggregate of about fifty- two thousand children ...
... increase of the number of children , in a ratio corresponding with the increase of population from 1825 to 1830 , it would give an aggregate of about five hundred private schools , and an aggregate of about fifty- two thousand children ...
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... number of incorporated academies has increased , and the same result has undoubtedly attended the private schools . But assuming the number obtained at that time and adding nothing on account of the growth of the No. 9. ] 29.
... number of incorporated academies has increased , and the same result has undoubtedly attended the private schools . But assuming the number obtained at that time and adding nothing on account of the growth of the No. 9. ] 29.
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Page 10 - Union to your collective and individual happiness ; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it, accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the Palladium of your political safety and prosperity; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned, and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our Country from the rest,...
Page 10 - ... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national Union to your collective and individual happiness...
Page 10 - The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquillity at home, your peace abroad, of your safety, of your prosperity, of that very liberty which you so highly prize.
Page 4 - All committees shall be appointed by the Speaker, unless otherwise specially directed by the House...
Page 9 - I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one State, INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTENCE OF THE UNION, CONTRADICTED EXPRESSLY BY THE LETTER OF THE CONSTITUTION, UNAUTHORIZED BY ITS SPIRIT, INCONSISTENT WITH EVERY PRINCIPLE ON WHICH IT WAS FOUNDED, AND DESTRUCTIVE OF THE GREAT OBJECT FOR WHICH IT WAS FORMED.
Page 6 - That every male inhabitant of full age, who shall have personally resided within one of the counties of this State for six months immediately preceding the day of election, shall, at such election, be entitled to vote for representatives of the said county in assembly : if, during the time...
Page 27 - ... of the district, such a power might, with proper restrictions, become a most efficient instrument in diffusing useful knowledge, and in elevating the intellectual character of the people. A vast amount of useful information might in this manner be collected where it would be easily accessible, and its influence could hardly fail to be in the highest degree salutary, by furnishing the means of improvement to those who have finished their common school education, as well as to those who have not.
Page 7 - State one year next preceding any election, and for the last four months a resident of the county where he may offer his vote, shall be entitled to vote at such election in the election district of which he shall at the time be a resident, and not elsewhere, for all officers that now are or hereafter may be elective by the people...
Page 2 - When two or more members rise at once, the Speaker shall name the member who is first to speak...