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Show 1 I PHBLIC SCHOOLS. The people of Utah justly claim the rights of home rule and local Belf-government Belf-government guaranteed by tha constitution con-stitution o! the United States. These are rights oi their inheritance, sacred, to the American system, of which they ean be deprived by no law or custom rights which do not rest on acts of congress, executive authority or Judicial grace. Although congress may hold practical control over the territories of the United States it cannot can-not Interfere with the rights of the citiwns. Among these rights are those which pertain to all matters of local govurnment, to the election of eoaaty and municipal officers, to the assessment of taxes, the establishment establish-ment ef a system of education, local Improvement, the care of the poor, eta. In the nature of the case these duties must devolve upon the people of the territory and of its organixed eemmunlUee, and in order to perform them efficiently aod economically taey have usually been entrusted to the local governments. In the early history of every border community many of Ue features of more advanced civiliiation, such as the establish ment ef scheols, churches, etc., must wait the processes of breaking up the land, developing the mines and protecting the community from out-tide out-tide foes. When this preliminary work is completed and settlements begin to be comlortably situated the next business is generally that ot building places of worship and school-houses. school-houses. Education has grown to be a part of the government ef the American Ameri-can people, so important is the school regarded as the nursery of freedom, prosperity and good morals. In Utah, which was mainly settled by the descendants from good European and American stock, these characteristics were not departed from, and in every settlement the schoolhouse and meet-Ing-bause became institutions of, primary importance. This territory vas settled mainly to enable the pilgrims driven here by eastern persecution per-secution to worship God according to tha dictate of their own conscience. But how can intelligent devotion be observed without education? How can any religious system bold aloft its bannerin competition'witli the numerous numer-ous sects and systems without educated edu-cated teachers men versed in the literature and knowledge ot the world and the age in which they live? And so sprang up the school house side by Ride with the church. If the people of Utah have not done as much as some others in thia direction, it is not probably on account of any objection to the education of their children, but rather because of their inability to support such expensive public schools as have been established estab-lished in the eastern i tales. Taking into coniideration the uptime population, popula-tion, limited wealth, and other cir-cumatancfes cir-cumatancfes which n.ay be considered drawbacks peculiar to this territory, we believe Utah will make a fair showing with other communities in thia respect. The territory under the judicious appropriations of the legislature legis-lature for normal school education, U in a fair way to he able in a few years : to supply the home demand for teachers whose acquirements should compare favorably, at least, with those of teachers who have been induced in-duced to come here from the east. What is needed here is not a fancy system of education, but plenty ol schools to give all the children ol the territory a good, practical education at the public expense, where their parents cannot aflbrd to pay for their instruction. Perhaps the time may not bo far distant when a syBtem of free schools should be established es-tablished in thia city, for which, we understand the territorial laws make provision to a certain extent. However How-ever this may be, the community can not afford to neglect to make suitable provision for the education of all the children. Private schools now do much of thia work, but many families are unable to pay a school tax. Their children should not be neglected on this account. It takes but a lew years for a whole generation to grow up from the beginning of the school age to its close, and if we can imagine a city full of children like those we see iu our stroets daily growing into manhood and womanhood without any training, we may realiie the disadvantage dis-advantage theee men and women would be through their adult life to say nothing of their moral status. Good schools have been found a cheap investment for society in every civilized country, and the people of Utah should Bee that their children are , not left behind in the race for want of I early training and preparation for the duties of life. are never paid, and not even called for. ThiB agent travels throughout confrres-sional confrres-sional districts duriDg the summer vacation, va-cation, and adminisUrato the financial need of members. The result is that those who fall into the hands of the usurers at the close of the session are released re-leased by Belmont and other Wall street operators, so that at tbe beginning of a new seasion they are the abject servants ser-vants of a despotic power, that hido3 its strength in a silken glove. Jay Gould is a heavy lender of money to tho impecunious of congress. W ith theso facta in view can one doubt the power cf these creatures to influenco their debtors? The man who is contracting con-tracting debts that he cannot hope ( to pay is already soiled morally. All of the rast is a mere matter of steps. Tho man who accepts loans given him upon favorable terms on account of his position posi-tion ia already bought. i If these statements are correct, it Bhculd no longer be a matter of amazement that so much legislation has been obtained in tbe interests of European capitalists and against the interests of the people of the United States. |