565
Cleveland Morning Leader, 3 May 1864
(ed; 17 inches)
~ See original
p.2, col.1
~ View at ChronAm
565 - L. May 3; ed:2/1 - Two-thirds of the Rebel hordes now in arms against
their country are unschooled. Where the common school has done its most
perfect work, patriotism burns brightest.
"How is the government to protect itself against the people? Not by
standing armies as in the old world, but by a school system that shall reach
every child. It is time the subject attracted more attention." (17)