Means to Abolish Common Schools Delays and Tactics
An 1838 Felicity column argues a plan to end common schools using eight steps. It urges electing anti educational directors, skipping district meetings, hiring cheap underqualified teachers, harsh conditions, parental hostility, avoiding school talk, and relying on public funds to dismantle schools.
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Retrenchment and political dispatches from 1830s papers
Amos Kendall asks Congress for clerks in his office. Senator Grundy reports a bill. Seneca county residents suffer a nuisance from circulating Ohio Statesman copies. The Madisonian criticizes Van Buren and bankers. Louisville and St. Louis papers debate post-notes. A large petition room backs abolition and Texas admission opposition. Adams moves to print petitions. retrenchment gains in Poulson’s Advertiser days.
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Maine
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United States
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House
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Sergent
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Ohio
Amos Kendall
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Texas
Adams
Zanesville
Aurora
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