Drake proposed to admit the State,
but to provide for quartering troops
upoa any county or town in which
disorders should occur. Senator Car
penter and others replied, in effect,’
“either Georgia is tit for civil govern
ment, or not. If she is lit, we have
no business to put absolute power in
to the hands ot any man to establish
there at pleasure a military despot
ism. If she is not fit for civil gov
ernment, pray let us not admit her
as a State, but keep her under mili
tary rule.” The logic is unanswer
able. The Senate, it appears, has
voted, 32 to 22jto postpone action a
while and it is possible that the
course indicated by the Senator from
Wisconsin may be adopted. We do
not think it the right eouise to pur
sue, but he deserves credit neverthe
less for forcing to its logical results
the position taken by the majority of
Republicans.— Vo. Democrat. (Rep)
Education in England-
An i'!ea of the nature and extent
of the education given in England,
with State aid, may be judged by tke
following statistics: There were
(1868-T) on tho books of schools un
der tie Privy Council, 1,685,168
children, of whom 1.255 953 were
about *>ix yenrt old <>i thf<Ae. 747,-
898 or about fitty-nine per cent ,
wer • xaruined The number wh ;
pu**<>'l. in si»m standard, was 512
972; 'be nuni'»rwho ia»h*'l *»"’« 234-
925 ‘M th’i-e above tu;. ye .rs ot
g <•<! about 14 000 could
■. 1 montHvllabh s; 31000
c i. l '.! ;.u w r<l- “next to m most :-
l»i»|. e "and 45 000 ct»uld only read
“a "hoi’t paragraph from an element
ary r<uding-hook used in the school.”
People might, perhaps, be educat
ed with respect to offenses against
the la'va by the punishment inflicted ;
but. tbay see one man sent to prison
for killing a rabbit or stealing a tur
nip, and another left in freedom who
has robbed the community of thous
ands, reduced numerous families
to beggary. The smallest crime
agains* property is punished with
severity—the largest not at all A
man who takes a purse is sent to the
penal servitude ; one who destroys
the peace of a family, or robs a man
of what is dearer than life, cannot
even be prosecuted. 