LOYAL PUBLICATION SOCIETY,

863 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.

DECLARATORY

RESOLUTION.

The object of the Society is expressed in the following Resolutions, formally adopted by unanimous vote of the Society, at its first Anniversary Meeting, Feb. 13, 1864; and at the second Anniversary Meeting, Feb. 11, 1865.

Resolved and declared, That the object of the Loyal Publication Society is, and shall be, to publish and distribute tracts, papers and journals, of unquestionable loyalty, throughout the United States, in the cities and the country, in the army and navy, and in hospitals; thus to diffuse knowledge and stimulate a broad national patriotism, and to aid in the suppression of the Rebellion by the extinction of its causes, and in the preservation of the integrity of the Nation, by counteracting the efforts of the advocates of a disgraceful and disintegrating Peace.

And further: By the dissemination, North and South, of well-considered information and principles, to aid the National Government in the suppression and final extinction of Slavery, by Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; to reconcile the Master and Slave to their new and changed conditions, and so to adjust their interests that peace and harmony may soon prevail, and the Nation, repairing the ravages of War, enter upon a new, broken career of liberty, justice and prosperity.

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Persons sympathising with the design of this Society, and wishing to contribute to its support, may send their contributions to

MORRIS KETCHUM, Esq., Treasurer, 40 Exchange Place,
by whom receipts will be promptly returned.

To Col. LE GRAND B. CANNON, of New York:

Knowing your strong and steady loyalty to the great cause of our country, and your deep interest in every effort to extend Education, I heartily Dedicate these pages to you, who was the cause of their publication.

With respect and esteem,

I am, truly yours,

CHARLES BROOKS.

PREFACE.

A BRIEF outline of the prospective national system of Free Schools, Free Colleges, and Free Universities, which is contemplated in the following pages, may be illustrated thus:

The town says to every child born within its limits, "Go to the Primary School as soon as you are four years old; there you will find rooms, books, and teachers: use them all gratis; your parents need only clothe and feed you." When these children have been four years in the Primary School, the town says to them, "Go up into the Grammar School: there you will find rooms, books, and teachers use them all at our expense; your parents need only clothe and feed you." When these pupils have spent four years in the Grammar Schools, the town again says to them, "Go up into the High School; there you will find rooms, book, apparatus, and teachers: use them all gratis; your parents need only clothe and feed you." When these pupils have spent four years in the High School, and the town has done all it can for them, then the State says to them, "Go up into the College, and enter the department for which you are prepared; there you will find rooms, books, apparatus, and teachers use them all gratis; your parents need only clothe and feed you." When these students have passed through four years of College instruction and discipline, the United States says to them, "Go up into the National University, and enter any department for which you can prove yourself prepared; there you will find rooms, books, apparatus, and teachers; use them all gratis; your parents need only clothe and feed you."