From the Trenton True lmericaa.

EDUCATION.
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AT a meeting of the friends of education from va
rious parts of the stae held at Princeton the 24th
of September, Colonel Robert Johnson, of Salem,
was called to the chair and Lttleton Kirkpatrick, OF
New Brunswick, appointed secretary.


The object of the meeting having been stated,
the following resolutions submitted, and, after
consideration, were unanimously adopted.


Resolued, That the thousands of adults found in
our state so deploraby ignorant as to be unable to
read. and the destitution OF schools in various dis
trcts, is stain upon her character, and calls loud
" on her legislature to take efficient measures to
correct the evil as speedily as possible by devisng
and putting into operation some plan for extending
the blessings of common school instruction to the
children of all classes.


Resolved, That from the liberalty with which va
rious townships in different counties ofthe state have
voted money for the education OF their own INDECENT
children, and the universal interest felt in fn
ola general and uniform system of common schools,
so as to bring the OF ordinary education with
in the reach of all classes, this meeting is convinced
that the public mind is fully prepared to sustain the
legislature in any judicious measures they may deem
it expedien to adopt to accomplish desirable an
enc.


Resoived That az all our institutions of civil gov
ernmcnt, both general and state, are founded on pop
uar opinion and the free and unbiased choice of the
people, and have no security for their duration but
public intelligence and virtue. 1t is the paramount dn-
ty of wise and provident Legislature, as the guar
dans of the public liberty, to spread the blessings
ofeducatlon as widely possible, that all may be
qualified to exercise the important right of suffrage
with due discretion, and properly to estimate the
value Of civil and religious liberty.


Resolved, That in those states where general ed
ucation and its extension to all classes have recev
ed the largest share oflegslave attention, there
abundant evidences ofits beneficial effects, in much
greater aggregate Of intelligence and general antor
matiom-much more enterprise and productive indus
try-more domestic quiet-a more eleDated morality
"a greater erditaton Of human character. and a
larger amount Of social enjoyment; and that such
facts oughtto stimulate the Legislature of every state