, Millersville, Pa. · PRESS OF THENEW ERA PRINTING COMPANY LANCATER PA. THE SPEECH OF HON. THADDEUS STEVENS IN FAVOR OF FREE SCHOOLS. The Act of 1834, providing for the organization of a system of Common Schools in Pennsylvania, was framed by Senator Samuel Breck, and passed in the Senate with three negative

. The construction con- tended for by the plaintiffs in error would be an exclusion of the citizens of our sister States from these foun- tains of health, unwarranted by any principle of humanity or policy, or the spirit and letter of the law." In his Congressional reminiscences of Mr. Stevens, the late

ended, a tremendous ovation shook the chamber, and Stevens' amendment passed by a two- third's majority. �THADDEUS STEVENS Born April 4, 1793 Died August 11, 1868 Dartmouth College, 1814 Admitted to the Bar, 1816 Pennsylvania Assemblyman, 1833-1835, 1837, 1841 Member, Constitutional Convention, 1838

freedom from vituperation and defamation, it sets an example which the politicians of to- day could follow with credit to them- selves, something they are not likely to do, however. F. R. D. First Letter to Thaddeus Stevens. Lancaster, August 16, 1832. Dear Sir: I rec'd your letter yes- terday and had