. Gems of the campaign of 1880. INTRODUCTION. Third.—The people of the Territory of New Mexicohave never been provided with the means of educa-tion. * * * The school population is nowover 30,000, of which only about one-sixth are enrolledin schools. It will not be questioned that the power ofthe General Government to make all needful rulesand regulations respecting the territory belonging tothe United States is sufficient to authorize it to pro-vide for the education of the increasing mass of illit-erate citizens growing up in New Mexico and in theother Territories of the United States. Fourth
. Gems of the campaign of 1880. INTRODUCTION. Third.—The people of the Territory of New Mexicohave never been provided with the means of educa-tion. * * * The school population is nowover 30,000, of which only about one-sixth are enrolledin schools. It will not be questioned that the power ofthe General Government to make all needful rulesand regulations respecting the territory belonging tothe United States is sufficient to authorize it to pro-vide for the education of the increasing mass of illit-erate citizens growing up in New Mexico and in theother Territories of the United States. Fourth.—The number of immigrants arriving in theUnited States is greater than ever before. It isprobable, from present indications, that, from thissource alone, there will be added, during the currentdecade, to the population of our country 5,000,000of people. * * * * Happily for the United States, several of the largeelements of this immigration contain very few peoplewho are wholly uneducated. The Germans and Scan-dinavians hav
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