...Working-men's party almost a century ago may yet come to fruition — an ideal protesting that it was "an exclusive privilege for one portion of the community to have the means of education in college while another is restricted to common schools," and demanding "a system of education which...

...evils of the feudal system, and that, in our opinion, is the prime source of all our calamities." " We consider it an exclusive privilege for one portion...open to all, as in a real republic it should be." The banks, too, came in for a share of the denunciation. The bankers were styled " the greatest knaves,...

...abolition of exclusive privileges. We consider it, said they, an exclusive privilege for one part of this community to have the means of education in colleges while another is forced by dire poverty to have no education at all. We are, therefore, in favor of a system of education...

...large part of the laboring element. " Resolved," ran its resolutions adopted at Military Hall, October 19, 1829, " in the opinion of this meeting, that the...open to all, as in a real republic it should be." The banks, too, came in for a share of the denunciation. The bankers were styled " the greatest knaves,...

...large part of the laboring element. " Resolved," ran its resolutions adopted at Military Hall, October 19, 1829, "in the opinion of this meeting, that the...those establishments. Our voice, therefore, shall be *aised in favor of a system of education which shall be equally open to all, as in a real republic...

...class or order of men they are extended, we consider highly anti- republican, oppressive and unjust. We consider it an exclusive privilege for one portion...raised in favor of a system of education which shall be open to all, as in a real republic it should be.* 1 The first issue of the Working Man's Advocate appeared...