Y 150,000Y
+-------------------+-----------+
YMichigan Y 120,000Y
+-------------------+-----------+
YArkansas Y 70,000Y
+-------------------+-----------+
YWisconsin Y 20,000Y
+-------------------+-----------+
YFlorida [territory]Y 50,000Y
+-------------------+-----------+
Y Y 5,000,000Y
+===================+===========+

If I am correct, it appears then that we have:--

+======================+=========+
YHighly educated Y 998,000Y
+----------------------+---------+
YEqual with Scotland Y5,355,000Y
+----------------------+---------+
YNot equal with EnglandY5,840,000Y
+----------------------+---------+
YUneducated Y6,000,000Y
+======================+=========+

This census is an estimate of 1836, sufficiently near for the purpose.
It is supposed that the population of the united States has since
increased about two millions, and of that increase the great majority is
in the Western states, where the people are wholly uneducated. Taking,
therefore, the first three classes, in which there is education in
various degrees, we find that they amount to 12,193,000; against which
we may fairly put the 5,000,000 uneducated, adding to it, the 2,000,000
increased population, and 3,000,000 of slaves.

I believe the above to be a fair estimate, although nothing positive can
be collected from it. In making a comparison of the degree of education
in the United States and in England, one point should not be overlooked.
In England, children may be sent to school, but they are taken away as
soon as they are useful, and have little time to follow up their
education afterwards. Worked like machines, every hour is devoted to
labour, and a large portion forget, from disuse, what they have learnt
when young. In America, they have the advantage not only of being
educated, but of having plenty of time, if they choose, to profit by
their education in after life. The mass in America ought, therefore, to
be better educated than the mass in England, where _circumstances_ are
against it. I must now examine the nature of education given in the
United States.

It is admitted as an axiom in the United States, that the only chance
they have of upholding their present institutions is by the education of
the mass; that is to say, a people who would govern themselves must be
enlightened. Convinced of this necessity, every pains has been taken by