In Kentucky, there were two conflicting opinions at the Constitutional Convention in 1849, from Mr. Bowling who was in favor of the common school movement, and from Mr. Hardin who was completely against the movement. Mr. Bowling, in agreeance with Horace Mann states, “when I see the children of my constituents from five to fifteen years old of age destitute of an education, I feel wiling to come up and give them the means of education” (Bowling, 1849). Bowling recognized that children were important to Kentucky, and the commonwealth should support them financially. Sharing the same idea as Labaree, Mann, and Stowe, one of Mr. Bowling’s biggest reason was to educate males on how to vote. Bowling declares, “Mr. President, aside from the interest,
