The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-12-24 00:00:00

voLuirwmax AND COMPUU3ION.
TEI IILIOIOOIII Dirmuirti SOLVID.
To the Editor.

True liberty is erred by the Criers religion.
"Whore the Bpbit at the Lord ls there Is liberty."
Almost all 'geisha= are fond of liberty. It is
remarkable that the eget exemptions to Misrule should
be the &demotes of Voluntaryism. They are singularly
food of compulsory powers: sad to order to lutrodur
them into there school scheme they are willing to pat
ztodanlly out. It Is natural that they should wish
to pat the Christian relielloo out if they wished to berg
dumper.= in, bream the two are antagonistic to one
another. They wish to compel all parents to used their
children to school, whether they wish to do so or not
The portal may be rumble to spare Me earnings of
the child, sad may thiak that be is learning something
more real to him at his ompatiou than he would at
school, and may think himself aggrieved. Vita is to
be dor ? Volantiuyisto soya "Compel him. What
ti
ght ha. the parent to rade what is good for Ida own
or for himself either? Compel him to egad him
to col. Fine lam five shillings for rob area if he
does not mud him."
The employer may think that boys ma do Gerrie
kinds of week ea well as men, sad may feel aggrieved
at being pat to ma anneoessary expense as that
Involved I. the employmeot of men for work that boys
or do se well. But Voluntaryism thlake it eon pat
down that &dimity also by the simple power of tom
podelos—" Compel hr."
The agricultural employer may think that he Is
Llitly aggrieved, and may feel serious apprehensions
if
the Meg population should not be inured to the
vielositades of the weather, and the unavoidable
exposure to them in their young days, they will be
unable to endure them at • more advanced up, and
that
something
in this merry may be brought to
some like dead Lot Volantaryiem is
ready with In simple remedy—" Compel him."
The Ratepayer may object that he cannot afford to
pay for the eduoathn of his own children, and is
'grimed by being obliged to pay for that of otrr
people's children. Voluntaryism has spin the short
and simple remedy—" Compel him "—" DiAraln his
mods."
Again the Ratepayers may °bird that they are to be
made the Instrumente of rating other peopWs ohildreu
out of their sphere, who will Inevltab.y thrust some
of their owe children down below their proper social
statue. Voluntetyiam nerdy again—" Compel them."
The Beireary parer, who truly loves the name of
JOSILI, may object that if the Word of the Lord whom
he loves be earloded from the school, or introdused
merely in the rank of a roma' saes book, of no more
authority than a boos of hoethen orythoiry, hie child
may learn to despise that holy name by whir he la
called, and may be, lodootrinated into infidelity. Volun-
taryism has tbe same remedy —" Compel Ma.'
But con this be dose? Res may part with their
money, though relactuatly. They may evntl part with
their liberty, though with greater reluatare still. But
in • real Case of oonbli•011e they would part with their
lives rather than yield. And here is • roil case of
conscience, out the those primer of omarimes which
are too often put forward by some alveolar of
Voluntaryism. I believe sad hops that there are
thousands of believing parents who would rather be led
to the stake or to the onto than allow then okildrea
to be turned away from Chriat in that way. The
" Religious Difficulty may be great, bat the "Irre-
Venus difficulty ''l, absolutely insuperable.
There is however • way of overcoming the Religious
Difficulty by mesas of " Compulsion," and it la tole,
let those who ask for empire have It, oaly let it be
applied to them instead of by them. If they ask for
the thumb *sews let them have them, only buteed of
giving them the power of putting the screws on other
people's thumbs; if • Nosomformist Minister sobs for
compulsion, Warr of imposing a Am on the poor
parents of children In his **Deception who oared reed,
rpm the One on the Minister for having neglected to
lissoh them the three Re. This plan word settle the
Belloasa dillicalty at ore, for it le • far, that who.
▪ More the three Bo does, as a rile, impress
upon his pupils his own respect for his relipon, or his
own ooremet for it, as the ore may be. We however
at the Iseliiat4 Cherub do not either dery or
require any stimulus of the kind. We have tree
more pains to trek the children of the poor than all
the Voleataryiste put together. Compulsion Is gaited
to them only who oak for isomparry powers. Bat there
Is one objection to this plan, for though very suitable to
the error of tbeVoluataryirs, it may not be very agree-
able to their feelings, and Barr firings right to be rim
rated. Let es @metro If there he no other way in whir
unity of arks la this maker *an be sewed by all tore
who have • driers love of Christina truth. It appears to
S.. that there is • method of offering this auspeted la
the New Tersarat itself. "I. it so that there Is not •
wise um among you? No sot or that shall be able
to judge between his brethren?" I have no doubt that
I. every denomination of Christiana, Roman Craters
Included, at least or man Gould be found who moires
the Bilge, the whole Bible, sad Doris( but the Bible
r his rule of faith, If • cereal Board were formed,
kt London Of some other ermaleut mire, reassiag
of meh • man as Representative of ear beredarion
of Quietism, it word be eery for each Reardte decide
the simple question whether any teridag eimplained
of were deaorrational or not. If any parent felt
egerieved he mold appeal to his own Minister, who
imald bring the ease before the irol ornagers, and If
May did not serfy the aeved parrs, referral
mid be made to the austral Board. The result I doubt
not word be that the sentral Board woad sort have
riothieg to do. The Secretaries of the great Mriceary
Beeletlea sa was enjoying the ordidenee of the several
bodies to whir they bare, might with others form
seek • Board, without any sensible Increase to the work
which they have in hand.
With some such arrsapment I doubt not that It
would be prsotioable to persuade the whole pordatioa
to Lam the three Be without compulsion at all, by
volarary effort, whir is • very different from
Volyntagion, and indeed the oppcsita Ththeil Ora.
parry' scheme of Voluntaryism affects three dangers
shlop to trifle with, namely, the Pockets, the Liberties,
aad the Comoisaces of Pagtiehmen.
B.H.
Week Oregon, Dee. 13th, lilt

SOLITE BRIDGZ,_ WABBHAX. IaII,ORILIA.

To Me lolitor.

The above memorials us nor In the hands ot the
Merl of Mks, who very kindly procaine to bring the
subject before his brother Magistrates so Qatuier
flernion, Of wane there are many onalderations
Involved whisk require, and no doubt will resolve, due
attention before any deifies one be arrived at, one
way or other; at any can, the :natter omit be in
In hand&
tw Any of your sontemperarls who think it of suMeisat
'riparian°, will perhaps kindly insert trim letter.
Faziarsa Mum.