The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-12-03 00:00:00

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I am now going to refer to a qoestion that pose ,4 la
• previo os session to the last, bat it le one of the moat
important measures that ass ewer paged, sad one upon
which the future welfare of &island depends-I mess
the Elementary Munition Act-(bear, hoar). If ia the
future we are to hold our own amongst the greet na-
tions of the earth, we moat promote einostion-(tip.
plans.). Now I dare tar your rsoolleotion like mine is
a little defective ea to what I said ou the subject of
edooation whoa / solicited you to return me to Parlia•
went But here I have a copy of the address I Issued.
It was before you for several months, because we were
in doubts and Nan about an *Notion for many weeks,
and no doubt many of you have seen this address In •
variety of forms. I must trespass on you • few momenta
while I nod what I pat forth when I solielted your
slapped in July, 1868. I said -Amither vary important
matter mast seriously asap, the attention of now
Parliaammt, and that panics is ediumtlisa lam are
that populer violation lien, of the grealstt quetioas
that ma maimed pablio attention Involving as it doss
we of the mod liaPOrative social dada. lii. mare
Lima 30 jean ap dam edacatian fanned a Waal
problem with the Liberal party. During that period
we have made malarial admits. la tepid to the
Dauber of Widow Inehnied la our seboola, sad also le
the overages* of old and obstinate preisdises, but
mush yet rondos to be dose. Igaiwaans mid pommies
as opposite to drill/atlas as darkness to
The edsestioa of the people and the satioael provides
sr that pupas by the Stale forms therofore no greet
quietism of expedianoy, but if the eetabliehment of
elvilisatiost le made • matter of pained censers, then
it henna, sae of acted and imperial neeessity. It is
diffieult se doubt against the will of an ingilehman to
*aforee anything of a eempuisery kind. In a free
sountry like ffinglesd, I think no rsaa should be es.
celled to do anythleg in which • diesretion nay be
fairly left to itim. But jam of opinion that suoh •
diaoretion ought sot to be allowed in this matter,
because if • parent does not edemas his child he will
be committing not only • min against that &lid but •
positive drones against society-Ow' hear). I there-
fore hold it to be quite within the province of les
authorities to oompei • man to take advantage of the
mesas within his power, so s. to make his chUd • good
piti.on, Ido cot ow. rlook the gray• difilaulty in the
application of °organiser, education. In regard to
pecuniary mean. I believe that ultlme.rly we mutt go
to the retie; and I eertainly agree that to do ee
mutt Ned to the abandosment of debnite religious
teaching; but I apprehend no en* would begin by
Interfering with 'sta.'s that already suit; and it is
probable an educational rate would lead to an altera-
tion cf the mode in which religious schoole are cosh,
tained. For azampla if certain hours of the day may
las 'allotted to seettlar leaching and sertain hours for
distinctive religious instruction, It doe* not follow the
teachers have no distinctive religiose opinions, but that
they should be required to lease purely religleau
straction to hours set apart for that work -(.4,1,40.).
By this means lopnatie tollifious "Wang, to which
ervaption would oretainly be taken by som, aream be
avoided. Ido not attempt to deal with teehaw.i
education for I think it Is simply Impareib!e foe the
State to deal with advanced education. In my Opinion
all that non be espooted from the State. is aimply to
educate • boy to risible him to educate himself ; artg
brit, to awe the day whoa every .bid In the kingdom
shal have the rudiments of education Hopolausa),
' That •tanda on rroori as what I sail In 1868
navt.r drt-amt I should have been so truo a prophet, for
I tines almoat the wisbee I expreued hese be... 0 restiee.l
-(heir, bear). I said then " I hope every child in this
kag lust will receive the rudimette of eduostloo," and
I leltive the day is not far distant whet em‘ h will be
fully resheatHahe,,,). But what I hinted at there
must be now-nothing short of compulsory edneatloo-
(hear, boa.) It is may painful to think that in the