Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-06-19
New System of
Education i'm France.

Education in France.
In the speech which Lord CastIereagh deliver.
ed before the British House of Commors. nm the |
18TH OF February last, speech which is cons;.
dered as one of the most important historical do |
cuments OF our times much stress is laid or IN |
military temper which has. of late years. so fatal,
disturbed the repose of Europe So long as a sin |
gle spark OF that spirit shall remain, the Legiti-
mates cannot be at eaSe-their fears of a new !
confiagratlon can subside only upon the abso |
lutte Certainty that the warlike genius of France
is utterly extinguished See what exertions
they make to accomplish this favorite purpose Il
The blood OF men whose errors were more than
balanced by their chivairous devotedness to the
honor OF the French name, has been wantonl,
and cruelty shed prevotal courts have been in
stltuted, no less formidable and bloody than the
revolutionary tribunals of 1898 the remains
ofthe bravest of armies have been opprobrio,,slv
disbanded and dispersed the prisons are still
full OF intended victims even the Youthful sal
lies OF the Pupils ofthc Polytechnic school h.v,
excited royal ire, & tins nursery of merit & patro
Ism is no more; in shorr Lord Castle eagh h a
worthy compeers IN the cause of Legitimacy are
resolved to throw the rising generation into a
dterent mould, and to give to the European
mind new and contrary impulse His Lordsh n
does not hesitate to assert that the ne,,tral;za.
ton OF that formidable and restless military sni
mt the mere ghost of which. however, is now to
be seen, II even that will be cheaply purchs sed
by France at the tota. expence of 1, 45O, 900 900
livres, including the indemnity paid to the All.
lies, and the maintenance of $50 600 of their
troops IN the Kingdom, during the space of S
years Lord Castlereagh saws nothing. of the
losses of the French in men, i'm national cbarac.
ter, independence &c. &c. Such items deserve
not his Lordship's attenton.-We have un, form
iy expressed our adherence of that worst oi
scourges alter anarcby-a stratocracu his
tory OF human societies presents 40 condition
more deplorable than that where physical force
alone rules every thing-No-from the hideous
scenes which are occasionally exhibited among
| thu warlke and rude tribes of our Indian neipb,
hours, to those acted in Germany. Spain. and
Russia,by the armies ofa most enli phteued nat n,
and more lately in France by the Satellites of Po
tentates who stie themselves the deliyerers of
| Europe, and form holy alliances there is noth;ng
| so fatal, nothing so monstrous as war when once
| 1t departs from its genuine objects, and proper
| spirit-armies, as his Lordship justly observes,
ought to be the creatures of the state, and state
| should never be the creatures of armies IF
however, this extraordinary phenomenonhas been
| exhibited IN France, candour required of his
| Lordship that he should trace the obnoxious
| effect to its real causes that he should
| enquire how far the spasms of agonized
Europe have been produced by the systema.
uc machiayelism and persevering hosti.
a
France, from the coalition of Pilntz to that OF
Vienna-to examine whether the dissemination
OF anarchy and the scheme of subversion by ex.
cess, SO successfully resorted TO upon the failure
| or warlike measures, have not largely contribu.
| ted 10 precipitate the French nation into the
arms OF military despot, thereby preparing tina,
scourge of stratocracy, which to remove. has re.
| CURED so much energy, and still demands 80
| much eXertion, watchiulness, and expeDce Bu,
| such retrospect did not accord with Lord Gas.
| tlereaghs views He, therefore carefully avert.
| ed his eyes from truths too glarng for minis;e
! rial vlsons.-We shall not, at present. remind
! the reader of those truths. Our intention is
| simply to shew the manner in which, indepen.
| IDENTIFY OF the millions paid to the Allies. the
| Bourbons are endeavorng to put down the mill.
| tary spirit whch inspires the Legtimates with
| so much alarm.
Tile immense force of Education has NJ III,
| times, been well understood by Governments =
Where the political, civil, and other institution
of country have been in perfect accordance Will
the dictates OF reason and the best propensities
| OF the heart, there no necessity has existed IN
calf IN artificial AIDS to support the fabric of
state. There the human mind has been alIo,y
ed full display of its native energies. an unim-
| tied range for its acquired powers, a free and
uncontrolled exercise of its elastic and versatile
faculties. Not so, in countries where the will of
one IS the supreme rule In such countr;es Is
the human mind be at all employed, it is des;ra.
BILE for an artificial arlsOcracy that il should ear
ly receive impulses of a particular tendency ear.
ly imbibe principles of a particular cast. Hence
the different species of tyranny converge in one
point--vz in neutralsing the inherent vpor of
the human intellect, or in assigning 10 that y,por
subordinate sphere of exertion When Fo,,rc
roy, Culver and otbe' Saoants pre- ented 10 Roma
parte comprehensive and admirable plan of ma
tonai education, he hastily perused it, Crossed
the whole with few dashes of his pen. and
wrote At the bottom " Two teachers of fbe 7 o,;n
language, one OF the mathematics, together with
instruction m tactics, that is enough %
The French L,yceeS were zed accordingly
Inc same Bonaparte loudly inveigbed against
Ideot2gy-all his late disasters were by him, ne
cribed to Aieoiogists-in short, he wanted none
but passive, and ever obedent instruments This
ambition Now mark the policy Of Louis He
TOO, breads theology, but he breads, at the same
t" e, 'in'.uy Su'husasm lie wants monks and
olgoS-not soldiers Cedane ay,1a to1o, .
We are inform ed by the latest advices nm, ,5,
colleges and boarding schools shall be NOT ouly nm
der the superT1fe1idance IF me Local aufAori,;e.
out under that Of The arch6ishobs 81 Bishob,--t5o;
by me t'vo latter The number Of ses1inaries man he
, tncreased--Haffhe Bishobs shall hare me ,;ol,
Of appointing TO hs bLaoes of Ey1acibas in The Col
gyeS "'a Schoots-tAe Principals to APPOINT The
ProessOrs, but the Bishops to be neuert5eIess s,,.
pofVered 10 renioue Persons zp5ose brincf6les MAJ,
DC recognized as dalgerOns-that tie central oo,,,
MISSION Of pu6hc instruction shall remain, sitsbrs,
cd Peg
by another item of intelligence from the same
counry,we are apprized that Lancasterian schools
have been introduced the, c, but given great a.
larm to the Catholics, upon which Louis las con
descended to declare, through his Almoner. that
instruction IN the cathode Jaith alone should BE- al
p~sd ~ Those sehoots and all teachers 1tho do not
| pTcfcss thar faih r6hl1led fran them.
The meaning Of all this is that in France nat;