Wheeling compiler. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [i.e. W. Va.]) 1829-1831, 1830-09-08

vrtuouS education. :
knowledge is powet.' Bv
der-working agency tie Russian s. = ,
Hlndoo deyotee, the sun-burnt o.
and the native Indian of our vos,. e','
may be transformed into active i,,.1
hrgh-minded beings; capable Of ns.,
ting IN, or directing and contrar 'D'
complicated transactions of polt..1s
Citations, and susceptible of ali tho. . &
tual enioyments of social and rrs ,-'S
1t Is education alone thai can AM. .,y
| the Holy Alliance; break the No. ...''
Egyptian bondage that now oDore..
millions Of Asia; disslpate lbe en-. -
decisions Of poPery, and give G-~
stability 10 the infant republics
southern hemisphere. In short :,
magic wand by which the bonds ofa
pressed may be removed; bigoiry sr5
perstition dispeIleC; the proud Isp,l
aristocracy lald IN the dust; Inc 9,
sols Of the human race humbej ANA q
tiSed, and man in every cline dlsosa-
and regeoeratcd, placed upon tbat n
elevation for which he was doaus3
natures God, and the whole earl ,,
in the possession of civil aud r.s.
| liberty.
1T is q truism. that "itis the layar,t
fand natural character of power. VIII
delegated or assumed, to exceed ps
per limits. and. if unreStraineI. 10 +.
the world into slaves and .asters - $
will be IFS natural tendency While Nm,
Iaa.ure Is the same; aud constituent, ]
I ma!uiain q government Of cQuii laws h /
sed upon equal rights and havni n,
only object tha general good. wll re-, I
a constant and vIgildll warfare against }
silent, yet unremEtng cucrolchmeD,
Ii2wless power. To sustain tn =,
with success on the pa-. al .6e o ,''
there must not only Or intellectual M,
fai culturc. The mind mgst be enlo.@
ed by the acquisition Of useful KNOWN.
aud Mhat Is Of more importance. ihs ~.
! uers mu be formed AID lhc moral sr.
improved by The mculcauoD of con-.
IaaG virtueus principles. We must y,
tonly be taught 10 distinguish belu..
truth and error, virtue and vice: bg \
must be instructed that it is our duty,o,l
| here to The one and discard the other
"Much is said about The moral force
public opinion; but public opinion c,
! possess no moral force unless q aplo,.
? of that which is right, and condemns b
| which is wrong"
Natural talent is confined TO no ran
or condition Of life. With the mean.
education, the tenants oil the humblea c
10 10 our western country aye as hkeI
produce statesmen and philosophers
the inhabitants of the proudesl manso,
who have been born and reared 10 l1p
and splendor; and are more likely 10 ID
nish honest and capable politicians de,5
politicians deyoted to the cause ofun1,
sal liberty. The poor are the fret and
yerest sufferers from the encroachmonb
despotlsm, and to their ranks We sho.
look for the most able and viglanl telC
ders of the rights Of the people.
when the origin Of Sunday Schools
referred to, il is said that we have 10
west no large manufacturing ssta5ll
ments, where children are compiled
work daily for their subsistence; and G.
sequently Sunday Schools are unnecca
ny. This objection ] will answer bys
ting a single fact. In one neighborha
in this county, where considerable cl
tions we're necessary TO procure a wee
school Of thirty scholars, a Sunday Sch
was opened in the same place Which nl
bered ninety. Here were two-thlrds
the rising generation without the conn
! means of instruction"
"But it is said that the course Of
struction Is religious, and you learn
children TO read The Bible. And is Il P
eible that any republican in principle.
Their in this or any other quarter Of
globe, will obiectto the Bible and lis
cepts as anti-republcanl Turo over
sacred pages and shew me a solitary
cept, or monitory example, that D.
purely aud genuinely republican. y
abroad over the earth. and do you not
| that superstition and despOtlsm are gI.
ing into the dust those nations thaiaTe
irradiated by the light Of christian
And where do you find the people en-
ing the greatest degree ofciyil liberty
where this volume is most generally Z,
aud its precePts most generally taught
"When the history Of the present s.
Of the world informs me, that The geo.
diffusion Of the pure doctrines Of the U
pei, is inyaeiabiy accompanied by on
/ provement in the arts and sciences on
ovation Of moral character; retlnems'
( manncrs, and above all an lmpro'e.I
IN the civil and political condition o.
people;-ihcir persons and properly
dered more secure, their rights beueT
iecied ineiice morp Invariably aomI