Delaware State journal, advertiser and star. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1832-1833, 1833-08-02

oSuutHui thSoIiCo COuiU UC SASly put Ou pa u
per, in was far different thing to put them 5
in practice. He would not now suggest any I
specific plan Of his own, but entreated the
meeting to give its support to the American @
lSchool Society, which sent men through the /
different States to visit the schools, anil endea- q
vor by every possible means to improve their C
condition. Mr. Taylor here detailed the a
system adopted by the American School So /
cety, which the lateness of the hour obliges &
us to postpone till our next.
i After Mr.. Taylor sat down two or three
ether gentlemen addressed the chair, and
the following resolutions being adopted, the
meeting separated.
Resolved,-That in theopinion of this mee-
ling the Common Schools of this State are
Igreatly deficient in good teachers, and that
as an unavoidable consequence Of this defects
the benefits Of which the Common School
T System is susceptible are very imperfectly
enjoyed by the youth of the State.
Resolved, That Committee be appoint
ed to prepare M m torial to the Legislature,
praying for the endowment by the State OF
: central institution for the education of teach
. crs upon scale co-extensive with the public
. wants. ~
Resolved, That it be also the duty of said
Committee to adopt measures to procure the
cooperation of the people of the other coun-
ties, i'll forwarding the object proposed in the
preceding resolution.
Resolved, TIL It this meeting highly APP
. prove, ofthe measures adopted by the Amer !
+, lean School Agent Society, and recommend
them to the encouragement and support OF
!, all those who are friendly to the diffusion OF
= knowledge.
!. EDUCATION FOR FAMIL1Es.-We rec
y ommend the following extract to the consid-
GRAFTON of every Farmer and Mechanic who
reads this paper, and who has, or even cx-
&c poets to have son. 1t is from the Baccu-
s. laureate Address of DR.. LINDSEY, President
:. of the University OF Nashville, (Tenn. de-
20 livered Oct. z, l829.-Gen. Farm.
IN "But our farmers ought, beyond all ques-
ton, to be literally educated that is, they
ought t., have the best education that is at
tainable. l do not say that every farmer
al Qua to SO to college or to become prohci-
ent in Greek and Latin. ! speak of them as
class: and by liberal education, mean
-. such course of intellectual discipline as
- ~ will fit them to sustain the rank which they
~ ~, ought to hold in this republic They are by
G right the sovereigns of the land, because they
a az constitute an overwhelming majority. Why
~ do they not then, in fact, rule the land? Be-
:" cause, and only because, they are too igno-
49, rant And thus they sink into comparative
y linsignifcance: ami suffer themselves to be
,,' used as the mere instrument of creating theii
~, own master, who care as little for their rea
~. ~ welfare as if they were born to be beasts o
sc, burden. Were it possible, I would visit ev
'"N cry farmer in Tennessee, who is not alread!
~ awake, and endeavor to arouse him from hi
w. fatal lethargy by every consideration which
GU can render life and liberty desirable; an
OIL urge him to reclaim his abandoned right
e"- and his lost dignity, by giving to his son
that measure OF instruction which will quail
ify them to assert and to maintain their Jus
uo superiority in the councils OF the State AM
of the nation, like men proudly conscious {
lind their intellectual as well as physical power.
It "The same general remarks apply to me
and chanics and to all the laboring classes,
;bly proportion to their numbers. AS educator
ers. even of the highest order, may be valuable
,uld them as to others. In our free country a fal
,lue mer or mechanic, with equal talents an
ms, intelli ycnce, ould be more likely to becom
I,.ss popular favorite, than either law yer or
or wel-bred heir of an opponent practical fam
YER. ily. Suppose farmer could speak as wei
illv. write as well, appear as well versed in histt
incl nv, geography, statistics, Jurisprudence, po
the Iitics, and other matters of general and loo;
in interest as the lawyer-would he not stand
+ all better chance oil being elevated to the higt
ery. est, most honorable, and most lucratl'
, in Offices.
can "The grand heresy on the subject OF ed'
dens cation seems to have arisen from the usaI
the which obtained at an early period IN Europ
ger an society, and which many years nave san
,om. toned and onfirmed-Damely; that lear
inc ed or liberal education was and rs DEEM
NAV important only for liberal profession, or I
gentlemen OF wealth and leisure. Hence 4
church, the bar, and the medical art ha
nearly monopozed the learning of the worl
Our people reason and act in accordan
a"f- with the same absurd aristocratic syste
>. > Tie cui bono is upon every tongue. WI
call so'sa' IL 80. - e,,meD mrch,nic
.ne merchant. Now would answer such
.,' question in the first place. directly thus:
Isl college education, or the best, most thorou
euns and most extensive education that can be
lenC- quhSe' w." c.. ,,,arh.n;c mercla
much SOU, SNIP sa;lor or SOLDIER And
,,,,aS would patiently endeavor to show him lie
oieu and in what respects; but will not attemp
ny illustrate such truisms at present. But
u IN, the second place, would reply to my pl
So friends interrogatory, thus: Educate y
;. son in the best manner possible, because
a'... EXPECT him to be MAN. and not horse
wenl anor. You cannot tell what good he n
same a ~ 49, ,,,,,o, ;,,,,or,apt offices he n
edu- achie'N - ~; d,, For ought vou kut
com he NAV. if you do your duty by him, beco
most the President of the United States. At
ue rate he has reason and understanding, viii
,ese', ought to be cultivated for their own sa
ie':n' Should he eventually live in the most ut
y, ), ~ bile retirement, and subsist by the hare
q ohS manual labor, still he may enJ an occas
a' anu al intellectual feast of the purest and q
~" collaborating kind 1t all our iabor'hy iel
rescue c'''Neo -, What , boundle,s field of
'he" nocent recreation and profitable entert
,auses' went would not be always at hand and WI
.ouca- their reach, What flood of cheering
nWell and happiness would not be shed upon
'resen. dark path, and poured into the bitter cul