Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1833-08-17
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DAles sesisls1. '.TAs Cause Of Farmsrs,
81 sAs Us,vsssisy u Tsanssses." By
1am0 1suDaIy, D. ID.
DsnocnA7,c and republican ~ We
ase, ess e;sisens are strangely partial
- great samea Esquire, Honorable,
Ekcellesey, Major, Colonel, General,
Opctoe. are 40 much coveted and as
eagerly sought afterin this country, a.
ore the titles Of nobility in Europe.
And lsseig" titled gentry, when they
eo1descend to visit u, are regarded
and treated ~ superior race. The
Wealthiest and proudest man IN the
United States would feel himself and
&mily wondrousIy honored and renosrn-
q, cosjd he be 30 fortunate as to marcy
HE daughter to an English earl or even
hsronet3 This spirit, SO utterly at
variance With our constitution and
svewed political doctrines, is sufficient
y eontemptible to be left, without
serious comment, to the ridicule which
i merits, were il not for some OF its
6eletesious practical effects on society.
And among these 10 the evil in ques-
ton. Our people, at FIRST, oppose all
distinctions whatever, as odious and
asistscssiical; ard then, presently seek
With svidity such as remain accessible.
Al 6rst they denounce colleges and!
then they choose to have a college mi
every district Of country, or county, d
~ 5or every sect and party-and to-
boast Of college education, and to|
spost With high sounding literary titles,
= ifthese impaired sense, or wisdom,
o. knowledge. How long this peurile
vanity will continue in vogue it Is not
easy 70 ieresee.
Der farmers ought, beyond allques-
ulen, to be literally educated; that il,
they ought to have the best education
that u sttainable. ] do not say that
.BvsaY farmer ought to 60 to college,
oe 70 become a prohcien in Greek and
Latin. Ispeak Of them as a class sand
b. liberal education, mean such a
cosese Of Intellectual discipline as will
Sc them to sustain the rank which they
eught to hold in this republic. Fhey
ore BY right the sovereigns Of the Ian'I.
because they constitute an overwhclm-
lug majority. Why do they not then,
10 fact, rule the landi Because and
enly because, they are too ignorant.
And thus they sink into comparative
iueiGni6cance; and suffer themselves to
be uscd 40 the mere instruments ofcre-
ating their own masters, who care as
little (or their real welfare, az il they
were born to be beasts Of burden.
Were il possible, ] would visit every
farmer in Tennessee, who 10 not al
ready awake, and endcavor to arouse
him from this fatal lethargy, BY every
consideration which can render life and
liberty desirable; and urge him to re-
claim his abandoned rights and his lost
dignity. BY giving 20 his sons that mea-
eure Of instruction which will qualify
them to assert and to maintain their
Just superiority in the councils Of the
State and OF the Nation, like men
proudly consious of,heir intellectual
10 we'll ~ ply steal power. The same
general rensarks apply to mechanics
and 70 all the laboring classes in pro-
portion to their numbers. An educa-
ton, even Of the highest order, may
b - valuable to them a. to others.
Inoor free country, n farmes or mechan-
je, With equal talents and intelligence,
would be more likely to become "a pop
o)ar lavoritc, than either a lawyer, or
1he well bred heir Of an opuleat patri.
eian family. Suppose a farmer could
speak as we'll, write as we'll, appear as
well versed in history, geography,
statistics, ju risprudence, politics, and
4oslser matters Of general and local in
terest, a. the lawye,-would he not
stand . better chance Of being eleva-
ted tothe highest, most honorable, and
most lucrative Offices!
The grand heresy on the subject
a education seemsso have arisen from
The usaee which It obtained at an early