Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1837-07-22

amooe tie lsast favored glasses of sociesys i
Should der love their country little, to whom
she has gwen much! Surely If incidence o.
false pride = suffered TO deber the daughters of
sGluence from the Intellectual benefit of cooduc |
ting the education a others il viii not be one
Of the slightest forms in whsch riches may
prove an injury to those who are born Of them.
Yet if young ladies thus educated feel insu-
Perable objections to the Office Of public teach
or, there other departments in which their in
tellect may operate, to advance the general good.
They can exercise the profession OF their sex, I'M
der the patcrnal roof They can take charge Of
some branch Of the education Of their younger
sisters or brothers. They can instruct some ig-
norant servant. Can they not give useful les
sons to the neighbering Poors Might they not
establish small school for them, and give 1t per-
sonal influence, or occasional suPerintendence!
Can they not assume the care Of an orphan?
They can ut least discharge the expense Of edu-
eating some INDECENT child.
IF they prefer to leave the higher grades Of
patriotism to the less privileged ranks Of society,
they still secondarily and collaterally aid the
sacred cause. If they will not, as might have
been expected, take the lead in the most noble
duty Of their sex, let them not desert it. If they
do not choose to stand the bulwark, they can at
least trim the hedge which surrounds the country
Of their birth-the country Of their love.
There are reasons why females should endea-
vor to be qualified to conduct the whole education
Of their SEX Some Of these reasons are pecu-
liar to country. Here the roads to wealth
and distinction alike open to all. Men are
continually solicited by strong motives Of gain
or glory. Competition stimulates every indiv idu-
al Of every rank. Thus moved by the ambition
Of power, will they descend to the drudgery Of
teaching ignorant children2 Will they endure
it sufficiently long become versed in its details
or will the mind which Is conscious that it might
amass, millions, be content with its petty gains?
Some men of erudition and benevolence will UNI
doubleday here and there devote themselves to
this vocation. But will these bear due proper
: ton to the wants Of an increasing population?
: Can the pioneer Of the implanted wild, the
cOIonists ON the western prairie, gather around
him the children Of infant settlement, and in
struct them in the necessary rudiments Of SCI
Of principle and characterf Will the man Of
enterprise turn from the schcmes-the railroad,
the canal, or the land speculation, to submit to
the tedious processes, or study the nameless re-
: fnements Of female culture? The wealthy may
3 possibly secure tho services Of men Of talents,
for the education Of their daughters. But these
= will be only exceptions. To borrow the fine ST.
y mile Of the philosopher they bear no more com
' Parison to the great mass who need instruction,
than the "surface Of the ocean, which is stirred
by the breeze, radiant in the sunbeam does %
the depth Of waters, which lie dark and unmoved
below.n
. There arc peculiarities in the situation Of our
J. own country, which should quicken the activity
y Of those who are devoted to the work Of oduca-
tion, well highten their value in the eyes d
4 the community. II u continually exposed TO the
influx Of untutored foreigners, many Of whom
verse to their spirit. 1t seems to have been made
u repository for that portion Of the waste and
fuse Of other nations, from whence poor-houses and
prisons arc peopled. To neutralize this mass
ing lava-stream in the garden Of liberty and q
). purify il for those channels where the lifebloot
: Of the nation crculates,i is . work both Of power
e and Of peril. The influence Of public opinion, o.
the terror Of the law, must hold in check these
= clements Of danger, until education breathe
b upon them, and reduce them from chaos, to ordcl
q and to beauty.
+ OF what immense value, then, to our republic
are those who, faithfully discharg;ng tho Office
Of instructors stem the torrent Of corruption, and
0 guard the stronghold Of knowledge and Of vir
u tue. What an honor, that sex should be sum
i moned to such duty, and invested with such .
dignity! If teachingis their profession il
e it not recognised by some Of our wisest and bes
y with what vigOr and vigilance should they
:, stand forth in the service Of their country
o Their diligence and fidelity in the work Of edu
IS cation, will be the true measure Of their patriot
J. ism. Rescued as they have been, from the vas
salage Of ages, by the religion Of Jesus, let then
l. yield to that, and to the government which pro
b tects them, this Offering Of lively and eficien
81 gratitude. II becomes not those who were, Of old
70 'ast at the and earliest at the sepuchrc,"
shrink at the call Of duty, stipulate for life
10 incidence and ease.
in But let the country which is to reap so mucl
&C from the efforts Of teachers, not fail to appreciate
C. them. Let her that these labofers in tn
D fields Of intellect, not only grdcd with suita
I'd bic afmOr, but stimulated to the arduous toll, b.
II whatever Of encouragement or enthusiasm it mn,
r be in her power to throw around it.
j. And as they pass in review before her, tn
Of young teacher, in her blooming and singeness 9
At heart, the matron, pouring heavenly spirit in
III to the infant bosom, perchance Of some fntur
statesman legislator, the elder sister, sheddn
I'd dews Of goodness upon the olivepants that bios
er SONS with her, around the same table-the daugh
l. ter Of benevolence, sowing seeds Of virtue anon
inc poor, let hef smile on these steadfast defen
ders, and remember that in giving shonor to tn