The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-01-10

as every by might BE ~ siniesn sn shrh
> school IS Onght 10 be kept IN every
district in the Commonwealth. and well
might Be, if ne had our essential normal
sehnnls in full operation. Nha sEeE
therefore zill be slill content tn give hrs
son no better education Than we have
msnIioned. may have il II iess Than the
present cost BY employing the best
teachers. and his son produce an iacome.
instesd at requiring an expense. Tor the
last five years Of minority. but he whH
gives his ehIldIsn a comparatively SUPERB
~ education in the present state Of things.
would not rest satisfied ali he had edueai-
ed them IN Ihe same degree sh0Ee the
improved standard. Aud in 81 doing, he
would not deParI from The strieIesi
economy. f'r an enlightened community
produces and aeeumulaies wealth faster.
in a vastly greater ratio. Than the pro.
pnTllonale addiiionsl cost Of their ednea-
lion. A million Of dollars . year. Judi
einusly applied 20 the improvement Of
Young heads and hearts Tor the next thirty
wears, would not merely be refunded. but
The state would be much more than thirty
millions richer in visible PrnpeTly at the
cnd If that retiod.
but We are tired of reducing the riches
0f the soul to a metallic standard. We
jain Issue. therefore. i,h Ihose a part 81
whose creed il Is, that the promises held
nut BY education ought TO be redeemable
10 specie; and we saw TO them. Il they
will pause aud lend an earl moment. thai
Il is not enough that their children should
be intelligent and siriuous. even il that
were possible in the neglect nf all Others.
but their neighbOr's children should be
intelligent and viuiunus also, ar their own
children must pay for the deficiency. ay.
pay fnr IL specifically in money. The
question is whether u is not both rhe per
aud rleasanier To pay through the school
committee. Than through the oEerseers OF
the pnor. to support schools Than jails.
teachers Than exreuIioners, and to build
writing desk than gallOws.
The Rev. DR.. -. Fnr,le. for many
years the ordinary oi NewgaIe, remarks.
in his hints for the Improvement Of the
Police. " the ignorance Of tie inferior
classes III society is the first and grea,
cause Of the mul,Itndinous dePredslinns
which are daily and nightly Committed.
likeness is the second. lsi. Public
Gck,.Is ,,u,tar H. .,.a cnnsrnI anil
of a jealous paruchial cnm-
millec. ought TO be established through.
out the wlnle Kingdom. il possible; il
" hich religion, morality. and moderate
degree Of learning. should be taught 10 the
poor, free OF every expense. Pad. Work
ought to he provided for The industrious.
Sir Richard Philips. sheriff Of London,
says that on the memorial addressed Ia
the SheriiTs BY I52 criminals in Newgale.
25 only signed THEFT names in fair hand,
20 in illrgrble scrawl, l0I were marks.
men. signing with cross. Few Of the
prisoners could read with fscIiIIy. more
Than half could not read al al. most uf
them thought books useless, and were
totally ignoran, of The nature, ohjecI and
end Of religion.
The same phenomenon presents itself
in all American prisons. The eleventh Of
the admirable reports OF the Prison Dis
riplne Society gives these facts. which
might be multiplied almost indefinitely.
Ia Cunneclicut, M convict ever sent TO
the State Prison had a liberal education.
or belonged 10 either Of The learned pro-
frssiJns. One half were unable To write.
aud one SIKH to read. OF the 66 con-
viets of 1895, The crimes Of only four
required for their commission ability
either TO read or write. In Auburn Pri-
snn. nf 22s cOmvlels in 1898. 2 had an
scaIemical education. 50 could real,
write and cipher; sc could read and write
only. 80 could read only: and 60 could
not read. In tile new penilrntIary in
Philadelphia, Of 2l7 prisoners received
IN 1895. 63 can neither read nor write.
60 can read only, and 81 can read and
write. but most Of Ihem very Indifferent
ly. The Chaplain of the Ohio Penitenti-
airy remarks, not only in our prison,
but in others Of depraved sppe,iles and
c"rrup, habits. which have led To the COM
mission Of crime. are usually found with
the igunrant. uniformed and duller part
Of mankind. OF Ihe 276. ne ,rly Ill below
neiIocri'y. IFS are grossly ignorant. and
in point uf education, scarcely capable
Of transscrng the ordinary business OF
Iife."
Such is the universal testimony Of all
competent witnesses. " Punr isnnrsnt
creatures. sir" said a jailer To Leigh
Hunt. in tina. phrase giving general de.
scr'pIion Of al his prisoners.
DIR. Forde was right in surprising that
go"d public schools would be the best
remedy for The prevalent disposition tn
crime. A comparison Of Scotland with
England and Ireland shows this very
forcIbIy. Mr.. II. Fielding stated ,ha,
during the number OF years he presided in
Bow street, only six Scotch men were ever
brought before him; bat The greater part
Of the persons committed we're of the