Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1841-08-07

STRUCTURES

Upon An Address delivered by ). Claybaupb ;u
defence 81 the use OF the Hibie ia Common
schools, SC.
We now pass TO the Sth, oh, Io,h, Ilth, and
i2ih paragraphs Ia the first of these, we are
told that the same objection which lies oeains.
Tho Bible IN the District school, would rest with
equal weight against 'alI moral instruclions'' in
our colleges and universilier II this moral
instruction involves adverse rehg ious principles;
and our colleges and universities are District
schools; aud the students IRE children of ANNA
lure MINDS, whose principles are not fixed, and
whose parents, Of every religious bias are deeply
soiicitous abou, the right tuition of their Off
spring IN that 9ich concerns the m as heirs of
eternity, then | contend tina, such moral ustruc-
ton IS also Objectionable. Bat The speaker seems
to forget that II The common school TINT he pro
iesses to deal with, aud no, a College nor Uni
Versiiy Almost every wealthy religious sect
has It's own theological institute, (call i, CslIcgo
or oniversIty) and 1t has right to make il the
instrument Of propagandism; but common schools
arc common property, and sectnrianism IN
whatever gnlse IT may appear, should be permit.
ted to obtain footing opon it, much less 10 occu-
ny it.
iho Objection N question: says The lecturer,
'wili land US III tins. that there arc no cs.a bshed
PRO iPloo the Bible" Not 20 bu, IN, ol;oc
''on evidently lands US upon the admitted fac,
that men have not agreed upon wha, those 500.
iabi'ahed principles" are.
The teacher will not be calle1.- snxs bc o..
Duiid ny directly, any particular form of christ.
a"t'E- ND a""ht he would fee. hi msclf a, liberty
~ '''''c"'e 'Ho great leading principles" only;
Dtffft
""' "h''' '"ha'eiy, the great lending principles"
u oao 'eachef' are not the great leading princt
pes OF another; and perchance The srrea, lead
''S principles OF their patrons arc not In cons.-
nance win those OF either instructor: but sun
pose IN tins case the "lcan ma l,rity'' of hapIess
must submit" To Tho might of num-
bers Again, We fad the astonishing alienation
mat The Bible snover can accomplish, the unive,
sal purification Of man, .'till il have promtu.n,
place assigned II in every department Of our ed
lcattonal scheme in the ..cnin.,on schoo, s.,s
ciaIiy." OF course there nre many who will no,
20 saved, because they have not read the Bible
10 The common school and If The common school
'ysten should happen to he abolished, the fate OF
thousands wonid be scaled forever Verify the
lea' Of The speaker hath eaten up his argument.
S"'oh"ed, says he Is tho time 10 store the
memory win lis pfee;nus truths ,; and m rora
sfaPh ten 1.-The Scriptures also c.-octlv aad,e.s,ba
imagination" The memory and ,.-,,,,a,;an
nay feast and fliten upon the Scriptures, ,,d
iet The soul may justly excaim: "my leanncs..
ny ieanness. | fear, that storing the ch,lds
memory with Scripture, and exercising his ina
'i2at'on upon II, has TOO often passed for reli-
,ious instruction.
The tenth, eleventh mad twelfth paraprophs
on-ist principally of select passages from the
Bible and Of euiogies upon i;s imagery Tho SUI
erIoiity OF this imagery is strongly insisted
pom by Tho lecturer, that one might be led to
oppose, the chief merit of the Bible iay in lis
FINISHING food for the tnag ton instead Of balm
1r the soul. With what relish will the child Turn
, the plato counsels of Scripture, and TO l,s IN
arnished pFecepts, after such seasons of magma
We excitement, as are proposed by the speaker
ruly ho who thus cutiyates The youthful ina
inaiion and heats the young fancy with meta
hors and hyperboies, is preparing his pupil
early to soar" above the plain precepts Of Jesus,
nd 10 despise the cold reality Of wisdon's SIM
le lesson. RICHMOND.