Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-09-29

tender years. II is great error, them iodepiive cI
dfen of this instruction. aud puce them entirely under
The control oi those who neither qualified have
The disposition 10 do them justice. | had faher see
boy OF SIX yeas old come hume after lonu faml IN The
fields. or well contested race with his fellows glowing
IT, excitement aud ruddy health, though hn knows mel
letter IN the alphabet. than 10 tho house,
lronnr. from school which he had been driven and
where confinement and hand blows had both taught him
10 read, and crushed his spift III this age physical
education IL more important than intellectual aud when
this is properly managed II s not uncommon lr single
year To place The pupil far IN advance o. those the strength
oi whose minds and bodies have been situated hy niud.
c,ons ucatmenf But time soon couea whrn boys can
be more successfully instructed by bringing Them together
under suitable precepors where their emulation viii le
excited and where they may measure their abuea with
others, aud strive for prelermen and distinction,
The mutual assistance of parcus in establishing
schools here becomes necessary and then Genes u ques
ton. whether every thing should be left 10 tho mfnnta
alone, or he IN measure under othrr influenced I'D
all children have parents ylng and were all pareats
able aud anxious 10 educate their children, then every
thing might be left 10 their voluntary action But such
Is not the case There are orphans. ah1 children hose
parents too poor to give them suitable education
Other children thoro ara, whose pNeata are abo to pra
vide Tor them, but owing 10 their love OF npaey 81 in
difference. ih,y do not nut even these children with
all Others ahnld be eduented and they cannot BE- II
their parents aluno trusted with the matter some
public provision becomes Indispensable, Noiuslance can
be cltcd Of people educated. TO taleabc degree
unless the system 81 instruction has been. IN measure
at Toast, under public supervision, The Athcnaua and
Spaiians had each Gystem OF public instruction, md
though almost exclusively military, vet they were bel
Ter edutntcd than any Of the other nations oil antiquity
In later times the system Of parish schools IN Scotland
furnishes IN Instance 10 The punt. ndur this syaen,
micd a.ltls, the pI'c educated, and at hundreds
oi Scotrhmen whom tape met, mover knew one. who
had not respectable education aud who not aan
81 extensive reading aud general intelligence In pnn
+ "A
system OF p'hie nsnction was adopted. moro thorough
aud comprehensive han any other known aud far docs
II extend that, not only il complete provision nude ,f
the education o all the children IN the Kingdom hn ln
rents compelled aend them under severe penalties
In case III dsabedDcnce Prussia, with territory 81
i l00O'n squire miles. and l3UuO,u0 ot inhabitants
has E3.UOo common achuuls whr Nitginip. with 81 ,
100 ~. mics md .2a9, 800 Inhabitants, hiss only
800 schools In PRUSSIA, were these schools uuafnl,
scattered over a county, = spo could mt be- found,
mile and haltdslant tfum one Of Them, while In Nif
elna the average Is scbuol to every SO sqnarl
miles And Vet Prussia Is absolute Monarchy ant
Virginia Reputllcl II this state Of thnga continue
the hmc may come when these two Suites viii chsngt
places. and Prussia become the Republic. ard Nlrshi
the Miarcy lr such * the effect ALREADY produced y,
the Pfuss schools, that tho KIM hnnqh nominal,
supreme. "a entirely centralized by public opinion.
dare he, II he would exert his nuNar 81 - W'she
er welfare ni las etsocis. But iced no. 49, nirsa.
70 nag instances Of the e@lar,,r adean2gcs cf hagig
:" ''-< '""rf rH,iir eon.fsl E mltepea - the DIT
aront States Of the mon. we shal sec tlig Whou
srhools have been established by TIE State the 4tanla
81 education Is higher, aud tho number 4 tie ieafae
ruch hes au III 'loec whert every tluz is clt Ter Il
people 10 maneec, or lel aune, gs they chuoee i
comparing The white population ol the settral %ia' S
The number ii common schools, HE number Of scaaal.
ie unmlrru white persons twcnty years orH4e III
able to ad and Wrto aud thu proportion which this anm
her bears H. the whole. We shall obtain Iegll1 lauglt
wita Yaluahe instruction