Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-09-15

THE CAUSE.-Ou readers were. yester.
day, apprised of the daring attempt of young
man to obtain iroma bank in this city, a con.
siderable amount of money, by forging the
name OF a highly respectable citizen TO check
lhls crime OF forgery is not so rare as to cx-
cite special notice of its commission. I'm
fortunately many instances of the kind have
occurred within few months. We, and 9TH
ers have, for long time, been earnest i'm our
cc.","ris tn promote education as a means of
virtue am, tie impression seems to be gener-
al that ignorance is the paren; Of vice. The
latter axiom is more nearly correct than the
former. When, on Saturday, it was stated that
the forgery had been committed, and the re-
malnder OF the fraud attempted, every friend
oil education, who heard the statement, natu.
rally telt called upon to Defend at least to
himself, the position which he had previously
taken. The young man who was arrested is,
undoubtedly, instructed i'm most of the human
tiles OF the schools He had received what
is called education, and yet in the flush of
manhood, with all before him full of hope
and promise, with an appearance which in it.
sell would recommend he commits the'crime
which would send him to the State Prison,
and commits that Notwithstanding all his lear
ning-nay, worse than that, he committed it
! by the aid OF his learning. And how is this 2
Simply because his learning has passed for c.
ducdtlon While he was acquiring know
ledge OF certain rules of grammar and arithme-
meuc, he was supposed TO be receiving an
educdtionj and the mother and father, who
listened to concentrations on the progress OF
their son, perhaps never thought that what
they were rejoicing over as the attainment of
the great end OF their childs pursuits. was the
/ meanest part OF all that was TO he gathered in
his progress. Nay, gathering is not education
/ IISit1 10 I,,t
is education.
! The youth who is sent into the world with
nothing to lean on but his learning, has the
poorest capital that ever men commenced bu-
siness upon, dangerous capital, perhaps, a
mere tool, which may be turned upon the
weilder or the public with fatal efficacy.
The education that saves from vice, and
makes learning useful, commences from tho
iireside. 1t is the development under the
smile or irown of the mother. Ii is the TIM
press OF truth and religion, that no after ac
can Obliterate, though it may, for time, con
ceal. IL is the safeguard in the hour oi
temptation. IL is that which sanctions anC
approves TO valuable uses, the good opinion
which amiabc manners creates Learning
with this power of direction, and this res
training influence, il the effective aud univcr
sal means of good. Without that influence
II may operate for the benefit of its possessor
and through him, for the good OF others; bu
ii cannot resist temptation, and may become
potent to mischief. The education to which
we allude, the principle which must be i'm
planted at home, and made TO operate will
every reception Of knowledge, is 'the imne
date jewel OF the soul" Ii is that whicl
rcstrains the unfortunate man of learning
rewards the abstinence from wrong. II is TN
absence of that which led the nameess yout
TO use his learning for forgery, and hurried hin
from forgery to suicide
There is nothing new in all this; but to lon
ae these evils are abroad, disturbing society
and destroying life, we must at least draw al
tcntion to the only preventative which Provi
! dence has placed in the hands Of man. w
! must repeat the lesson, giving line upo
I line and Prcccpt upon preccpt"
~ Z. S. Gasctie.