Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1845-07-31


Liberty. but tina, it is to become the in.
strumental nation TO extend the princi
Piles Of self government, TO all the other
nations Of The earth. Were all men as
intelligent as they ought to be. the great
fact of self-governmenl would. il seems
to US, flash a.hwar. every mind. Man
every man-was born to be free
man. How it is tina, SD many ages
have rolled their respective cycles. and
found men. age after age. bound down
to the beck and nod Of petty ,yrants Is
astonishing. Nothing bu, the know
ledge tina, they were ignorant of their
powers aud capabilities can account for
it.
The great error the founders Of this
government committed was in not max
ing ample provision for The suitable ed
uca.lon of every child in the land
Had such provision been made and
were i, the universal requirement that
every child should receive at leas, a
common school education, system
might have been adopted that would
have exhibited a most glorious feature
in our body polite and lifted us far
above every nation on Tie face Of the
globe. As i, is, the voluntary p,inci
pie of education costs much more than
would such a system as we have indi-
Gated, in addition 10 which it is more
partial in its results and far less ditfu-
slve.
Individual States have done and are
doing much for this object, bu. their
efforts arc too limited to accomplish The
universal education which is desirable
and necessary. We see this in The mel.
ancholy comparison made in every cen.
sus, between those who can and those
who canno, read and write. II we had
some such system Of education as the
Prussian in onr free country. we should
no longer hear the croakings we do.
about the instability of our institutions.
Although il is late, measures should be
adopted 10 make common school edu.
cation as free as wafer. No matter
wha, may be HE expense to the gene.
raj or State governments. Dollars and
cents cannot outweigh the grea, object
to be gained. Ga the virtue and intel
lgence of the people, every one will
adml', depend the 1erpetnty of our gov
ernment. This is lrite saying, but it
is no less true than trite; and if, as we
believe, the grea. and inesinable RICH,
OF suffrage cannot consistently with the
glorions fact Of free government, be de-
MED to any man, however. poor or alb
leci, who possesses ordinary I'M
Outstanding and who has committed
no crime 10 forfeit the right, how
amazingly important is it that every
child should become virluous and in
ielligent. 1t is the only safe guaranty
to secure TO every man his electoral
privilege to the best possible advantage
10 himself anu VI his Country.
We have been forced into this train
Of thought by the course Of the Gazette
and have uttered our honest sentiments
on this occasion, on an important SUBJ
ject, not for the purpose of obtaining
German vo,es-for we feel. as we al
ways have done disposed to PERM,
them TO vote as they please-but to
vIndicate our own principles, and show
tina, Wings are and Will hereafter be
disposed TO ,rea, their adopted fellow
citizens as brethren and friends, emit.
led TO the same privileges and possess.
ing the same rights with themselves.
There is rumor in circulation that
r. W. Dolbee. the Independent, candi-
date for Assessor intends TO remove
from the county. The rumor is untrue.
Col. LETTER declines being candi-
date for The Legislature. Since his de-
clnation The friends Of Joshua Holland,
of Augusta, have prevailed on him to
be candidate, and now the lndepend.
ent Tickle, is full and will be we'll sup
ported in opposition TO the clique can
tlidates.
The Steamer Big Ha,chee burst one
of her boilers on the 23d, at Hermon,
on the Missouri river. Between tven-
,y and thirty of the crew and passen.
gers were scaided. several of whom
have died. The engineer, who was
among the killed, is blamed, and the
captain also, for employing him.
The workmen began to break ground
yesterday on the corner of Jefferson
and Main streets, for the erection of a
splendid building aad Hall, by Mr.