Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-05-28
Number. ~.

anciens understood the intimate cenncx-
ion which exists between the two; hence
their unIiring attention to tho develop.
ment not only. Of tho mental, but also Of
tho corporsM power. Tho physical edu-
cation Of their children was commenced
almost at the very hour Of birth Blu. tho
fmoderns seem TO have forgotten that pu-
pills have bodies 10 BIO disciplined, or mo-
rails, or indeed any other faculty, save that
Of memory. The result is a wan cheek
and premature tomb. The habits Of in
dusiry, economy, and morality, are reg
Iectod, and The student omerges from his
cloistor, almost as ignorant Of men and Of
tho system under which no Is 10 live, as IL
be had been CROPPING all his life timo
among shadows.
cannot dwell upon the enormous evils
Of NATIONAL ignorance - The deep re-
proach with which il covers us--llie dan
gers II ihreatons--or the burdens II en-
tails. need moi speak here Of tho hid
eous amount ofpaupcrism and crime II has
cuused--of prisons poopIed, and the land
impoverished; pause not 10 describe the
numbercss evils and namelcss sufierngs
il has produced; Il il enough 70 know that
more than 1ioo millions Of free white chill
dren are growing up ID our land as igno-
rant as Hottcnlols Of all that onnoblos,
refnes, and exaIts the human mind; whlo
a majority Of those who arc educated inn
bibc, to avery great extent, rALsE KNowL-
EDGE, which Is worse even, IL possible.
Than ignorance itself The fountains Of
truth have been polluted by human craft,
and from the straems Acknowledge wo now
drink the subtle poison. Oar whole sys-
TEN Of education Is radically detective
unsuitcd 10 the ago--bchind tho spirit Of
the times, and opposed 10 the genius Of
ourrepublican institutions. Shall we then
waste our time in framing apologies for
our ignorance, or in dcvising DISCUSSES 10
conceal il, instead Of adopting mems to
remove the evil at once and forever?
Our public institutions, with but few cx-
cepions, are mere nurseries Of so tirian-
ism, pride and Incidence. The grcatprinci-
pies Of American Liberty. Of Equal LAWS
and Equal Rights, nre rarely heard dis
cussed within curcollege walls. This is
ono reason why majoriiys Of graduates,
of professional men, arc opposed 10 these
principles. So long as the faculty OF our
Universities shall DO composed, as atpre-
sent, almost exclusively Of anti-republi-
cans, 80 long viii These mighty engines
be welded against the rights OF the many,
and for the exclusive advantage Of a
privileged lew. To remedy this startling
defect, this monstrous and crying evil, tho
Democracy Of Tho land should establish
institutions moulded and governed by their
own great principles Of liberty and equal
lily; they are bound by all the laws Of JUS
tee and patriotism 20 withdraw their sup
port from these hol-be1s OF sanctifcd H.
lnorancc, these nurseries Of an arrogant
Iaristocracy, and to give TO their national
literature a republican tone. Instead
! Of this The enemies Of freedom "muke our
books, think The thoughts, and breathe tho
feelings, which make our minds daily
bread, company, nurture and impulses from
| the frs. consciousness in youth to the de-
Icrepitude Of age England performs tho
mighty labour, 70 very great extent, Of
thinking and wiring for this vast nation
Of freemcn. Her arisiocratical cxposi-
| tions Of The theory Of government, ming
ling with her poetry, cloqucnce, history
and fiction, arc poisoning her literature at
its very source; aud is there no danger OF
conagion to be apprehended? may notthc
serpent hc hidden among the flowers of
her rhetoric, the poison cxhaIo from their
fragrance and balm2 What do wo find A.
mong her historians, poets, philosophers,
statesmen, that 10 calculated to keep alive
that keen, searching, eagle.eyed jealousy,
SO indispcDsably necessary to maintain
our rights and preserve oufpriyilegcsl---
There are exceptions--glorioua exceptions
to be sure--but even these, so few and far
between, only the more fully justify the
opinion that English literature, as a whole,
il intended 70 perpeuate tho odious arts.
tocratic ficiions Of the past; 10 impress the
monstrous aud plasphemous falsehood, thar
the few are privileged TO prey upon the
masses from generation TO generation that
the duty Of the working classes, the pro-
ducers Of wealth, is to labor hard for tho
benefit Of INDECENT nabobs who never
earned dollar in their lives, to SOW that
others may reap; thatno intensity Of mis-
cry, no extremity Of want, 10 10 influence
them % demand higher wages or cheaper
food-but that 70 pay rents, taxos and
tithes, d the whole duty Of man.
Pass 1T RouNp. Those who indulge
a. arIondor NJ Jro.s !, ~ s,,.....s- 1890