Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-07-30
From The Richmond Uhig.


1865
EDUCATION.
We have already avcrted to the fact, tina
the Virginia orators of the Fourth had caugh
MP the strain. and endcayored to inspire thei
hearers with the importance oi prompt, cner
getc, and unccasing action. ON the subject q
IMPROVEMENT, not only in Agriculture, Man
uiacturcs, and the Arts-but, as the foundation
OF all these, the GOlcrGt EdHcGtion ~ th,
People. The necessity Of this has become sc
obvious, that the pride of Nirginians. lofty and
p~raiscworthy as it is when looking back IL
our past history, becomes humblcd and almost
abused when we cast our eyes at the present
condition of our good old mother, upon thi,
vital mattero o. intellectual cultivation.
We presented the other day. the spirit stir
! ring remarks of ARCHIBALD CAREY, Esq, oi
Martinsburg. on this theme: and we now
bring forward the noble battlc-cry of another
gallant champion of the cause. The Grafton
ot JoHN BLAIR Hoes. Esq, of Jefferson, at
the Slamondalc Springs. was wound up with
a most glowing and fcrvent appeal TO his fell
low citizens; 20 rise up. as one man, and
wipe the stain from our escutcicon, AMI,
catching the Inspiration of the age, join in
the cry-0NWARD 0NWARDp We "a
gree with him, that 1.-THE work is mighty-the
| end glorious
But let the eloquent conclusion of Mr..
HoGE's address speak for i,self-and let the
reader join in the manly determination To
rouse up the slccpcrs over the ancient lame of
Virginia.
II have spoken to Won. fellow citizens, as
to a portion OF the people of the Union-as to
A~mericans-bu, standing upon the soil of our
State, with her mountainsand valleys
around us-with the proud memories of her
past glory suggested by the day-our eyes are
naturally turned upon her.
Would that more Were seen to cheer-would
that her Present were worthy Of our glorious
Past!
Task not the causes of our retarded progress
i seek not To theorise-for in all its magni-
tude and importance the neglecto of the educa-
ton of our people must force iiselfupon every
mind.
The hour has come, when the men of Vir-
GINA must arouse themselves, from the strange
indifference i'll which they have so long re-
inained-thcy must awake, To the absolute
necessity of reform upon this subject.
Yes, seek To disguise il as we may, Virginia
stands with folded arms andin ~listless apathy.
while her sister States are moving forward in
the march of improvement.
Why is it? Her resources are unbounded
SONS are brave and chivalrous--her
honor is as dear as of old-why is itl Words
o q not To explain, what all know.
There is blame TO fall somewhere, and casu-
istry cannot cxtenuate il. Our rules arc cul-
pa6te, they who hold the reins of pcwcr-they
who are charged, with the promotion of the
peoples Interestingly who mockingly pro-
Tess to be their servants--in the face of the
world, must bear the burden of the blame, 1t
may sound IN your cars, as a hackneyed and
theme, vet the fact starcs YOU in
the face, that EDUCATION. which developes
the powers OF the mind, relines the feelings of
the heart and enobles the character, has been
our people, until they have almost be-
comes n -bye-wora of reproach.
The age in which we live is one ofimprove-
ment, the world is progressing. Ournation is
advancing, but our State is immovable-im-
in the ire of exploded theories and
dogmas.
We have talked of Freedom, until il has be-
an unmcaning name. Does not history
MS, that Education and the spirit of hui
man liberty, have ever moved hand in hand CO.
workers in the said glorious Improvement
Unul our people are educated. the richest
treasures of the earth will lie buried i'm our
hills, and mconnected b. works of enterprise.
we shall live as strangers TO our brethren.
We " 1t To ourselves, to- the memory of
our Fathers, TO the ancient glory of the Com
monwcalth, to the Union and To the world.
that rising up as one man., we SHOULD wipe
this stain from our escutcheon.
Let us not boast that we are Virginians. let
US not exult in the name, when thousands of
our brethren, bearing the same proud title.
still wear the chains ofdarkness; whose minds
are blanks, whose vision is circumscribed
whose mtellects, like mtrimmed lamps, SHED
but a feeble Pickering light around them.
Look at the States which stood shoulder to
shoulder with us in the trying scenes of the
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Sa nanpI. M p,,r h.Dtl...
men OF the same mould--sharers of the same
liberty.
Why have they outstripped us? Why arc
,hey III advance? why droops our proud old
banner, far behind?
Upon ITS broad folds, we see the emblem
OF our Fathers hatred of oppression, and in
characters bright with the glory of the past.
we read their motto, Sic Semper Tyrannis.
DO zoe bow before no ~despotism? Is there
no tyranny in Ignorance?
Oh! that Nirginians would wake from Their
mSlorious lethargy, and catching the inspira.
ton OF the age join in the cry-'Onward
Onwardr'
Can it bc2 Will it ever be? Men of vir
the end is glorious.
Our own day may not reap the rich reward
still zoe should striDc--ifnot for ourselves, 70
those who are To succeed us in the grand drama
OF human existence.
"Let us then be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate,
Sun achieving, still pursuing,
Learn 10 labor and 10 wait"
From the Brooblyn Aduerfiser.
THE NEW YORK MERCHANT.
OR, AN INCIDENT or TUE FIRE.
A gentleman OF this city. learning early on
Saturday that his store in New York was in