The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1845-09-12

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| The following should be read by every
parent in the State 1t is a most graphic
portrayal Of the condition Of the unedu.
Gated:
'Did you ever see that ragged little
siraggler!' Yes, God help him, said my
companion, God help him!' With such
easy adjuration do we leave thousands and
tens Of thousands of human souls to want
and ignorance, doom them whi!e yet
walking the path Of guillessness TO na-
ture's devjls--their own unguided pas
sions. We make them outcasts, wretch.
es; aud then punish in their wickedne
our own sel6shness--our own neglect. -
We cry, God help the boy and hang the
man.
Yet moment. The chil1 still before
us. Can we not see around it--contend.
ing for it--the principles of good aud
evil! A contest between the angels aud
the fends! Come hither statesmen. you
who live within party circle; you who
nightly fight some miserable fight; contn.
ualy strive in some selfish struggle for
power and place, considering men only as
tools, the merest Instruments of your ag-
grandizement, come hero, in the filthy
street, and lookup Gods image in It's
hoyhood! consider this Ii tile man. Are
not creatures such as these, the noblest
the grandest things of earth! Have thoy
not solemn natures--are they not subtly
touched for tho highest purposes Of bu.
man life! There is no spot, no coarser
stuff in the flesh before You that iudcaie es
lower nature. There is no felon mark
upon it-no natural formation indicating
tue thief in its tiny fngers--no ineylta.
Bile blasphemy written upon its lips. 1t
lies before you fair manufacturing, fresh
from the hand of God. viii you, wilhs
out an effort let the grand fend stamp its
fiery brand upon il. Shall il, in It's limo,
cence, be made a trading thing, by mise
ry and vice? Say; what with its awaken
ing soul, shall it learn! What lessons
whereby 10 pass through life, making an
item in social sum! Why, cunning will
be its wisdom; hypocracy lis truth: thief,
Us natnral law of self preservation. tt
This chilt, SO nurtured, so taught. You,
whole code Of morals, nay your briet
right and wrong, are writ IN stranger fig
ures than Egyptian hierogliphics, and
IIme rasses-and you scourge he crea
tNfo sicge laigHtPsfofs heiuous go,iteso
knowing naugbt hut i'll! Tho ha
been IA sealed toyh to o.l,itn and tie Ounce
is punished with the jail. Doubles.
there are great statesmen: wizards II
! bullion and bank paper; thinkers pro,orDd
, 10 cotton, and every turn and variallol
o. the markets abroad and at home, Bu
2 mere are slatesmon yet to come, states.
1 men of noSer alms--of more heroic ac
uon; teachers of the pc pie, vindicatou
III The universal dignity OF man, apos les
# The great social I'm h hat knowledge
which ~ the spiritual light Of God, like
his material light, was made to bless anc
, comfort all men. And when these met
arise--it is worse than weak, il is siufu
S TO despair Of them-the youDghug poor
, will not be bound upon the very threshold
of human life, and made, per force, by
want end ignorance, life's shame aud
curse. There is not babe lying in the
public street, on'iIs mothers lap--,he nn-
conscious mendicant to ripen into the
criminal--that it is not a re?roach to the
/ State; scandal and crying shame upon
men who study all politics but the politics
of the human heart,--LiterGry .Hessenger