Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-03-13
Educate tho People.

M'Es Of wealth. men of learn ng, pour in. true.
'ions upon the heads Of the people-you owe
them that baptism. Look at the boy in the
gutter hstless, shoeless, and nnoet naked. he
is part of our king; part of sovereignty
Should he not receive sovereien's education
Should he not be prepared for the throne our
institutions have given him There isa gem
in every human form let the diamond be pol.
ished, snd it will shine in truth and beauty.
There is still in the most debased "A beam sihe.
rial, though sulied and dishono.ed. still divine
Aud our motto should be-1'esch and habi.
,uhte the people to make righ, use Of the fac.
ulres which God has given them, aid then
,rus, them fearle-ely to themselves. Give demo.
eracies education, and freedom Of action, and
then ",et them alone
.Uneduco,ed mind. is educated vice. for God
made man TO know. He il the creature Of in.
s,ruciion for in a right education there is o
divine alchymy which turns all the baser parts
OF mao's nature into gold. We are told by tn.
oncients that 90 soon az the first rays Of the
morning sun fell upon the statues Of Memnon.
it sent up music. II is after the first rays Of
know ledge fall upon man that his nature dis.
courses harmony--all before 10 the darkness Of
barbarism.
All can see That wickeaness leads TO misery.
yet very few fnd out that whcn 10 equslly GER
tain that ignorance leads TO misery, and misery
10 wickedness. Dr.. Johnson was once asked !:
--Ivho ia the mos, miserable man = and the
reply OF the sege was that man who cannot
read on rainy day. The writer was once
passing through psrk, and saw nailed 10 one
Of these trees this warning :-'All dogs found
in this park will be sho,.'-A friend who was
with ps, remarkinp. 'uDless dogs can read they
are pretty badly off here Now God has not
only written his laws upon the trees, but in the
stars and in The flowers; has laws are above
us and beneath US, on our right end on our ltft.
and II man is not able TO read, he is pretty
badly off here--worse off than the dog, for the
dog has a master lo read for him; but man has no
master belweel. him and his God.
A maxim, Of more truth and force than any
Remember eyrr 10 have seen, was thrown oh
by a British stai-sman--by a man who wss in
learning vivid. varied and philosophical, and
who IN conversation threw out more gems
sparkling and brllls ont ss they come, Than any
other man OF his ago His pTofessed sPothegm
vas that 'Educotion is the cheGr defence
ofnotions.' And il might put 4 rusm BY
the side of this, would say, it 10 cheaper 10 et
ucate the infant mind, than to support the eyed
criminal Yes. besiow the psnce on common
schools. and save the pounds o. prs5ns. Mar
was not made 10 be sent TO prison. hui 10 be ed
uca,ed: and the very worst uss you can put
man to is TO hang hIm.s Neither 10 q man q
Human Poor Box into whose mosth we are Il
drop few'cents daily. The ignorant ,chiIe
left to grow up darkenIng into the deeper ipno
rance Of manhood wilh oil it's jealOusies. and il,
narrow-mndedness and lie supersttions. and il
penury of enjoymen,s: poor amid the intellec
iuai and moral riches o: the universe blind il
,his splendid temple which God has lighted o
and furnishing amid The profusions Of omnips
tence.'
~. woe for those who trAmple on the mind.
That fearful thing they know not what they d
Nor what they deal with---
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