Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1847-03-11

PsoPls ,aats cruel masters and worse slaves.
- would make liberty pack horse bus
~ iildfen. Il is u be hoped, viii be eeuca
n differently
W n. 8 here turned more Immediately on our
= country. He pointed to New England,
~ he amazing effects Of that discipline 10
a,cb fbe minds OF her youth are subjected.
,,1 ,boyed how Universities, Colleges. Semi
os and Schools at the common expfnse
- .ca,,ered over her territory. where the
.iJ,eo Of The rich and Of the poor met on
- Grounds. Their superior knowledge Is
arS,neni; and the ehapleis of victory Of
,a,y oliep. decorate the learned poor ~
..t.,ence 70 the rich blockhesd and New
land points with eSuliafion 20 many dis
b-'s',,shed statesmen, orators, poets and phi
-ssnbars who have come forth from the cot
3-. fire. SIDE. New England makes active,
-o,,,s,tc and efficient patriots--becaase edu-
.,,ed. After dwelling with great beauty and
80 IN the results ofedUeation In New Eng
1od. the lecturer thanked Heaven that this
~, and important subject was now invest
g,be hearts and minds OF the legislators AID
,55nle Of Virginia. and he hoped for bold
"a efficient plan for the education OF the PEG
70 balore the rising Of the present session Of
Re General Assembly. So does the Report
II He stated the same with respect TO other
s,a,e, and hoped for the same. He longed
q, The anle when the spirit would amplify and
,.,snalbea until It's domlnion IS coexistant with
IN, Republican borders, and the principle eve
where recognised which would bring the
Means Of knowledge within the reach II every
6e.r Of freedom.
He next dw'rk upon the educational wants
1.-The people as manifested by the returns Of
ne last census and pointed out their asiouad-
AZ character. "The frs, bold fact staring US
q lie face in the census of 1910, is that there
we're $50 600 white persons IN the U. States
,qho could not read and write THAT number
tas doubtless by this time increased to more
Kan 10000. OF this number, there were al
me North, (ihat is, North Of Delaware, Mary
l,td ,be Ohio uver and Missouri 207 900 in
snooulat.on Of $3.50 000 and IN the South,
4i3Wo IL d free population Of 4,6S0,000 At
ne West. Chat is West OF the Allegheny
,nouotains.) A6S, 600 ia FREE population of
i2l3,000, and al the East of ths, line, 2S2,-
no in a free population Of s,9l6,000. In par
,eplar portions Of the country, both East and
West, the proportion was still greater. Fo-
e,amnle. IN our beloved odd Commonwealth
CHI what a shame-there were $780,
white persons above the age of 20 of whom
5sG32 could not read and write-n,e in SIR.
In North Carolina, there we're 2U9,6S5 white
persons over 20 Of whom 5000 could not
read and wfte-0ne IN Haee and ttso thirds
IN Illinois, llS,4l3 whites over 20 of whom
y .502 could not read and write-oae IN seuei.
IN Indiana, 2GS ,049 whites over 90 Of whom
y 100 could not read and wfite---one IN serea.
g. that 10 point Of tact, Virginia shows IN a
worse tight than any other State in the Union,
whent is taken into account that the two lat
Ter States, Illinois AMI Indiana, are new States
aai constantly receiving large influx Of pop
5Ialion from foreign lands, and from Monarch
r2l Governments, where the subject is kept
"a perpetual ignorance We haze thus shown
r. proportions ia these States above the age
81 20 under the census of lsia In the two
safes of Indiana and Illinois, there were be-
tween the ages of 10 and %, pa ,034 white
persons unable TO read and write, and il is fear
Gl to consider how many Of this humber in
$50 will be added to the G5 ,602 above siie age
ii % IN 1910 who We're unable 10 read and
write
Now the same census document gives US
rae means Of considering the coaditioh of the
children Of the country in regard 10 toe priv
rgas Of instruction in lSa0. There were in
primary aud common schools, ,8i5, pa !;
while Aa whole number between che ages Of
. End ~ was 3.721 ,0S0-leaving oae million
EIGHT hundred and eishIy-o one ttOusao,d tigh
A5rcd and hVtystT, now doubtless fully IN
creased 10 two millions, without the benefit Of
>rup4ls About one third oGthis number were
Ia She States of Pennsylvania, Virginia and
NonL Carolina. and six-tenthS in the States Of
0a3, Indiana, Illinois. Kentucky and Tennes-
Sre. In Indiana aud Illinois, the number Of
children between the ages of 5 ana ! 5, was
5000, while there Were in primary schools
Jat So, 065. 10 Kentucky, that land OF chival-
~ and renowu. the number between 5 and Is
vas l6G.7 52-number in schools, only "a
GIL
"l have thus been particular with these sta.
tsacS that the observation-disclosures of he nation
might be known. Oh! what a bearing these
facts have upon the destiny of our Nation
Think Of lt--six hundred thousand adults una
bio to read and write. Many Of them are 20
'srs and unable TO read the Constitution of their
Country, the charter Of then liberties, the Ri
bic orlhe votes which they deposlte in the bal
lot box and by which they control the destiny
Vi the Nation And thcn tlro millions of chill
drs4 without schools Where win these chill
tren be- - wears hence passed to man and
wlmaah91d. VIVA; kind Of men and women,
fathers and mothers and citizens they will be,
depends much upon the kind Of education.
mental ana moral, now afforded 10 them
They are committed to fathers. and mothers,
guardians and government to train for Church
ana state, for the bar, the pulpit, the Senate
Chamber, the work shop, the counting house,
aud the ballot box Oh! what a responsibility
Ias's upon the present day. How rapidly they
are passing beyond the reach of Instruction.
men What IS 10 be done, must be done quick
why waste time in useless debated And
Then what an influence is TO be exerted by them
upon The leemlng millions Of the next centu-
IT,. To tue language of anolher-Ihe fathers
anu mothers, schoolmasters and preachers,
VINO are to mould that generation are now in
CUT arms and what We make them, they will
Ailse iae millions of the next century,"
The ecturer showed by these facts, the aw-
i4l responsibility that rested on every one who
'yed his Country. .l
=. ne next specialized on the population ofou
C'uniry at the end of the present century, aud
clearly pointed out the further necessity for us
10 be up and doing. He again turned 10 Viz
rnla-spoke ofthe colony coming 10 her from
Wales-the wants of that colony. and others
sull 10 come and the necessity Of giving all an
education for the preservation Of our govern
mnnt He spoke Of the want Of good teach.
efs-the ineihcieney Of every plan without
mem, and quoted the testimony Of THoMAs
BURROWS, Esq. Teachers Associations were