Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1847-06-25

fp1cI.lar dat.ss Wli. not p1riaU lAsn % ueTJi-
Ilhe necessary atsnton 10 the es.al.s Of such a
service, they viii b, able, doubtless, 10 enlist the
efforts OF energetic laymsa ia the work. Will
,hoy noy, every where, be ~ and dong in this
acceptable and very important servicei
Tds primary purposs ot'hs Board Is TO trans.
Ter teachers from those paris Of iha country
lwhsre they are most abundant. aud where cdI.
"a, onal improvements have elevated the stand.
ard of teaching, to places where they are most
NEEDED. But those who SEQ IN this movement
nothing but the mere sending OF a few teachers,
or even hundreds Of teachers, TO occupy as many
schools, will form bot a very inadequate concep-
lion Of real scope and bearing. The influence
Of such a movement on the geaeTai taierests Of
education, is q consequence which cannot escape
the attention OF The intelligent aad ob5ovlng.-
The great want Ia those portions OF the country
(which The undersigned has visited, Is thar ol just
appreciation, among the Masses OF the value and
IInportancs Of education. Every qualified teach
CT sent 10 a destitute place, wall exert moro IN
hueuce in the cause OF education, by the pracII'
cal illustration Of the effects OF good teaching,
than could be done By the most eloquent lectur-
er without such illustration. livery such teach
er, devoted 10 the employment. IN the true spnlI
lof it, will become a centre oI Invaluable mlu-
euce. Every really good school viii DO like
cily set upon hill; is light will be seen and It's
. influence elt in every direction. This influence
1.-The friends Of education in the West need To aid
them in their Iaudable labur5 10 advance the
r cause-labor5 which will be uuayaing without
1.-The strong public sentiment which the well d.
reced etuu5 Of the Board and the teachers it
! may supply, will, il is hoped, aid IN creating and
sustaining.
The Board Of National Popular Education do
? not stand in the position Of attempting TO make
one portion Of the country the instructors Of an
o other; but while il hopes 10 give, direcy,to Ihou-
$ sands o. children and youth, the benefits Of an
n education they would not Otherwise receive, il
;. expands its views 10 the great purpose otaIdiHg
10 transfer, through good instructors, the cduca'
IS loual Improvements DI every port oI the coun'
Try to every other parI that may be destitute O
ll them, TO the end that tho friends Of education
!. who are struggling under lhc cmbarrassm gEls IN
re cdanr 10 new and sparseIy settled States an,
NJ Territories, may Jy aided ia thgir efforts a. cdu
" calionaI Improvement. One oil tho creates
wants oilhe West, in regard 10 educalon' Is thu
;e Of well qualified instructors. There are ludceC
ir portions of il where there are good Instructors
n aud good schools, and where improvements II
10 this respect arc in a state OF very encouraging
/. progress, through teachers associations aut
teachers institutes. BuI THESE portions are small
r compared with the great whole. 70 encourage
C.. and extend these efforts at improvement. by fur
e nishng teachers Of uhigh order OF talent aud ac
l. quirement, to take charge OF Seminarics, where
IS among other things, teachers may be trained Il
=, their UOrk, and thus the West be aided in supply
l. ing, as Hmast and riH finally supply, It's olcI
;e teachers from among us OcR people, is leading
+ and very important object of the Board.
Il There are many noble minds at the West, in
q tcnscIy anxious for its educational Improvement
J. aud the beginnings Of a favorable movement
j.. there are visible. But there are difficulties ro
G be encountered of no ordinary magnitudo-dil'
]. liculUcs not to BE- met with al the East-whcre
2, even with all the advantages of homogeneous
,. and dense population and well established lusu
/. ulious, Improvements in education have pro
gc5sed but slowly. Who will not rejoice in an,
o, opportunity 10 aid, though il may be bul Iude
a. in overcoming these notwithstanding III
n. West, aud through it,, blessing the whole couu
"a. try, whose dcs,iuIas it is soon 10 conro
ed In the plan, whose origin, purpose and Pre-
Il. gross hitherto, the undersigned has thus sketch
es cd, he hopes the benevolent and the patriotic
4h both al the East and The West, will see Gnoug
al to inspire their confidence and enlist their hear
a. ty cooperation. The proper education Of tn
IN millions Of children in our country, who are RI
" pjdIy passing beyond the period Of instruction
"a. to become men and women and fathers and me
as theirs, is an object whose importance it's scorccl
or possible to cXuggcrac. There are in the Uni
ted States about four millions Of children be
as tween the ages Of aud 10, not including tn
Mt slaves. They are all in the process OF lurmln
10 their intellectual and moral characters for life
10 characters in which are involved not only lhe
own individual dcslinIes, but the destiny OF tn
d, nation whose institutions, civil and religious, at
~ soon to b. committed to their hands. 1t may b
TO safely affirmed from all the data oLlhe last Gel
1u sus, aud other means of information, that neal
- .ly, if not quite, one-hai Of these chrildren ar
- destitute ol school instruction; while those VIII
he have any benefit Of schools, a large portion er
r. Joy the benefit but very small part Of the year.
va What is to be done with these alarming dGst
a. mGonsi Do they demand not special ciion!-
Shall the millions OF ignorant children be left is
I'd norant aud uniuslructcdl or shall they be bIcs
s. scd with good schools, where their lmprcssbl
"a minds and hearts shall be raised TO knowledge an
Ill yiruol Greater questions cannot be prescntc
II. to the mind of the Patriot and Christian, tha
these The political questions which absorb an
e. distract the minds Of men, and periodically racl
ay as by commissions, the entire country sink int
n5ignidcance by the side of them. Not tn;
n, these questions are absolutely unimPorIant, bl
IA. only relatively SO to this great interest. The pc
Iiuca questions which ag,lale the nation are IN
&c poranr but it will be in vain that, in any give
10 contest, they are decided right, unless there is
mt state ofnclgonce and moral principle Pcryodin
The masses, thai shall make them stay right.
,tc That the tcalcncicS in all the political partiC
is are downward, aud that the aclua! progress wi
,,r be downward, without the united, vigorous an
on unayaiImg efforts Of rhc wise and good Of a
n, parties, cannol but b. obvious to all. What
4 IN IA, thp merit ,reuprggiou - q pu,stinn or p,oy