The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-08-19

morslss YET here, Ia 'wh i we call rebubIicsn
America, are ffteon lTeaf Staten. wing Win
each other 10 see which VA bring the blackest
and most imperrious pal Of ignorance over
three millions Of hunmn beings nay, which
can DO most to stretch thu pail across The con-
tinsnt, from the Atlantic ,sihe Pacific.
10 not knowledge \ gosd7 Is IL not one Of
the mott precious boui,liss which the ai!-boup-
tiful Giver has bestow "a upon the h uman rscr
Sir john Herschell. possessed Of ample wealth,
his capacious mind stored with The treasures Of
knowledge. surrqundsd b the. most learned
society in the nqsf caltiv3,ea metropolis in the
world, says:---sn f.Ser<t 20 pray 70; a inst
which should stand me il Stead. iauder every
variety Of circumstances. and be a source 81
happiness and cheerfuineS to me tkroues life
and shieid against It's us, how sser things
might 90 aniss, and the wifid frowa upon me.
II would be q taste fer resdng." Yet Il N now
proposed TO colonise the bread REGIONS Of the
West with Tnilons Of on; fsllew-beings, Who
shall never be able to f<td book or write a
word; 10 whom knowieilk shall bring no de-
light in childhood, no rsli<f In the weary hours
Of sickness or convslesccncs, no soIace In the
decrepitude of age; who ball perceive nothing
Of the beauties Of art, vie shall know nothing
Of the wonders Of scien}e, who shall never
reach any LOFTY, intellect>M conception Of tho
attributes OF their great froator;-deaf 70 al
the hosAnnahs Of praise shIch nature sings To-
her maker; blind in this. magnificent tennl.
which God has builded.
Sir, il is one of the nob.tst attributes Of man
thst he can deriye n o,xl,s.,., from, ~, ,...1..
sors. We possess the ascs,nplafe5 I.srr,ng AZ
agsn. From tan THOUSAND eouau.s.f s,,ss,.
the river of truth, wide,,e{ and deen.ned h,.s
coma down 10 Ms: and II tlAmonv our cho;e.-,
delights that IL we can aaito ia volum.s, ss 4,
roIls on. II will bear richf freivht ~ 49,.
10 our successors. But ijis proposed 40 nn,,i
This be,lf,csnt law Of naf,I h rsasI,,.,. 80
fered bounty Of Heaven. Il l. aresosei !. &c
AL, race az men 20 ~ bosl All ~, f,.,k,,. nf
perience shall be extingailied WHOSE hundre,stb
sensrssion sI.sli n. as irnizs1t .nd a. bsrbn,-
Gus a. IA frsl.
81. hold an rolanl. /; ;rnasunce 70 4. 4
crime. I helt ~ enI<fces <.ornae, ~ =. +,
rr,.ater crlsna. Kaeulnl< u. C..pt..i 4. III -
~ .sl a ,ssrru>s.., = 8 a Is - All. szsl
zsissusts peri f,.s acs % ,s<><f day. Whees-
e. intsrcepts i<ne~ elas, l4eIeforu, ON ifs pas
sage TO human soul; whssyef strikes down tlss
hand that Is ousstreehed "a grasp L. Is guilty OF
one of the most heinous Vi Offences. Add to
your virtue, knowledge, xzzhs the Apostle. but
here the command is, be-cb bud and be-littIs by
ignorance, whatever yirius you may possess.
Sir, let me justify the ealnesthess Of these ca
pressions, by describing TIL iransitlon Of feeling
through which have latel passed. l come froin
a community where kno3isdge ranks next TO
virtue, in the cisssifieator(of blessings. On tae
tenth day Of April last, the 5sy before left honae
for this place, | attended ite dedication Of a
schoolhouse In Boston, which had cost S70,DOD.
The Mayor presided, and mach Of the intelli-
gence and worth Of the ciiy was present ON that
occasion. see by a papsr which have this
day received, that anothsr z,hoolhouse,in the
same city, was dedicated On Monday Of the pre-
sent week. IL was there 8sied by the Mayor,
that the cost Of the city sci jlhousss which had
been completed within the Inst three months,
was $500. o00 On Tuesday or this week, a new
high schoolhouss, in the eit Of CAMBRIDGE. was
dedicated. Mr.. Everett, tksPresieent Of Hat-
ward College, was present. akd addressed the az
sembly in a long, and, 4 I(les not add. a most
beautiful speech. That sctoalhouse. with two
Others TO be dedicated within week. will have
cost sos 900. Last week Is the neighborir,g
city Of Charlestown, new high scAooihouse az
a most splendid and costly khsraetsr, was deds-
Gated by the Mayor and 4ty government, by
clergy and laity
But Il is not the Msyors Of cities. and Presi.
dents Of colleges alone, th4 engage in the work
Of consecrating temples ofeiuention TO the s.,
rice OF the young. Since have been here, the
of the CommeIIs I e.,lth. MIR. Briggs
'.ent to Newburyport, adj anee Of forty miles,
To attend the dedication Of ~chOolhoass which
cost S25 900 On a late secession, when the
,ame exeellent Chief Msgtarate travelled forty
miles TO attend the dedicadea OF a schoolhouse
In the country, some spes( = congratulated the
audience because the G oven o. Of a,e Common
wealth had come down tom the Executive
Chair 10 honor the oceaslou vNo," said he, al
have come up to the oecasisn 10 be honorcd By
it," Within The last Nsar. 500 900 have been
given by individuals 10 Tfaes ard College. With
in little longer time thsBshs, the other two
colleges in tha State haze keseivtd, lsaeiier, q.
stll isrecr endowment. fs,n a1lvsaaais or D.
Stale
These ines itses afe - - sreat sY@is
'Ehlce we s1e Ersins ~ - ~ sieiisiac0 " -
i<kErsstA ~ = kaI,l s - i t.-.ll's
liit = ttspeg i've teN pksalaIiss taxsf iAett
selves aba-t : lrliltia - L4ls q l,e ssQpoft.
Of coTnrnon schools selsase AS I'D iaUs ~
the statute book requirnq towns to tax thsln-
selves iOf The SUPPORT OF pfilc schools, but the
people nave long since lbs sishi on this law an
lae hahincence Of lneif entIiooueas. Massa-
chusolts : no" eies'lhs ieh'ihl sci'oos loi "a
sIahIs anu eAosen ,iahy =, =. "HoNi
come 70 US ,1oIh aptoaef y inch WIN co. u'e
Slate more uan hun1 sisea ' uo,ais
an uhAhown ihuiSanat p gwen s-o'.VV 70
wants u We EDUCATE al oat ueas ahd us'inp
!; olih1. AN app1VPhslVh Wa ihaus " '',e
iss. sslsiatuie 70 ss1oo. iol ~
iliii.at'oh ~ tnoSe oesul,,et y. ans
IN owis-eilsso, anu ~ WEE VIC nes'
ie'oa1Is anu hhsisous o..ns elass
are .aIheu ihso uoclnay, 70 .. o'.et anu
heathesss anu capable o. riioanihg many val
uapie services. Inc iulnit teachet u tiis sehoei
Is now aoIoau, preparing Eiinseii lo' ms molN.
= y" yssls aso. st, Iseiie, VIC Pleseh' 'es'-
dent oil haryad college, men Governor Oh INC
state, spoke me deep eoRi,ef'ons OF Massachu-
sets people, when m m address a on eSea
Massachusetts in The following words: "Save,"
said he, ''saye. spare, soape, stunt, starve, DO
anything but steal TO EDUCATE YOUR children.