Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-09-27


ton. In accomplishing whatever require,
delicacy and precision. nature is as mucl
more perfect than man. rs she is NOR,
powerful in whatever requires strength
Whether in great or in small opei atoms
all the in2ro, ements in the mechanical
and the useful arts come as directly fror
intelligence. bird comes out of 81 II
or the beautiful c1lors &c flower on, o
sunshine. Tne slav.-workcr is forevel
prying al the short end III natures lever
aud using the back in stead of the cdr, o
her finest instruments.
] Sir. the most 4 unIa an, proof exists de
rived from all Departments Of hunan in
dlStrv. TIA. u1cducatrd labor i coiupar
ativclv Improbable Labor. | hay. tciort
me the statements of Il number of the mos
Intelligent g.utlem IN oi MaSS,chuS us
affirming this fact as The result OF an ey
perience ey.2ndiag over IA .ay Years. In
/ Mass achuScits we have no native bnr,
child wholly without school instruction
but the degrees of attainment. of mrnta
development, are various. Half dozen
years ago. the Mass tchuscuS Enari ot
Education obtained staten ant. from i,rr
huiiberS of our master manufacturers.
authenticated from the books al! their re.
spcctIve cStabil shments. and covering q
series OF years, the result of which was
that increased wages were found in con
necilon with Increased intelligence jus, a,
certainly as increased heat raises the nler
curry IN the Thermometer. Foreigners and
those coming from other States who made
Their marks when they rcccp'ed their bills
earned the least; those who hal a mo Ter
ate. or limited education, occupied q mid
die ground on the pay roll; while the in
teii'gent young women who worked in the
mills IN winter, and taught schools in
summer. crowned the list. The laryr,
capital, in the form of Intelligence. Weld
ed the larger interest in the forum of wa
ges. This inquiry was not confined I,
manufactures. but was extended to othei
departments of business, whore the results
Of labor could be made the subject Of ex-
act measurem mt.
This is universally so. The mechanic
sees II when he couplrrS tic work of a
stupid with that of au awak enel mind
The traveller sees il, when he passes from
an educated into an unc,iucated nation -
Sir, there are countries in Europe. lying
side by side, where without compass or
chart, without bound or land mark. | could
run the line Of dcinarcaiion between the
two, by the broad. legiblc characters which
ignorance has written on roads. fields.
houses. and the persons Of men, women,
and children, on one side. and which
knowledge has inscribed on the other.
This difference is most striking in the
mechanic arts; but it is clearly visible also
IN husbandry. Not the most fertile soil
not mines OF silver and gold, can make a
nation rich without Intelligence. Who
ever had a more fertile soil that the Esyp-
tians! Who have handled more silver
and gold than the Spaaards! The uni-
versal cultivation OF the mind and hear;
is the only true source Of opulcnce,-thc
cultivation of tle mind. by which to lay
hold on the treasures OF nature; the calti-
yation oftle hear, by which To devote those
treasures 10 beneiiccut uses. Where
this cultivation exists. no matter how bar
rem the soil or ungenial the cline. there
comfort AMI competence will abound; for
II Is the intellectual and moral condition
oil the cultivator that impoverishes the soil
or makes it TEEN with abundance. He
who disobcys the law of God in regard IL
the culture Of the intellectual and spiritu-
al nature. may live in the valley Of the
Nile. but he can rear only the lean kline
OF Pharoah; but he who Obeys the highest
law, may dwell in the cold and inhospta-
bic reg ions of Scotland or of New Eng
land. and .'wcll formed and tut-heshcd
kline" shall feed Oh all his meadows. Ii
Pnaroah will be task master, and will
not let the bondInen go Tree. the corn III
his field shall be the seven thin ears bias
ted by the cast Wind" but if he will obey
the commandments Of the Lord, then, be-
hold. there shall be "seycn ears of corn
upon one stalk. all rank and good" Sir.
the sweat of "a slave poisons the soil upon
which il falls; hi, breath is mildew 10 ev-
durc 1t drops upon.
But slavery makes the general cauca-
ton Of the whites impossible. You can
not have general education without com
mon schools Common schools cannot
exist where the population is SPARSE
Where slaves TIL the soli. or do the primer
pal part of Whatever work is done, the free
population must be sparse. Slavery. then
by an inexorablc law, denies general cd
ucation 10 the whites. The Providence
of God is Just and retrIbuiive. Create a
scrf caste and debar them from education,
and you necessarily debar great portion
of the privileged class from education al
SO. 1t is impossible. in the present state
OF things. OF in any state of things which
can be forcseen. TO hlve free and uniYer-
sal education in slave State. The diff
cultv is lnsurnouniabe. For Il well-or-
gained system of couiiIon schools. there
should be two hundred children. al least.
living in such proximity 10 each other hiat
the Oldest Of them can come together to
central school. II J., not enough 10 gath
er from within a circle oil hall dozen
miles diameter fifty OF sixty children ior
a single school. This brings all ages and
all studies into the same room. good
sy stem requires separation OF schoo.
children into four. or at least, into three
classes. according 70 ages and at;aiEmenis.
this graduation, school IS bere:i
Of more than half lis efficiency. Now.
this can never be done in an agricultural