Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1849-01-03
SYAUNYON, (NA) WEDNESDAY,
EDUCATED LABOR.

Inc most abundant proof exists derived from II,
departments OF human industry, that uneducated
labor Is comparatively Improbable labor. have
Oelore me the statements of a number Of The most
intelligent gentlemen in Massachusetts. affirming
'"'S 'ac' Us the result OF an experience eXtendinu
over many years. In Massachusetts we have no
natlve-born child wholly without school instruction.
out The degrees of attainment, Of mental devotion
ineht are various. Half dozen years 500, the
massachusetts Beard of education obtained state
menis from large numbers of our master manu(ac-
turers, authenticated from the books of their respe
li'e establishments, aud covering series of wears
The result OF which was that increased ,.,tecs y ,e
found In connection with increasinp inteliuenc,
just as certainly as increased heat raises the mer-
curry IN the thermometer. Foreigners, and these
coming from other States. who made their marks
when they receip,ed their bills earned the least
those who had moderate or limited education. DC
cupied middle ground on the pay roll while the
ihteii'gent young women who worked in the mills
IN winter, and taught schoOls in summer, crowned
the list. The larger capital i'm the form of in,eIli
gence yielded the larger interest in form of WAGES.
L MS inquiry was not confined TO manufacturers,
out was extended 20 other departments of business,
where the results of labor could be made the subject
Of exact measurement
Ihs Is universally so. The mechanic sees it.
when he compares the work of a stupid with thai
OF an awakened mind. The traveller sees it, when
he passes from an educated into an uneducated ma
tioh or, there are countries in Europe lynr
side by side, where without compass OF chart, with
out 6ound or land marks, could run the line of
deIna'caiion between the two, by the broad eeible
characters which ignorance has written on reads
fields, houses and the persons of men, women and
children on one side, and which knowledge has in
scribed on the other
This difference is mos; striking in the mechanic
arts; but 1t is clearly visible in husbandry. Not
the most fertile soil not mines OF silver and GOLD
can make nation rich without intelligence Who
ever had more fertile soil than the Egvpians 3
Who have handled more silver and gold than the
Spanlards! The universal cultivation of the mind
and heart is the only true source of opulence the
cultivation of The mind by which to lay hold ON the
treasures OF nature; the cultivation of the hear; by
which 10 devote these treasures to beniiceni uses
Where the cultivation exists, no matter how barren
the soil or uncOngenlal the cline, there comfort and
competence will abound for it is the intellectual
and moral condition of the cultivator that mpoyer-
lshes the soil, or makes it TEEN with ABUNDANCE
lie who disoheys the law of God in regard TO the
culture OF intellectual and spiritual nature, may live
in the valley of the Nile, bu, he can rear only the
LEAN kline" Of Pharoah but he who obeys tho
highest law, may dwell in the cold and inhospta.
bic regions of Scotland or of New England. and
''well formed and fat feshed kline" shall feed OF
all his mcadows.-fiorGce Mann.