Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1850-04-18
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Education. q
Mr. EprToR:-I shall say few words this
subject in different style from my former com
municaton. Mr. Locke says :" That the differ
ence TO be found in the manners and abilities Of
men, is owing more TO their education than any
thing else" What is education! The word
means the act Of educing or bringing out to view
those qualities, or talents, which otherwise would
lie in concealment. We are born with certain fac
! ulties. Whatever tends to develop and improve
these, is education. Whatever trains our mental
powers, our affections, manners and habits, is ed
ucaton. Education conducted as il usually is,
upon one uniform plan, has constant tendency TO
cast the minds Of the unns,ructed into one unvalied
mould, destroying all originality. even where it
does not altogether benumb and cramp the intel
leciual energies Go, for instance, into an old
fashioned School. How irksome its monotonous
drudgery, unrelieved by those continual changes
which cheat other employments of much Of their
wearisomeness All things must move in dull,
unvarying, tread-mW track. But thus, the spring
of mind is soon gone its ambition slifed, its en-
ergies deadened and all the stuff, or spirit there
is in child is fused up in the school room.-
1t will not do TO stunt the intellectual growth,
cramp the energies, and dwarf all the faculties of
child. Onward and upward Is the language OF
all creation The stars whisper il in their courses
the seasons breathe ii as they succeed each otheI
the night wind wistles it the water of the deep
roars it out; the mountains lift up their heads,
and tell it TO the clouds and lime, the hoary-
headed potentae, proclams II with an iron tongue
From cline to cline, from ocean TO ocean, from
century to century, and from planet to planet-aU
is On,CaYI. From the smallest stream down to
the fathomless sea, every thing is onward. Cities
hear its voice and rise up in beauty and grandeur
nations hear it, and sink into dust; tyrants learn
it, and trembe on their thrones continents feel
it and are conYUlsed with earthquake shocks.-
Men, CUSTOMS fashions, opinions, and, above all,
preiudices, all changing rapidly. but still they
are onward. States, counties, towns, districts, !
cities and villages, are all onward. From one
stage of civilization to another; from one towering
Landmark 10 another, we still move onward and
upward Thus our forefathers escaped the bar |
barisms of past ages; thus must we conquer the
errors Of our time. We must be educated TO move !
onward with our armor bright, our weapons keen.
and our hearts firm as the everlasting hills
The weapons which our hands have found
those which Heaven itself hath wrought
Light, Truth, and Love; our battle ground,
The free, broad field Of thought.
There are some bigots and dogmalists who
;coif at the madness OF AerXeS, yet themselves
nv to fling their chains the ever-rolling ire
oressible ocean ofhuman thought. Properly edu-
,ated persons will take the hard rubs and dry
inocks of life composediy. The gem cannot be
polished without friction, nor man perfected with
,ui adversely. Properly educated folks will not
,e perpetually detailing and bewailing their mis-
ortunes They will fix their eye on the top round
If the ladder, and climb manfuliy, Instead of
down to examine so minutely the gutter
n which they C.ay have been capsiZed.
In this world which is our School, it seems TO
ne that some folks read no other volumes but The
7a,l Of man-The Faults OF Woman-The Errors
# Youth-The Deception Of the World-Man
vas onlv made to Mourn-The Corruption Of So
ie.y-' The Perishing Classes'--The Arrant
Horrid Murders, and others of a
Ike character. But if we trace, carefully and
page after page of these volumes
ven, we can behold brilliants bright, that out
rom the murky pool that engulphs them will leap
azzng ravs of virtue. The bottom Of this So
allied Lake Of Corruption is lined with precious
,wels thro1on Orer board by society, which if
roperly gathered up and polished would become
Crowns of Glory in the cause of Truth, I'M
rovement and the good Of mankind. Speak no
! Of the lallen,-never.
Let thy lips for e'er be sealed,
'Gainst the weakness of another
Till thine frail heart is healed r
Utter nought against thy brother. :
Hard the heart that seeks its glory 4
On the crushd hearts funeral pile; f,
Weak the tongue that lends It's story
Only to its Kind revIie c
Such spirit sinks our nature 4,
Tramples The law OF Love =
Spurns the blessings of our Maker, L
Sent, kindness from above.