Western union. (City of Hannibal, Mo.) 1850-1851, 1850-12-26

Wsuiuctency OI INC system, would he altogether |
unnecesssry. There are in this city about zoo
persons between tho "ses Of five and twenty:
OIL, of.ht nun ber perhaps 200 otend school. =
The animal amount drawn BY rach schoisr from
che public fund., ranges ai from forty cents to
one dollar! Yes, sir. put It up TO tie highsst
sum, and 80, have one dollar per year for edu-
eating the homeless, INDECENT, orphan boy that
voams your streets, provided for and regarded
BY none. One dollar per year to SOW in his
heart the seeds Of wisdom and virtue; aud to en-.
rich his mind viii, those simple principles OF
moral conduct, which will enau.s him to shun
the ten thousand snare' set in the way ofhis I'm. !,
guarded footsteps.
Sir you complain much because tho indus |
trious emigrsnt Of the North passes your fer.
tile soil by unheeded, and settles in the region
ii "bleak winds" and barren pinerits Of Wis.
s,n.in sni M,nne.U, Aud you would fondly !
rccount for this Oh the ground that Missouri Is !
y slave ai,: but ell the slaves north of the
Missouri river are mere streak "f broan
here. AMI patch of blnck there. That p,or
bit respectable AMI energetic claN. OF people
most apt t, unigr ate, It Is true, hre somewhat
prejudicsd against the slave a, competition
with them for the incoms -: their daily toll
but tire great and ranscendaht question with
them when leaving tteir homes their faith
erlsni" /. rM nw o'cn children be educated
EheSei y, the laws Of that state make 2rnvi.
ion for the expenditure OF such sums of money
~ will when unit-d to their own industry, sc D.
cure O. them good English eaucationP Unless
these questions can he snsw cred in the aiIr
m tive, they will never settle, IN your state,
no, sir, nsver, ncrer A few words more on
what we nnder tind by National intelligence
will conclude our promises.
The nation i, composed of communities, md
communities o! individuals; If then the pulse
Of the individual possess a healthy action all
will BIZ we'll. But in what does education con
sis,p I answer in the proper direction and
full expansion Of mans intellectual powers, in
complete harmony with the susceptib'i;ics oil
his moral nature. AN true Knowledge elevates,
en:arges, and reiines our conceptions. Holding
converse with the world Of Time, we form ac-
quaintances with the master spirits Of the Past
a. they look down upon ne from their lofty
heights. From these living fountains Of virtue
and knowledge perennial streams will forever
A,w, whose widening Influences will be felt
down TO the remotest ages. They have won
derfil tendency to purify and retire the alec
tions, and awaken IL man tha: energy which
arouse. in him soul-s'rring thoughts, that
break over him like an echo from the Tar depths
of etc rnity. What young man can gaze upon
ths character Of Washington, without feeling
that it belongs - region high above the com
mon sxit,,or, or the world, and II the Name
time wi.nins I, a.cenl the .amr l"r" cmin-nc.p
The philosophy Of The skies cnh"'-d IN the
mind md tr ,u.cr,b.l from tn" ''r "i Socr ties.
shat sr"s, tca,hrr # an''qn'y shuts ont from
our breasts all iny, Mario" "1l s.ihsh sheo-
tons; and ,mhnc. n,r faculties with all that is
hherd, ard lofty. md large in t, nan character
Such phlo.,phy fl c'rl from ~" touching in
,sl-c, ~th,. p"."; Pa +~ny W; BE- Jeno'ni
mated IN. ,-,i,sr ,nt,tres. - .n.niuprial misAi
He O. putsntrd th,, all i..,n'd tfdhlInntion Con-
sisted IN holding deep cOmmuni with the IA
onks; and that every educated man 10 Intimately
acquainted with the absolute 10 ngnihon the
self svidencine light oftruth itself.
You will psrcsive, sir. that we cannot for a
MON Mt suppose that any vicious or profane
per.on, no matter how high hi. intellectual No
quremcn:. may be, is well educated. Mans
moral nntnrei i, his true glory and bliss; hence
ito cultivation and full development will form n
component part in every sysiem worthy u en-.
liyhtensd patronage. And care not whether
you look upon this subjsc, in a national or i'll
dividual sense; whether yon regard the present
or future the immediate or remote Consequences
Of your action; the rewards in hand or those
in anticipation; these are arguments, clear M
.nsYous, convincing ant overw helming in proof
OF paying a sovereign regard TO the full expan
sion Of our mural faculties in every state and
stage o: elnca.inn from the infant school to tho
University itself Believe me, sir, that mind
cultivated and refined, n heart rich in its own
aniabilify and a u,mc ul'tained are treasures,
that viii recommend their pnssessor to the at
tcntiun oi the wisn and good upor earth. and
introduce him into the sociriy Of the angels in
heaven. But while VIZ would cultivate his
moral u ,ture, we would by no means neglect
his mental faculties. Religion! Liberty! Freq.
dom! Righ, Government! Happiness! Social
Order, all stand upon tho broad basis OF intel
luc,ual acqnir emen,s. Should not your ply
stefan know something more than calomel and
rhnba,bp Your lawyer be able to look beyond
the statute bookp And your minister not to be
forever idolizirg his own dncirinal and cardinal
points 10 tho wholesale condemnation Of al
"a an impcroua duty devolving
ID legislatures to adopt and snioW
W"sN ,.,a> o. public Instruction, whose arms
vii! em, ace :he INDECENT 81 we'll ~ the npnlen'
coch ono OF us in our individual spheres Of
actinn can d. much for the inrtherence AMI W"
notion Of ,his great end. When society thu,
come. No to the point, at which rational and
u.ecn, ,ys,em Of universal instruction VIII be
characterized by some great national movement
in lis behalf. then no ono will be exc'isaoie Tor
growing M under the dark shades OF ignorance
Then f.natic.m and bgo'ry now almost pre-
domn.nt in sams sections af our beloved conn
,,v will exp;re a,nids, the ruins Of their Lonely
and deserted citadel. Then the Constitution OF
tho Uni,sl States, an instrument founded upon
m ~ equitable principle, nj hnna" government