The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-06-25
Democracy OF soisnos-No. ..
BY JOSIAH HoLBRooK.

JOSIAH HoLBRooK.
Drawing speaks universal language, easy TO be read
and understood by all tongues and people IL IS hence
ready in action and mighty in power for spreading know
edge among nations. Like nost useful subjects and
powerful agents OF knowledge, il is wisely, beautifully,
indeed wonderfully provided for by the Creator IN the
constitution OF young minds, young eyes. and young
hands, Children at year old probably recognise OBJ.
ects in their Pclures certainly before they can enun
cate words What the mind aud the eye are quick to
recognise the hand is eager TO grasp to initiate Pro
ducion and instrucontwo objects OF eager and cease
less pursuit in early chdhood-ae abundanuy furnished
in drawing, added to their peculiar fitness for young eyes
and young minds almost at their ncpeni action as eyes
and minds Hence the peculiar appropriateness OF draw
ing for very young children, and the correctness
and lmportanceof the motto, DRAWING BEFORE wRi-
TING"
1t is, however, delightful, because natural, en-.
trance 10 writing. and with it reading greatly to the
lief oil thousands and millions OF innocent young suffer
ers, in their unnatural ksome painful, long continued,
almost unrelentng spelling book dri. passing rap
idly into dsuse; resulting almost uniformly in bad. be-
unnatural, readers Production instruction, pleas.
good writer's, natural readers and eagerness for
PROGRESS, among the natural, if not inevitable.
suits Of drawing exercises in early childhood If properly
and iudicously varied applied, and extended
But all is not drawing which is called drawing Mere
shading from copies is not drawing Pupils, after spend
ing years in such supposed drawings less ready at
tempt original pieces from obecs than young beginners
Hence deception, though practised unntenonally aud
unconsciousy is practised extensively and unfortu
naey The subject is coming, however, to be generally
understood, and the corrected Long continued and
greatly varied exercises in mathematical lines, and other
linear drawings, preceding standings, and drawing from
objects than copies, are now considered inds-
pensabe for any substantial Improvement in the ele-
CANT accomplishment and useful art of skechng by per-
speciive views the objects OF nature and Of art. Written
descriptions, added to natural sketches, furnish pro-
badly the very best exercises for correctness elegance
beauty, and freedom OF language, both written and
spoken.
For promoting the "DEMocRAcY OF SCIENCE" drawing
has bounds. If permitted certainly if encouraged.
every young member of the hundred thousand schools and
six millions of families in our Union would engage in il
ardeny and successfully. Animated by the productions
of their hands and the instruction of their minds. they
would go 10 multiply in number and improve char
acter in a constantly ratio. By SCIENTIFIC
EXCHANGES" between families schools villages, cities,
States and countries, the productions thus increasing,
and the knowledge thus extending, might be scattered
over all lands and reach the darkest spot in the darkest
country upon globe They would also be TO the
tons of the earth surer. happier defence against each
other than the thousands of warships upon the and
the millions Of armed forces upon land.