Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1853-07-08

The chief reliance for the spread and per-
manent success of correct political sentiments,
must be upon the education of the people
Freedom of opinion, liherality of sentiment,
and independence Of political action, are not
to be looked for in communities where the
school house is wanting, and where but little
or no interest is felt in educational matters.
The present condition Of political parties in
this country, abundantly evidences the truth
funess of these remarks. The statistics of
education are instructiveo on this point. Where
ever in the Western States, the common school
interest is most cherished, and wherever sta
tistcal facts show the greatest attendance in
the schools, there is invariably found the lar
gest vote for freedom. Look at the official
report Of the State Superintendent of schools
of this State; examine what counties furnish
the most encouraging aspects in educational
matters and then compare these with the of
fetal canvass of votes. 1t will be seen that
the strength of the free and independent dem
ocratic cause is almost invariably in those
counties and localities which exhibit the most
favorable condition of educational interests
Make the same comparison Of the official sta
tistics in the State Of Illinois. Southern lie
liuois casts scarcely any free democratic votes
Southern Illinois has but few school hou-
ses, and but little regard is had to education
and the enlightenment of the people. 1t has
often titfully been denominated Egypt. Nor
them Illinois is generally well supplied with
school houses and the means of public in
struction; in Northern Illinois the free vote
is large and effective measures are now be-
ing taken to give increased vigor to the cause
of humanity. The same results are shown
from official statistics in Michigan; here, too,
the report of the State Superintendent of
schools, shows us where to look for free and
Independent voters. The same may be said
of Indiana, also of Ohio. What portion of
Ohio has devoted so much attention to the
interests of education as the Western Reserve
And who does not know how greatly the po-
liticJl aspect of the Western Reserve differs
from other parts of the State' In this por-
lion of Ohio, pro-slavery platforms are in bad
repute, and the vote for freedom is always
large.
Now, if any one finds fault with such a
presentation of the political and educational
aspects of the country, he must complain of
the official statistics, and not of us. There
is no fact more fully demonstrate from the
official records Of the States in the West, than
that free principles and free democratic SEN
timents keep pace and run parallel with the
progress OF education. The cause of eduea-
ton is therefore, most emphatically the cause
of freedom; the hope of our country and its
future destiny for veal or woe, eminently de-
pend upon the diffusion of knowledge and
the education Of the people. Education is
most deadly foe to American Slavery. Give
the South Free Schools, full liberty of the
press, and freedom of speech, and slavery
would crumble to ruin. The strength of the
peculiar institution is not in light and intel
ligence, but in darkness and ignorance. Its
strong holds of sympathy in the great North |
West are almost invariably in those localities
where education is least regarded. Free
Schools are the great instrumentality for the
promotion of the cause of true liberty; thro'
heir agency, oppression, misrule and wrong l
# every kind must give way. They are the
afeguseds to liberty and free religious tole-
alton. !,