The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-09-08
From Moore's Rural New Yorker.
THE REASON WHY.

intelligence and education is especiall
necessary in a country like ours, is fh
fact that the responsibility Of the Cover
mcnt, and all that rela,es 10 The making
and the administration Of the laws, is il
the hands of the people. In an Auto
cracy, where the power is concentrated
in single person, and Ills mandates are
xeculed BY agents responsible only II
him, il is no, necessary, SO far as the bo
dy polite IS concerned, that The people
should be removed intellectually mor'
;hhn step aboye the brute creation lha
surrounds them; indeed, n greater de-
gree Of intelligence among lie mass o
subjects would endanger The stability o
the political fabric, and result ~ anew.
nlulion. Ignorance and blind obedience
are yoke fellows and iDseparable com
panions; and where the iormer prevails
the latter will be found at last. In an
Arisocracy, it is necessary that a class
be educated and fenced around with an
armor Of superior wisdom, while il is for
their especial interest, aud the perpetui-
,y OF their peculiar privileges, iha, The
common people--ihe hewers Of wood
and the drawers Of water--stoud know
just enough TO hew and draw and no
more. Nothing tends more inevitably
to break down special priv lodges, and
open up TO all men the common rights
OF humanity, than education OF the mas
ses. The son Of a grocer or mechan>
ic, who is sent to school with The son of
Peer, and finds himself equal to the
latter. both mentally and physically, an.
qures why the same road TO distinction
in the wide world is not equally open 10
him. He sees The other inhoriing broad
fields, and in the possession OF ren,-rols
fruered by entail, and handed down
from generation 10 generation; seat,
hy right Of birth, in the upper house of
legislation, hom which he himself is shut
out by The enacmenis Of positive and
unjust laws. The m,jnrily of his couD-
irymen are in the same situation with
himself, and if,hey are equally as well
educated, they are also equally discon-
tented. Hence, they form themselves
into league for the overthrow Of these
uajns, and unequal privileges, and the
tesu, is, tina, they ultimately triumph
Sometimes, 40 inolanccG in she F-cnch
revolution they triumph in crime and
blood. One man, or one hundred, can
NOT, for long series of years, maintain
positions above thousand other men G.
qnally competent with themselves; and
If the door is not opened to The Latter,
they will batter il down by force. They
form themselves into cops of sappers
md miners, and dig ou, from its
lowest foundations the strong buill walls
of Arisocracy, Such has been the
process going on in most countries of
The old world, slow at times, and appa-
ren,ly Intellectual, il is true. bui sill ed
sancing towards its consumma,iop.
The House OF Commons in Grea, Bri>
tain, even as late as the time Of Queen
Elizabeth, was SCI rcely ofany weight ir
The kingdom; they "humbly petitions
ed her Majesty" SO and so, and gratefully
received as favcrs ihe crumbs Of legis-
Iation that came from The table of the
@ leen and the house Of lords. Now
The Commons is lhe giant arm in Eng
land, WELDING alike the moce of office,
The sword OF justice, The keys Of The trea-
sury, and The enginery Of war. They
make and unmake the ministry; and the
veto even Of majes,y itself has not been
to mva lido,c iheil acts for a
period Of hundred and fifty years; and
The reason only is, that the people, be-
coming educated, understand, and dare
their rights. England has been
and is siIll, slowly but surely, approach
ing a Democratic form Of government.
LoUrs XIV of France, once said. 81 am
'he Stale"; and LOUIS The XVI. not
many years later, was brought 10 the
block. Revolutions and counter revolu>
ions have succeeded, and despo'sm has,
rom lime to time, partially iriumphed
A lack Of general intelligence, and a.
iiffusive system Of education among The
PEOPLE, is the reason why.
Our own country comes nearest of an,
I in existence TO free and untrsmpled
'aio, where every citizen is equally at
iber,y to act and to rise; and the rea>
on why is. the high stale ofintellecinal
nd moral culture among the people.
The patent Of nobility recognized, is
hal Of superior intellect, ensiamped on
y by the creator. The people are the
sovereign, aud the officer the seryant. |
10 privilege or emoinment is given 10
nan by right of birth, which is denied
mother. A general diffusion Of knowl-
dge-tke lepeling up, not dovn, Of the
hole peopls-.is the key 10 the triumph
Democracy in It's widest sense; and
lose who fear despoiism, either in
hurch or state, mus, make double efforts
, promote the cause.o OF general educa>
on. The alternative is ignorance and
espoyism, OF intelligence and freedom.
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Greene G. Bronson has consented 10