Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-03-27
OBJ 9aiIg SPY.
MONDAY, MARCH ~ 1854.


Tn. 1naisiana State Superintendent OF
Ss,.,s La recently visited all the districts OF
.,he State, and has published long report Oh
~. 800. 81 education. He says that, IN sever
II ,a.,s If the State, the local directors, or
-, ro,nr;ttees. were found to be totally
snCapablo of performing the duty assigned
them. .sfor tic gerry potent rcaso" t'et s"ey'
,k.,.slses. 40 not ks,0w ho'O to read or 'oT'te'
4 large proportion of the teachers warrants
.o,.a;ped the marks, instead of the signatures,
Of the school committees. More than two
th;rds Of the members of the school commit
tees in several districts could not sign their
names.
The above is one aspect of the future which
Douglas proposes for Kansas and Nebraska
He wishes to open those magnificent terIlto-
res mn to slavery; and slavery, we all know,
.;o,;s;es the social and moral depression of
man. as 4 laborer; neglect of the arts and sci
auces: the absence of industrial enterprise; the
auttOr prostration of education, and the secu-
larization Of religion. If the Nebraska bill
passes, and the free men of the North do not
anticipate the lords Of the LASH in the settle
rusnt of that magnificent country, social and
moral desolation will settle over it, as certain
lv az II has settled over Louisiana. The land
which is yet suiused with the fulness of
primeval beauty, and on which Gods smile is
beaming, as He pronounces it g Very Coco"
viii not long be SO, if slavery obtains foot
ing there. .sPoor whites '-degraded sand
hiIlers-proud feudal lords; abjec t slavery;
school committees that cannot sign their
names, and sehoolmasters that can hardly
show them how to; ministers that torture the
pages of the Holy Bible to uphold tyranny
and wrong and women and children with
hearts blunted to the nobler feelings of hui
mainly, will constitute its society, as they
constitute the society of Louisiana. The hon
est man, who fells the tall oak, or tlls the for
est farm, is not considered King among
ties that have school directors who do not
know from bulls foot, are not taught to
respect the dignity that belongs to personal
virtue, and personal usefulness. They are ed
ucated to respect power, as it is made mani
fest in money or slaveholding; their respect
for learning may be estimated by the amount
of attention they bestow upon its culture.
Let the freemen of the North remember
that Nebraska, at this moment, is Freedoms.
1t is now devoted to future in which learn
ing win flourish, and ibery snile-in which
free schools and afree gospel will be sustained,
by the intelligence and piety of freemen. If,
however, the Nebraska bill passes, its destiny
becomes changed, and, instead of becoming
blessing to mankind, it will become curse.
Robbed of the prohibition, which saved it
from pollution, it will sink from its place
amongst the stars of our country's hopes, and
viii become another step to that dark stair of
slave States, which leads to the destruction of
the Republic.
But the people of the North can prevent the
fatal consequences Of this bill, if they will on
~ be up and doing, They can form Gordon
Offree hearts along the southern borders o
Kansas that no STAKEHOLDER viii seek to breal
through and they can form branch Of tn
Under Ground Railroad, which no slavehold
er would wish particularly to patronize. Tn
intelligent, manly, active, energetic, educate
NOrfherner is the man to people the terrific
ries, and not your degraded, ignorant " pat
rons Of learning" who cannot sign their owl
names.