The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1854-01-11

| aud his country. 1t is equally importan
that the child Of poverty early feel the gen.
ial influence of our free institutions; thai
he learn, even in the primary school, thai
the road to usefulness, honor, and happi.
ness, is alike open to the meritorious from
every class of society. Besides, divided
as the people are in social life. in politics,
and in religion, they need Just such bond
OF union as can be easily formed in the
school room, and perpetual through life.' -
again, the graded system operaies eco.
nomically upon the principle Of the divis.
ion of labor. 1t affords scope for the prac.
sical application to a system Of education,
OF one of the most important characters.
tics OF nearly all the departments Of mod.
ern business enterprise-we allude to the
division OF labor. 10 this is due, in a
great degree, the wonderful facility with
which modern business associations have
laid their hands upon every branch OF in
dusiriai pursuits. and bestowed upon the
world the comforts Of life Introduced in.
TO our system Of education, it produces re-.
suits almost as astonishing as the advent
OF the spinning jenny in the manufacture
OF cloth. AS the raw material from the
cotton field Of the planter. passing by gra.
dation through the unskilled hands of the
ordinary laborer, TO the more perfect pro-
cess ofimproved machinery, receiving ad.
d,ional value in constantly increasing
ratio, so the graded system Of Intellectual
culture. from the primary to the high
school, adds increased lister and value to
the mental developments in ratio com.
mensurate with the increased skill Of the
mental operator. W ii,t
In all the departments Of tabor, whether
physical or intellectual, systematic divis.i
ion never fails to yield the most beneficial
results. I'VE might, with as much wis.,
dom. require cotton to be picked, carded
spun, woven, bleached and dressed by one
machine. or Gy One person, as that chill
tdren Of difTeren, ages and auainments. as
well as dispositions, should be successfully
governed and Instructed by one teacher,
when all are thrown promiscuously to.
gether in one rom" ts#R .aassH
Yet il is gravely urged that the law au.
thorizng the establishment of high school
infrnges the rights OF minorities. We
iail to perceive the grounds on which this
objection is urged. Is i, simply because
the will Of majority Of the electors OF a
township determines this matter7 The will
OF the majority in Republic ought 10 be.
must be. the arbiter in such cases. io
What are our great characteristics as a
free people. but republican government,
popular suffrage, trial by jury. freedom Of
speech and the press, and the sovereignty
~ the majority?'' His these peculiarities
which distinguish our own from the gov.
ernments Of most other nations. In these
particulars we have stepped forward far
in advance Of the rest OF mankind: and
with the unsurpasse1 privileges which they
confer. It may well be said that 1--WE have.
as nation. important duties TO perform.
great obligations to discharge, a trans.
cendant destiny TO fulfill. and an onward
and an upward career to run. till we shall
stand securely on the steadfast and glitter.
ing submits Of the world" B.