The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-03-28

a spirit has gone forth among the ne
tons which demands the universal edn-
cation. I, comes upon the earth Ike the
atmosphere we breath, envelop'ng land
and sea. 1, binds like the principle that
wheels the plape,s in their orbits. Ty-
rants lrembe, thrones bow, armies stand
still before il. Man will be educated. -
On thi, point the ex,remi,ies OF the world
meet-antipodes feel in unslon--one
hemisphere speaks and the other answers,
Man may rise against it--avarlce may
utter ito neutrality-suspicious. may
rail selfshness may exclalm, interested
nobility conlemn; but 1t comes. The
decree nos gone forth tina. man shall be
enlightened. II will no, be revoked
It's the voice OF nature--iti is the voice OF
God. Vain is Iesista the arm
Of law--yain the sceptre OF sovereignty
vain the barriers Of caste. They Will
be swept ike the dixie before the tide
when nation is engulfed, or the rampant
before the whirlwiud that has uprooted
the forest.
lfman is to be educated he is to be
free. Feedom has always kept pace
with the progress OF education. Egypt
was once free, at least SO far as she was
educated. She had, even then, many
slaves, and SO many untuiored sons
Greece was once free; and whys Was It
because her soil was fertile, and her val
leys and streams lovely, or because the
fresh treezes Of the Egean or ionian
seas famed her! No! Her scenes are as
charming now as then. Greece was
ohce free, but it was when the powers OF
her body and mind were cultivated
when Imagination, memory. taste, ADD
feeling all that was bright or beautiful,
foul or terrific, and magnificent or lovely
in wondrous, heaven born, exlled man,
enjoyed an ample development and
vigorous life.
Rome was once free once mistress
Of the world. From Gaul and Britain tc
Asia's remo,es, plains she pushed her
conquerlng march. and chained the sub
iagaled nations, but she herself was tree
Wbyl Her mind was developed and &C
tive. Wisdom sat in her counsels, clio
quence fingered on her lips. Hes legs
lation was for the race her literature 10
oil time. Her poetry fell upon the sou
sol, sweet as kisses from the lips OF love
Her oratory vibra'ed upon the breeze a
the notes OF harp, swept by an angel
hand.
Trace the history Of modern Europe
and you will perceive tina, ra.lonal iber
" has generally kept pace with the pro
gress OF general education.
Look at your own Tree count,yth
admiration OF all lands, the glory OF III
earth.
Who were those, that fleeing fror
persecution in the old world, sought a
asylum in the wilderness OF the new
they were reading, thinking pnrltans
who, on their landing laid the foundation
OF colleges, academies. and schools. VIII
frs. rose against British oppression @
our shoresl Who first raised the stan
dard of liberty whose swords first lear
cd from their scabbard for its defense
whose hearts first poured forth their bloc
around the soil in which it was planted
Plaides Of Concord and Lexington, te
US! lights OF Bunker speak! Who fir
kindled the spirl, OF the revolution a
ever the land, and kept the flames burnin
till the revolution was consumateC Tn
people who had been reared in temple
of science, and who devised aud put III
execution the first system Of general et
ucation Il e world ever saw.
The angel OF liberty presses uFon II
heels OF the angel OF light and 10 soot
er does the latter blow his trumpet tia
the blast OF the former breaks upon Il
breeze. The education OF the wor
will as surely De accompanied by lis frt
dom as daylight accompanied the SUM-
Let a man know and feel what are h
rights and capacities, and he is no long,
TO be a slave. He will govern hinsei
A still smo Il voice speaks to every DO:
on IN the ra,joual creation. bidding ii /
free --teIllng 1t 10 ENJOY the rights wtI'
Heaven has conferred aud 10 acknowledg
no distinctions but such as God has o
dalned. Thomsons Essays.