Oroville daily Butte record. [volume] (Oroville, Butte County, Calif.) 1856-1858, 1857-04-25
Commov schools No. III.

What we said before in our preceding eomm"n'
cations concerning the development physically ana
mentally of man. IL true in a national rs we'll as IA
an individual point Of view physical and mental de-
yelopuent alone will net, however make nation
of eople truly great they should also be developed
morally and reltgiously, rs an nseperabie and &C
comnanyina adjunct of what it takes to make n ma
ton great in the true acceptat0n CT the word great
man may possess the strength of samson. ana
the mind If Newton, yet what does 1t avail II he is
~anng in the moral attributes, which should con-
troll and govern, and keep in proper subsection his
appe es, aud passions. We read IN hiso'! oil Alex
ander of Macodon. sometimes termed Alexander the
Great who. having conquered the world that then
was. hung his sword and trumpet in the hall, Weep>
ING ihnI his arm was hampcrrd, and had not room
enough to do its work IN world 81 small IL ours -
This example proves two facis first. Thal nolhlng
shur, of the infinite can or VIII satisfy the cravings OF
man .secondy that the individual that can govern ms
passions i greater hero than an Alexander. mus
il is lind thousands OF men daring enough 10 lace
a canaon- mouth. or an adversary ~ ducl, VINO
cannot control their own passions. TINS Is enphat
ically the result of want of education proper. thor"
ough, comprehensive development ana cultivation,
in mans entire being. morally rs wei NJ mentally.
We as great republican people depend not only
the intelligence but the virtue OF our citizens for
prosperity and perpetuity. The pages OF history
corroOor-te the position beyond a doubt. Nations
have been saved and they have hecn destroyed by
portion OF The intellect overpowering the bal1nce
minority. very small minority "f nations intellect
not morally but immorully edncnted, has often
proved the -courge Of the whole country few
spirits, mere tro-ke that of Dant n, RUbcspierre
and Mura-aided by few suballerns IN number
circles yet holding places of power, have drenched
the feds OF France in human blood, and rohed its
millions in the sable garments Of mourning lime
would fail Us TO speak of the Pharaohs Caesars, and
bonhpares nj the shrine of whose unhalowed am.
bitten thousands and millions Of the human family
have been inundated. And the lesser monsters In
human form that have from time Ia time afflicted
mankind, men indeed, of high intellect, partially ed
ucated, bur whose hearts were suffered 10 grow up
the hot beds oi every passion that could either de-
grade, or niCt human kind. Love To Their Creator
and love to man, never entered very largely into
their composition had they been fully developed in
this respect they must have been great benefhctors,
ratherlh han nuisnncesyea, worse Than nusances, TO
the ages Ia which they lived
But let turn from the darker 10 the brighter side
OF the picture We have few samples of intellectual
and moral culture combining their happy powers To
work out n nations deverence. We need not tell
you of the savor other countries nor OF the small
bands that have arisen from tiIne To time Ike new
CONSULTATIONS IN the Heavens, to redress nations
wrongs, and wrest the scorpiOnscOurge OF tyranny
from the relentless hand of hoartless despOtism We
can tell of our Washington snd his noble compatri
in the council aud fed, who at the sacrifice OF all
that men hold dear, dared 10 redeem II nation from
the uni eucrOuch nents and avarlcious spoatons
OF piisilanimops government prompted on by few
ambitious men. But who knows but II " ashlngtOn
and his iIlustrous cOmpeGrs, had been still better
educnted than the age in which they lived, and from
which they took their Gounsels and examplesp Who
knows but all they accomplished for positrlty might
have been accomplished 10y other means and policies
without the sacrifice OF 50 much bloodJhedF Nho
knows but that another Franklin of another category
might have arisen, who could have stolen from the
breast of Kings The electric fluid OF monarchs wrath,
by IA conducting rod that would without the lurid
flash of scnlhing lightning, and the mighty peas of
angry hunders, have sent il secretly and quietly into
the bosom of mother earth? We cannot give here
ythc of attention that The sn bject deserves knowing
that the FESTIVE Californian will not succumb TO long
communications. Permit In conclusion To say
that that system of education that fats to deNeiope
the moral well rs the mental, falls far short OF
correct system. J.B.C.