Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-04-30
The School Law.

We have before expressed cur regret that
the Legislature should have suspended the
operation of the School Library law, and
failed to levy the proposed tax Of one-;enth
of mil 10 sustain il. The tax is So small
that no one would have felt j. 10 be burden.
II amounted only 10 ten cents on thousand
dollars, and who, we ask, is there IN Ohio
who would have scrupied to have paid SO
insignificant sum to have stsblished in
MS toa nship ibrary OF useful books fer
general c;rculaiion.
We have lately read sPefch delivered
aonle iii. ts years ago, by General Og!e OF
Pa, 10 bis constituents, in which this mat
ter OF popular education is SO well treated
that We are conduced 20 copy part of it,
Hoes:
And there is Ihe common-school system
that have been laboFing or, until it is at
last isirly on foct. See that you keep il
aii'e. and make i. answer the glorious pnr-
pose Of It's establishment. Don't clip it
down to tn ng by your beggorly economy.
wish to the Lord that you usdersto ID think
ing a. well as you 90 eating, and could feel
an em9ty head as painfully as an empty
stomach. Can't you understand that keep
ing M aney in your pocket is not saving il!
| A dollar in but ksk IN purse won't breed a
sixpence in a hundred years; but employ
wisely in the service Of soul or body, il vi
bless me one and gorify the bother. II you
can, see the policy Of educatipr, make d
re igion Of it. Tie world of ideas is The
world of spirits. Introduce your childreH Il
there, Tor every good thought ls guardian
yBgeI to The dear little lunlbs. And don'l
stop Just " here reading. wiring, and arith
metic, can be worked into jolas and dimes
! Gerry them through and uver this I'd {
word into Gods world-up t. the circle q
tie heavens, y here he sits governing ,he
universe BY his laws. Every discovery il
the truths of Nature is SO far into the counse
and confidence OF Tie Supreme Ruler. Only
The man that has the mind of Gods is God
! like Nov, for Heavens sweet sake, edu'
cate your children. ou may talk stupid
ties about your salaries of public officers, as
you did against me for voting gentlenanly
per diem to ihe memI ers oI Congress; but
don't cheaper your !!schoolmasters till no
body but bankrupt cobbiers. habitual drunk
ards, crippes, consumptives, and such Other
sg;y incapables can be got to serve you. fol
very shabpiness of the salary. Buy CHEAP
store goods, if ycu like, for when they veal
out you know it, and can replace them; buy
chrsp proris ions, and eat less of them; buy
sny;hing cheap, bu, cheap talents. Don'
venture upon that speculation, for you ar,
no Judges OF the article, anl the 0niy way
Tor YOU TO ensure the excellence Of the
qualities is ty the llberality of the premium
which GU will offer Tor il; that will bring
The genuine into market, and the bogus vii
be clearly exposed by the difference of the
ring. weight and shine
General Ogle was one Of the rough tia
monds' who, in the early days of the Re
pub tic, settled in the interior OF Pennsyl
vania, snd helped to lay the foundations 0
that great and powerful coumongealth. Ii,
was the father of the General Ogle wb,
gained national renown by his speech il
Congress, in lS40, upon the expt nditure
for rich furniture in the Presidential Man
I sion. Whatever reputation the son MAY
have gained by his gold SPOON spec ch, TN,
thing is certain, he never spoke so mucl
tue wisdom as his father did IN the extruc
which We nave copied above.
We hope thut this question of sustaining
the hool law, library clause and all, vii
te Considered by The people, when the,
NEE; III Conventions 10 nominate candidate
fortae Legislature. Let the question b,
asked OF every candidate who offers HI,
mime as Candidate for the Legislature
'are you in favor OF supporting the schoo
law, nIra;y clause AMI all!' And if the
answer in The negative, drop them and tax
up men who will support the law. This
ID question in which the PEOPLE have ihl
oe. pest interest and they should not Tor til
sake of their children and their children
| children permit 1t 10 oe lost sight ol.-C
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