Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-02-10

|rok BritisA poets, to determine Che
|nkd OF their birth, to ! indicate the
|6rI Of society orthe civilization they
arc types of Nothing whatever, for
thotEh as q political, writer the latter
llas heretofore done muchto advance
d D%ocratic policy, as q poet there
Is n9lnore to Indicate the Democrat
or IN Democratic society Of which
he sRuld bc;thc representative. than
is foRd IN Grey, or Cowper, OF any
Of hi5aristocratic models. q ~ 3Efl
Delocracy, based on equality, dc.
mandleqna! rights or rather equal
prote4on for all, hence that govern
ment 1hich governs the least, or that
goyeftnental machinery which Is tie
simplst, which in short, fnlfils, this
fnnctiq Of protection and does moth
ing m&e, is held BY Democrats to be
the Best But these elementary ideas
of Der3Icracy have made small pro-
gross ~ NcS England, indeed, but
little ppgress asnong the aeducated''
classes any whereof the North. -,
Colleges and TIN sshigher schools
teach, very often atleasf, doctrines in
direct conflict with them. The pro-
fesssrs are usually clsrgymen who,
howsycr respectable aad usefia as
such ARE, Rs aclass, profoundly igno>
rant VI politics, and employ the most
object of British works as text
books inthsir classes. They almost
invariablyiuprsss on the mind II
the pupils ths idea Of monarchy, that
they are to subjects instead of citi.
zens, that the merican people are
subject to "raersn instead Of being
"rulers" themelvcs, and this false no.
ton, at the stat, makes nine out soi
ten among thes, pupils life long op.
ponents Of the principles Of Deinoc
racy. They arotanght to look to the
government for Aenefits as well Al
protection-to sSrgnlate the curren-
cy," to "foster mai ufactures, /" to car
~ on systems of sinternal improve
ment, !" in short, totake care Of the
people, and though they do not as
sumo, as in Europe to regulate theil
souls, they have recently made a des
perate effort in THE State to 'sregu
late, their bodies.
Gov. Slade is we'll known to the
public, for he scrSeda long time il
Congress as o "bottlen holder to Johr
Quincy Adams, and sssolorn sesgean
to the squad of abolitioiiots then il
that body, and perhaps there is nj
man living who einbodies the hereti
cal and anti-democratic notions ",
have referred to, more completely
than does this worthy rentieman
In his efforts to educate the West, W.
do not doubt he is influenced by ,goot
and pure motives, nor that he Imal
not have done much goodboth to Chi
amiable spinisters; whom he thu
helped to husbands at the West, ant
to the young people committed t
their care. But it is better, infinite
", better for any commrnity in THU
Union to 90 without Mr.. Slade'l
sseducation, y in fact, without his rea
knowledge, rather than Be compelled
J -
at the same time shoulder his heresle'
-his pernicions and antl-democratl
g teachings! Massac husetts, az w
naye sad. claimsto y and doubtless
Z, me most educated population II
me umon ana iisss,as people Wogit
~ tnai' mat % lrelniA | was tht
leasf educated, Jet we hRyeSap sesn
witnin recent perioa iEben's l,0pn
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