The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1858-12-01
-aaa O. saa-sa5a For the Spirit ;
To the Teachers Of Monroe.

Fellow TEACHERS We have athigh |.
destiny The farmer feeds the world.
The mechanic supplies him with the means
to,do so. The lawyer is both blessed and |,
enrsed; and when our species. get by the
ears, no one then is as much as the SOL.
dier. The physician acts the part of the !
good Samaritan, by administering niedi- !
cine amid contagiou the most terrific
The minister Of Christ is our. great aux
iiary, trying to make the moral keep
pace with the intellectual man. But the
school teacher, has to smooth and pre-
pare the way, for every great aud blessed
work Take our .school-teaclers out of
the land, and our country would soon fly
back into savage darkness. We dare not
boast of one single advancement, we have
made. in anything great, or EoGle, but
what the school teacher has supplied the
means for lis accomplishment. What
ever our country has been or Isl or what
ever it will be, has b cen, is, or will be, the
prodnct of the school-teacher's lebors
/ The surcst and best index of the value
and greatness of country, or neighbor-
hood, is the character, qualifications, and
standing of its schocl-teachers The
value of our real estate. to q greater or
less degree, depends on the attainmen,s
and standing of our teachers. Let those
who doubt" this, compare New England
; states with Virginia, or Northzor South
Carolina. The trainers of our consti-
tuition, saw the necessity, and acted on
the principle, Of intelligence being the
v bone and sinew of q nation. Our State
e Legislature has made ample provisi IN for
our schools But how Intellectual are
: the best laws, when public opinion is not
awake! Laws seldom change opinions,
r but opinions change laws Forllac oi
$ public opinion being right, our school
funds in many places are sqnandersd. :
Gentlemen. we have q great and noble
calling We ought to make ii the chs
+ business Of our lives We oughtt TO be-
70 come better and better scholars, .!eVery da,
d of our !ives..H We reeeivewages well pai(
Le and sure. We ought to dowork for them
|. We have not one moments time to;throy
3. away. There are none of us but can 90
10 improve. Except we'are good-scholars, W
r can not be good sehool-tearhers! W
- admit that scholarship alone. will neve
" make a school teacher. We ehare all cite
!, seen the very Hest scholars zfailTim goin
L. through, with the e1ereises Of the school
,u room, and prove totally udG ando nseles
OF ia the profession What a great eugin
d of benefit, to- our schools was our Iasli
b, tute, which developed the lact, and ability
he of every one on the most e. sential point
IS, without which We. are entirely inca pabI
ne Of jndging ,5ef any school-master's (o
,. mistressJ capability for teaching. On
=. friend Wheeler, and the friend of all ma.
,ss kind-one of fanature's own, noblemen, 'an
rd, whose memory viii be esteemed. and hor
n osed, while aone friend of popular Iearr
nc ing remains who can tell Of him. ya11
bo became familiar with all Of. US, bf stanC
NJ ing at the head Of our association, an
IN with his oapaeious minds s4lr5ing into evei
" traitof character, qualifications and NOR
ie- e worth of every teacher Gentlemen, W
an. we let our Institute sink 2 Our frieI
of Sutton made some hard Efforts 20 co
sh- iinue itlast fiiI, but failed in procuril
'ah house in 'Woodsfeld.o The lpressil
NY Importance Of the subject is my only {
an cuse for giving to the public and mo
yer particularly to school-tesehers these ft
inn plain. remarks ila d. Ca MPBELL,
'ghf MlLroNsBuRe, Nov. :20ih, 1883.
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