The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-04-20
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se The Herald editor = ven = our ieyisla.or
!. ought to consider that laws are only good i,
g reference to their adsp,asien % The people ove
4 whom they are % operate, The govesament o
+ Massachusetts o. Ohio may b he very bes
and = near perfection a. is attained ia thil
: world. Yet their code would mot answer at al
' for Iowa. Horace Mann may have made eduoa
!. ton The subject Of study and may now b one
Of the wisest educators in the country and ysi
. not bs able to devise . system Of common
Z schools adapted to the wants Of the People oi
4 Iowa, for the reason that he Is not acquainted
a with our people. 1t is begging the question ia
a claiu for the school law the merit of wisdom,
I because certain wise men made il for US, and
= our legislators vent through with the forms Of
) enactment TO satisfy the provisions of our Con-
A stitution.
J We arc Of opinion that this law, taken in
. connection with the BOARD Of Education given
+ Us in the Constitution. which possesses legisla-
tive power, the Legislature coneYrring, gives 10
complex and lily dgested system Of education
! which needs: natalAIizing. The complex ma
chinery-the various boards Of education, State.
County. and Dssrict-the Superintendent,
Clerks, Directors, &C., &C., saddle upon US
multitude of officers with great expense, all Of
which would be very we'll IN . thickly settled
State where the people had become familiar
with aud acquired knowledge Of such q sys-
tenn by degrees. 1t is. however, too much pro.
gress for single winter. A we'll might We
expect one Of the painted savsges whose Limbs
were unused to restraint to drop his mocasins
and blanket, and array himself at once in the
full costume of the white man.. A coat NAV be
got on to him this year, . waistcoat and stove
pipe hat next year, and pair Of pants the year
after. But If you succeed in getting the whole |
toggery on at once, before he has learned the |
ropes and got used to the restraint, there 10 |
bound to be a catastrophe Of some Sort So it |
| is with this Law. However good in tself-how.
ever wise in its provisions and ustrious ito
progenitors, it 10 for Iowa the worst possible
system, because We not ready for it.
1t is the law Of the State, and should have
fair tral-should bs freely discussed in tenn.
perats manner, and al the light elected that 10
possible. We arc in favor of the education of
all the children at the public expense. To this
end Iowa has already large school fund de-
rived from the School lands with the Eve per
cent funds from the sales of public lands. She
ought, however, to have five per cent upon the
entries OF land by land warrants. Should the
General Government do US Justice in this res.
pect, the education Of all the children of the !
State, with very small amount raised by tax. :
alton, will be provided for.
Our legislators should therefore husband our {
resources and not worry our people into distrust
of all legislation on the subject, as they are I
likely to do by making now system and new c
law every year. The subject of education 10
truly one of great importance TO US as people +
and as State. Our future progress and great 4
ness ae q State depend good deal upon the t
efficiency Of our system of education. How
we must bids our time. When we get ahead
Of the people and ahead Of population, we shall }
only waste our means and loose ground.
grave question is now on trial at Washing
|
cient, persistent, successful opposition to Ma.
tional outrages perpetrated in the name and r
behalf Of Slavery, except by q party which f
makes such opposition its cardinal principle?"
The issue of the Missouri, Wilmot Proviso,
Texas Annexation and Nebraska struggles
would indicate 4 negativs answer, but there are
still good citizens who cling to the Democratic
party, yet say, 1--WE, too, condemn and resist !,
The wrongs perpe,ated for Slavery's sake and
the extension ct its sway; whenever q case 10
presented, We will stand up for Justice aud Ii
berty, though in opposition to the majority Of >
our party"
We shall now see what those professions are a
worth, and whether the course of conduct thus
indicated can ever prove effectual No case =
can arise in future favorable TO it than that
presented by the Lecompton outrage. This
great wrong is in clear defiance Of the platforms
Of the three grca: National parties. 1t wars
upon the primary instincts and most cherished
principles Of cur people. 1t assails the right, y
not Of negroes but Of white men, to shape their q
own institutions. And it was opposed ard de- Fl
nounced at the opening of the present Congress
by the most distinguished aud influential Dem .
ocratic leader now in Congress- man of d
dauntless courage, infinite resources, and match
less energy. Enough Of his own party take l
ground with him to render his triumph certain,
bullied to desert him. b
As to the Republicans they have not merely 9
been uniformly firm and faithful. They have
been discreet, deferential conci'iatory, as WELL
They have followed rather than led, though v
they were in number more than three fourths u
of the entire anti-Lecompton host. They have !,
waived differences, and readily consented to /,
meet tho anti Lecompton Democrats and Amer h
leans more than half way. They have not ask
ed who led nor which side conceded most
but whether the course proposed would or
would not tend to bring Kansas speedily into :,
the Union Free State; if it would, they ban
shsd all distractions and sustained it.
Ia the anti.Lecompton column now to be :
by the artillery Of the White House,
duly charged with Federal patronage or Treas
ury golds
We do not say that it is-we are not sure
that it is not. We feel sure only Of shis-that,
should that column now be broken by the de-
fection Of certain anti -Lecompton Democrats
land no other detection is even apprehended)
the People cannot fail thenceforth to realize
that the Republican party is the result Of q ma.
tional necessty-that in it is the only hope Of
arresting the march Of the Slave Power to arro-
CANT domination and aggression, both within
aud without our National boundaries Should
Lecompton triumph after oil We have seen and
known, il can need no further Argument to show
that the Republican organization s the last
hope Of Freedom and Justice whether within
or without our National borders. We await the
issue, confident in the recollection that the
grandest and noblest Of causes was subserved
mt more hx the nnnea peona Adelitx of Stenhen