New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-09-13

tcered. But q 10 r DOs crouch. The subject should
b~eker the esrr.st ausu,iop If the communrJ. Ev.
ely n an ehoald he thin ker general educ .on-he
tht pc to dey ise soue plan WHERE BIZ o. ay
h ale II ore effective. have visited mar schools.
snd going through them rice the uod az import.
auee aitsol 60 10 the study If eb,ruse mahemstics
have sttn b. y and sils who we're incompetent IN
geDe,6 marcl.s, pu,bed II oneb the big her ma.h-
en- s'ics ard al, bIs. 90 10 oi.o .rrge the
firdy q algebra. but question il. o: actic I. to
them. VITO sbsl say how much ifsny Of I'll the will
be Of use tot Iii 10 after ife Lite s short and art
II lcrg." We cie Just - We are learning 20 live Let
us, ther, waste no tine in unproftsble stady, but
sbope ednca'ion with refsnIce to ttis-what snall
co with tins alter have acquired -shst good viii il
DO moi
There s another populsr idea in regard 20 certain
ttuoits beng good to oiscipne the mind. ak or
Why be IL leaning this rtudy OF that. lie replies
Ny teacher thinks it is good oiscpioe for the
uii0.' The Ditd is disciplined by that which it i,
usefully ard practically sut j-c'ed to- II sn called
to swi, il msy be rece sssr, for NE to l-a,n to swim
bot If an Det 10 20 into the ssier there no occasion
fer my astDe tin leaiDg to swim. Each prac.
teal lersoD Of life will spfci.L,y Discipline the mind
Wien have Dotb,DP more 10 Learn lot nie 20 to work
81 devote sbDDortd yeus or two to discipine the
mind but rot till then.
The lew thought ssss: "Wbat ia the mar TO do in
lie p Gid ssys bis education should cotform to
{. at aim or how lie can be made useful 10 life We
90 rot oeDy that elastic education IS usefu to some
but sly that il The mso'ity Of cases there is 10
adaptation il IT 10 what A ,r requires.
AnorR the Thousands who pace tue sidewalks o
New YoIk, have seen whose edac alton thou
saLds Ct dollars had been spent who able to
work corn q living toy toll spd v6o suffered from
walt through The iLeici-icy Of their ecucati0b they
Brew nothing practical or available.
He il not educated whose duties bear relation TO
and give bin aosps alton for his sphere Of iee or
qualify bin for Independence. There is true aud q
false education All learning lie bot sisdom is s
Of abstract Iu tssen tisl 70 our ephere in life. LIST
learn IL in the great murcb in the bstte field
If life may not be mere haugeIs0n, or riders in the
Baggage wagon or the wounded car; out men, march.
Ing fro ly a, ready for action leading the van.
" bile DIV eIng oil the subject Df labor have few
words TO Say suciect which have formerly advo.
Gated, and FIR which encountered much oblo9uy 1t
has relation 10 the fact that capital and labor IL their
interest, are not properly harmonized. Often the
amount received Is Lot graduated by tie amount Of
labor dote 1t does uot follow that the man who ro-
ceivee 81 600 does 81 600 worth G. work. Nor he
that does 81 600 worth Of work gets 600 pay. This
seeujDg aLtogODem OF Interest between employer aud
plOy.e has ex.rcited the brains Of many good men,
ard lead to vsrOus sysf.ms OF socialism aud psUs
where the abOr.r should have direct interest the
product Of his wo'k. His efficiency should measure
bis pay, have been Intimately cOLDected eth these
Cause or the other failed. What msy be said in their
condemnation is that MANKIND ooes not sesm prepared
for them. While snD'es can be effectively orxaoized
ana made av6ilab'e-and system, such bs Is success
fully adopted whaling ships III wUlch every soul on
board from the captain to the cabin boy, has direct
interest pecuDary in the project OF their dangerous
calDg-wby cauDot q social effort be accomplished
gu org the aboring cssses! Why cannot we have
here San FRANCISCO iOstrisl assOc,ntipEs where
tue labor can be done jointly, sn0 the pay divided
look forward to tue time when the interest OF the
woJkU shall be the interest Of the maeter---when
each shall receive what be cams, AID none live of tc
labor OF aLCther. ! look forward to the tune When
each mechanic shsll be a sober, thinking, planning
man, and q number Of them ssscciatiog suall accom-
pish enterprises by oitt lao,r, which shall adv .nce
the interest Of each and all They thail form indus
hall ,t.lf r.lt<h
mighty enterprises. The tune will come. We may
wait; but let wait Lot idly, but inquuingy and In
hope.
fhe,e is another subject Of which will speak few
w. res VIZ: the wbe eby tao mech snIca IN
terests damaged by political strife
In uly city, the n,ass OF young mecnanics are To-
fueuced rather by political as iratons than desire 70
re by ;her vocation. Iney a.e apu,ss nv' " 20,
some place il the Custom House, or on the torce'
81 remember when not one man 10 hunnreu tn"uRut
If running tor office, As means OF support. Now
they ale all STRIVING to attain office. am mol con-
deInpilg Oh interest il public afaus--in some degree
it Is con sble-aDd The mechanic who Is Intelligent
and patriotic capcOt fail to be- moved bv s influence;
but an speaking now of these VIII WHOM IL Is mat
ter Of mercensry cons deraton thinking that this par
IT, or that party If successiu, ~ill give them some
Isiton where they hive idle, and pdss their iie IN
olIl upon cushion; aud speak OF this In cohnec-
tiOb with its injury to the aoysr ceutn NJ Q. AT. II
woud be eIcat thing for mechanics If offices were
made uuendursbe, and the pay OF office be reduced
below what al industrious mechanic might earn al MS
VOCATION that they might DO sought oy the cnPpied
aid beggarly, aud Incompetent fof msiu,i iaoor,
is pIest fault that foks are hunyipg 10 be rich. Cali
lorna has much to fnd fault with herself In th. matter
as ell as htrsser ates People are uosettle and dis
contented with the gradual profits OF iLousy aIo Pru
6ence. Tley are waiting tor shower o' goo, ou'
thew do not consider that Of every thousand fortunes
made unS hundred and ninety pine are by patient H.
dustry aid only by sudden speculation ana snile
OF fortune. Men are disturbed IL yeas ana ieeI'
jnes and CehfOrbis hss had much TO aLsFer ior IN
tina 90 it becomes her to set the example e correct
irp il. Let the mechanic remember that the conoe-
tency which i. tn. fruit Of years of industry Is more
botCrab ihsn the wcslth OF Rothschuo, or piote
or any Other gambling speculation when sehos 10 inc
ane bouse or il sci um thirty for every Ole who
II N akes rich A mechanic should be no slave ne
should be manly aud independent, resoiute, sh9 10
yotsG TO the true advai cement Cf MS cang anu tIe
pnbc veal There is mach talk OF the disnlty OF Ia
bor hut it is ony ~ be accomplished through the arg
n;,y and sefresoect OF tie abOrer. They should DO
inst 10 themselves 10 comnadd respect Ii is their o"
faul if it is otherwise hope for oster system ol
education in this particular. hope 70 see geseia
ton az artisans whose ambition il shau he to have
children who are better atisaDs than themselves, VINO
shall be taught to fully realize that
"Horor fame from no condition Ii'.i
Act well your pGti there al The ho'~f ne'
Iheleve that we can assure the public thai these
homes are justified by the cooquesis aresny msoo v!
man over ps,ure-by mind over matter. mere are
doubts whether mankind have advanced morally daring
the paat generation. do not entertain these uouoS,
but I Know that they have advanced Greaty n the
mechanic aIts We who ct sud smid the mighty I'M
provements, the railroads. ana Thousand appc ston'
of the power Of steam 10 machinery ana uiecuahsui'
do not uy realize their magnitu lie. We do not recoS
pize the great chasm over which we have ieapea 10
the march of mechanical Improvement within the past
ffty wears in America re member thirty years pAck
ara the improvements il my own branch OF business
are almost Incredible. Then, teo miles an hour Wa
cor sdered good speed now We are whIled along on
the iron track d, thirty and fifty miles per hour ba'
the T.s1,aoh is gre aer wonder than this. Reports