Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1859-11-25
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What il essential TO the enlightening Of
the rising generation Of our little village, is
quite as necessary to the qualification ofall
others. The intelligence and we'll being Of
any community does not wholly depend up
on 90 ntinual routine Of ohurch-going,
sohool-going, or fre-side- education; but the
starting point may be considered to origi-
nate from the lat ter yet, there is another
method by which there is more sound in-
telligenoe gained, than oil the others COM
bined, and that is Debating Society; and
by making this assertion It will draw your
attention to facts in the above premise. |
will instance one far example.
Here in our little Incorporated Village Of
NJ. we have an incorporated Elocution Club
of many years standing, and quite respect
able number btlongp, and BY the by very
respectable in character and standing in
society. may say too much whep l say
the ElOoution Club has produced but can
say conscienciously that since members have
been admitted, they have become men in
high standing, men, that have filled stations
as enviable as u seat in the White House.
Yes, from Elocution Club to Congress, to
Legislature, to the Bar Of our Courts to Au,
ditorship, several NJ. De. and one d. D..
Mayors, and Oouneilmen too tedious to men,
tion, This certainly is aattering, but, new.
ertheless they are facts, there is one more
fact to be stated and that is There has not
been one OF its members turned out to be q
proHigate.
Now in the face Of the sbove, why not,
every city, every village Yes, and every
family rally, and become auxiliary in the
cause Of fame and intelligence2 Throttle
superstition, place the foot upon the neck
Of the one idea man, as we would upon that
of reptile, (mentally l mean) as there is
nothing more desestib le in our midst as neg
lectful ignorance. Many persons may i'm,
agine that their children get all they re,
quire, If they get thorough street educa-
ton, or FIRE side education, or common
school education, tapered of with church
going education. This is all mistaken idea
How can boy tell which side of his bread
is buttered, unless be is convinced by prac,
tieal demonstration corresponding with the
ideality of his cranium2 How can a man
believe there are two sides to a question, if
he has never heard of such o side And
how are we to know the Dayton Empire
lies, if we never caught it in whapper3
There is nothing lost by investigation, on
the contrary all is gain. To be brief, let
me say, to all enquiring friends, form your
selves into societies of an investigating ma
ture, open correspondence with each ther,
visit occasionally other societies, become
auxiliaries, employ your minds about some-
thing of "a higher order than personal quib-
bling, self aggrandizement lust of the fiesh,
bad whiskey, dog leg tobacco, and thou.
sand and one vices, and immoralities that
might be innumerable. "Is there no balm
in Gilead is there no physician there p
If there is, just send it down to me, let your
light so shine that others may see, put not
your candle under bushel, let US not see
each other through g glass darkened but
let us see face to face Truth is mighty and
let it prevail. TIE THIRD,