The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-01-21
TIT M0TIIAIIIHl.
caa1 sAIT Lawf tITh
zzTUaD<E lANgzRY n. 1890.
IMPROVEMENT.

WI hardly think that there i n anyE
city of the world, with the same amount
Of population, 80 much unemployed
talent = i 20 Be found III the city Of
Great Sslt Lake, and we know Of no
plac6 where that talent should be more
sppNsistsd. We presume thar our
populsticn gensfally would compare
fayorabIy with that " my population
= re Onion, but We are NOT content
with the measure Of our neighbors.
We have duties dsvolying uyOn as, and
We expect slRays % have business Of
: chasslter thar viii never trouble them,
and y bs prepared for this additional
+ ovr reason for urging the employ
ment 81 every talent.
Ignorance and poverty are frcquent-
y unavoidable, and such conditions 81
ezistence Absiractedly, can never BE-
esnsgrable, and frequently they are
Ueditable. When the discharge OF /
publis duty, Or the fulilmcnt 81 obli-
Gatians-xhich faith Or patriotism
inpesos demands Che sacrifice Of time,
which men would otherwise devote ID
their own Improvement, the Ignorance
or poverty resulting from such acts OF
sbnegaticn are highly creditabIe. We
admire men who can .sforsake all'' Tor
The triumph Of principle, and the at
tainnent Of : national blessing. But
.of ~ ignorancc and poverty this much
cannot Be said.
TO become, or to appear, universal
philanthropis.s Is not our hobby, nor do
We aim u pinnacle stuck censorisn.
We have no disposition 70 croak over
Ahe times, nor yet 70 chidewo feel
father the disposition to encourage.
Our motto is bury the past, see 10 The
present and prepare FOR lilo future.
We are not cxtravagant in our aspira !.
tionsiwe seek only for steady progress.
We hold NOT up 70 youth the glittering
igeneraEtics Of dazzling glory which.
only the few can attain 10; We would
point only 70 the blessings that follow
competency to discharge the duties Of
daily life.
We do most assuredly set our faces
against pedantic displays Of crudition
they are aickening. We have no
great confidence IN tho good sense al
stainments Of men who throw Latin,
Greek, French, Hebrew, italian, Span
'ish, &c., into al they write and speak.
% may do well for other folks, but NO
don't relish ii; and these men, though
educated, As Soma would say, arc moi
sthe nodtls wo copy after ourselves in
'aseking.our own educational improve
Imeut. nor do We recommend them TO
Others. We have but ono desire on
tia suhject Of education ii tho present
ttime. and that Is, TO SEQ every man,
boy, woman and girl have within their
reach tho means Of acquiring tho
general p inciples Of every branch Of
useful knowledge.
Before taking tho pom ve have
snootAd our intention Of recommending
the subject to the people, and ve have
,yetto meet toe FIRST person opposed 10
tho education of tho mass. Some,
however, have thrown all the t.Met
tblankets'' they possessed on tho very
attempt introduce the subject; sOthers
have failed say they. Wen, what Of
~ We have an abiding faith in the
triumph Of righteous principles. Right
eons men have frequently been martyr
I'd. but their principles remaia. linz
anssment muat come, its advocates O.
90 time Or IN other may fail. There
Esd 'ha no mora disconragement Ia
alsiag certain fclksrstnse q knowledge |
of De figures and facts of every. day
s1istenpe, than there Is over the refusal
of others to receive the principles Of
salyatiOp- -indeed there should be less.
Missionaries labor increasingly against
every discouragement abroad; why not
labor here7 There is certainly more
satisfaction in labOring among our own
than among strangers; we will at least
be spared persecution. =
We are friendly to literary societies
spd 10 every kind Of mutual instruction