Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-04-25

showing the difference between that sys-i ,
.em Of education which should be taught
in this Republic, and in the governments ,
Of the old world. We said, here the hu- ,
man mind was free and that each citizen
had an equal voice in the creation of the
institutions which govern him. 10 many
of the governments of the old world it was
different.
We then say that under such circumslan.
ees we do not wonder that men of active
minds and ippulsive natures, spend their
whole lives IN learning to eonjugste the
Greek verb OF 10 being able to read Cicero
without the aid Of lexicon. For than TO
study the institutions Of the country under
which they are compelled to.live, brings,
to. the intellectual only modification, to |
the dull indifference. hence they exhaust
their lives in studying dead language
Being in a governmental point Of view
dead them selves. they seem DESTROYS to as.
similate their thoughts to that which has
long since ceased to be. Do not under
stand US as being altogether opposed 70
the study Of the classics, bat we do think,
that years ago-one or two centuries ago.
there was much more reason for endeavor.
ing to become familiar with those langus.
ges from which ours is derived, than now.
The idioms Of our language were then
comparatively few-the philOlogy not com
prehensive. II was thought then the sub
Unity of poetry could not be reached in
pure English. nor the abstract power OF
mathematics fathomed in good Anglo Sax
on Hence other languages were studied
that words might be coined, which would
every impulse, passion, feeling and emo.
ton that springs up in the human soul -
Have We not attained that poirt now us
there any height in poetry, or depth in
mathematical science, that good, strong
euphoueous Anglo American words can
not be found to give utterance Can poe
try reach sublimer heighth than where
Burns aud Byron stood, OF mathematical
science 90 bowstring's fling, beyond New.
ton and Franklin. The human mind will
have to possess new attributes-there will
have to be other chambers created in the
human brain and heart, before there will be
thoughts springing up in the human soul
that can not be fully and completely ex
pressed, by the proper combination of En-
glish words. found in Webster Our Ian
guage-this pure American, which rivals
the Roman in boldness ard strength, III,
Greek in beauty of dictiOu and harmony oi
sound, is, We are happy to announce, nOso
sufficiently complete for every possibl,
purpose.
Were we asked; "what Is most proper
for an American eitisen, to learn 2" W,
would answer--learn first TO spell, theI
/, read and write your native language cor
rectly. There is rnuch learning in this
1t is very essential to scholarship, to know
how to spell, and it is with regret we say
: that we have known students after the,
have received their degrees of NJ. A. VIII,
should have entered the common schools
' and commencing at Baker" learned I,
d spell. We would make these three thin,
the cardinal point--the very starting OF al
education. And il the student could neve
}. master these, it is unnecessary to let bin
J. advance higher, for he can master nothin,
a else. Then we would have him pronounce
: according to the standard authority-hav
!. ing every syllable accented properly. w
would then strengthen the powers o
e thought by mathematics by rigid snaly
D els, cultivate the understanding by III
logical conclusions of Euclid, and improv
r the heart, by learning the precepts laugh
: by the Great founder OF the Christian faith
D And In doing this, we would discard al
I commentaries, and teach the Scriptures
3 from the writings Of His Apostles alone
; Then We would take the student to historl
!, that faithful ehronicler Of the past W,
q would show him the rise aud fall Of En-
e Pires-how patriots have died that peo
1 pie might be free. How Spartan heroisn
y sought bloody grave. rather than beholc
4 foreign foe devastate their homes. w
would read to him those bright pages il
history. where Brutus sacrificed his frionC
that Rome might be free. aud Cromwell
brought the head Of weak King to ia,
block. and thus gave constitutions
A liberty to Englishmen. We would thor
, take him to Concord, Lexington and Bun
ker Hill where the first blood for Ameri
can freedom was shed. aud wher. Warrel
I laid down his life. glorious martyr To BIZ
@ principles W. would recount to him tn,
/, sacrifices. the blood aud treasure this her
G itage 81 ours, cost our fathers We woult
p. spproaeh yorktown, where the last enc
;. mics to American Independence laid dow
c their arms. and then we would go bscI
a through the seven year. Of strife and war
}. and wake up the whole man u full al,
J. ovsrPoweri"g sense Of the unequaled bios
}, sings We enjoy, as American citizens W,
would then accompany him to Mount Yer
9 non, and point ou' the grandeur Of individ
e ual virtue-to Monticello. and behold lru,
}, genius directed by truc patriotism. ".
!. would whisper IN his ear, the treason o
Arnold aud the melancholy life aud dis
graceful death Of the traitor. After seeiD,
/. aud studying all these. We woulc
. show TO the American student. In one Uni
0 ted whole-sbadowed by one flag. aue
= eehoing the scream Of one eagle. this con
federated Union NJ states-ber mighty re
! sources and prospective destiny--her 80.
10000 citizen. enjoying an equality oi
pdvileges-her territory stretching from
tho Atlantic {, the Pacific, from the Gul
to the Lakes, embracing every variety 81
elimale, every diversity 81 soil We would
show him all this. united. fastened together
by iron bars, over which the CONT cree o
tn sorld would soon be passing, and
abovs which the itch tick If the Tsie