The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-01-21

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lends 70 oneof GoldanithS eomedias. mreh N -
vivacity and mirth and TIE dreadful ftieht 81 4
certain NJ. MAttHewA, Member of the vffxfr1g
| Legislatuss, = edls enopEh ~ eeDDes ~ Ascoon
The arsterisies of the rseert tssesi0bs We hnenh4
that John Brown would Be man Hherewithal a
conjure several generations of unduti{hf infants
into obedience 1t bed-tiEaS, Just - y haeioss2aA
children Of larger growth into dhwikkink waft1.
falnese and scarsa ~ so0m1nander u h Ufdsor
tacea Into unoystse liks so1Eb My. Tt lD19ADII
forebodings or our virginien friends do mot - !.
prise us II i perfectly natural for them 10 dr.
the spontaneous eonbustiets. III the III III
DUNK In eher Post 04ltrea-ths ~ iesia
fernal msehnes = their celias,--r1asrn - NV
kitchen, orrifc balls flying through the draxipr.
room windows Sir Boyle Roche regarded Il =
one Of the priHeipsl psrils sf he lrsh J.sellion
that gentlemen might, any morning awake VIII
their throats cut; and the apprehension I'll The
Virginia chevalicrs not to mention pars;crfaYIy
those of their wisesanust b. i1c6asistent wfsh ID
balmy and refreshing slumheed Umisr sch perl-irr
ous circumstance, no vigilance, however snspi-
cioas, can be thought mtimely nor Il II strange,
while others are fearful of death n the pos taSs
the Hon. Mr.. Matthews should feaf death In sho d
primer, Such. y aPpear1, y prsOisely he natsse i
Of his apprehension. He breads not only New. ].
Englanders, but the gifts they bring with them I
rides, their 4elli booa md theif swerdsf fAeir oi
penmanship and their pistplk /, The, Hon NJ 4,
Matthews having directed his mind to the philoso-
ply Of education, has discovered that there II
constitutional - well . mcOnstisutfsAl way u "a
teaching 70 The young ideA sthe mysesxy af fub "a
lab = that rebellion may be fomcnted BY vords i,
that fire and slaughter may lure In 4he RUE u y
Three. So the Hon 1r. Matthew'S, no doubs a a
ter profound and unuttsrsble pondering, has N.
offered in the Virginia Legislature, Resolution
IA startling Resolution very femarkable :
Resolution Here IL h :zb ems haa saaAsis
..ResoSsd, That the Comn1itsse Of GchDsaD m aia
Colleges inquire into the e1pedency of seperfeg au
4 bill prohibiting School Commissioners through
out the commonwealth from suIbscribine e any
teacher male Or female who haib from 1he north dH
Of Mason and Nxc0's Ne, anlsss shsy ahall Aavon
resided In the Stats Of Virginia o. y Lease ten n
successive years previous.S s.
The fact that n MAsfhe~s should conaidsr'A ~
such motion a. this necessaFyAto sheN11lvaacnraC
teachers, male and female, are r2thexaA formida-
BILE body in virginiazt Nay wsi - permitted,
without violating any moral, politicaler Nligio1G
law, to AJAX, humbly Of course and IN ~ honesty
seeking for information, how 1t has happened
that Virginia having children TO teach has fallen
into the egregous error of seading abroad foe 9ai
teachers Why have not native requirements =,
been respected, and why have native talents been
left unemployedf why has tie infant popuia. =
tion Of that enlightened State been committed 10
the tender meruy Of Yankee schOolmarn< u slg
Why has she permitted the unholy hands Of a.-- N
vile" New England pedagogues TO boz the e,t1 I,
Of her children, or TO apply the tingling birch to
the tenderer portions Of their constitutional
While protecting bivalves, why hos the Cover ii
nor Of that State neglected her boys. What
are steam-packets running to France In compare
son with well educated girlse Was ever such
faulty? Where were the native, we'll born ~
orthodox teachers, shailing from thei south Of I'D
Mason and Dixon's line good, safe, responsible s
guides in petticoats or in pantaloons, with sound
Christian religionf We hava heretofore Thought 81
that demand in the market indicated D dearth.s II
But Gov. Wise knows better the resources Of his
State than we do. He knows that it il needless
for Virginia TO send TO the North for gifted per
sons to teach the steps of qnadrille, the value ~
Of . semibreve, the art Of embreidery, or the 4
mysteries Of watercolors He is . miraculous
cipher as well as he. Does he absorb all TIE Y
knowledge of the State; and Ii he Y
can 80 bravely brandish that celebrated weapon, a
known Us the Sword Of Virginia, has he not fell
low-citizens capable Of iourishing the instrument
Of fagellation, and Of long experience in the art
of chastisementf But perhaps we do mot do an
Justice to the Honorable Matthews and the Homo
rable Wise We ought certainly to take into
consideration the recorded opinion of the phioso-
pher last named He made innumerable discove- 4
ries and one Of them we believe, ID the vanity
of all human knowledge. He is dubious in re-
spect to reading, and regards writing with dis
trust In that Public School system which Others
nave weakly respected ~ the safeguard Of society,
he sees only danger TO the Republic. He despi-s
ses books. He loathes newspapers He believes
in good safe, sound, substantial ignorance, with
the same fervor with which less enlightened men
have regarded knowledge He sees In human
culture only human misery. He is the legitimate
successor Of Mr.. John Cade. .:t7 sc..+. .sss.-
Now. there may be those who look upon these
opinions Of Gov. Wise with horror or contempt;
but he shall not lack in the columns Of this jour
nal. defense, or at least extenuation. He ii, We
confess. our model Shareholder. III Slavery Is to ~
be ne petuated-if God, the Bible, the laws pub
lie policy, political economy demand its cOntinu-
ance-then ignorance, no matter how dark or
deep il may be, il bliss, and wisdom b folly
Why should mail-owner be edrcAtedy VIII =
mental cultivation make him q better aEaEsr, sod
better breeder. a better bargainer when he has
occasion to sell women or buy men Why should
he industriousy acquire . refinement which will
unit him for the sterner duties Of his life? a
man NAV be 4 cabitsl task-master-an adept In "
Aogring. and connoisseur In plckling- y.
being Bachelor Of Arts. mistress IN Virginia, a.
although she may be incapable Of mental exer-
ton, may thank fortune for her imbeciiity, for
she can bear with patience wrongs and faseh0od
which xould drive cultivated woman 70 inssni- Y
", There IL . certain redeeming fascination
even in a consistency Of wrOngs. II We were IN
Virginia, condemned TO witness every hour the
crowded evidences Of human folly-the legar1ad
neration Of all that redeeins our common nature
from contemplate ambition = vim al thing
without the resoute will TO win them BY earnest
efort--the folly which supposes thas iOlent pas
ions have power to repeal the laws Of nature
We would ask of Providence, II BY no mirscle
wrong could be remedied and right sstAbliahsd,h
that we might partake Of the besatted destiny ~
our neighbors, and forget forever that We vera.
not made like the beasts that perish. 70 this
condition Gov Wise would reduce Mn fellow
creatures, black and white, in. Virginia BE .
right. II black men are to remain beAsr, y
must be upon the condition that white men. .shau
share in the bestiaIity ity.-(N. !. Tribune.
DoUGLAs DELEGArEs 10 CHARLESTON fAxR
NOTICk.-OOAonei EVsu0ys wussAS ~ - Pepefp
from Washington, under date a the eth instant,
says ~ flss 7A7 eo af'aln sfSa X 49,
The National Democratic Convention, to be
held at Charleston on the 39d Of ApsiA 10 being
singulariy ushered into existence. Goath Oarer
lima, in the metropolis Of which this Convention,
il to assemble. ID the only State in the Confed-
eracy where there has slwAys existed Disunion
party, and where there ID now not only IN IRE.
sistible organization In favor Of secession, but
where there II no recognized Democratic party.
You have already comnented upoa shs Fs6asd
hospitalities extendsd TO :. colstitasnt Of Col h
Florence, of your city, BY the citizens Of Co.
lunbia, where the Legislature of South Carolina
il now in session, southwafk Irish DeanocfAt, r
who, for some fooliah expressions, astsrsd In -
| unwary moment, vas expelled the town. and
treated to winter suit Of tar and feathers and
yon viii perceive that the Democratic members
Of the Iegi.lature have, BY large majority, r.