Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-12-18


/ be not knowledge Of evil. But as to tn,
general result, no fair. minded man or wo
man can have doubt. That the lads ant
girls in these schools are excellently edu
Gated, comes homs as . fact to the mind o
any one who will look into the subject. Tha
! girl could not have got as far as the hypoth
enuse without. compe tent and abiding
knowledge of much that is very far beyont
the outside limits Of what such girls know
with US. Ii was at least manifest in tn,
other examination that the girls knew n
well as did who were the Romans, ant
who werc the Sabine women. That all thii
is of use, was shown in the very gesturei
and bearings Of the girl. Emolld mores, Al
Colonel Newcombe used to say. That younI
woman whom had watched while (ehe
cooked her husband dinner upon the bank
Of the Mississippi, had doubtless learnss
\ all about<the Sabine waInenis end I - ~
eurcd that she cooked her husbands dinne
all the better for that knowledge,--and facet
the hardships of the, world with a bstte
front than she would have done had sh,
been ignorant on the subjest." ..ra %
In this speech making country, Mr. Trpl
lope could not, of course, escape from thu
school which he has described above, with
out the release.fee of u speech. And hi
pe1o" ,po on'n ,vo' " nu.e .oh ulom u SEpe au,.'
roSouvo roo uvu , ~ ous ss;n so,o"; @ e'a
nr S'b;v rb;' ] upoI ';s u"s aI'on, ,.; ~ qu"W Wsam
on;d "a ~ ,e' 10 s s n,.,'olnI shnn ~ aem s.,
,ha 'u & ~ Iany III ,.i,h1 '' '""'' VIC '0a''
'"e s,est ,ess.' s.hi III ,ea's" ..I
five or six hundred girls collected in one
room, aud heard them sing. The singing
S'.. Mas very pre- pret'y' anu IL was al. very nice
."m oJi ! o"n ,ia' was La."et s'ar.eu ana I,
ae.. tne .rI'a soInewnst aoashed' wnHn
Mas ihvi.ec 20 gay IaW WORDS 70 tnoln'-
nno ,uea VI sIc,' e ,sugsos.,cn pau oawneo
T Tpqn mgi ana L Iei. lnsseii qui5e az tos:
tsI topo caI,eu up oeioro nvo hunarsd men u
pau ensn' eu. nc" W Mucn Morse osIore
tna' num9er OF glr'si Nnae cousa ! say
oui 'na' .mey were az rsry preetys As ia'
Us ! Ian 'eIHe.noer, W . u.i say tna' anu notn'
ing Else, else very pretty tney were, ana neat
y y, u,Gssoa, .h anu a.'rac,.He eut among .nsm
H., aI 'nI,o nI,r1 VA. noe pa,l vi rosy cneeks
~ oT '';i5; s;J;,u .nore oe, wnel' every TODD 20
LIZ ofe ou,nx ua9,, was nea'ou up 70 'ne cond'ion
Vi q" o''"'
EXCELLENCE OF AMERICAN EDUCATION.
There is great fairness in the general vie v
which Mr.. Trollope takes oc the influence
and effects of popular education in thi,
country The traveller is too apt to make
his own country the standard by which 9th
ers are to be tried, and to Judge Of their in
stitutions and usages by the relations which
they sustain to himself, or his class and ma
tion. But, in this case, Mr.. T. leaves hi.
personal preferences quite out of the ques
ton; and considers the matter in it's bear
ings upon the welfare of the educated, ,-o
/ the people at large, He accepts fully tht
Benethamian standard Of 'the greates
good to the greatest number" and admit
ting this, he is compelled by his clear.sight
edness and candor to commend what he
does not personally like. His testimony i.
the more valuable, that it is not the ardent
tribute Of the philanthrcpic theerist, bu
the enforced evidence of the calm observer
and cool man Of the world He thus com
mences chapter which he entities "Elu
cation and Religion"
''The one matter in which, as far as my
Judgment goes, the people of the United
have excelled us Englishmen, so as to jus
tity them in taking to themselves praise
which we cannot take to ourselves or refuse
to them, is the matter of education. Ii
saying this, / do not think that am pro
claiming. anything disgraceful to England
LuUuRu AN DTOClalmtng mucn tnAt IS cred
table to America. To the Americans q
the States was given the good fortune O
beginning at the beginning. The French
at the time Of their revolution, endsayorc,
TO re organize everything, and to begin tn,
world again with new habits and grand the
cries; but the French, as people, were to,
old for such change, and the theories fel
to the ground. But in the States, afte
their revolution, an Anglo Saxon peopk
had an opportunity of making new State
with all the experience of the world beior,
them; and to this matter of education the,
we're from the first aware that thew mus
look for their success. They did so: ant
unrivall0d population, wealth, and inteIIi
gence have been the results; and with these
looking at the whole masses of the neonle
II think am justified in saving. .Eunri
vailed comfort and happiness. Ii ia no
that you, my reader, to whom in this mat
ter Of education, fortune, and vour narcnt
have probably been bountiful, would hav
been more happy in New York than i
London. 1t i. not that /, who, at any rate
can read and write, have cause to wish tha
l had been an American. Bnt It is this. :
If you and | can count up in a div all thos
on whom our eyes may rest, and learn th
circumstances of their lives, We shall b
driven to conclude that nine.tenths of tha
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