Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-03-31

than negro slave. The property aasli- /
scatica zss requisite t. sctitls ore 70
hold oHcss ofthe higher grades / man
was respected according to toe property
be owned. and not according to his ta,-
enfs. requirements. or moral worth
The srisiocrzcy freely declared their
preference for nouaschicsl institutions
and orders Of uobility. which sentiment
vss sppareutly sequiescsd 10 b. the
people. At length. making al excuse
Of tie Coustitutioasl and legal election
Of q President of ihe United States,
whom they deemed hostile TO barbarous
institution that Their cherished in their
midst, they seeded from our Republi-
| can Union and vert into Confederaey,
the cornerstone Of which they declared
was human slavery. IF Providence per
mits their Slave Confederacy to estab-
/ fish its Independence, the logical result
win be anarchy, followed by a military
despotism. South Carolina, in this
event, will Gil the sphere that her edu-
cation qualities her to oecupy.
The moral we Wish to draw from the
views advanced, is, that without high
intellectual and moral education, sane
tilted By true religion, no people can ae-
ours Liberty, or, if they do gain it, they
will soon lose it, a. France has lost hers-
i It il not sufficient that the clergy are
we'll educated, and the mass Of the peo-
ole ignorant, as Ia Mexico and the other
spanish-Ameriean Republics and in
Italy nor that the royal family, the aris'
tocraey, the wealthy classes, and the
comparatively few men Of science zre
gifted with the highest lore, and the 40
called lover classes are but imperfect
" instructed, as 10 England, nor that ths
higher classea are celebrated for theil
Intellectual achievements and the mas
IS acquainted with the radimeEts Ct gen
eral knowledge. As IN Germany, but th'
great majority deficient in that high re
ligions conviction and purpose, BY III
lstpe Of whieh or republican, instiIu
lions were formed, and through whicl
they aust b. maintained; nor yet tha
the nobility, clergy, aud saedafs, a. j
France, are brilliant examples Of men
tai culture and the vast majority Of tn
people comparatively uulearned, aad a
psrvaded by nGdelity or affected By
selfish and heartless faith, which, tn
, world over, is hostile to repu bIicanisn
free thought, and selfgovernment
: It is not enough, We contend, that thi
partial, incomplete, or iaundieed edues
{ ton exists or even prevails generally
but the Edneation necessary to qualify
people for ;rne aud well-regulated free
! dom must be moral as welt as intellect
al; II must be Cody as well as mora
aud it must be generally diaased. Wit
/ these conditions president, the broads
/ the ruge and more refined tue quality
/ Education, the better prepared arc pee
c pie to gain freedom, and the letter b
! tel they arc. TO appreciate, enjoy, al
/ perpetaate it afterwards Without Il
ueation there can be no true Libert,
+. The ignorant man is at the mercy Of til
man Of knowledge aud the ignoraut G
c partially educated nation is Ct only IA
r the sway Of oppression, aud not eapabl
! Of self-government
9 Al another time, We shall point h
!. moral we have educed, by some allusio
!. 10 our coming Elections