Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-03-31
EdncatI0n.--Its Antag0nIsm 10 Slave
ryOf Mind and Body.
so. II.


EdncatI0m..-Its AntagonIsm 10 Slave
ryOf Mind and Body.
80. IL
In last Tuesdays Daily We took the
ground, in an editorial article, that Ed
ucation in its broad sense is friendly to-
and goeshard in hand with, Liberty; and
that in proportion as people are edu
Gated, they aspire to, if they do not pos
seas, freedom Of thought and action. Sew
eral appropriate examples were addueed
to illustrate and prove this proposition.
We now mention few more prominent
examplesto establish the theory.
The people Of England are not As gen
orally educated as the people Of our
older Free States, nor Of Germany,
but there exists IN that country, perhaps,
a greater amount Of learning amongst
/ the socaiied higher classes than in
any other country ia the world The ar
iaocracy and wealthy families, the
elergy and professional men Of science,
enjoy perfect wsalih Of learning, 80
vast as TO make England llustrioss in
the annals OF intellectual progress. But
with all this learning amongst the ionu-
nate thousands thu laboring millions
who supply BY their strong arms the ma
t9rial wealth Of the country, are not 80
generally educated as the people q Ger
many nor of cur Free States. Hence,
ihoagh they suffer a less degree Of gov
ornamental oppression than the Germans,
their ideas Of perfect freedom are not 50
high nos their yearnlpgs Tor it so strong.
The inglishman enjoys as good a gov
eminent as menarehy with aristoeratic
accompaniment can be, and as a rule,
is content, and thinks little OF a change so
far as his form Of Government is CON
eerned The Germans, though not en-
ioying 20 much freedom, are more gen
orally educated, aud hence are IN = state
Of chronic discomfort aud dissatisfaction
under the pressure d mooarehical rule
though that rule be tempered by the
checks which their representative avs
tenn applies TO the will 81 their rulers
So much do their IDEAS dwell on aud
their desires grasp after freedom, thai
the whole Of that people are ready al
any time, to break out in a volcanic
eruption Of revolution No people, save
ours, are so well educated through al
the strait of society none arc so restless
under the influence 81 monarchicsI au'
lhority.
As knowledge increases amongst this
. English masses, their restlessness undei
the burdens imposed by their royal anS
aristocratic rulers will grow, and som,
time it may ripen into yiolen, revolution
But ii is more probable that the steady
I quiet reform that has been in progress
!, \ during the present century may continue
to advance, slowly bat surely, under thl
= influence Of increasing education an,
religious principle, until old teuda
= abuses, aristocratical privilege, and roy
. al prerogative are swept away, and ih'
a. people emaneipated from their burdens
Not, however, until they are sufficient,
educated to enjoy and perpetuate thei
liberties viii they gain them in perfee
J ton.
I Let Us contemplate shining exam
Il pie, in our own country, Of the degree o
u freedom and enlightenment people car
y attain who are we'll and generally edu
Gated Look at New EnglAnd--a sec
!. ton OF country which il is fashionable {,
e e vilify amongst class Of beings who ar
not worthy 20 ''uuloose the latehets O
- the shoes Of her Intelligent people
(And let il be understood that the write
= is not New Englander, never havin
= even set foot on her soil) New Eng
& land is the herald OF progress and III
pioneer in most of the great reforms {
: the age. She is the cradle Of Iibert,
and was the right arm of the First Rey'
: luton. In politics, religion, science
'e. belles-leltres and the useful and fin
"a arts, she leads the van. She is as tru
= TO human rights as the needle 10 the poll
: Why is this2 Because her people ar
= blessed with Aood education general
difinsed
Nowhere in the world do any peopl
I enjoy system of local government tina
Of is nearer pure democracy, and tbs
be ss presents so perfect an example Of repre-
Z, sentative government Each town (eoi
y responding to our townships) has a
" least one representative in lis State legi
lative body, and elections are held amt
ally. Thus is the representative syster
brought as near to perfection as possibl,
- Let us contrast South Carolina (th'
pestilent hot-bed of aristocracy an
treason) with Massachusetts,. Aecors
ing to the Census of 1850 1--WE have y,
the report of the last one to refer 10, Ma
sachusetts contained population, viii
and free colored, of 994,5l4. OF thes
- 2e2, go we're attending school Their
were Is, S45 adults over twenty years
= age who could not read nor write; /, 46
al libraries, containing 6s4,0l5 volumes
90 and 200 newspapers and periodicals VIII
q circulation of Tl6,969.
is South Carolina, by that census, had
ne population, white aud free eolored,
~ 2sS,5 500. OF these 40,STS we're atten,
ing school. There were 1864 adnl
IS over twenty years of age, white and fre
eolored, who could not read nor writ