, 1865-02-19

[ "ttrreAonfs. tho French, German and SlNnish;;
nand thoucb all should not be compelled to
"lcsrn lain, Greek or the foreign modern
"lanruaccs. yet none that hare m ardent
I'd, sire 10 learn them should be refused;
their English arithmetic, and other studies,
"bc;ps nj the sumo time not negscctcd.'
franklin confined the usefulness Of Latin
and Greek to tho three professions Of law,
divinity, and medicine, Tho article in tho
| TRIBUNE, which President Blanchard under
! takes To review, docs tho sumo. Discussing
the otder in which the dead and living Ian
guegcs should be studied, franklin wholly
Fubyc1ts the ciassic course. Hc says {ibid ..
346:}.r-
ave are told that it is proper to begin
FIRST With tho Latin, aud having acquired
that, It will he more easy to attain those
modern languages which arc derived from 1t,
and yet We do not begin with the Greek In
'"ider noie casily to acquire The Latin" IL
would therefore offer it 10 the consideration
'of those who superintend tho education Of
''our youth 70. 4. to President Blanchard)
"whtthcr-sincc many Of those who begin with
'thc Latin, quit the same after spending some
'years without having made any great prof.
''cicncF, md What they hare learned becomes
'a},uost useless, 20 that their time has been
s'lust-it would not have been better to have
''degun with ti1c French, proceeding to tho
italian and Lntin. For though after spend,
ling the samc time they should quil the study
'of languages and never arrive ut the Latin.
'the5 would, however, haycacquircd another
'tonguc or two, that being in modern use
''night be scrslccablc to them in common
s'llfe."
His practical commentary Oh this text was
That he acquired ready knowledge Of the
French and Tins prepared himself to be The
one person most competent and most ind1eu-
1ial In securing the intervention Of F1ance
and the independence Of America.
President Blanchard argues in support Of
the classic course that "south and North
tue colleges almost emptied themselves into
this war" This proves thai young men edu-
Gated in Latin and Greek fight rs readily for
thcfrebcls as for the Union, but by no meaus
proves that smatterins Of those two Ian
$sragcs aided them more than the study Of
Political History aud Law would have done
to appreciate tho causc, or 90 much as a
knowlcdgc Of military tactics to fight in its
defense.
President Blanchard, in cumming up, snys.
+oA4 AAa3A aEAoIAA%E VI L4C uISLuT3 0l 1uE
Christian religion is a serious deficiency III
American education. Why not teach it, then:
We believe that branch Is not taught in any
Of our colleges.
I'd. In studying Latin and Greek ne arc
learning the g7amnaars Of the five modern
| languages. This is not true. The correspon-
dence in the grammar Is slight, and not one
tenth Of the common vocabulary Of modern
tongues Is derived frcm the Latin md
Greek.
Sd. II Christians were ignorant Of Hebrew
and Greek, inll.lels would overthrow religion.
Christians, Us such, nre ignorant OF those Ian.
guages. Only Professors and Diyines need
them. Even these, in our Western States,
would serve their cause better If they could
preach in German, which is, in many places,
thu language Of one third Of tue people than
by reading Hebrew. Had Cobaen been
speakiDg Of the adherence to The classic
course In our colleges, he would have applied
to them, in this respect, the precise l1ucuarc
In which he spoke of their English ..types''-
"hn|ks sunk in the stream Of public opinion
to show how fast the current fl3ws by them.'
ILLINOIS AND nI1c1IIGAN CANAL.
The following Washington dispatch ap-
pea1ed in Our issue of Saturday:
g., The 3, Senate nat vii probably takc action on
she Illinois M and Niagara ship canal bills, hut order
sprTeys BY good engineers"
So far as the Illinois Canal is concerned
there need be no delay for want of m accu-
rate survey. Complete surveys Of the canal
from this city TO Lake Joliet, on the dcep.cut
plan, arc now in tue canal Office at Lockport,
and can be furnished to the Senate ut any
time, These surveys were made when the
prcsent canal was undertaken, the deep cut
having been The original plan Of the work. 4
simnur survey Of the Illinois River from Lake
Joliet to Lasalle was made by John P. Pres
ton, Esq, in the Jear 1sG2, and survey from
1.asal1c to the mouth Of the river was made
in 1853. All OF these surveys arc available ut
the present time.
We understand that bfll Of considerable
importance III relation to the proposed en-
la1gement Of the Canal passed the Le.isla.
ture On tho last day Of the session. We arc
not advised Of the nature Of its provisions.
&c Colonel Bakcr is still proceeding with
his raid upon The New York bounty jumping
fraternity Captain Maguirc and Sergeant
NcCue are two Of tue latest arrested, and
Colonel Baker has advised certain banks to
retain money deposited by tue s,sindlcrs to
an aggregate Of about half million. Severn,
ofth 1ogucs have escaped to Cauada. and
one Of them sailed from Boston, In last
Wednesdays Liverpool steamer with $4O,OO9
in gold, The town officers rho hive filed
their quotas with bogus uamcs are in great
trouble about 1t.