, 1866-03-24

cd with greater xeSt thnn my tnlnS thAE tends
to ridicu]e men and things In Italy, these dis
cussions in the italian papers about the smiles
and froWns Of the French Ambassador, are
taken up with grim humour by the Pope's
.soS3bcs In the PapAl Journals, and we have an
article before Us In one OF these Papist sheets,
published at Rome, on the aAth ultin1o, head
ed with the captions title: "Did the French
" Ambassador smile or did he not smilas'
We allude to these matters to show how snch
things are taken up by diplomats and publiclsts
in Europe, and how differently BY those in
Washington.
CATION.
While we nre engaged In securing to our
country and to humanity the immediate fruits
OF the war, We must not forget the per1na-
nent arrangements which the new era will
require. In this view, We arc glad to see the
proposition for the establishment of Ma
tiona1 Bureau Of Education. We are strrg-
glingt to make freedom national. We can do
that negatively. By making all men equal BE-
fore the law, and by keeping standing army
to protect the weak We can do It positively
by making education national, and then We
shall need no standing army.
The nation has abund1ntly proved its sense
Of the fact that education was prime inter-
est, by Its prineely donations for common
schools, and universities, and agricultural
colleges. That runiacencc has borne great
fruit. It has saved the nat,on in the war.
The reason Why 1t did not save the nation
from the wa1, We ind stated, apparently
without consciousness Of tho meaning Of the
fact, and even as reason for peraisling in So
ruinous policy, in our Presidents veto OF
the Fecdmcn's Bureau Bill Congress, he
says, "hns never founded schools for any
"class Of our own people, not even for the
"orphans Of those who have fallen in de-
fence Of the Union, but has left the care Of
" their education to the much more compe-
"tent control Of States, Of communities, sf
"pEivate associations and individpsls.n Was
thai sentence penued ty Andrew johnson,
and is that Andrew Johuson's testimony to
the competency Of Ills native State Of North
Carolina to provide for the education Of lis
owp poor Whtese
The plain fact Is, that We need national
education. We have tried tic experiment Of
sectional education thoroughly, md we have
had enough oft. In the half Of our country
most favored by the kindness Of nnture, 1t
has educated one clhss to be tyrants, another
to be slaves, and third to be barbarians.
We must have 1be free school everywhere,
both for the blacks-whoee enthusiasm to
learn establishes their right to an education,
and wonld perhaps, without IL, conquer their
Own way to it-nnd for the poor whites,
whose contcnted stolidlty the nation must
cure, because it cannot endure.
The best wsy oi securing snch universal
education Is a great problem, and 1t may not
be practicable to solve 1t IN single Congress.
But in some way it surely is duty, not
merely Of humanity, but of seltpreservation,
Tint our nation should SECURE popular cduca-
lion in every corner Of the lsnd.
As = preparation for such q system, we
know nothing better than such Bureau Of
Education as Is proposed In the memorial pre-
seuted TO Congress by the ]" National Associa-
tion OF State nnd City School superintend.
ents." The work Of the proposed Bureau is
TO be: To collect such statistics and facts
81 shall show the condition and progress Of
"edueataon In the several States and Terrific
"ries. md to dfause among the people such
Information respecting the instruction, or
"Rauizaton and management Of schools
nonr,on-,;,;:. 49, ~ a..t.. .. ~. -
utsn.nc. ~ .Mo,.nt .,haa, sn..s1.. 800
&C., at..Ms ss.. ~ '.
{. .an,.t,a, thss.aha.t 49, ann.-,, r,sa
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-. ~ s..-..I - " nN.N1., ~ - p,,ue
.sh,s .nra.t,ast.aa, ~ ss ess .ssat .t,.n ~
a.. et.t.no.,3 ~ .rc, f..ts ~ rsso,am."a.1 -
q. +,ors 90 ,r,,, t., ~ ,nanaa.. s1,,ss..,. ~,
=. nr-,osa. -. wh;ah ~ $50 =. .s 49, ~
uisshed n the t-s, rano,t +hars ehs1, ' -.
Pses<...... sse,s,...1.-. - - 49,
"of land made by Congress to promote cdn-
"cation, and stha manner in which these
"seTeral tracts hare been managed, the
"amount Of funds arising therefrum, and the
"annpal proceeds Of the same 50 far as the
"same can be determined"
The country will look for thnt first report
What has become OF all the bercdcence Of the
natlons Undoubtedly the report, II q
thorough and an honest one, will show great
wnstetulness and great fraud, but 1t will also
show great usefulness and large cooperative
Hbe1ality on the part Of States md tndividu-
als, 80 that the record will be upon the whole
one Of glory rsther than Of shame. But 1t Is
amazing that nation 80 continually and
largely bountlfnl 10 educatiou should have
been 50 utterly carcleas rs never to have
asked what use Is made Of It's bounty. We
have had enough Of this ostrich
policy. Let us have the facts, and then
we can choose our policy for the fu-
tire. In the meantime other facts will have
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