The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1867-01-24

should remember that as she has been
! the mother of States, she should also be
the teacher of States The great pro-
blem of Civilization is how to bring the
highest intelligence Of the community,
and Its better moral feelings, to bear upon
the masses of the people, so that the low
est grades of intelligence and morals
shall always be approaching the higher,
and the higher still rising. A church
purified of superstition solves part of this
problem, and good school system does
the rest"
THE STATE MILITARY:
Nothing after the education of the peo-
pie, contributes more to the security of q
State than thorough military system
The fathers Of the Republic, acting upon
the instinct of preparing for war In the
time of peace, embodied this knowledge
among the primary obligations of the cit
zen. Yet the Rebellion found US almost
wholly unpropared. Our confidence in
our institutions was so firm that the idea
of an attack upon them from any quarter,
much less from those who had been the
" "spoiled children" Of the Government,
was never believed possible, however
threatened. The first clash of arms found
US equally undeceived and unorsanized
and we very soon experienced that the
contrivers Of the great slave conspiracy
had not only strengthened themselves by
the stolen ships, arms and Notifications Of
the Government, but had been for years de-
signedly instrueting their youth in the
science of arms; and when the bloody
tempest opened upon Us they were ready
to spring at the heart of the Republic,
while the citizens, in whose hands the
Goyernmen. was left, were compelled 20
protect themselves and their country as
best they could
When we reflect upon the terrible sac
rifceS we endured to maintain our liber-
critics, and anticipate that glorious period
of our country when the whole continent
will be dedicated to human freedom, and
when the despotisms of the earth will con
strue our example into standing threat
against their tyranny, we cannot disre-
gard the consideration of this important
subject
As before remarked, Pennsylvania con-
tributed over three hundred thousand
troops to the national cause. Deducting
the loss of nearly thirty thousand by
wounds and disease incurred in the field,
what an immense army has been left to
circulate among and to educate the mass
Of our population. Properly comprehend
ing this thought, we have at once the Sc
cret of our past success, our present safe
ty and our future power. 1t would be
easy to create an emulation in the science
of arms among youth of the State; by pro
per organization, and to disseminate in all
our schools, that loyalty to the whole
country, without which there can be no
permanent safety for cur liberty.
In their late report, the visitors of the
West Point Military Academy laid a sig
niicant stress upon the necessity Of such
proceptors, in the future, as would teach
the students of that institution their. first
and unavoidable obligations to the princi-
Piles upon which the Government itself
reposes. The neglect of this kind OF in-
struction was felt in almost every move
ment during the recent conflict and it is
not going too far to say that many who
disregarded their oaths, aud who drew
their swords against the Government that
had educated and nourished them, found
a meretricious consolation in the fact that
they were permitted to chorish an allegi-
ance to the State in which they were born,
which conficted with and destroyed that
love Of country which should be made
supreme and above all other political OBJ
legations.
If, IN our past and recent experience,
there has been exhibited the valuable and
splendid achievements Of our volunteers
in the national defense, there has also
been shown the necessity fer military
skill, and that knowledge, of, and
familiarity with, the rules of discipline
SO essentially necessary in their prompt
and effectual employment. In order,
therefore, to make our military system
effective we should have particular
regard for the lesson, that to prevent or
repcl danger, our State should always
have well disciplined force, prepared to
act with promptness and vigor on any
emergency nor should we forget that it
is impossible to tell how soon our warlike
energies may again be required IN the
field.
HOME RESOURCES AND HOME LABOR.
In notEin. have our trials during the
war, aud the resulting triumph to our
arms, been SO full Of compensation, as in
the establishment of the proud fact that
we are not only able to defend ourselves
against assault, but what is equally i'm
portant, to depend upon aud live upon our
own resources. At the time the Rebel
lion was preciptated upon us the whole
business and trade Of the nation was par
alyzel Corn in the West was used for
fuel, and the producer was compelled to
lose not only the interest upon his cap
ital, but the very capital he had invested.
Labor was in excess, and men were every
where searching for employment. Mills
aud furnaces were abandoned. Domestic