The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1867-10-25


This isa subject which can not be urged
upoa the attention Of the people with too
great an earnestuess and frequency. 1t is
one of the many essential nccdtuls to not only
recuperate and restore the country to its an
tibellum condition, but to maze it great and
powerful, far beyond what the most erthus;-
astic imagination can conceive. The people
must be educated not Only in scientific and
classical eruditioa. but ia the principles Of
moral recti.ude and daty which enuoble and
elevate himanity, oefore they will respect
and obey law, and practice justice, virtue
and all the exccllencics Of a pure and refined
civilization. We want that education that
will not only enbellish and Bless the homes
Of luxury and wealth, but viii enter the
humblest hut of poverty, and transmute it
into an abode OF happiness, sunshine and
sweet content. We want that etrrGtion
which goes down among the masses not to
furnish them with food and raiment alone,
but to renevate their sentiments, flourish
their aspirations, tell them their duties, and
make them value aud improve their p%riViie-
yes. The mountain barriers to civil and po-
liticai reformations must be removed and a
general diffusion Of knoNledge, infinitely
more potent than hammered armies fighting
under the generalship Of a Grant or 4 Ma
poieon. can accomplish this result. The
dreadful experiences of the past, stamped
with the crimson impress Of slain thousands,
and still repeated to us in the biood-drops
oozing from the yet unhealed wounds OF war,
teach us lessons for the future of iEcalcula-
bic profit. The sulphuric flames that lit up
the six hundred battle fields OF tue American
rebellion, has thrown Il flood Of light down
the track Of time to reveal to US the future
dangers of our national career. The death
Of every soldier on the field, in the camp
hospital and prison cell is q sad and mourn
full commentary upon the ignorance Of the
people, aud every cry of want, and wall of
agony that has ever arisen from hearts Or
phaned and bereaved by the remorseless raw
ayes Of the struggle is an imprecation upon
heir heads. How shall we escape the doom
Of besotted and slavery bound nations, if our
boosted institutions Of liberty, law aud or
der. are rot established upon the imperisha-
Sic basis Of popular intelligence? Monar.
ciial Europe, Ifrhargic Asia, whose wisdom
is stored in the sealed urn Of past centuries,
and even Africa, on whose night Of barbar.
ism and darkness the sun Of Revelation has
scarcely cast a ray, are watching v ith the in.
tensest anxiety and conccrnmenl this expert.
meat Of populer government in the Western
world. The hearts Of the Philanthropists Of
every cline, beholding here the on.y hope o
the worlds emancipation aud regeneration
beat and throt'under the inspiration of th,
pronise that we shall make our Republic thu
focus from which she'll radiate the blessings
of civil, political aud religious freedom tC
ever~ point Of the earth's circumference
Shall we iisappoint item? If we decidt
not, item The intellectual powers Of the nation
must be cultivated and expanded to their ut
most extent. Every child, whether lavoureC
Of fortune or doomed to-pOyerty's wpeS mus
be educated mentally, morally, and religious
IL. 7zeH all ca1ses OF national distraction
and sectional jealousies will be removed, ant
the North and the South, the East ana tht
West will clasp the hand Of fellowship owe
bloody gulf Of the past, and be homologatet
into an indestructable Union. Then viii
have arrived the Golden era in our histor!
as a nation, and America will become VIA
We believe it is the proyision Of Providene,
she shall be, the Mecca Of happiness, freedom
aud independence, to which all people 10 al
parts Of the inhabited globe shall turl
their eyes with wonder, rvspec. and admira
ton. A COLOSSUS amid the dwarfsh power
Of the earth, our Republic 10 the %omnipoteneI
aud grandeur Of ito perfect POLITICAL system