White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1870-01-27
Correspondence.
fFor the Chief.)
H,suLAsD. KAs.As. Jan. 10. ,s7o.

Or tue Outet.y
H,eHIASD. KAssAs. Jan. 10, tsIo.
Ma Ep.rua:-fiighiaud seems to have ta
ken hold in god earnest Of the subject OF ed.
ucation. Like the FOX with the grapes. Rail.
roads have become sour when she cannot get
them; and nov frue. in part. at least. to the
instincts of sel6 6.hness. and u pstt. - We
hope. true to the instincts Of o.r higher La
turs. she seeks 10 surn 70 better secosat the
m ,ncy and inRaesee viii ubich she sossat 70
win the Raitoads- Ths neishhosins sosns
and villages have got The roads aud are to get
them. and some of the HiEhlAnders are not
very sorry, as il relieves them from heavy
taxation, and enables them to turn their mon.
ey to another aud more valuable account.
Now Highland proposes to make Peace with
all-let her neighhors have the railroads, and
she vial take ,he iisitsion tl,st maj be made
useful to all. and about which there is no oc.
'easion for dispute In the days OF the Patsi.
srchs. Jacobs herdsmea bad several disputes
with the M tivss about wells OF water. Final
ly they found q we'll Of water for which they
!" strove not.",' Here they remained. And
nov. for thissvell Of living water which We
will God in the Highland University, We sup
pose our neighbors will not strive. It i'll be
open for all, and ne trust room enough to
water all the Aocks. And now Highland will
say to her neighboring villages and neighbor-
ing farmers, we will help you pay the taxes to
build the roads, IL you will help Us improve
and enlarge our institution. To build the
Highland University is now the mission oi
ighland, and it is a work in which all can
harmoniously unite.
And with this Introduction, We would re.
mark: lat. II is great work. Who can esti'
| mate its importauce1 Who can measure the
length and breadth and depth of the stream:
that have flowed and are now flowing from
Harvard. Yale, Dart mouth, or Princeton! and
why should we not have fountain opened
here equal to any Of them7 Those institu
tions have had their youth and growth, an6
now their maturity. and so must we have oul
infancy and progress. A man cannot be de
veloped in day, but we have in the infan
the elements of manly power and genius. Mo
ees HAS feeble in the ark of bulrushes, bu
mighty ON Sinai and in the camp Of lsraei
and ON Pissah, glorious. Again: the work IL
great because it covers great field. Take
Doniphan County as centre, and strike cir
Gle with radius of one hundred miles, and i
is questionable whether We can fud distrIc
Of greater agricultural Importance 1t is ca
pable Of sustaining as dense population a
any place on earth, and will soon be entirel,
filled with people. For this district there i
no provision made. except in the Kansas Val
ley, for higher education; aud beyond this cir
Gle, wet. north and east, We know of No at
tempt of the kind for hundreds of miles.
II is great because OF the period in mich
is undertaken. New agencies aud new notiv
powers are now at work, which have not bee
at work before. Speed and haste mark tn
times. "Men run 70 and fro, and knowledg
is increased" with wonderful haste. The wa
is over, the nation is free. "Swords mus
now be beat into plough shares, aud spear
into pruning hooks." The world r,ust be hal
tily prepared for the events of the latter day.
Education aud Christianity must come forwar
to the front. The mind is to be lifted ~
Man is to be elevated. Not necessary tha
men should spend SO much time in subduIn
! the earth. These vast prairies are cleared an
subdued, and machinery does the work of tn
world now, and men have time for higher pur
suits. The condition Of things twenty year
ago viii not answer now. T.ere is perio'
drawing near. for which We had better prepare
and this preparation can best be done bv lay
ing broad and deep the foundations for huma
elevation and improvement. Expounders o
revelation have generally agreed that the pre-
sent is one of the most important periods Q
the worlds history; and we who are upon tn
stage would do well to be upon our watch, and
if we can do nothing more, hear what "wisdor
says in our Streets" and at least assist her Il
"build her house and hew her seven pillars,
and say to those around, "Go in the way o
understanding" S. NJ. l.
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