Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-03-08

money but idle hands can benefit
nobody-rather they consume what
labor produces. / know the uncal-
culating entertain different views,
but they reckon without knowledge,
and against the reasonings of the
wise economists. Labor is the pub
lie capital, and only security against
scarcity. Plow an acre of new land
and you beget capital. Sell an acre
to the speculator and you tax its val
ne against labor, because labor must
pay for it dear value never earned
by the SPECTATOR.
PRACTICAL THOUGHTS EDUCATION
TARIFFS.
Once more L have depressed, this
time into morals, personal obligations
and public economy. Well, the sub
jects are vastly suggestive, and |
must use latitude. The Herald
readers need no reminders of my
weakness. | am anxious to see
something desirable in Europe
worthy of translation to America,
and if possible would benefit Europe
by like reciprocity. If we could
export few million acres of our
new lands to England | would do it.
But knowing this impossible / would
import English laborers to our new
lands. Some would reach the end
another way: abolish our tariff du-
ties, stop our factories, reduce labor
to level with Europe, import from
abroad what we now manufacture,
set the labor of New England afloat
for the West, or impoverish the East
to enrich the West This would en-
courage British manufacturing, beget
demand in England for the tens of
thousands out of employ, and brace
up the old concern at American ex-
pense. This is charitable / grant,
and of the kind Of charity which
begins away from home and
ends abroad Education in Eu-
gland is still "a matter of private
enterprise and support, parents pay
ing the teachers--though there are
very many charity schools supported
by contributions Of the rich, and
some are supported by perpetual en-
dowment-rich persons having long
ago bequeathed perpetual funds for
the like. But without doubt England
will very soon follow America by
enacting public free school laws and
and the setting apart of public mon
ey for paying teachers.
BIGoTRY IN THE WAY.
The only difficulty in the way is
the church question shall only Sec
ular learning be supported or shall
the church catechism be taught-for
England has not yet progressed to
that spirit Of liberty which binds no
man to think as did the fathers a
thousand years ago. Educate the
child for usefulness, intelligence and
morality, and allow him to choose
his own religion, same as the food he
is to eat or the fashions he is to fol-
low. Even in America the people
are hardly free from the fantastic
notions of the Puritans, and many
would stick to it that the Bible shall
be read in the schools. More still is
England chained up to the bigoted
notions of the times when her old
castles dictated codes for private life
The English churches, Episcopal and
dissenting, all encourage education
each, however, in view of fasten-
ing the child to a particular creed
The Catholics educate orally in the
way to serve the church, the Prot
estants by means of letters and books.
The former stay at home, bigoted
and contented, the latter stray of
into the newspapers and of course
become discontinued with every
yoke. After all the real great ques.
ton is, should the boy be taught to
read ? If so he shall have the ballot
too and be king. Shall the girl be
taught the alphabet If so she toe
may govern, vote and be queen. II
neither learn to read, then there
shall be one faith, one Lord, one
pope, one king. Education halts
nowhere, ignorance anywhere.
CANALS AND DoNKEYs.
Canals are observed, very many
OF them, between Liverpool and
London, and they do immense trans
porting--of coal and other supplies
from the car stations to country
places of produce from out Of the
way places to the car stations. |
had no idea of the existence of so
many canals-some of them appear
ing centuries old. Usually q single
donkey draws canal boat, and an
old barefoot women is often seen
going ahead drawing the donkey af-
ter. These donkeys! were they
created fashioned, and OF what spe-
cies--dog, bear, wolf or hare They
are unlike anything else, though
something barely suggesting horse.
They are exceeding useful for carry
ing burthens of 100 to 300 pounds,
are hardy, long lived, cheaply sup
ported, and require but little space
weight should Judge from $50
to 800 pounds, and size from q com
mon sheep to six month calf
handy for boys to use, and many are
fast travellers. Wonder they have
not been introduced into America
1t would pay to import them, or
matches for breeding.
ENGLAND FOREVER.
Glorious Old England driving
powe of Europe and best governed
and most powerful upon the CONT
nent,l live thoa forever Thy fall
would blight Europe and arrest the
progress of learning and civilization |
Only America would remain foot
ing for the human hopes And what
could America accomplish after the
SUNSET of England? Nothing, if
indeed America could stand at all
against the aggregations of despot-
ism Americans too often boast of
the greatness and grandeur of their
country and feel over secure under
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