, 1870-04-28

his day, pat. iotisn hasp3ayed out, and oduca-
ton has superseded It as hiding place for
rog1es, When devotion to ones country |
,easss to command votas, devotion to !!
schools is the next thing In order. The
latest instance Of this tendency il that of
Whittsmore, the expelled Congressman,
who excused hi1nseH for selling a cadetship
by alleging that he had bestowed part Of
the money on schools for freedmen in South
Carolina. Il Judas lscariot had lived in
os1 day, ho would probably havo donated
the thirty pieces OF llver to educational
purposes Of some Sort
We havo had abundance of this sort Of
.1sing in Chicago. We have had Normal
Schools, and four-story schools, and county
Boards Of Education, and city Boards Of
Education, and achool bonds and school
taxes without end. Whenever anybody
questions the wisdom Of any Of these e1-
Eenditures, and ventures to inquire whether
moro education might not be had for less
money, he is assaiied a. an enemy Of pub
lie schoola. The disease has now broken
ont In Warrington, y7here it rnges with great
violancs. One day we hear that Bureau Of
Education has bean established; then
that a Department Of Education Is talksdof,
with Cabinet Minister at its head; then
thst bill has been introduced 70 put tho
public schools Of tie several States unde.
the control and supervision of somebodyin in
Washington then that Mr. Dzale has se-
ported bill donating sos, 900 Of the public
funds to Wlbesforce University then that
Senator Wiley "a very honest man indeed,) J
Las brought forward a measure setting apart
the entira procseds Of the public lands for
educational purposes, so that ali the peo-
pie Of the United States may have an op-
1sortunity Of acquiring common school
education"
We respectfully suggess to Mr.. Wiley
ind his fellow Senators, that there Is little
danger, in country SO full of demagogues
as ours, that there will be any Want Of funds
for purposes Of education in any State
| who're universal suffrage prevails. It is a
4 remarkable fact that the vozst clements Of
society are generally the most Jealous in
their political action for common schools
| They have found that, when ait other means
| Of extracting money from the taxpayers
fail, pnhlic schools viii yield IN Abundant
harvest And, If we get only twenty-five
cents worth OF education for each dollar
raised, there viii be- no lack Of funds for
teaching the young idea how TO ahoot
A few months ago, General Stewart L.
Woodfora assumed charge Of the Brooklyn
Union. He wa good lavJcr, 6rst-rat<
aSses-dinnas speaker, one Of tho best po
| aitcA campaign ss1mpe1s IN the State, hat
been Lieutenant Governor, and nade I
capital presiding officer Of the State sensse
had served with distinction II Colonel ant
Bngadie1 General during the war, and, alto
esthor, had made rs versatile aud distin
guished = record rs any young mn
of his age in the country. Pei
, hxps it WAS not unreasonable t
, | expect that he might succeed n an edito
Of the Brooklyn linton, II ita proprietor de
: signed to mike it riyal Of the New Yoz
: dai1ies, As we assu1ne he did. BrooEy
. has population Of 45o, 600 people, il th
K third city IN tho Union, and, Will
: not get aiming At morning new
: paper, is sincerely Je5ning for
= hrst~elhas evening journal Perhsl
:, Mr. Toodford might have supple
6 such an one, If he could h17e been pe
o euaaed to do nothing else. Bal the nome,
s it was seen that ho was figuring for. Col
it grcss, for the Goveruorship, uastin
:. hatangues on miscellaneous subjects, b
n failure Is iournalist Of &ny high order "