Semi-weekly Louisianian., 1871-09-10
Educational.

We give below the opinions of
some of the Worlds greatest men,
on the subject of popular education.
They will appeal to the best judg-
ment of all men. We ask our col
ored friends to read them and let
their actions on the subject he gov
erned by them:
Establish and support Public Schools
in every part of the State Benjamin
Rush. -l
a general diffusion OF knowledge is the
precursor and protector of Republican
the conservative power that will watch
our own liberties and guaid against fraud
intrigue, corruption and violence. con-
slider the system of Common Schools AZ the
palladium of our feerdom De Witt Gin
ton.
The parent who sends his son into the
world uneducated, defrauds the communi-
ty OF lawful citizen, and bequeathes to it
nuisance. Chancellor Kent.
The importance d Common Schools is
bes, estimated by the good effects of them
where they most abound and are best reg
ulated John Jay.
ITO make the people tittest to choose,
and the chosen fittest to govern, We must
teach people. Milton.
"The sehOOlmaster is abroad and
trust to him, armed with his primer
Lord BrouSham,
=. Universal education is henceforth one
of the guarantees of liberty and social
stability. As everyfrinciple Of our gov
ernment is founded on JUSTICE and reason.
to diffiise education among the people, to
develop their understandings. and en-
tighten their minds, is to strengthen their
constitutional government and secure it's
stability, = Gnizot. f-.
For augmenting the aggregate amount
of intelligence and mental power in any
community, the grandest instrumentality
ever yet devised is the institution Of Com
mon Schools. The Common School
realizes all the facts or fables, whichever
they may be, of the divining rod. II
tries its experiments over the whole sur
face of society, and wherever n buried
fountain of genious is flowing in the dark
ness below, it brings it ~lbove, and pours
out its waters to fertilize the earth. I'm
der the magic touch of Common Schools,
Shermans rise from the sloemaker's bench
Bcechers from the blacksmith's anvil,
Bowditches and Franklins from the soap
chandler's and tallow chandler's shops,
and new galaxy shines forth over all the
armament of gen:ous. Education in
Republic must be universal, the whole
land must he yatered with the streams of
knowledge "-Hoace Mann. '+l
knowledge in every country is the
surest basis of public happiness To the
security of n free constitution it contri-
butes by convincing those who are entrust-
ed with the public administration, that
every valuable end of government is best
answered by the enlightened confidence
of the people; and by teaching the people
themselves to know and value their own
rights, to discern and provide against in
vasions of them. - Washington, in his
First Message.
Promote, as an object Of primary i'm
portance, institution tor the general diff
fusion of knowledge. Washington, in
Farewell Address.
"a system of general instruction, which
shall reach every description OF our citi-
zens, from the richest to the poorest, as
it was the earliest, so it shall be the latest
OF all public concerns in which I shall
permit myself to take an interest. Give
it to us in any shape, and receive for the
inestimable boon the thanks of the vouno
and the blessings of the old. d."-Thomas
Jefferson.