Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-02-09

welfare Of the country, and ever
the pleasant recognition of you
God depend upon ! IT. What il
dearer to a man than. his, child
that fears his, pame, wears hisim
age--dnd comes alter him.to take
up the,brolyenssthread eff his owl
life, ,.arM perpetuate It with glory
or'1shame to- his memory? and
how nearly is that responsible
choice given you. whenyotu reflect
that the lifeof that boy9,or that
girl is of yodrsown election, your
Iowamoulding? sPhoenix like The
soa spFings fromS your decline :
your decay, and when 1ife and
ambition 3die.i you itsfmdsa res.
direction ID. him, and education is
tbemotion peweEthat drives and
lifts, him up; and the neglect of
it thas presses ssand sinks him
down. 5 The objects and tenden-
cies5of5education are known and
felt by. all WHO can in the small
est-aegree declare, thesimportant
difference nrightand wrong,
and.as it stamps its impulse upon
single individual of q communi-
ty, so does it affect the entire
communityin which he lives. 1t
enhobles the mind, purifes the
habits and tastes of the people
makes Better their principles, and
more excellent their character
Itrfts rs with great abilities for
good, It inspires the mind Of
untutored youth with early no.
tions Of justice and honor and
avoids the pursuit of base and un-'
worthy objects. As sculpture is to.
the rough block of marble, so is
to the human soul; it
britlgs.to view every latent vir-i
tue and perfection The dormant
strength is aroused, man is made
acquainted with the gleat purpose
of his existence, and is liftedin its
giant arms higher 9 "a higher in.
the scale of wisdom and excel
lence. It makes smooth, sweet
and inteliigible the accents of
speech, grapples with the sublime
of science and lays
bare the hidden beauties Of ma
ture. New pleasures come at It's
bidding and sorrow and affections
are soothed and drowned in the
beams of its philosophy and the
light Of its reasonings. Educa-
ton gives you the lever that
heayes and lightens the weight of
trials--burst open the block and
rusted doors Of the brain, gives.
wings to the. soul, and lifts up
the heavy burden Of life. 1t e.
rects your shfines, akindles the fire
upon the altars of your gods, and
wreathes your brow and that of
your country with honor, prosperi-
ty and happiness. The, soul Of
the unedacated is like the dia-
mond7in its sombre coating of ma.
ture, which discerns none of its In
herentf beauty and brilliancy until
It's. casket of darkness is removed,
and its-lustre and brightness re-
vealed thereby. And such trough
diamonds" we meet at every an.
gle of life, Many aphilosopher,
hero and sage has often lain hid
under the rubbish of natural igno-
rance; and many a violet pined
and langpished in the cruel weeds
of superstition. $3.50 0 esaa
"Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,
And waste its fragrance on the desert air."
There may at this time be sleep
ing in the gloomy recesses of your
child's mind, M strength and fire
which if"1et loose, would drive
and light the world. But go on
and disregard that mind, leave him
to grow up after the inclinations of
his own corrupt nature without
training without instruction, and
yousinviteto bis train all'the evils,
all the crimes, and all the miseries
of which ingnorance is the parent,
and Ignorance, the heir. He
knows nothing and cares to know
nothing, for he has never learned
that there was something to know.
But he is anobject of swlndle, an
object OF, deception, and impasi,
tion, an object Of pity and COM
misseration, and at last an object
of condemnation, drifting helter
skelter at the mercy of intellect,
yielding his hard-earned gains in
to its Golfers, and without an aim,
without a purpose. he sinks final
ly into nothingness as he was COM
PEELED to i've. You question, can
this be a fair picture Of my boy
my robust, bright eyed boy, a
round whem cluster my fondest
hopes, and for whom daily toll
is sweetened into pastime? Yes,
neglect his proper education, and
you seal this as his doom. Some
hoar1untoId thousands which they