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


! think this sufficient. But ysi
may give him. gold, give hin
: wealth., and if you deny hin
J shape TO his head, you only fat
ten the victim for the feast aoI
cunning The more thick yol
enease his heart with filthy hdcfe
the more eager the sharks ant
vultures seek 90 tear lit open. q
Though you may have passed
smoothly before him along til,
pathway 6f'ignorance successful
y, yet don'tbe oseen of such fol
him! 81 For. remember your sue
cess was the exception, and moi
the rule. = Some reason too thai
education only gives the polish
and tinsel to- tho. rascal 3 and
makes more finished and inruihaf.
ing the evils ofathe. scoundrel.A
This. is unfortunately sometimes
too true But that is no argument
against education, for every gift Of
heaven is sometimes abused and
often is education. Stifl if the
heart is properly tutored by a
natural law, they always gfavi.
tate toward virtue. Every bless
ing, every comfort you to-day en-
| joy, is the fruit of learning, the
result of study. Mind isDo the
master, and will elevate, or en-
slaveyou. Some though untntored
and untaught3 spring, g,unnoticed, ON
the stage of public life, and seize,
| and hold and owield the sceptre
| of power, and startle the world
with awe and iastonishment at
their brilliant acquirements-his
nations darling son; yes, but
when you find a genius, pause and
trace his history. He comes like
Napoleon lscourge; or as Luther
a God send to the nations of the
earth. He comes with scorpion
Sings OF chastisement, or. with
the divine mission to separate
fact from fallacy, truth from er
ror, orthodox from heresy. ID -lot
g1henUmourn1 thatyour child is
not genius, anddyou dispute the
wisdom ofeuGod! God works
from cause to effect and every
design has its calculated end, and
the birth jof every genius is but
another created instrument to ex-
ecute the eternal fats of heaven.
They come with the cunning of the
wizard and the juggieEs as intangi
bic as tbelghost or the goblin, and
play upon the>chess board of life
with a science and skill that battles
their own raveling. Bat let US
look to,educationl as it affects the
state!of the country. The word
independence, in its strict sense,
has but meagre and narrow ap-
plication to- any individual crea-s
ture; rather we are all utterly de-
pendent, and yield)our freedom to
the necessity of that dependence.
And thus we secure the COM
bined aid of the community in
the protectionaof our lives,persens
and property We are dependent
upon the sjudicious laws Of socie-
ty. for safety and defence. And In
so far as we constitute a part of
thatsocietyis it dependent upon US;
and as we claim protection and
justice at the hands of the gov
ernment,, so does the government
claim, at the hands of its citizens
mental vigor and moral worth
the only real source Of human
strength. Education then is the
keystone in the great arch of So,
ciety. 1t is the source of equal
laws-it procures right measures,
it corrects and tempers power-it
protects weakness and it unites
individuals in a common interest
and general welfare. Danish ed
ucation, and you then open wide
the hoodgates of heathenism, you
invite scepticism, you solicit bar
barism-and amid Egyption dark
ness the vilest passions of man
will dance in fiendish orgies around
| your, holy shrine. 1t would oblt-
crate truth and constaney--and
virtue and charity would pass a.
way like the dying swan to the
mournful chant of their own re-
QUEEN. The prospective glory
and triumph Of the country de-
pend ON the educating oil the
young Can you forget that the
boys and girls are one day to be-
come the strength snd beauty of
the country as PerHles once said
in his famous Grafton at the fu-
ncralof some Athenian young men
who were slain in one of the strug-
Egles Of Greece. The lossto the
commonwealth by the destruction
of its young, men, is like that Of
| tho uoar hul The loss. of Ito anrinr