The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1872-10-04

verse with each other with ~ much "a
cility us # they were tran port Il to each
other immediate pre.cncc.
With the abrve remarks showing
forth the nccc-,iiy Of an education. !
shall bri = you 10 nearer and mure
minute discussion Of the subject We
.ud in this, a. IN all other ages Of th.
world, a di-po iiiou of some parent. to
prevent their children. where they are
willing, from taking IN interest in our
educ' tional institutions, ard thus, by
their intervention. dcbalriug the child
I from securing those virtues ard qualities
impaired by proper development Of the
mind, and at each successive step, in
stead uf cnlightening and ennohIng their
minds, taking measures to defeat what
the very law If nature as an intrinsic
essential to the perlec; constitution Of
either woman or man for superiority of
blood, race or color
We should he Inspired with greater
zenl for the eluritiou of our off p,ing
when we behold all around Il. the up
ward tendercy Of the pg'" African
race. who are beginning To- tniu their
chillren up IN all the aciu.gpmen,, of
which on. race hl. b'el the -olc founders.
and some of whom bi fair, at M distant
day, to reduce to ipferiorii, that I,r;iou
of our race who have taken no interest
m our educ lt:onal ins'i utipn., AID even
the Wild d,avage. Of the west are al a daily
increasing in literature.
Thu, YOU see two foreign and distinct
race. are in our mid-t, who by reason of
parents not suffering their caillren to at
tend school, are fast gaining superiority
over that portion of our race. Our
schools are free; the people have been
taxed and the money dep1-i'el in the
State treasury for di'tribufirl among
the teacher. of the State. Oar teachers
have been duly selected, aud produce
certificates of qualification lrum compc-
tent examiners. Then shall deSp0iic
p1rent, through their brutal jurisdiction
compel their OIL pring, in opposition 10
their wish, To remain in the hovel of ig-
uoranca. vice and destruction, thus en-
cendering strife aud asserting brutsiitr,
ard Instead Of cultivating their minds
with enlightenment and knowledge,
causing them to degenerate into heartle,s
outlaw and law -de-pi,irg ruiIian..
~ there i a remedy for MI evils, We
can rs Significantly assert that there l.
one for this very serious evil. Asfwc
have before asserted. aud n the age aud
Of six thou sand years clearly
demonstrated, that no hing has a greater
ten lency toward civiliziug and christian
ling a nation, giving it a standpoint of
enlightenment above larbari,m, than
the education Of its people, and as laws
have always been very important
in the accumpli hment Of all national
eAorts, we think it equllly applicable in
the present ease as any Other over which
the law. rules.
Then we being advoca.rs of the cau-e
of education and civilization, knowing
and approaching from Oh r a ion a d
experience the necessity of educating
our people, AMI having the advantage If
Il concurrence in voice of majority Of
the people of our country, should at
once urge our legislators toa due ani .
just consideration Of i most import
ant Of all school laws and with the
united eT6rts of all friend. and nlracatts .
Of education, civilization an Christianity, /
burst loose the fettcr~ of parental de.po- .
sitism, by having law eradc'd at the .
mex session OF our Legislature; an human
and benevolent law in behalf of the chi
dren of desporic pareut,, the pIrents,
our country and the world.