National Republican., 1873-05-24
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
CURRENT or THOUGHT ASp OPINION.
asralxIelL n..IErcnos N ,.nnnis

NprHlsicAL DESTRUCTION ~ iUioois.
The following letter N Deuefai Est0n shonli
command the attention Of All who arc interested
In educatIonai maitcrsi
o,....,,,-. ruLlDrLFniA, Ngy. u IN
''asral SAs FtiaH, IT, - ~ fsfazsr II ffs aftsF
DS,h STA: In reply 10 your request that
should Rive my views more FULLY with regard to
nc nc pfA1ilcabiliJ ani uiiiliy u mschanleal and
siais that my experience ant oJservatlon satisfy
me that sneh change u tultion IN schools %
s,ssefy alhh A. WI mate work Of the hands and
ihe mini combined a leadinE feature II abao-
luieJ Necessary 70 render e,iucAtion an eitieient
means ot mental development anl culture and
ma, na.nnch a. ya.i pan oi the community de-
ptnd upon ptodlrtlVc occupations fof The means
o. subststence ahi comfort, the insirurtlUn Of
children should have for ~ chief objsri the de-
velopment Of those farulties vhtch IN Inc Ffeat-
est degree faentata mschanicaI eifSTt.
In the Institutions with uhirh / have teen
connected we have not had - great a Vansty of
We su bsss ana fonnd is me or S ss S
trantable boys may BE- Induced 10 WORT. and
that q llifen uniformity prefer exercises which
SSicS are lnpass1i upon thsm, Shd Shsn he
labOf ls not o1nunus1 long enough 10 fatigue
them they viii 70 20 II With pleasure.
We have In our lnstfiutt0n-the American Ar.
ilsans' colleEe-snme evidences of the prariloa-
hility of introducing useful work into schoota.
We have Inscriptions N LATIN, Greet, IIsbfeu,
~ ,s s.s rL,s,s y, M ,h heEih pinifd IN
vas engaged even 10 give Instruction. me
Gfeek and Hebrew tJpcs, which were % large
size, and NOtne Of the WpOi-suts used as iliustrn-
ton. .nrnswhat rough In execution, were ANA
teuT wort.
s-,IiSs types b. one OF the bs., exercises In
orthography In which lcamef can engage.
II may be that ain Oyof=saneulue Ia my rail-
mate Of the value Of indastfai eiueAti0u; hot I
have not hesitAted 10 express the belief thAtA
As artistic work W0uld d0able the pfoiuetiTe re-
sources u this city. u would also improve the
morals ot the community Ia Jet greAist de-
gree. In mating this estimate I have had In
contemplation system u incentives which
,hink would induce younR persons 20 uoft wiz
linsiy. Offering priEe-, uhloh onJ the most ap,
can win, u not saficicnt. liDnors, decorations,
kc,, should be offered 10 all Who work earnestly
wiih The Al Of the photographs system Of 10.
sifueuon. children from nte 20 tcn Jsan, OIL
VIII learn the rudincnts Of languages and Of
the sciences very pieassHtlJ an1 rapidly, and N
fair portion Of their time from ten 10 iwehiy-
ohe be Kiven 10 useful wOfE they mar bc taUTht
mechanic arts Thoroughly. and yet have sani-
cient time fOf recreation aud for mofs adyanced
tuition IN such departments Of Earning a. may
bc deemed desirable. Under favorable circum-
stances much Of the expense ~ e.lnration mar
be paid by the wofk Of the pupils.
Juvenile class In the American Artisans'
College, shilifen from nVe IN ten yesrs of aRr.
after . few mOnihs lnsiruction, can feAd m
senptlons IN sA languages, and theJ have made
an aiasa.l pIpsIes. ~ other srahehs.; Thsy
are very fond u the classroom. attending murh
mors punetualIy than u usual in other Pabiif of
private sehoos.
Moral Improvement might he greatly pro-
mOted by the establishment ot Orisr., degrees,
Ac., with decorations winch vii dsnniisiJ mara
me sequl.lnon o. learners. especially IN me
frffed with imposing cefsfnonie..
WIN great re.pcc', Jours,
secretary American ArtIans' CuiIsEr, Fhih.
delphIA.
LAboE ORGANIZATIONS -ro0Ls LELpnRuir m.
TupiArED.
wAsHisaIos. o. g. NsT u. is7a
~ ~ Eiifss " tAs so - u HsFsAi,ls
siH: An article In your issue Of 90 day In rc.
gAri to Labor Reform Associations Of the Tai.
ted States, and the position IN wh,eh ex-senator
Pool has taken IN the matter, with pJTtions of
mere so-calloii platform, has at,rartci ny Atien-
tim, and has cailcl from me comments which
here make. There Il only one organization IN
this country uhirh the uortinE people rocog.
niIe, and that Il the w0fEinFHnru's Ccntrai
UnIon Of the 1 nlts.i states, n I.ssaa,1f Pool
Or any ons else desire OF think thfy can
folst themselves on the uDfking people a. their
shamP,on ani leader, sni gam ANYTHING ~ u
take waning TO the fate u thslf brothers Who
met 10 conEsntlon a. COiatabns Ohio, AMI nOn,i.
mated DAVIS and rafksf nntef ne name Of IAhof
Ksfomsrs. The wofkibE Tsopls fspadlaissi the
shOle proceeding. and issuei cal for q nA-
iIohAl Convention, to be hell IN NeS lofE city.
NAY ~, 1871 " tue AhEfaA fNuNNntlun
over held In this county. There were thirty
tour stiies represented, AMI after three days'
| delibefAii1n Grant anh Wilson were nDminatsd.
Il and Asknosisized 20 he the only fnends Of re-
form, And Who uhdsrsiOol the wants of the
Il sorktng people. ~ far our Anti-iraiI0as
| have not teen disippoinied, and Ne feei
Il pleased with the result Of 0ur iatofa
Ia procuring such happy fesuli. The result Of
the COlnmbus convention party Il knoSn Ia
eyery one. Three candidates Withdrew frBm the
ndlculOus position In uhirh they were piAnei by
thi. band Of Noull-be pAtn0ta. h0,tt you Ntli
pardon me, Mr.. Eiitnf, for iniTuitnE "n Jour
valuable time and IN y0uf luuual, but nv dqiy
Il as chairman Of the only NOftlngnsns AssosfA.
uOu In this country cOmpeis ins 20 rtfuts the
sayings Of aby men or olass ~ men uho fcpfr-
sent themselves A. lsAisrs 0t = mfY.mrnt In
shich my posltiOn a. an executive Orlpef of the
Defore-mentloneh AssOrtAtipn cumpeia me TO ~
fuis Every friend u known psfsouAliy 10 ne.
I WILL In conclusion, All that sh1uI UonSrAi
Grant again be q candidate he viii, a. before,
receive our support AMI UuT Hli.
Very respectfully. uE1. W. GtnOxs,
Chairman u the National W0FNingnrns Genital
I'nion. iIes,iluAreTs M, u Wcst FBurh street,
Neu YORK city,