, 1874-11-28

poao ia WRONG" and therefore the State has no
right to educate,
Non. to s1r, ror,crt sro,cor,. ,.r.,ttrotru
,,,,,oa,,saa, ~. ~, afeneo's eensls'7elS-
pul'"sopulca' h''na. tn's may bn very fne and
very eoncluatvc. But, with Ill Difference to lin,
wa doubt whether tho American poopIo who
htve 80 long scared the pcpoots Of thu Iuh,ic-
Sehool svscm. will h, ro,,,v to srrra,,f,nr t,o;.
:. ~ 10 .s%a, rsm W H"tteAoei 'ue'F
P!ccoae'iseo oPn'opss 1all into llne, ana obey
n's dictnm tn respect to th'a question OF whether
tho State stoufd educate or not.
Mfr. Auoncor may bo riclt. aud +hn A,,.,;co,
n.orlo +no ;rtanaaiv rr,,,,o,, ~ l.. ,,,r.,s.,
T.. .,s.. toa,.;,.f s;nh,w " ~ 'uA1eneeu, .!n =
" Hera teeun'cAl 'H9ht" ana wrong"
They may not ha'o reached as ret thst h'gh
ors s e'ssato from Ts''h u tue M Eagsa phoao
~ ~ cora,r,r.nt+ NV 49,. 49,. nae
A"a "a "''a' ns"s' io' eue PAtt' W. hope
1ney nave no1 Ieacaoa IL and may noVor reach
1t, No hava no desire to look over into that
an.ca,1cd 1oc,ca, aot,rc.onu as IA tho n,trrc and
.,.sa. os'. - ~ ~ '"s 1..H', AA1 Nuo
1,snsa Ok oorofhmens' saan nave pis's'cai up.
Rllcstton. We pr1zo 90 hI6hly nfe, ADorty, and
iato the nrn,s OF au iEnorant tahb1s, under the
protection 81 chaotic Stnte. For To hre In
clued to believe that .-..-...
THE AaEh1caf PEorf.E ANE N!aRT,
aru ho mrone. ana snas M noas Gl mo nature
We ditfor NTH him when hs snvs that educa-
uon ID moi nccoaFary 10 tho citizen Tor the nlan-
tenArce OF Ms riRhsa: We arc susbcioatly con-
serVntlVa to eellova that education Ia necessary
to commnnit! In order that they may bo able TO
understand fully What their roal rights 40, ard
thus he prepared to maintain then. For NO
confess that 70 DO not SEQ how tho fact is to DO
avoided. the: It ia first necessary to know what
your real rights aro in order to maintain them,
clearly what safeguards must ho lfro"n around
them for their proper maintenance aud psotec-
tson That Il u not safe, OF nroper, to leave the
question Of Determining what are tho rights Of
by tho history Of aIi nations, and tug very nasnra
OF Government ltheif. It mnat DO loft With the
cltlSen1 81 tho doyoimmant de- faetG
Tho 'gnotance Or tile negro, 81 tilo american
o. many Of quo Oriental peoples, SHOW eaacti-
s1volT that the ignorance OF pooplo nos only
1nV1tes, hut mase necesshfs, sha most abject
slavery tmaglnable: Ilts ia eudurod 70 tho point
q desnetation' anu Lhen eomoa fe1olu,lon. arg
tNar last atato Is eenatalIs worse than tnclr fet
i.tfo bpartacua aud Tho gfad'asors tu6y ~ taso
arms aEa'nht ses OF trouble, nud, by opposing,
oud tl'emAelvda.
. Mr.. Spencor In" only TO lookaesosa tue Engliah
Channel to discover Tith what admirable affect
MI iguoeant, pr1en-rddcn. and Buperstitious tso-
plo enjoy tlleir ri9lltA when they are allowed to
axercisa them, and how aoon taatr ability to
maintain them passes away: Il thns ia not
enough, let him study tha history OF Spain dur
lpE tha last 21u yeata.
6pancefs arg1,n'eHs, .- ......,
ch1alEp TO 1Ta FULL. LOGICAL coSckus1oS,
prevents tile erection OF roor-holseg ami honees
of refuge, tho nssoptta, ot sanitary regulations.
practic.. i~ would have prevnnfet tho digging Of
the Erio Canal, and tho building tho Paclhc
Road
is 1t too much to nay Tint no doMbt II tho
peon1e A1e prepared to admit tho validity Of the
a.eument7
"Wo holh," saya Macau1ay. tllAt Whoever
has tho zigh. to hung llss tlo right to eduoate,
and 80 hold the great majority Of tho rooplo Of
institutions OF learning will probably continue
to exist, aocal sta,ics to tho cautrarY notwith-
staudingl
AS Aoon as tho question, whether education Is
bis % rieh{a. IL settled. Tho @ other question, Of
6helter Tie Ekata at.oill educate ought also to
bo considered rs aettlcd Michigan University.
now leading snat.tntiou in the country. has, tn
the State CAN educate, aud successfully.
How far thta education should bo carried. is
agotAos question. Il OF courso rcmainn With the
people to lctar1nino vllother education by uoy.
e,nsaont al,a!l stop With the PUBLIC Schools, or
DO carried forward by State and National institu-
tions. II they ahal! think that tue safety az tue
citizen and the ,utorosts Of good government are
proportionately increased BY MI aagauce lu edu-
cation 1t Is tlteir duty to 500 that the uecetaery
opportunities for such All education are wlthln
tho lcnch Of al. .
PRESIDENT E1lors nEronr
deplB with Thu question. and we wsh to refcr to
1t, convinced as we arc that it ID incoilsiste,,t
and uueound, II ho had merely taken the posi-
tion TINT a National University, 10 10 conducted
upder supezy.aso1s Of Government, was inprac,
tcabla, wo should hsye ag:ood with him. Lot
thnt be les. viii. tho State Govornsaorts. But
ho ras not sa!aaod With this, aud be goes on to
ahow that tho Government should not elucatet
because II Ia contrary to tho nn:uro OF Goyeii-
ment, or, NJ 10 expressed IL, contrary 10 tbs