, 1874-02-27
THE EDUCATIONAL QUESTION:
Bu1ley's Argument IN PaTer Of Popular
and Compulsory Education.
Religious and Moral Training in the
Public Schools.

Religious and Moral Training in the
Public Schools.
Huxley's Views on Popular Edu-
cntlon..
70 the Editor Of The Chicago I.1buns:
EIR: For the benefit OF both the public and
the cause, I would set forth tho argument OF
Huxley and others in behalf OF compulsory cdu-
cation. It's American champions hsse failed to
make the csuso very popular one, owing to the
vague netions entertained concerning 80.
THE r1zuEE =" "BEaREAAs ~.
Education, Liberty, and the duty, Of Government,
which find their ready solution in the follow
Ing from Huxley:
It is maintained that the whoc fabric Of society viii
be destroyed The poor, as well a the ch, edu-
Gated tint anything Ike sound and good education
VII only make them dscontented with their ststion,
III be bl:;a.ly dissrpoiutod I: IL sad: Theirs
must be lew1rs Of Tood aud drawers Of water,
engerg and co2i-heavcrs, ds5-lsDcrcrs md domestic
sefyans, or tne Work Of society viii come to stand
still But, If YOU educate and 1etue everybody nobody
viii be content to assume those functions, aud Nil the
world will want to ~ gentlemen and ladies'" :
One hears tits argument most frequently from rep
rese,tastves pt the we-o-ao middle cass aud, COM
Ing from them. it strikes !
PECULIARLY IAooNa1sIKEt, -
&s the thing Ley ADMIRE strive After and Advtss
their children to do, Is 10 get on In the world
xud pcsxble to rise out 0f tbs class in which, they
rere bora, into that above tho Society needa gro
GERS and merchants de- much It needs eoal-heayef1
bu ii tncr1l1ct Accnmuk,es wealth. and works his
way to B.ronccE or It the Of gfeeu-grocct be.
comes : L51d-Chancei1or, Arch hntshop,t o. -
successful soldier, wins Pscrs8e ali this world adj
te1n which rendezs such achievements possiblo No.
body suggests That there Is anything wrong IN thar
being dissenten ed with their station thas II ter
society su1ters by Hea Of ability reaching the pc
6ilbn Tor WHICH Nature G14 lifted them,
But there aso better replies than those Of The III
quoque SOFT 10 The caseeATgumert In the rrt place,
IT Is NOT True
thnt educat1on as such u.tts men for rough and 1
bosi0us: or essa dingn;tng, oseupauon. The hte Of
men out Ct ten: and yet, II every ships Captain
knows, no saiior ever the tor possessing
especially in tue country, harder and labortoua
Than that Of mist nrssns, snd he is constantly obliged
to do things wlca In point OF peaaAntneas cannot be
md he frequently is, LigIy y-educxtei man In the
second pave, though it be granted that the words
Of ths M casels whisa require asa 70 do hts DUTY
give admirable definition OF obligation to our
eeves IND to society, yet the question rernnns How
s1suo:. to which 1t has pleased God to call hint A
infant does not come into the Word labeled
red pup i juat III anoiaer q al outward appear ape r
snce And it is ouly BY finding out wlet Ills faculties
good for, and seeng, not for the sake Of crafty
Tug l,Al.rJ vInty, but tbs highest duty himself
md to his feioW-nen, to put himself into tho position
in which they can attain taer full Development. that
tbs
p1EooyEas HE 1auz STATION.
/ Tlne whose tooth gnaws away everything else, Is
power.ess against truth; aud the lapse Of than
words. Nor i it nseess"ry that as P1ato suegests,
society should provide funcuonaies expressly chargad
with the performances Of the difficult duty Of picking
out the men -of braas from thoao Of stlver
aud gold. Educate, and the litter viii certainly
sse 10 the top; remove II those Artificial props BY
which ths braEs md iron folk kept hs top and
by law sure that Of g1asitation they will g1adn
ally gnk to the botto1u- Ma hara al known Doblo
Iords who would have been ooach1nen OF Enme-kesp-
ere, bilord-nlarksru, II they had not bean kept
snoat By our soctal cor2n We have all known man
e1nong the loweat ranks 1t whom avery has Baid
only had lrtlo sducaton7" And who that attends
sven in tbs most superficial WAY, to the conditions
and especially Of society like eu1 IN which resent
legislation has placed sovereign authority in the hands
Of the aa.ese, whenever they a1e united enough TO
natural sbthty who is ignorant and nss1snle is a
r. GREAT pAsoEE TO soomrx
II rocket without act is to the people who re It.
Mlsery IL mitch that nevur goe3 out; genius;
e1ploaiye power, beats gunpowdeF hollow; and il
knowledge, which should give that power guidance is
si aiply Is run s.nueE among @ fieada and Nd foes.
What gives foTte to tho 3octaso movement which IL
5oE stirring European society to It's depths; but
sthsz he 11ss5; dssF.a.ea y s1s6 issss
this end zro ededuAa o. not IL 1t this moment tho
most iportant Of, III porn:ai questions and this is
10 point out il what tbs chauro o. the controsn1sy
being decided calmly and nationally and not By Ias:
bystander, tbs reason =, xhat no. ono 10, 900
Of those who constitute the ultimate court Of appeal
of the most momentoua gravity. viii havs to be de-
cded prepared By education TO eomprchend tne real
nature oi the su1t brought before their tribunal
NOTHING CAN Ak LEsa JUsI1T1AnIE
than tbs doEat1c zsBer*on that Stato interfeTence
beyond the hmits Of: home aud 1azdgn police;
1a$se Y s saRs q has =:
accept the proposition that the functions Of the state
may Be properly sunned Up in ths great negative
co1nmaudn2Ent Thou ahals not allow any man to In
tezfere with the liberty Of my other MAIL
Inn unable to SOS that the logical consequence Is
.ns Tseon of r. Of nesshas
chooses have h.s ins in such state to create
poisonous atmosphere, which breathe It the slsk
to live just mpch he went about with Pistol
threatening my life; II ho Is to be allowed to lot his
children 60 un1acctnated, he might well b allowed
to leave syoh1ne !ozenges about in tho why f mino
and II be brings them up untaught and unframed to
earn their living, be Is doing bis bcst to
ty increasing tho burden Of taxation for the support
Of jails and warehouses;, which hare to pay; -.
rhs hGs t9e sats % If ous tn:
Der Of the sca.1 body influence all the rest,
and the lcas possible il It for any one man to DO
wrong thing without interfering, more or less With
tho freedom ot III his fellov-citizens.
1t s upged aTarr t1t il the right OF the 6t4ts
to step beyond the Assigned limits Is Sd1aitted At III,
there Is stopping; and that the which Jus
taes the Stats enforcing vaccination edueation
will also Justify It In prescribing any religious belief
OF any mode Of carrying any hndo or profession
in determining the number Of courses have for din
ntr, tbs pattern OF my waiatcost. '~
But surely tha answer IL obvious, that, On Hni1Ar
grounds the right Of to eat when be IL hungry
might bc disputed, because Jou once allow that he
eat 1t all there stopping him until he gorges
himself and suffers all tha 1lls Of surfelt In prao-
tie, the Leaves of when reason tells him he has
had enough; and, In proparlYorganized State, tho
Government bain2 nothing bus the corporate reason
reference has been carried far enough. 1
But the argument may be met directly. It may be
granted that the State corporate authority Of tho
people, might with perfect propriety order my TO
hg1on, my w1tstcozt, II good grounds could bo
Assigned for such order for the command TO edu
cste my children. -
CONCERNING TIE RIGHT or TIE STATE,
he RayB:
Nor is there any agreement UPON ths sn mora i'm
portant question, whether the State ought Or ought
not, to regulate TIE distribution Of wealth. ought
not then MI Legislation whcn regulates tuherdtanco
the statute of nortruain, and tho Hke,-s wrong IN
principle; End Ehca rich dies, We ought to To
turn to the sate ct Nature, and have scramble for
bis property. IT, the other hand, tho authority OF
ehe State is leenatcly employed IN regulating these
nstters then 1t is open question, 70 be decided en-
Grely to the highest Qopd