, 1874-11-28

bihto aud revealed RELIGION. and thor, like Plate
and Arlatot'o. lo can stl reason out for hin'ooi5
at mse ssy M sa g ez a we m tRo soo
msu. David Gu!no was no worso ,,
bellosetl, @ ;, and 1t may 10 questioned
hang crl!ninni. bit aafllcientiY unscruruloua to
dehtroY King" wns any t,ottor citizen for linv-
Ing bean ednoatcd nndor tho supervision Of sllo
Bishop Ut Arraa; wh>'c Catherine do Medlola
could not poaab!y layo bosn more nnrrincIptea,
e,uol. md lceutIouB, bna eho boon completely
lgnorans OF all lilo tenchtngB Of Catholicism.
And, II It is objected that education does uot
noccssarilv mike good citizen, nny n,o,e than
Tes'on does we qa 90 ot tei,v t IT.. ror We claim
premo aim Of education, conducted bv A Free
Government. being 70 furnish tho poop'o with
tho Menna Of
FINDING OUT TnEtn TRUE FLIGHTS.
and hoH to maintain tl,on,.
But President N]iot woula have us beltovs
Tint !. In not safe 10 lenyo this to Government,
and cltcn tllt, condition Of thu people of China,
whose education IL nniaer tho supervision Of uov-
ornmens. To our mind, no moro absurd argu-
mont could bo ndducoa aga'nut education tn tliis
country than tho ono referred TO. Tho potit'on
OF tho two countries Ia not rnnre directly anttp-
odal. tho ono to the othnr. than tho fntafests Of
their two Governments In rcspcct to education
The Government nf China Ia n tleBpotic mon
power. The intorcata Of his Government do
uot co1,sist In i1lo highest ciucatlon Of the poo.
plo: Education Is therefore rostlictod. and car
iie'1 on In tfB interest of the Emperor. Such IL
Aria. from tho Euxlno TO tho Pacific. As q
consequence Of this Ignorance. the life. sights
and property of tho Hnbjaets nro continually aac-
rlfIccd to tho caprice Of tho rulos. But, In
thla country, tho caro- ls different. In a'l
Governments liko ours, their tntesestn nre
served bv tho tixheet and post education OF tlia
poople, and ono freq from all restrictions of
Government bv The poop1e las failed Ia tl,e pnst
aud IT. It shall fail In Tho future It wlIl fail be-
canso tue pooplc, were no. prepared by education
Spain and Franco havo already maintained them
BeIvcs longer tlnn we tlarod to expect and the
cnllae OF onr fears van tho ignorance nnd aupor-
Gtition Of their peoples.
That Self. Government is til" be.t form Of
Government, M wrl Al tho ono naturally fol-
lowing from Tho fact that nj mon arm crsafod
FREQ and equnl. to orr mind nlnits Of not aso-
Elo donht. That such Government ulust do.
pond for Its maintenance npon tho htg'saet In,
tolEcncc Of tho 1naesen. ID equally cIenr from
the nature ri things md tho 'cael,iura OF listnrv
Edward Ereyatt. In an address before he lit,
crnry Snciet!cB Of Amborat College. In 1885, sajd
Tho dcgrco of force required to hold portla-
tion IN subjection: othor thlnga being eoual, l.
in direct ratio to Ito Intelligence and skill fts
acquaintance with the arts Of llfo; ias Re1,ao c1
tho worth Of existence" Aud tbat far, Rishtei and
c,Sar-hossiea enosaolnsst Of Franco. Da Toc9ne.
vile, in ha Democracy in Atnorica," Ravr thai
~ cannot no doubted that, In the Unite
statnF, tho instr1lcton Of the poopls powerfully
contributes to tho support Of + Democratic Re
pnii;c."
Theno are sncne Of the facts which irrcsistibl,
load to tho conclusion thht the S,nto
SHOULD uuAnn THE EDUCATION
Of its .neople. We cannot think that Spcncor, Of
eyao President Eliot, L. right. Education is ths
corner-atopo ot f,ae institutions, aud upon Il