The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-03-12
CotnnNLsoru Education.
..I1BERTY,s" PARTING SALUTE TO PA
TRONITS''

TRONUS.
Nt F,prrOR-In the issue of March, Sd of the
EaJ,idaystynrg standard my friend "Patrohus.'
turns up once more for the last tine:as the mead;
ing Of nt'a5e IN beriy Had PatroDss
honorabiy retrcated from the contest he flight
the dodging and scurriity in his :" last word p"
viii subject him 20 a little more Sor!ure-
that he has already suffered more Ortfcation
of pride and endured more agehy of stiiflt,
than he had eaeuatfd, ar,ic,e on S, Z" teach him
manners and caution for the futnre, give G MN I'm.
matter at issue will not add much to thefa'htls
of Patronus as he goes into retirement. TX
Hoilidaysburg some time ago, resolved IN
favor of compulsory edncniion; soon after
not only endorsing 10y his simple expression of
appreciation the action of the lnstitute. but
ns wrote sed engsns be enforced. His reasoning ap
! pear red plausible and might pass for good sense
snnhint;c;t erpnments whether he himself
Understood the defective character OF his rea-
souinp | cannot say am inclined to SUI pose
he did not No doubt he had been for some
time thinking over the subject, and may have
sid ed view OF il. Therefore give him credit for
some degree of sincerity. BE this as II may,
there is one thing certain, that the arguments.
/ very weak indeed. And what was my surprise
pompoas nc qI,f.ne of Patronus Re,iivivus
name fit to grace the brow of Rom an M
fair play he shall have it. Accordingly here
recapitulate his principal points
First Argument in favor of compulsory edu-
cation" That the want of education rs the
cause of Incidence, poverty and crime This
assertion, false as it was gratuitous' was met
second Some person called Dives, no doubt
tha man in the GospeI was meant, contributes
freely t?) to the common schools, and accord
irgiy he considers it rig hit that the children of
| TIE commonwealth should have tie benefit of
his generosity e. and in this argument is insti-
I tuted that compulsory law should be enacted.
| The notes of Interrogation have put in the
| al sentence would rettte it, In latter
showed up the folly of said argument
Third. An argument was drawn from a sup
posed case of cruelty on the part of parent
towards his child. When n parent" says
backens his 6oIy With stripes, surely then the
State has right to iIfcrp0se i'll behalf OF the
abused child ana ild Is it no. greater cruelty ana
cation?" And Patronus stated on one occa-
not 90 TO school and by Implication he accused
their parents of being like the monster he
Describes. inns cnartcterlzfa "a, as an Insult to
the other bad consequences that would follow
from the truth OF his unguarded assertion.
Fourth. He said something about tire statis-
tics of crime amongst the uneducafed He
onIy made an assertion-gave no proof: and
indeed. statistics are things that might be ad-
ducad 8 :rst a certain kind OF cdttoe Ion. And
mcnt hy saying, - that it is not 10 be Gisgui ised,
much less denied that a certain class are just
n"w cny wa5h seoo @ p n hs dssd',ng IN m
opinion is ohly anebulition of narrow minded
ttrn of Patronus' argu:nen S, and what do they
amount to? OF course, as they diluted
through his articles, they were not half so
manner. Let me secif | cannot compress them
a little moro 10 make them present yet u Eoider
No. l. There are some poor, ind ,lrnt wicked
persons therefore we ought to harc a coiupul
called Dtucs reluctantly pays school taxes;
therefore the State should pass Il compulsory
ems with stripes the tody of his child there
fore we should. by all means, have u compul-
sorry law made to stop the rbariiy Of parents
towards the minds as well as the bodies Of their
children! y. T. In certain localities there may
be ignorant persons, and in those places great
many are sent to prison the nature OF often
scs is not stated; therefore oushC to have
to the age of sixteen fo 20 70 schHti.t s C'r
tain persons are just now @usy with tongue
fore we must. IN order to save he country from
-, have compulsory iaw passed at once.
all used up IN my efforts TO set Patronus' arg u
ment in a tarorable light before the public.
place my friend in his true colors befor, the
public hy concentrating his arguments still
they being of a very conpressiile nature / re-
gret that owing to my c"mpre~ii,0 machine be-
prove TO 4im any 9ona tcEl. The machine, when
in good worrying order. has capacity enough to
smaH dimensions as to make them rest with
ease on tire point of a cambrfc needle. i don't
but the smallest ia cpii,mon nss But. seriously
speaking, these conceited shallow writers with
culated to do much harm to the community
10y the diffusion OF wrong ideas little clip
ping occasionally vii make them more guard
ed aud less desrous to appeitr in print They
are Il dangerous class, considering the svidity
with which people swallow all that appears in
the papers. Instead II building up q sound
public conscience, they do much towards de-
Daucbing the puilic mind. II there bc enc
thing more than another that our people
should be most anxious about. IT should be the
science, resulting from religion and morality.
Patronus excuse for disseminating the discus
cam the FREEMAN This argument too
IN ght take its place on the needle point along
with the five great ones. Plenty room for it,
Patronus selected his organ and 1 selected ,
mine: there were no conditions between
he at liberty to make his articles long or
short 1 claimed the same privilege. When a
person wants to change his mpduS operundi, il !
satisfaction. IT his first article good for
the Stamford readers, why not the second.
same? Patronus had the privilege OF having ,
my articles inserted in the Standard. This ne
space. and adds. No. SIR cannot p 500 so rias.e
good nature; cannot mediate such an out
paper" Had You said cannot allow my here
tofore admirers to witness such an over
nearer the truth. You have great sv.nnatIv
for the readers of rhe STANDARD. Were you
not afraid they might see something at the ex-
pense of your lofty assumptions?
Tie e various little decoys are held out in my
lie is not tine person whCn supposed hip. TO
he. But these hints only confirm me the more
III Oplniffu 5but as TO tnaF matter
[ care not who he is, what he is. or where he
makes his tin cups" but this L do know
that he rs a shallow, conceitei, and pipotei
person, who would glory to sce laws enacted
curtailinS the liberties of t,ie people, aud this
under Tie TretsHce of serp' 20 them The liberty
of educating their children is one OF the dear
est te 5he people, ana they should sacredly
guar lit.
Capitalization of power in our republican
goNcrninent Is dangerous -evcry attempt in
that direction diminishes the power of the
people-and gradually the people become no
better than serts- And now let me add on . re-
mark on this subject know of no mere dan
gerous Capitalization of power than that which
would get into the hands OF those who worl,,
seek to be the custodians OF public education
And finally, Tor fear PatronJIs might be unduIy
elated at the fact that he has eau sed or ther
given me occasion to write much on tdu-
cation-compulsory or otherwise--let ure now
az our parting, assure him that he merely tur-
nished me ith peg TO hang an idea on thar
is, he Afforded me the occasion.
Now am dof,e with Patronus and his petty
la Sxha of