The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-10-07
CORRESPONDENCE.
THE DARK AGE.


religious and every way admirable This folly comes Of
reading novels tales of ehvalry sanity legends and
sophscal defences of the Pxpa age large part of his
last letter IA taken eerbatn from Lords Essay on the
Character and Society of the Middle Age much of ii
without acknowledgement From Lord he receives the
assurance that y 600 students focked to the little village
school Of Oxfor $1,000 to Paris to learn theology ju
Hsprudenee, and medicine 1t rather puzzles know
ing that Oxford in that age country village,
where these 25 900 students found Accommodation But
even suppose the statement not
It fails to prove the age enlightened Indeed just
the reverse 1t evidence of want of general dissent
nation Of knowledge Armies of students have always
attended the schools Of Persia China and India; but
from defects in the mode and matter of education the
people for ages remained semiivzed Besides Oxford
was the only school for tune in England Suppose our
country contained Yale mr. Harvard the only school in
New England Boston could not accommodate the army
of students Admitting they had schools the next cues
ton is What did they teach Why first and principally
vast mass of superstitious trash called
Latin to enable the future pt tn humble through the
service such law as had been dug fro the ruins Of
Rome and as much medicine "a they could CLEAN from
Hippocrates alen and later the writings of Arieena
Rbazes and Avepzosr the ,., rob;.n teacbsrs Nfpeb
of thi medical education Ike that of TODAY ia the ver
est mess of tasb that ever , dnbhad with the name
sciepee To even read soma a, ,bi rs.crn,i ops ,ou
he certain death to bomaon.,h;., The witches, hell
broth in Macbeth l. ;rrocon, comnaraa with some os
them
As .vertas' has given the reader one half of Lord
essay and as copies of rossart are by no means
will give some of the remainder. He says:
MANY profound historians have thought the Papacy
democratic in its tendencies 1t requires profound
historian understand democratic tendencies of the
POpes They times uphefhe people against the King
simply because the last was the only power they had
fear The people were serf slaves powerless inter
fere with Romes ambition, disposed To build up
the Papal power it necessary usurp less
the monarchca authority. So far the Popes demo-
cratic The Pope however always ready give the
people away to subserve his ends witness the
bull delivering ireland TO the tender England
America to Spain; the East Indies to Portugal &c.
Lord says: "No one but visionary raphsodist of the
oden time would deny the despotsm Of iron age and
the countless miseries Of second dneyof society How
comes this second infancy society if manhood
had not been lOstl Who he continues would cover
up the cruees of the feudal system the mpOs
lures of Papa Rome BarbaTans could not be civilized
in a single day. They were ignorant and hence could
not but be exposed to the of designing priests Speak
ing of the results of the Crusaes he says Intercourse
with the East brought wealth. lberality of mind inte
genee refinement of manners and courteous habits The
Crusades dvested Christians Of many preudces against
the Saracens. The habits Of the Mussuman found
to be more courteous generous and refined than their
vaders The Eastern warrior no Ion ger appeared mon
taste for architecture The luxury of their Dress tents
&C. the polish of their manners viyacty of their wit
and the ma Cncence of their country struck the rude
barbarians with surprise" Here drawn from his
armory in the work he thinks sufficiently reliable when
favoring his side of the question find all want to
prove former assertion upon which he had heaped fa
styling history the end jssties the means and several
other logical sentences asserted that in the Dark Age
the Arabans of learning that they
were far superior to the Europeans in intelligence and
that to them through the Crusaders rst i'm
pulse towards modern civilization "yeritas denied it,
and denounced the Arabians savageshc destroyers
of the Alexandran Library Is nation necessarily saw
age because ii is cursed with pack of internal fanatics
If will have seek in other planet for CIV
ilized people.
with our superior cNilzaiioh ana suPPoSeu humanity
what would DC the result Oh restoring III i ioree '"c
glorious feudal system! Give every state h"yai
Prince every Congressional District every
County an Earl, every town Baron anu every sehoo
District Knight each and all holding supreme Jurisde
ton over all below Them the right oil NE and death WITH
ont appeal Southern slavery produced nell on eaith
what would this result int The law protected the lie oI
the Southern slave. while ms money Saiue WAS sun
greater protecuoni out undee te ieuuu regime
law or selnterest surrounded the "re'cneu Vass me
hanging OF Vassai at the fss'e gate as lo
ho'ce as the hniEihs oi "os M Liriher SAi" ne
MASSES oeonSeu Soui an" ooS, 10 'neif ese ius' hn
"' suoh must 70 pro''uoe '.o
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