The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-02-11
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appropriation for the Bureau OF Ednca-
ton. No one disputes Mr.. Cox's claim as
faithful representative Of the Democratic
party. He has been in Congress for the
past sixteen years, having represented
Ohio the first eight years, and since then
New York. He is also reelected to the
next Congress When Mr.. Cox speaks
the Democratic party speaks. In this
speech Mr. Cox pledged his party to the
execution of his desire, land, said ne,
sit will be done BY the next Congress If
not by this" The abolition Of everything
pertaining to education from . Federal
standpoint is q part Of the great work-re
form if you prefer-which the Demo
cratic party intend to accomplish when
they sit in authority. Think OF it! Is
not the proposition one that should be re-
sisted by every parent and child in the
land.
In bis first formal recommendations to
Congress, January 8 1880, President
Washington, among other suggestions,
| said:
I "You will agree with me IL opinion that
there is nothing which, can better deserve
s science pa; and literature suu Wheth-
er this desirable object will be best pro-
noted by affordibg aid to seminaries Of
learni.g already established, by the in
stitution of national university, or by
any other cxpcdien.s will be worthy Of a
place in the deliberations Of the Legisla-
ture."
In his Farewell Address to the people of
the United States he commends the edu-
cation Of the people in the following
emphatic words:
promote as an object Of primary i'm
portance Institutions for the general diffu-
sion of knowledge. In proportion as the
| structure of government gives force to
public opinion ii is essential that public
opinion should be enlighted."
Under the approval of the immortal
Washington, and by the efforts OF those
who thought as he did; the General Gov
crnment had nourished the lamp of know
lodged in many forms. Early in its his
tory it founded national military school,
where instruction is not only given in
military science but in history, law, and
political economy. Latterly success
full naval school has been established
where the lads Of the country cannot only
perfect themselves in the arts Of war up
on the high seas, but in all the more i'm
por:aEt branches taught in our academies
and colleges. Years ago the Government
founded national observatory by which
we study the mysterious forces Of the hea
venly bodies and their effect upon this
mundane sphere. The coast survey is an
other educational agency, and many thou
sands of dollars of its annual appropria-
tons have been twice expended in OBJ
serving the transit of some wandering star
like Venus Education has, also, besides
the Bureau of Education, two powerful
agencies in the Agricultural Department
and the Patent Office In the repor of
the former, the farmers and the editors of
agricultural papers find their most valu-
able information, and by the influence of
the latter many most valuable inventions
in school apparatus and furniture have
been annually given to the country
Scientific research is fostered by the
Smithsonian Institution, which is support
ed by the Government. 1t may not be
generally known, but the General Govern
ment supports college, complete in or
ganization, and as ably conducted as any
in, fl,a a,,1 NJ n, l.
il is for he benefit of deaf mutes exclu-
siyely. The Government has also given
more than "A million acres of public lands |
for the establishment of agricultural col
legcs in the several States. Exploring ex-
petitions are sent out yearly at great ex-
pense through the Western wilderness.
for the sake Of education Medical
science and surgery have received their
mos' important aid in the past ten years
in the scientific utilization BY the Govern
ment of the slaughtered soldiers. Thou
sands of students visit the Government
Medical Museum in this city annually. |
and many hundred dollars have been
made BY spectators of a single copy of
the medical report of the war by reason of
its great value The Census Bureau las
hitherto told us how many illiterate peo-
pie there were in the country, and by com
putations in the Bureau of Education we
are Informed that seventeen per cent. of
our voters can neither read nor write. But
this inquiry will, Of course, be stricken
from the list.
These separate lights constitute the
grand lumnary Of education of which Mr..
Cox has pledged his party to apply the
Democratic extinguisher. II am in favor
of striking out everything pertaining to
education from the Federal standpoint"
"and it will be done bv the
next Congress" These are his words, and
their meaning is unmi.takable Will the
people submit? Shall we follow the lead
OF this degenerate politician, or hold fast
to the doctrine Of Washington, Jefferson.
Franklin, and the whole line of illustrious
teachers down to Horace Mann and
Agassizs Ignorance yields more Demo
cratic voters than intelligence. Perhaps
the Democratic leaders hope that some
day the ignorant freedman may forget the
lash and chain OF slavery, and swell the
Democratic vote by voting with ignorant
Democrats, and to this end they seek to
strike down the Bureau of Education as
the first great barrier in their way.
But the teachers of the country will not
join with them. They have already de-
clared that the Bureau Of Education is to
them what the lighthouses on our rocky
coast are to the mariner Mr. Henderson.
State superintendent of Kentucky, says
the reports Of the Commissioner, General
Eaton, are worth the cost of the Bureau.
Mr.. Hopkins, of Indiana, who recently
passed to his long home, Joined with
Mcssrs. Newell, Of Maryland, and Ruffncr.
OF Virginia, last winter, as the highest
educational officers in their respective
States, in asking Congress to render the
Bureau liberal support. The teachers
of the great State of Missouri have done
the same, and so have the New York and
Indiana teachers. We could cite the ac-
ton and expressions of Republican States
and teachers. but we have only attempted
to show in this the grand column of edu-
cational institutional and agencies upon
which Mr.. Cox has let loose the Demo.
cratic cyclone. The Republic.