The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-02-19
Con, s,attnic0tiOnS.


Z article.
ton, it is manifest that he sore'y WINGED under
irate tisposiiion under " hich he indited his
last article shows him to be extremely sensi-
Whatever he should write should be far beyond
| criticism. Now, my friend, Patronus, perhaps
self to be. feel confident thsrc are but few
who you in the same light that you see
| friend Liberty is one OF them. You not only
exhibit bad temper in the very optset ,a OF your
/ as very bad taste L shall not quote your words
vonrsclf Tf and dom eommunrcation @ With consdera-
BILE courtesy-all your master-polnts were
sei"m. OF ot having passed any over also stated
that GU were pretty close rcasoner, and
much your fault AZ that OF the difficuit task
I that you had undertaken. Was this making
a msn of straw, aud then adroitly demolishing
! it?' And, to be candid about the matter, it
was not necessary for me TO make man II
See i now give your full title. intend to he
a most generous antagonist of yours Justice,
| full and fair. you will get at my hands. Patron
us gives a pretty liberal Interpretation of com
puisory education. 1t is IA pity he did not do
! so in his nrst article. and then his views would
| not have been so severely criticised. There
was something remarked by him about whole
| incidenti:i, and with the obious aim of throw
| ing the opponents OF compulsory educatio OF
th,:ir guard The same liberal IDEAS thrown
out in the PLANTATION of his 'judicious pruvi-
sions Patrouus had none, were foreign to his
| scope in his previous article he had not seen
| that lie III perfect union with the tyrant Of
/ Europe in his compulsory Scheme- and when
brous ut to his senses he recols, and then he
gives his definition of "judieouS pToyi-
! justice. Patronus Whites, Il would ot,h0wev-
| er, consider that a judioious provision whicn
( would declare that every child mast be cdu-
! Gated in the common schoois of the state (that,
/ am inclined 10 think. was one of yJur views
prevent a parent from educating just when and
! where he saw tit-w hich would bind aim to ed
would compel him to observe a religion or ig-
more religion altogether. No, cir, that is not
give Patiorus credit forthls. .enuuciation of
pretty liberal lucas, but cannot close my eyes
least uny c"nN lotion. i see be abhors despot-
ism. and seems to dread the crack Of the whip
1t will not do, my dear friend, for our liberty,
10, ing Americans to tell them yDot tCU cU,a ,jsi
;4em; ana the word 'compusion'' is unlueky
education" 1t will be the deaf knel of the pet
scheme. How liberal MIR. Patronus is. He
or where, or how the parents saw fit. But does
our new CONSTITUTIONS, of which suppose you
such species OF liberality? Surely the section
'forbiddiug for ever" the giving of any portion
of the school fund to sectarian PURPOSES I've
know full well VINO are meant here AS scctari-
am | ask, does that judicious provision har-
monizc with your liberal ideas of general edu-
cation? THAT, sir, is very generous of the State
a. promotive OF universal education. In its
extreme magnanimity 1t says to those rho re-
fuse the boon of education which il offers, you
may take il or not, [ IL tax you for it, and then
own choice OF edics tion. An: this Is precis, Iy
the extent of your own Iiberality. my dear
friend Patronus. Agaiu Patrcnus says j rnsin.
tain that since the State has magnani.a pusly
made provision for tue education of the chi
dren, and since taxpayers, generously aud
eheertuily ~ contribute, that those for whose
benefit all this has been devised done. ~.orild
at least take the benefit Of it, The words nave
italiciscd do not fully come mp to the "c,,rnpui-
sorry" standard. Did the writer nut in sr,er ;hs
words lat least" he dil0Usd and not be ,.,,nocU
ed, he would very nearly express the American
idea of true Independence. This toninx down
of an expression is another proof Of the sttura-
ry enSct produced on the mind. of my o:,po-
ncnt by my GENTS criticism.
IN
when he asserts that not one-har OF the child
reu of school age in the Stste go to the public
schools, and by following to its leeititnitc re-
suit his statement, the parents of thoss child
rem would be devoid OF feeling and blind to
the welfare OF their Offspring Ii this be not
the conclusion dejucibie from his reasoning.
l know not what other can be drawn from it.
To illustrate this = little oro let me recur to
our previous articles. Patronus made a sup
position that IF a parcnt-were SO brutal II
quote from InonOry, not having a COPY OF the
StdRdGrd at hsndJ ''ss to biacken the body of
his enid oy paroiFously whipping il, tho state
would have right to Interfere; and for the
same reason when a parent by his cuipabie ne
mind OF his child that the State should take the
nood IN asnn Of If tb fhs pss hold
State must be acting more brutally aud bar
in human form who bIackens the BODY of his
child by whipping il. This say the least js
wonder that the gentleman who entertsins il
should, in the abundance OF his philosophy, go
for compulsory education. OF course free edu-
cation and sound religion could never reclaim
the aforesaid barbarians. This statement of
IT, n fursI;t
damaging argument against the public school
system. H lore We have one half the parent al
lic-schools by refusing to patronize them. al
though they are taxed for their support But
doubt it. People do not chee;r fully throw mon
ey away for nothing. nor do they very ,c,llinCTy
cludc that Patronus revea a bad stat, of icrIiug
toward the public schools and Indirectly ne
matter a little deeper. The public s.hooI svs9
tenn has been for Uiore than a generation before
one shoulu suppose t. Judge of its tu ,.its-ani
what is the result after such probation The |
pu!sion to make the masses enjoy it's fruits : |
TO near Patronus dlate on the beauties and ad- |
yantages of public schools would no doubt Se |
n rich treat. How the education received in !
them the would form not only the safeguard OF
vent crime poverty and all kindred evils, and !
and Notwithstanding all these hies,jnxs anJ |
many more whicn n could cnumeratP the |
great mass no doubt have entered a very sig
schools, by their refusal to patronize them !
persons blind to their own and their children's
vital INTERESTS Are the people of our State /
ing generation? And, that after having s;,,.t,a
grand opportunity of witnessing for s., mnlv
not, cannot believe that the paren.s in our
State belong 20 such Common herd No no
l.;-y lave watched rhe workings of those
schools for which they were heavily taxed and
hnd:n9 them deficient in iInparting tho ,nnca- /
ton they wanted for tneir chidres gave them
the cold shoulder, and the ~>eri. is as stated fT
I fa,r9ausI VIZ, more than half the children /
heep,Ltls Si1at or -'ichl Ih2 S-iliiCt of the peo
PIE shpitd '-.;iSe my tJleUd 10 and ask
hlnScif IS IL Wi5I or right TO force on the pco-
Pie II system OF education for which they have. [
sE"Tn such autipathy2 This will be deyeoped
more fuIiy ar some other time it is now thrown
out as Il amt 10 my good friend. | do not sup
pose tHeTe cOulG be Il more damaging pronf
brought TO oear against the acccptItifity OF the (
puoic schooi system than that quoted by Pa.
tronus, as furnished by the Superintendent of :
common Sehoos; viz, that more than one -haif
OF thc chIldren OF tbs, State do not go to these
schools Nor does the other statement made
and quoted by tho same authority, of the Iost
year expenditure on the common scbooIs of
nine auu "a half millions.of dollars, enhance
them N the estimation of the people Wh,r
VIII DC the expenditure should the com pr,lsorv
law DO passed 3-oyer twenty millitus-then
add 10 thIS amount what W i'll be required To
erect ana furnish suitable buildings That sim
ana bear IN mind L make the lowest caicuia
ton IS considerable amount to handle and To
have the distribution OF, The control of aucb
a su m would procure for those WIN handis r.