Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-06-20

this age where the education of the
masses Of the mind are neglected. The
idea is tOgive every mind a compaleat
education for all the practical PURPOSES
OF life, and then make every one learn.
upon the principles Of g skilled labor,
an occupation or trade Of some kind,
and then enforce morals upon them,
Educate the mind, train and keen the
body at work in some calling Of life,aud
morals, properly instilled, will take care
Of themselves by individual discipline
and culture. Mental idleness and ig-
nOrance are the twin-sisteTs o! thriftiess-
ness and vice all over the land. The
unpOpularity of labor arises from want
of education to think and to work. A
| false pride is always the result OF iCn0r-
snce, and idleness and beggary ar af.
| the results of never having been
Injured 10 manual labor. F.-
are the successful business men
in our city? Nine-tenths u
| them were once Country bOys,U wbO-r
"dsddies" learned them to work, OF they
were skilled mechanics, tradesmen Or
lsbOrers, whose providence and indust-v
! raised them to wealth, useiaines5 and
greatness. They have had good COM
nonsense eduCstiOns, and their bgrea
and their sineWs have been devalgraI
by labor. Who are the vsgabOnds grI
the criminals? Uneducated aud euss-
vate dAndies, or idle and ignorant
mackeTels in nine-tenths of the cases. II
it is proper to enforce morals IS 3 prin-
ciple OF law, why not go behind that
which undeTlles Observation-Disclosures
and physical culture-aud enforce them
also? II there are not adequate means
and schools to do go, furnish them By
taxation. II there is not sufficient en-
plOyment for labor, establish the work
shop, the farm, and afford the labor. Let
no man vote who will not learn to read,
write or calculate, or who will not WORK
or whose moral character ought to de.
pTive him Of the privileges OF
family society, church or state. Such q
man, unless hesis an imbeCile Or al
idiot cannot deserve more than
the philsnthr0pic pity, or the righteous
indignation Of the world. The gospel
says: "Be dili-ent in business; itiucul-
Gates the dissen. juatiOn Of knowledge:
it, above all things, educates the soul
for time and ets nifty; and while law has
nothing to do with the enforcement Of
religion, either for time or eternity, it is |
clothed with the pTerOgative5 Of GCd,
to enforce the three grand principles OF
this life which underlie family, society,
humanity, religion, business, govern
ment and good order. These principles
consist in the development Of mind,
body and heart. The gospel does not
interfere with the law, as s. rule Of life,
in the pUrest christian On earth, and the
execution of Gods m oral law, for this
life, has been left as q sacred trust, in
the hands of "the powers that be. | hold
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lect the culture of his body, mind or
heart; and l hold that the law has a
right not only to restrain and punish
the bad results which flow
from the neglect of these but to enforce
the constant development and en-
plOyment of these, both for the good, |
and against the detrimen! OF our whole
system in all its branches. II q man is
able to think and won't do it, he ought |
to be made to think; for ignorance Is a |
crime. If man can work and will not |
do it, he ought to be made to do It; for |
idleness and thriftlessness are q crime. !
If q man can be moral and will not be |
so, he ought to be placed under a system |
of correction; for all immortality is q |
crime. II the means essential to these |
ends are wanting, they.Ought to be fur |
nished. These are the principles which |
Our success and our develop |
ment, Our greatness and our goodness. |
These principles Obserg ed, and We /
would be rid Of cur drunkenness, psu-
perism, beggary; our bankruptcy, frauds
and demagOgueism; our lewdness, rev.
elry, debauchery, jalls, penitentiaries,
gibbets, drinking bells and assignatiOn |
houses. Labor ODlgajG UiRcet. C. A. l..