Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-06
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cultivated for the character OF reading
thus furnished.
Then: no railroads, now seventy-nve
thousand miles of track III actual use:
then t'wenld have pnZze:eG a path-hh"ei
to reach this state, 10" tram oasnes
through. eishtytour hours from ne"
York to San Francisco, running SO
r.pi,iIy that with difficulty the cosches
are counted, as it whizzes by. and yet SO
sloy,: in comparison with the telegram
which proceeds 1t, sent across the wire
of which there are now one hundred ana
fifty thousand miles i'll the United states
connecting with those beyond, so 'aAt
in their ramifieations the messages OF
the world, honor to Cyrus Field! are
raad with our breakfast, and thoughtiess
ot the grandeur and difficulty OF the
achievement, we gru.nble If We mss our
daily talk with Europe, Africa and Asia.
Though Danes. Freueh. Germans and
English have their claims TO this bar
messing of the lightning. practically the
invention or application belongs to
Morse, worthy scholar of franklin; Doth
America sons.
Then, nineteen hundre1 churches;
now, seven:y-two thousand, with three
hundred and fifty four millions OF pro-
pertv, and while as We enumera;e Meth
odist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Roman
Catholic. Christian, Lu!haran, ConGre-
satiouailst, Protestant Episcopal and
Quaker, with all the further divisions
and subdivisions O. one great uocir1he,
the hone comes that the future may draw
the ueoule of the Lord into a closer
folo. vet the thankful thought always
arises mat tie old fight was made Tor
RELIGIOUS as we'll rs civil liberty. and
while or tie one har(! every one can
vorshir God after his own heart. nno
| ..Coneress shall make no law respecting
an establishment OF religion or prohibit
lug the tree exercise thereof, on the
otner; no religious tests caa sVeH oe rs
o,;ireG as a ratification for any Office
or public trust, nnaer the United States.
Then. nine colleges; Row, five nun
aled and tot:y-iye degree giving insu-
cations. fourteen million school popnia-
ton. anG one nanl,ed ana t~enty-iour
il.nnsana schools.
Soleudil resu.: Of the system. lnanGu-
rated by the colonies Is o 'hs h'st Ne
eessisy
saws rsceu. writer, I'VE should not
even ATTEMPT 10 distribute among the
ORIGINAL colonies which constituted the
| Union Of iTIG. the honors which they
NAV Justly claim for an early devotion 10
| the Interests Of education, but among
All the official recoIdz there is none more
worthy to he held IL perpetual rsmem-
brance in The Republic than an order
| which was adopted III massachusetts,.
November II. 1917. It's language Will
never be forgotten, its spirit Is stil! vital
| in every part of the country; lis words
are these: It is therefore ordered that
every township in this ju.lsdic;lon, after
the Lord has increased them to the num-
| Der of fly householders. shall then
| forthwith appoint one WITHIN their town
! to teach all such children as shall resort
| 10 him TO read and write; whose wages
shall be paid either by his parents or
masters o. snca children. or ty The ID
hahsau1s in general by way OF supp y,
A. ,le ma ior part O. those that order the
pruden,isis o. the Town su1-! appoint;
provided. tnose that send :leir children
lie not oppressed BY paying much more
than they can have them taught Tor IN
other towns. And it is further ordered,
that when any town shall increase to the
number Of one hundred families or
house holders, they shall set up gram
mar school, the master thereof being
able to instruct youth SO far, IS they
| NAV be fitted for the university; pro-
yided. that if any town neglect the per-
formauee hereof above one year, that
every such town shall pay five pounds
to the next school till they shall perform
this order. ~
"Here is 4 plan involving local respon-
sibiiity. state oversight, moderate
| charges or gratuitous instruction, pro-
vision for all, and not for the poor alone,
and a recognition Of three harmonious
| grades, the primary school, the grammar
| school and the university.
Thus bonn the common school system
has permeated every State and Terri
tory: in lis nain features similar
throughout the continent. Weak III
some points Of execution, perhaps III
cliued 40 etfioresce too often or too soon
INTO the feeble high school, college or
university: not 50 thorough frequently
| as j, might ard should DE, a':i yet,
without this firm base upon which rests
this nation; without such g system,
Cons titutional Republic would not have
been. is not, nor viii ever be possible.
| For that. brave, earnest, sober tnlnk-
ing men are necessary, and the pubic
school is the place where material
p;ven, lust such are made.
just so far as we have permitted or
shall permit an uneducated element
to exercise the suffrage, just SO Tar we
attempt a most dangerous experiment.:
Justified only by the extremity o. ne
cGssitv. and to be repaired so soon as
| possible, by increased and enforced
educational facilities.
saws Mr.. w. G. Sumner, 81 find no.
| thing in our histor to throw doubt up
on the feasibility and practical adyant-
| age CT Constitutional Republic. That
system, however, assumes and imper-
alively requires high inte!ilgence'
great political sense. self sicrihcing
activity, moderation and self control
| on the part Of the citizens. II u EN-,
platically a system for sober minded
| men. II demands that maniiness ana
breadth Of view. which consider al
the factors in question, submit 20 II"
! sophistry. never cling TO detail. OF
an objection, or side issue to the loss
of the main point, and above all, which
can measure present advantage