New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-01-29
CUURCU-STATE-SCHOOL.


VOLUNTARY 81 STEM THE ONLY SAFE ONE
TO the Edttor or me TrtbHne.
SIR: hold that Government has nothing to
do with educaon must he dissatisfied with 10y first
letter II he reads II takes 1t "a being ~ broad as the
case On the contrary, II was altogether narrow "hnt
the Church thinks Is but part Of the difficulty what
Mr. Blaine starts at is just one greatly Awakened
fear. The school, beyond that. is disorder in itself
What part 1t will arouse depends upon the humor of the
nation.
l. Now in the first place the school system IA expen-
,ive. Well, 50 is everything of any yalne-wIetchedIy
expensive unless indeed like air and wafer u comes 10
everybody rs sort Of groundwork Of life. Religion IA
expensive This Therefore Of grnsser reasons
n it ONLY a. a background 10 my Thought simply
aay the school system il expensive and when we come
10 find diseased and weak Il the expense o toe pa
tient that VIII come in to hasten ts dissolution.
g Moreover it tends to unfair expense LOOK nj
Virginia She raised last year S2.6I779o. She spent
SSH s9i spent nearly million dollars on pnhsic
.cbool, God brs. virginia! Like Paul, even on the
way to Damascus, she has high. regal way oil dong
ycn mischief But she dtIuitcd 100000 IN the inter
est Of her debt. Now honor virginia. IL she learns
any evil from the North Il n the high and the rrhc'y
evil II ia tho Absdlon. not the DiGboos SIZE verify
Thought she ought DO many things ~ educate her
people II bon ght piano for my daughters ana de-
cined butchers bill men wou'd at least he confused IN
thinking Of it, but polite negresses are playing on S'a'e
pianos AT Hampton Roads. and orphans coupons are
%
ua Is ting for the beat. But hero Is the trait 81 wha
= f,nutical II trampes obligations The mad horse
cant seq the road fences against winch he dashes This
school provision not hon ST. Aud yet Virginia taxing
much Of his million ont OF the pockets OF hT people
mounted on the high Of what seems necessary to
the State and dsauds er creditors for what comes, In
her enthusiastic mood. to be regarded as vital 10 her
being
;. Then. again, It Is personally unfair The English
Of these educating codes tax FOR me aud schooling for
four children II is % the grosser rra'onngS but II
is one that The school systcm must overcome ! am
bachelor have none of the delights Of home. | have
10 work hard o. meet my obligations Aud vet nv neigh
hor sends six dauccrs school. AM the thN-etercr
asks me every Autdmn for the money that meets
their education Where is the justice OF th Ihe young
ladies meet and smile upon me every morning ~ n wa'
the debtor have tIcd To think eveIy Way aud settle
how owed those girls schooling, but could never do
It, Ny argument would topple Ike cottage Of cards
| have reasoned this TAe world Is
dxed a little 70 as TO favor 'hc moEcylcss.
shop and the store puts Oh rit' 1i iis nrolec'h
debts How could II be otherw'sei W'rkiouscs must
he built by the honest II IL so IN everything N am
brave man fight for towards, aud n AN true man
work for droncs AMI Is So IN religion cushion the
sonia , ,rrs and ray fo7 heir defects All tni seems
very plain But then why ! am 10 educate those siI
daughters can oay undcgst and nn the plea oi necessity
like war or p-,t,nce, or on my own sweet "'I'' IKE
charity or gifts to M religion Therefore let us look
! htile further
me MANUFACTIRH or rArrERS.
4 paupcrizc my mel shbor. Having pui his daughters
of on mo- he learns to put n Other things
Labor Is q blessing.
The East Iuiiuman who sets nm Ter tre" may have
cllue too warm for clothes and an earth too rich to ~
ford him any trouble. lie grows too lazy to pick TIE
brcad-fruit.
II hal pom. nrshhor who meant to leave fortune
thai would I'll ribute thousand oIYC~ At amarhrt place
every morning woull BE- him uu ny In os not to Il" H.
Labor Is one OF the riglto OF man.
Therefore. when the satc "iu"aes u cnts OF on" 81
TIC q sciplin,- " man when feel my cnlrcn 1t cn
nobcs mc-whcn cotnc tn,m aud ave Them house Tor
shelter Eut WHEN school tIcm 1t Lifts me- stl iut her
1t is God appointed mat In or Tue blessing q hc
pIrcnL Ana VIA, ihc Si1, '' - H' u J. "a hu,' -
caste on one ~ ia" privileges Of elevated hhft"'; anu
to r'cfi To- ib' g"~o'r ""i ~ u s,t'n" pau t a.
thou poorer that j., takes mrn nir'tN rrni-~ ana
MAKE, thcin easier; MT IN cne" ibrii most ""rs"mc
Dads and sinks .uom ihc nearer I" uic r'7' Ih"''"""
! with M, uuciAd in Inference
men nd l.rrii uhou a. Wid 'y - Tor n"thhf t"''
com Tor nothing. It IL tie l1w 81 "u' 81 the l'F'i
,1 .ay. and ,ii,,a the m 'ur, Ana under me
free system. the, have thii ml'h more 10 or .A' am
never semi their suns al all y b. o." an 'N"~~''""'
| IG n make. the teachers inAia.rrni They GOV
| eru.d by ro itic. They are elected 10y borl~ my
iri,1 ,it,r.ritrn ml icucc-,cklue rart. o..
rrrrJ administrator of the 81 Zee Il There 1'E up
tllDIougnc~a SAGA t' lem i ut De "e l' 80. In
tic mui ol tie Il md a. the best n"rr !. % drid"r>s
in tho cyci winch 0py tno" wi" have -Hrri
ia describe iesscning "i 1'i; H"" i"llli %,
the old voluntary hght-; rnhins "i lone r,r. ~
cunning hope ani survival of position lnr even 81 mn
eucr nude. TIE ~ scn VA ,I thuus ~ H"h 'arilhc
ing devotion in. wufk has been cied do"h ana I"b"I
ErrINrMRST.
7 And AGAIN. refinement Culture In the taste Of FAINT
lies n IL matter Of long incredibly. Ia England u il Pr"
t,ctei lbs entail y, people Doe ciries- 90 lt Aui
IN rhis country II - liable % all the fluctuations Of
change OF property Tue school, Tar families
Will permit i, a machine for n!ng III clis, together
U,h and low white and blc uac dnl female, 80 some
parts Of the c,uGry rhuto iar accom- shm ntH 10
each other und taste not Ike salt and repprr that
spread III the common rii tLr higher il th" weaker
| clement Taste succuHbs 10 yulslriiy And many
poor child incapable ~ double tax - c0"rccd INTO
pIoi,ruau. school, au b, forced by thS governmental
,ysfcin to lose br cdns which Is po.hps thc sole sift
she inherit, from her ancestors. am pAr"niin IA
this matter Of schools Driicvc in the survival Of thr
niir.t would have moral parents secure Inc h's rdn-
! cation. scout the culture of .rasctt And whrr'ns
under The old system tie educated ana ~, ichh,h nance"
down office a" honor, un "f the new we Drcd itI iii
TIE wild aeicctois OF ne country mr. ~ ~! pi,tl'
beginning Ia 10 assisted by the contributions oil ihls
! goal :, ~ stem
hndcth stone ia sling s'l~ he HAT sNeth h",r t"a
fool" We are young To- zee uciioi results wear
is old, and too much under the shadow
| of thc BlOe. We grasp too iGpilsyrY our lam, ana
! suppose confidently That ~ viii survive under the
shat sink 10 tie level Of wnni We have framed ANA
Ibat have taste OF in the West where the enigrHnl
saip haS planted liz IeIst OF notwithstanding ami
9 Because, education alone II mol ~ arm thal VIII
greatest soundrel on earth - AN cd lcatrd Sco"nrc
Better have - education aud more n"iaity Toe ID ~
educated cr,.'rrc IN the universe II 'hr devil Anh
tnereiOre, spi" measure 81 vrunlaiyS 10y "hi"h 10"
moral srd dc, out VIII give most education o tl"t house"
holds hat w4ch gives start 10 yiiur AMI iit VIII h
! cnunru,. a dominance TO the best which II really the
plan will be the very safest 10 which 10 ntrust our