The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-03-07


instance in Illustration Of this, but time
will not permit,
We conclude, therefore, that the deluc-
tlOns Of reason aud the conclusions OF eX-
perience concur in the establishment OF the
truth that intelligence and morality are es-
scntiaI 10 our success as people and our
pcrmancnce us government.
The inquiry then arises, what means can
We adopt for the promotion Of intelligence
and morality among the people, and there
by obtain pledge against the contingent
clcs Of the futurei 30 far, in the history
Of our country there have been sufficient
intelligence and morality among the
people 10 maintain our position under
the favorable circumstances with which we
have been surrounded; for it cannot be de-
MED that circumstances have greatly favor
ed US, need not mention them, But con.
sdering our present situation and It's in
dications, is there no cause for anxiety!
The great increase of population, the
greater increase in wealth, the rich richer,
the poor poorcras il has always been and
perhaps will always be, the great combi-
nation Of business, often very destructive
VI business; the almost necessary ABSORB
ton of power by the federal government,
extending over country stretching from
ocean to ocean; the success with which many
Of our legislative bodies have
been used and controlled by desging
and mercenaiy men in and out Of them, and
the low estimate in which many Of such
bodies are held chiefly for that reason,
party politics, partisan politics, which
seems 10 regard the party as synonymous
with the country or the government itself,
These ana many other features Of the pres
ent outlook, which ! might mention, are
certainly not reassuring. They dispel from
our minds the false notion that We are
not to he Judged as other people are or,
have been judged. They warn Us that we
are no exception to the rules which the eX-
perience of the nations and Of the ages has
established. They warn US that, though
every sail may be spread TO the
breeze and the ship be making a
speed which no vessel ever attained
before, yet the rock and the whirlpool are
still! in the ocean to destroy all those who
will not shun the track which led 50 many
to destruction.
Many OF those things II which the coun-
try is making great progress may not, after
all, conduce most 10 its real and true well
fare. Rapidly Of growth in nature Is not
indicative Of long and vigorous existence.
Indeed il seems 10 be universal law that
only those things shall endure and remain
permanent which have required long years
Of time for their growth and maturity. The
greater our extent and our wealth, the
greater our danger; the greater
our speed; the greater our danger;
the greater our intelligence and the better
our morality, the greater our safety,
The experiences OF the few years past
have caused many TO feel that We occupy
an unsteady seat, ana hence the desire Tor
some steady, strong hands 10 take hold and
holds while this great empire rises and
grows and ills the whole OF this part VI the
earth. But the steady, strong hands which
are TO hold Us, il We are held at all, are the
steady, strong hands OF virtuous and in
tel!igent people. And if their hold is ever
loosed or broken,we will find in It's stead the
stern, strong gross Of imperial power.
This is the philosophy of the matter
this is the lesson Of history, 1t speaks to
Us in the steady, grave tones Of the philoso-
pher; it speaks to Us in the silent voice Of
history which says, remember those VINO
have gone before you; remember the ex.
periments and the failures, the heights 10
which they rose and the depths to which
they fell; remember, and see TO it that you
follow not in the path which led them 70
ruin.
But il our safety is in the virtue and intel
ligence of our people, how can We best pro-
mote virtue and intelligence among them
We canuot look to the men of to day, for
OF them there can he no expectation. 1t is
TO the men and women Of tomorrow, the
children of to-day, that we must look. To
them we must look as our hope; to them
we must look for our redemption from the
evils of to-day We look to them when we
look to our schools, TO our teachers,
to our boards Of education, TO our
libraries, 70 our news counters,
TO our literature. These and everything
else which enters into the education and
training Of the children should receive our
careful attention.
While, as professedly good citizens we
ard required to promote actively promote
the great cause of education, we are re.
uuired at all times TO demand the fullest
recognition of those distinctions which
must ever exist in all good society, between
that which is virtuous and that which is
vicious, between that which tends to moral
ity and that which tends to immortality
and the boundary should never be left oh.
scure Carefully drawing our distinction,
sepGratings the wheat from the chat and
never acting hastily, we should ever be
found firm and mistaken in our adherence
to that which we know and feel to be right,
But the work Of education, the work of
training intellectually and morally, is a
work to be carefully performed. This is
no place for hunglers. The work to be
done, the deicacy and variety Of the mate
rails to be handled, require workman
worthy OF the name-a workman who
run knows that the work is and how il
should be done, knows and appreciates the
greats trust committed TO his hands,
Beside this. there is the GREAT world of