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"rower'd cities please him then
And the busy hum of men,"

condition other benefits follow. Social and
moral influences begin to restrain and con
vastly diminished: In II late publication OF
the Bureau OF Education Il large nianufac.
turcr in England writes IL have employed
in various departments of my wi business
intelligent wOrkmen earning lower wages
than ignorant men employed In courser
branches; and the Intelligent man educates
his children, lives In Il comfortable house and
has many pleasant surroundings; whereas
the ignorant man, with higher wages is more
addicted to intcmperance, his Wife and chill.
dren are worse clad and worse cared for and
his home Is In all respects less comfortable
Ignorance, may be desirable for the la6orer
supplied by the owner, and where he is very
much an eye-servant, but surely as Il free man,
relying on his W resources, with his rela-
tons as the head Of Il family, n member OF
ton is q necessity,-a necessity for the peace
OF society as much SO as for his own we'll be-
Ing; and II intelligent labor is found to be
best In manufacturing establishments, where
he ever more advantageous in agriculture, Il
department depending SO largely for its sue
cess In varying physical conditions. demand.
ing quick perception and sound Judgment:
If It Be asked, who will perform the mental
service should all receive an education, ;" we
answer by referring TO those countries where
nulsory. Is Scotland worse Off TOR her com.
rplctc system of eduration7 Is she without
manual aud mental laborers? How Is 1t in
Prussia? Has she spoiled her labor by over
sity remarks, "the disinciinatlon to mental
service In this country y is largely due to iniu,
ences outside of our schools" "False social
ideas are doing the mischief, not schooling
"Idleness is the twin brother Of ignorance"
The objection then to our common school
system. that education ruins your labor, is
not sustained either by general principles or
a correct Induction OF fucts. 1t is true that
education now lifts the negro out of his posi-
ton as a common laborer, but 1t is only be-
| his race. That he should prove a worthless
scamp is not surprising when we remember
that the ignorance of his people offers special
foundations to shrewd impostors and unprin-
cipied oilers who live by their wits. When
ever the great masses among them are en-:
Iiphtened then scoundrelism will be robbed
Of it's prey and Influence will be secured and
maintained by other qualifications than the
ability to read and write and talk glibly.
(b) The other objection based upon the in
Justice of the system, Is now becoming obso-
Iote. So absorbing and predominant is the
question Of governmental preservation, SO es-
sential is intelligence to safe citizenship that
Il school tax has come to be regarded as a part
Of that machinery OF laws, courts, judges, ju-
Fies, sheriffs and constables, by which nation
oil life is sustained in national order. So true
Is this In 4 country like ours, where we have
a government Of the people, and where every
man has a direct agency In shaping the char
acter and policy Of the State that objections.
which IL may be arc not without force. yield
to the pressure Of necessity. The high de-
mand Of public veal hold In allegiance indi-
vidual claims. The vast expenses OF the gov
eegHment in its Executive. Legislative n Jul
siafE6f property holders who never violate o
law. who would be as scrupliously honest
andJuSt as quiet and peaceable, In q word, as
good citizens without a law as With IT,. And