The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-09-17


| The following are the remarks Of Pro-
!fessor Sweeney, Democratic candidate
tor Superintendent Of Public Instruction,
II large meeting in Goshe1. lad
I L.DiEs A>D GESILExE~ - You have
inst heard t.le poIifica.i issues Of the day
ably presented by the distinguished gem
'iieuen vino have preceded me. and
,now inEiie e<Ior attention and <sk The
|chars.v of your silence while / present
another Cause no les important even
,mogr important than pO;is5cs refer %
1.-The canse of educsiion- To every Amer
iican ritir-n tii- question u ofpsTsmonLI
linportAsce- II il = subject tLsr y meaf
and Lenr 20 yon. because il Influence 4
|feit IN Tie n,i.ds ard hearts u tio<e whc
are nor fi,e iight and JOY Of your home.
and the hn,,r- of yrnr declining years.
/ Nth fle lavish hand ~ tender mother
the state of Indians throws II The dis
possi Of her chiidren tie benefits of Z
lree education. ard the history ~ I'll
time asle.f- ibe wisdom ~ her action
Nature and naiur's God ordained that
|msn should be educated and cultivated.
and where fhi< l,~s been neg g.ertei nature
has i.cen outraged and the result j. gem
lersl., ihe ffepersio. - witue~<ed 10 the
Of iiliierxry and crime l
imagine that when the fore-:sthers and
kundtr< of this Repub.ic we're consrm-
iplaiing our Nations! structure they care
fully scanned The pages Of history. and
lstudied rhr PHILOSOPHY ofeyents- They
earefnliv observed cause and effect and
lshsir influences upon The rise srcgrr>e
and tail Of Empires Kingdoms ard
states They wished 70 lay The corner
stores OF our Nation deep md firm,
down beyosd The shifting sands Of dan
1rer. down upon the sdsm1ntine rocks Of
|Ss,icral permxnency and <crini security.
| A. they CARED back the rc1d u the cen
lrnrics lhey saw that il ws< paved with
lfomts OF States that had decSset- They
iclo-ely Inquired Ehy il Was thst they sue
icnmei 10 The rnv-xe< Of Times destroy
ling touch They k2w Kings and dem
arocues play their games of war while
lprople were fools, they ssw bicod~hed,
slsnghtfr, frairicide- nAtsicite and PAsri-
lride. frezrhery and d-bsuchery. the pro-
ducts Of feprAvcd and unletierei men
laii holding high carnival In ~ the sFs<
lofwar were preferred 70 the arts q pe>re.
iTiey observed that thousands Of bar
lbarisns ignorHnily followed the fortunes
lof Z CYRUS IN his career Of devastation
and f,esnisfion 70 establish IN Empire,
Iyst Persopciis u now in dust and the
srhievements of Cyrus we're Tor nauxht
next the conQnerirG Macedonian. wi>h-
ing 10 perpefuste his name and Nation
NV the arts Of war. aided BY bis blinded
lso,diery. liz the land With burning cities
and parfialiv 0utnched them ID
|she blood and tesrs Of the ino6ensive -
lhabifants
His msdiencd scldiery q bis order
most mercil@<sly crucified thousands o
victims 10 the walls Of Tyre They Iate'
Ion viewed the sunny southland Q
Greece. di~ints grated and dismembered
her brilliant ciigsrchies and epbenera
ldemocracies engaged IL Seuis and In
lfernccsne wars. tili they finally $40 ~
. once great land Of Homer laid ID %
common tomb of error-I&den NstIon<
Greece. too. thought that the arts q -
! were the proper safe guards Of : Nation
; but now <hc lives only in song. an'
and the winds from over the -Exeal
Sea sing their rcquiem~ through %
!. ruins % the areopAgn> where Solon ono
Sat and dictated Laws 20 the hand 9
Greece Isome bDilr her own Nstioos
structure on the suhjuxstion % 6rcec'
y but did not take : lesson from The ~
of her predecessors. consequently q
fate was like unto theirs. Uur forefasf
lers and the founders or this Natiol
seeing al these things. and many moi
than I bsve time % enumcraics Io{icall