The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-06-23

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demand by public sentiment for the
settlement Of difficulties by arbitra,
ton instead Of a resort to arms.
This moral sentiment is an educated
sentiment, and its force is becoming
stronger as the power of education
becomes more diffused. 3. Another,
and perhaps most powerful force
which education exerts upon the
peace Of the world is to be found in
the sense of justice and regard for
right which it creates in the nations
themselves, by which unjust demands
are not made or conntenanced, and
all aggressions are repressed or vii,
ling amends made for them.
The manner in which this force
operates upon the nations Of the
earth may be Illustrated by an Incl
dent which is related to have oc-
Cured to President Jackson. Short
ly after Mr.. Buchanan afterwards
President Buchanan returned from
Russia, where he had been appointed
Minister Plenipotentiary by Presi-
dent Jackson, he went with dis
tinguished lady from Europe, who
was visiting this country, to the
White House for the purpose Of in
PRODUCING her to the President.
Knowing the President we'll, Mr..
Buchanan went up to his private
room where he found President Jack
son in his dressing gown with slip
pers on, unshaven and smoking
corncob pipe. He communicated to
the President the object Of his visit,
and fearing that Old Hickory might
appear in the costume he found him.
Mr.. Buchanan, who was model of
etiquette and style, ventured to ask if
the President would rot make some
change in his attire, whereupon, Gen.
eral Jackson knocking the ashes out
of his pipe and looking straight at
Mr.. Buchanan, replied, buchanan,
l want TO give you little piece of
advice which hope you will remem-
ber. l knew man once who made
his fortune by attending to his own
business. Tell the lady that l will
see her presently. Presently he en-
tered the room in full dress attire
and saluted his fair visitor with such
kingly grace that as she left she re-
marked to Mr.. Buchanan "your re-
publican President is the royal model
Of q gentleman Education has
taught the nations Of the earth that
their fortunes and prosperity depends
upon attending to their own business
instead of meddling with that Of
other nations, and the diffusion Of
knowledge presents this truth so
clearly to the masses of the enlight-
ened nations Of the earth that an i'm
mense pressure is brought to bear
upon the government to require the
preservation Of peace, and the gov
ernment which ventures war and is
defeated, as Louis Napoleon was in
the Franco-Prussian war, is apt to
share the fate Of Napoleon, and 60
down to ruin for disregarding the
moral sentiment Of the age.
Thus it will be seen that the gen.
eral advantages to the world from
the diffusion of education are great
indeed, and the blessings which flow
from them would he sufficient to de.
-rraasnd- the encouragement of liberal
education ffeer-its citizens by the gov
eminent, but the question may also
be argued upon the narrower plane
of profit and loss. The ability &c &c
make money, which the educated man
possesses, is more than double that
which the uneducated man has.
Therefore, every citizen which the
government can have educated is
made more than twice rs valuable as
he would be without education. But
the force for good which an educated
man possesses is not expended with.
in himself or limited to his own &C.
tions. Education is more than the
words of a text book. It lis an acqui-
sition which gives to its possessor
brain power. That power exerts
itself upon the avocation in which
its owner may be engaged. His
methods become the object Of obser-
vation, and those around him profit
from his knowledge. Much Of edu-
cation may be acquired by absorp-
ton, and methods which are the re-
suit Of education are often taken up
in a practical way by me- who could
not explain them, and yet they serve
them a most excellent purpose. For
this reason a single educated man
who moves into q community will
often work q revolution in its habits
and methods. Not only is the prac-
tical education absorbed by the peo-
pie who have not the advantages of
collegiate education, but the great
majority of inventions which prove
of the highest value come from edu-
Gated men, and the benefits which
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