Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-03-15

is true, as Lord Kames and others have
said, about the influence of the first few
years of education upon the chlld's mind,
then how important is it that the mother
should be an intelligent educator.
THE ELEVATION OF WOMAN.
1t is intended that this bill shall benefit
both sexes alike, and hope that under its
provisions women will be educated in the
different callings of life suitable to their
! sex
The limit of benefits obtainable through
the intelligent application of labor in the
control Of forces is beyond our present
comprehension, but We shall some day ap-
proach much nearer than we are to the
immeasurable and unknown power of the
infinite intelligence. | say it with all
reverence. This intelligence will supply
every want through means and laws of
harmony, aud not in any manner by the
use of miraculous interventions.
History and experience tell US that in
all times the most prosperous people have
been the most intelligent of their epoch.
Great Britain, with limited area of terri
tory as compared with some great nations,
Is, owing 10 her use of machinery for pro-
duction, commercially the first nation of
Europe; and yet, with all her multiplied
production, the la5orers' and mechanics
wages are higher in Great Britain than in
any other country in Europe, and food is
IS cheap. One days labor of the artisan
in Manchester will pay the transportation
from America of all the food he can con-
sumo il year.
Whatever distress there may be in that
country is caused by the improvidenee of
the people. And yet, these prosperous
people are largely the descendants OF those
Of whom Julius Caesar wrote back, in sub
stance, TO Rome, that they were so low
down in the scale of humanity that it was
almost impossible to think of civilizing
them.
Contrast the condition of the people of
Europe of two centuries, or even one CEN
tury ago, with what the condition of the
people is now. One century ago they
were not as well informed or as COM
Portable as the average people OF the
most iliiterate portions of our country to-
day. And in spite of all the Disadvantages
Of slavery, how superior was the condition
of the slaves in our country, even before
the war, TO that of their brethren remain
ing in Africa; and this is because they
were in contact with an intelligent and
civilized people.
The power OF production through labor
aiding machinery, and improved means of
transportation, make of the civilized world
one great neighborhood, and make it pos
sible for all to enjoy the fruits of this in
creased power. We have nothing in the
past by which we can measure the posi-
bilities that may spring from this ac-
quaintance with one another, exchange of
ideas, and consequent increased intelli-
gence The world is rapidly becoming
cosmopolitan, ana cosmopolitanism only
becomes possible through contiguity and
exchange of ideas. With the civilizing
influence of approximity of intelligence
the better elements of humanity are de-
veloped.
From education grow morality and a
religion in harmony with the sublime, all
wise, always benefcent Creator The re-
suit will be to make humanity better,
wiser and happier.
1t is through education that the posi-
bilities are to be ascertained and OBJ
tained. Education is the panacea for all
our difficulties, religious, political and in
dustrial. Therefore, 1 am in favor of the
passage Of this bill.