The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-01-21
WHOLE NO. 2O61.
SOMERSET. PA, WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 21. 1891.

sociations. % becone bane 70 society
and curse to the State
The State has claims upon them and
those claims justly demand that they Be
educated
Again. compulsory education does rot
interfere vita the liberty Of parents
What Is true liberty Does il consist in
debsachery and crimez Does j. involve
that an individual has an nnquestionable
right 10 be libertine or bandit ? Does
the spirit Of liberty demand that Al iadi-
vi6aal shah have the right 70 nourish
sin II this Is not the spirit Of liberty
h0w can true liberty consist in an indi-
viduaI being permitted 70 exercise the
poEer to perpetuate the source of ali
evil ? Il intemperance. imn0rzlity and
disloyalfy to the State are evils. how does
the liberty 70 perpetuass the ssurce Of
these evils become justi6able
lsa parsn; held N : state Of servituie
when deprived Of the power to perpetu-
ate cause Of violence, misery and wicked
ness + il detrimental to an individuals
liberty 70 prevent him from the Use Of
weapons which are intended 70 rain
himself both temporarily and spiritu-
ally
Compulsory education signifies liberty
Voluntary education comprises seEyitude-
Il denotes slaves Of tyrznfs more uneon-
querable than any that were 70 be found
N Pagan Rome. 10 compulsory educz-
ton involves that youth i to be seazn-
dered the acquisition Of those vagrant
habits attendant upon idleness, ternina-
ting in fearful misery Of crime and out
rage
shall education become universal r.
4 a question that remains to be solved By
legislation There are many homes
where ignorance predonin2fes and in
those homes vice s1prsmeIy rsigns, Yul-
zzriiy prevails, crime exists The parent
has No ambition or desire to have his
children educated and fsent to school
al ali they come having previously i'm
bibed habits CT disorder, end When sub
jected to requisite school government the
teacher Is illuminated or tired al laE, the
children are taken ont Of school, eneour-
zgei II their rebellion and they 60 on,
becoming more debased and degraded,
and finally they commit the most terrible
oltrsges in the category Of crime, simply
because the state permits mistaken par
ents not 70 allow the proper restraint Of
school governments 70 De duly enforced
Does the State not thus sustain thevsry
fandamental principles Of anarchisn
Bat vii compulsory school Law remove
ali crime No, but It VIII lessen il WI
= compulsory school law revolutiouize
the home? Emphatically, yes But
when Not Immediately neither in
year nor decade, bat in half century.
The benefits that vii eventually accrue
from . compulsory school law viii BE- r.
allied By home, society and State. Puri-
fy the home. and what IS not purified >
Enact a Law that viii elevate the home.
and you enact law that viii giTe life to
yirsnes sradisate intemPeznee, extirpa<s I
immorzlify. reduce taxation. prohibit po- +
hticzl deception and remove the avenues
Of debaurhery and wickedness A com
pulsory school law EiH put better teach
ers into the profession and tend to make
education complete Development Is a
compulsory school law a necessity Not
ts enumeTate q variety Of instances visit
only the railroad depots witness the
crowd Of boys that loiter there-boys who
can neither read nor write, but who are
skillful in lying and sWesring-snd yoU
have an irresistible argument for con-
pulsory education Go into the various
towns, and count the boys who inoess-
antly loiter enunerafe the names en-
rolled. not IN school, bat in the treacher-
O1s places Ofsin, and then say that con-
pulsory school law Is not requirement
This Is IN accordance with the true spirit
Of liberty this 5 Amsrieanism this i
the method OF forming true sons Of the
STATE these are the elements which VIII
ameliorase society here are 10 be found
our future heroes, our states pride and
our eountTy's boass May the morning
soon dawn when tyranny and oppression
under the grIise Of liberty and freedom
shall be unveiled May the day soon
come when Christianity viii say 70
American PaSznism, in the language o.
Shakespeare Ignorance : the eanss q
God - and II must be removed Nay
the day soon come when the keynote 70
> nex epoch Of morality an civilization
shall be proclaimed a Compulsory
School Law -