Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-12-08

statue IN the making and placing
Of which, in my judgment, no mis-
take was made; Massachusetts,
great educator deserves equal hon
or with her great statesman. 1t
was favorite belief of Horace
Mann's that the state which made
the largest expenditure for pop
ular education would be the state
which would grow fastest in wealth
and in the power OF supporting a
large and diversified population;
the census returns Of every decade
since hls time give proof as graf
flying as il is surprising of these
sayings of Horace Mann. The
states which have spent and the
states which have grudged both
contribute proof to this theory of
Mann's; to my mind Webster re-
ceives as much honor as he con-
fers by the relative position Of his
statue and Mann's in the Boston
state house yard
But statistics showing increase
Of wealth do not show all the ben.
ehts which state derives from
generous and even lavish support
of a free system Of popular educa.
ton; this republic has no chance
Of long continued existence save
through the enlightened sentiment
of large masses Of truth loving
men; the mere existence of educa-
ton cannot save the state; educa-
tion must be dlffused, lavished;
reading. writing and arithmetic
are no longer the rudiments of an
education; the state needs a large
class of men and women who have
studied physiology for instance, and
understand something OF the laws OF
life; the state must have those who
have studied the history of our
own and other lands who shall
keep the record of the success or
failure of social experiments, and
who shall use that record for doc
trine, for warning, for reproof, for
instruction in righteousness; the
state needs large number who
shall study literature, and by fa-
miliarity with the hest thoughts
of the worlds best minds shall
keep alive in men and commun-
titles that which for want of bet
ter name we call "soul;" the state
needs large number Of boys and
girls who can stay long in schools
and colleges and drink deep; the
state needs a provision more am
pie than that as yet provided by
even the most liberal communities;
education must be lavished; our
history for the past thirty years
shows that intellectual and polit-
ical leadership belong to the states
which have not brilliant leaders
like Kentucky, but to the states
which have a wise majority OF vot-
ing citizens; an educated common
atty, an educated proletariat; edu-
Gated scrubs" it you please, are
the only antidote for the political
follies which mean political sui
eide. On two occasions since the
war deep sea of financial delu-
sion has swept over this country
and swallowed in its embrace all
the states which have a low rate
and dashed itself to pieces
as on rock against the
states which have a high rate of
school taxation; it is not within
the borders oi any state which has
a high rate of school taxation that
a chartered lottery now lags super
duous or has had its charter with
held only after an agitation which
shook the state to It's foundation;
tariff reform was a sentiment for a
.ong time in certain states which
nave a low rate of school taxation;
It became winning issue when it
was taken up by a few states
which tax themselves highly for
the de-psrtyizing OF the
,iyil service of the United States,
is conceded by all intelligent
men, is vitality necessary to the
of public honor and
popular freedom; intelligent men
liffer only y as to times and meth.
ids of advancing this reform, but
here is not a civil service reform
association in a single state in the
Union which has a school tax rate
If less than 81 90 per caput. There.
ore it is perfectly clear, | submit,
hat besides inflIcting irreparable
oss upon its children, the state
which impoverishes and degrades
is schools makes itself the nursery
# disorders and delusiOns, makes
tself nuisance and a danger to its
lister states and may make the re-
noval of its liberty a necessity;
he force bill sentiment is not dead
,ut sleeping; but even if it were
lead and the federal power could
lever again invade a state, what is
o prevent such a state from re-
the incredible folly of
ecession the course OF this ar
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10 folly is too great TO be expected
rom state which through
ombined ignorance and cupidity
Iefrauds its children Of their birth
light.
| have a clear right to crit
else the southern states; | was
,orn on their soil, and since | have
'een a voter | have voted for and
With the south first, last and all
he time; if it we've worth while to
ell about il here | could tell of
INJURIES and losses suffered for the
axe of voting with the south; /
an prove by the testimony of
living men that through good and
vii reports, through prosperity
nd adversely / have never wav-
red in defense Of every policy Of
he south except slavery and dis
nion which the south now knows
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