Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-12-22

our liberties, but he says not.
He says lit must be diiiused, Law
ished.N Now | ask him, il educa-
tion cannot save the state why
would he have it diiiused, lavish.
ed2" Why does he give double
dose Of what he admits will not
save the slate2 He then goes on
to tell us that reading, writing
and arithmetic are no longer the
rudiments of an education. F" This
is a wonderful discovery that the
professor has made and | SIMPLY
call attention to it to show what
a ridiculous assertion he has made.
There is not a tow-headed boy in
town that don't know better than
this. Edward Everett, who stood
next to Webster, when asked the
question, what constitutes a good
education, answered, reading,
writing, a good knowledge of gram
mar, and the four first rules OF
arithmetic, meaning Of course
that these were the rudiments and
the foundation, and when a man
has good knowledge in these, he
could, by perseverance and in
dustry acquire the balance, and
we have examples Of the truth of
his statements in three presidents
Of the United States, viz Jackson,
Lincoln and Johnson. Every man
is tho architect Of his own fortune.
All the colleges and universities in
the world cannot make great
man unless he has the elements
of greatness in him, and if he has
these he will rise over all OBJ
stacles. But still am in favor Of
a liberal system of education that
will place its facilities within the
reach of all; but Prof. Mccarthy
caps the climax and shows his
cloyen foot in the following declar-
alton: He says, "the state must
have those who have studied the
history Of our own and other lands
who shall keep the record of sue.
cess or failure of social expert
ments, and who shall use that rec
ord for doctrine, for warning, for
reproof, for instruction in right
eousness. " That a missionary, a
Christian minister, and the prin-
cipal of one Of our seminaries Of
learning should teach such abom.
nibal doctrine as this is almost be-
yond conception; | could hardly
believe it after | read it.
The scriptur e tells that in the
last days scoifers shall come teach
ing for doctrine the command
ments Of men, denying the Lord
Jesus Christ who bought them
with the price of his blood on Cal
vary. In fulfllment of this proph-
ecy we have had a Gibbons, a
Hume, Tinsley, a Huxley, and
the whole army Of spiritualists,e ev-
olutionlsts, socialists, free-lovers
are all busily engaged in ineulcating
their different theories which have
but one object IN view and that is
to wipe out and destroy the in
auence and teachings OF the holy
scriptures. They would substi-
-ute their advanced theories,
falsely called science, for the
Bible, while in reality they are
nothing but rank infdelity thinly
But here is Prof. Nc
Carthy IN advance of the whole
)and of intidels ready to substitute
listory for the Dible, and use its
'ecord for doctrine, for warning,
or reproof, for instruction in right
,ousness. But the professor will |
earch the records of protane his
ory In vain for warnings, reproofs, /
md instructions in righteousness.
They are not there. He will have /
o come at last to the Bible, that I
wonderful encyclopedia Of all |
knowledge, all science; there he
will find them and nowhere else.
All scripture is given by inspira-
ion Of God and is profitable for
Ioctrine, for reprooi, for correction,
or instruction in righteousness,
hat the man of God may be per-
ect. thoroughly furnished unto
very good work. " Ii this is the
ystem Of education that the pro-
essor would "lavish" upon us SO
proiusely" we want none Of it.
Ne are gorged already. This is
he system that has bred protec-
ionists, millionaires, republicans,
nfidels and atheists and filled our
and with a whole train of widows,
rphans and crippled soldiers now
N the bounty and charity of the
government. This is the system
hat drenched the earth in blood
nd covered it with blaekened
uins and broken columns. This
5 the system that has given to the
World her educated scrubs and
proletariat" polecats. We have
few Of these educated scrubs"
nd polecats in this country, and
hey are about to eat us out OF
ouse and home. We want a sys-
EN- of education based upon the
,ible that teaches man that he is
he brother of his fellow-man, and |
hat he should do unto others as
e would have others do unto him.
his is the autidote tor that inor-
mate ambition that has led men
n to the conquest Of the world
nd slaughtered millions. Lay not
p for yourselves treasures on
arth where moth and dust doth
orrupt and thieves break through
nd steal. This is the antidote
II millionaires and tariff robbers.
Ie must develop the moral nature
f man, and a system of education
lat does not do this is a failure.
was Napoleon's mother who
lopted Prof. McCarthy's system
education; she read to him when
child Plutarch's lives of the great
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