The Beaver radical. (Beaver, Pa.) 1868-1873, January 31, 1873, Image 4
4:: •. ♦ THE ' BEAVER BMITH CUHTIB, • BEAVER. PA„ Prtitr noralßA* January 31, 1873. COnpULSORT EDUCATION. This subject, which has ‘been discussed in Teachers 1 Institutes throughout the State during the whiter, recommended to the consid oration of the Legislature in the re cent message of ex-Governor Geary, and occupied the attention of the Constitutional Convention, is of vi tal interest to the whole community. The idea of compulsion in educa tion appears ; to be antagonistic, to our free way of acting, and strikes; one at first disagreeably, but it is the novelty of the idea that appears so, and hot the measure itself. Com pulsion of children.to attend upon school is common enough on the part of parents, and if all parents were faithful in this, respect there would be no difficulty in leaving the matter with them, and . trust to pa rental authority to attain the desir ed result., ,All agree that universal education is essential to the safety and welfare of a government such as ours.- The fundamental ideas upon which are constructed onr free institutions, ought to be familiar to the~ininds and deeply imbedded in the hearts of all, in order that every exercise of sovereignty by the indi vidual shall be in unison with the spirit and tendency of the nation. The Republic means progress, progress in public order, in protec tion to property’ and person, *in the means of happiness and the acqui sition of power. But this progress, it is evident* must depend upon the education 6t the people. The heart must prompt and the mind devise the means for its attainment. If universal education is absolutely essential to the success of this great experiment of free government, as we firmly believe it is, then how shall it be accomplished? Will there be no dangerous, ignorant class if the State provide attractive school bouses, and throw open the doors without price ? The State has already done this, and the State Superintendent reports that there are icuxrii rv — uwubbuu i;nuui cii —*rxnr have never been registered in the schools, and who are deprived en tirely. of any advantages derived from attendance thereupon. The explanation of this ugly fact may be easy, but the remedy can only be found in the interference of the gov ernment requiring unfaithful pa-* rents to send their children to school to receive an elementary edu cation, by. which to be fitted to dis charge the duties of citizens. There is nothing anti-Kepublican in all for the compulsion, being lim ited to children, is natural and mere ly exercised by the State instead of the parent, and fn effect simply de prives the parent of a certain pecu niary value derived from the child’s labor. The interest of the State in Ifer: children is greater and para mount to that of the parents, and if *the public good force may be used to compel parents to send their children to school, and such compulsion will not differ in princi ple from that used to collect money from people to defray the expenses, of schooling. What is the difference whether you deprive a man of labor or take from him money that repre sents labor, when in each case the deprivation is for the benefit of uni- 1 versa! education? We should think also that if the State judged it expe dient and just to iax the people to support a system of free schools, it would feel bound to take care that the abundant provision thus made should not be waited and the good sought be lost for lack of attendance upon school of the children, the ed ucation of whom the welfare of the Slate demands, and their own fu ture usefulness requires. Upon no other grounds can the State take one man’s money to educate another’s child, - except that the public good requires it, and so, for the same paramount reason, the State can usurp the authority of the parent and compel the child to be come educated. Ignorance endan gers the, peace of the community and is the frnitfol source of crime. Tbc State to abol ish i|, and thus prevent by wise legislation the commission of crimes . wbicfcare a di a grace td Republican RADICAL. civilization. t Oantherebeany doubt as to the utility of each a mens ore ? -When the nation is educated from top to bottom, reaching through ail classes of society, then] and hot till then, can American He* publican ism be called, a permanent success. In Europe the example of Germany has proven that an educa ted people is necessary to political power.- But let America^teach that universal education is necessary to - "***? { ‘ . , . • pablicorder and national progress. There would be difficulties to over* come in the way of enforcing this measure, but where there ia a will a + tfi, u“ . t T - i ‘ - '•'lf a way etui beeasily discovered. g:|t and unwabanted attack upon the County Commissioners, because this winter an immense ice gorge in Raccoon creek, at Boktown, caused the creek to raise so rapidly that sixty out of a flock of sixty-five sheep were drowned before it was possible to rescue them, and, in giv ing away, sw,ept off the iron bridge which the Commissioners, the sum mer before, had built across the creek at that place. We can not discover how they can be justly made responsible for the tremendous ice gorge, or ac countable to the people either for the dislodgement of the bridge or the drowning of the sheep. But the animus of the article is revealed further on, in the statement, in sub stance, that the long ears of the Argus had heard that the Commis sioners did not intend this year to give it the printing of the receipts and expenditures of the county. From the fullness of the heart the month speaketb, and the Argus , child-like in its great mixture of grief and anger, has blurted out its pitiful tale. Wo condole with it, and sincerely rejoice that it can now occupy thai “desirable stand” of / independence, the re alization ot which a too inti mate relation with the Commission ers seems to have heretofore made impossible. True, the Argus felt a little uncertainty in regard to the desirableness of the situation, and its editor, suspicion s as usual, so liftited-A-Ccrtain xu»-acm._m intemedp with the Commissioners for him, and, we believe, even made a friend ly call upon them himself, but from the gall and wormwood of the late Argus we conclude that the interview was more remarkable for its silence than any other and that the bland and child-like editor left with a “flea in his ear!” The Argus ac cepts the situation, however, and de clares that henceforth it will re ceive no favors and give no quar ters. Sublime independence and matchless courage! Mother Goose on the rampage I, The Commission ers are in'great danger now, and may expect to be black-mailed a little in order to bring them, it pos sible, under the Argus subjection. But the motive is too apparent, and the paper has been dealing so freely in slanders and black-mail that the good people of the county have lost all confidence in its fairness and honesty, and won’t believe now any thing it says. Mother Goose you are powerless except to quack, and your quacking at the incompetency of the Commmissioners reminds one of those persons of shallow brains who are always depreciating tho=e who have a plentiful supply. The Pittsburgh Commercial has changed hands, Mr. Brigham retir ing, in order to move to Florida, and Hon. Russell Efrett taking his place. The new editor declares that the present policy of the paper will not be changed, but will be conduct ed as heretofore, as the organ or tool of no man nor set of men, but will i ' -, ” c preserve its independence intact to discuss’ men and measures freely. A well deserved compliment is paid to the retiring editor for his ability and energy in building up the paper to its present magnitude and power. The election under the Local Op tion lav, to decide the question of granting or not granting licenses in Bradford was. held on the 17th inst., and resulted as in dear field, in a decided victory for pro hibition, the majority against li cense being nearly 2250. This" vote indicates Very clearly the fate of the liquor traffic in the northern portion oi the State. THERADI BIBTOB¥Ot : The edition prim**. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers,* byorderof the State, was so small that each tive received but sixteen copies for distribution In their several districts; The si&allness of such a number at once impresses every one | familiar with population, and : shows bow in adequate is the circulation of: the work to meet the general demand. Not one soldier out of every hun dred has been the recipient 'of a printed copy of the record - which he assisted in making. This is nei-1 ther just nor honorable; and it is noW" proposed that the shall order a large edition of this work, so as to popularize it by plac ing it in the hands of as many of the surviving soldiers of Pennsyl vania as can be reached. The ster eotype plates from which the first edition was printed are still, in ex istence, and therefore a second edi tion could be issued at comparative ly small cost The Legislature could well afford to order this description of printing, as the work itself is Of such a character as to prevent iffrom ever being done at private expense. It is a public document, concerning the official history of the State dur ing the period oi our struggle with rebellion;—while with that official history is woven la record of person al valor, devotion land patriotism as | splendid as any toe world has. ever made, or mankind been called Ho admire. For these reasons, we heartily endorse the proposition to print another edition of this history, and hope the Legislature will imme diately order the work to be done. The appointment, by Governor Hartranft, of Hon. Thos. J. Bighara, of Allegheny, Superintendent of the new Bureau of Labor Statistics* has been met with general approval, both because of his eminent fitness for the position and his great merits as a man. Statistics has been his special study for many yean, and he is perfectly familiar with the la bor interests and material of the State, which Will be useful to him in makihgjbis^Cr people. . ‘ The Credit Mobilier investiga tion is developing facts that impli cate the standing of eminent and heretofore irreproachable public men; but we trust that when ; the committees are through their work, additional light will be sh°d on these suspicions transactions, and those men whom we have long honored will be completely exculpat ed from all blame. A bill repealing the franking privilege has passed both the. House and Senate, and now awaits the President's approval to become a law. What gigantic strides the pro gressive spirit of the nation milst be taking, when Congressmen will de liberately vote away their cherished and very useful privileges. Col. A. Wilson Norris, of Phil adelphia, has been appointed Gov. Hartranft’s private Secretary. He rendered good service during the war, and took an active part in the late political campaign, serving as Secretary to the Republican State Central Committee. FROM HARRISBURG, Tbe Governor** Inauguration end Ad* dree*— Distribution of Ofllce*~Col» Quay—The Attorney General—Dulled State* Senator—Beaver County Bl||*— Senator Rolan** Resolution—jßxtra P«y. Correspondence of the Radical. Harrisburg, Jan. 27.1673. Tuesday last, the day of Governor Har tranft’s inauguration, was a wet, dismal day, yet this did not interfere with the programme, nor prevent any b! tie or ganizations expected taking part In the ceremony. It is admitted on all hands that it was the finest demonstration ever witnessed in this city . There were about four thousand soldiers, in line, seven hull- dred children from the soldiers* orphans* schools, a number of fire companies, and twenty-five bands of music of* different kinds. * The celebrated Harine. band of Washington City, and disk’s bandfrom New York City, wens here, and vle<twith each other in discourr' the finest/ —Bing music >. - elet> ever heard, at the Capital. V ; six yearn more. maklng hia fourth election Gov. Hamah ft’s inaugogal addrtssis high offlce.lt was the highest highly commended by all' pnrtles. ls compliment that could he paid the old' plain, straight-forward, bosiness like, and i chief, and he eo tegards jf. Daring all the strikes everyone as the utterances >ir an j time the nomination and election I were honest* mar. His emphatic declaration ! pending he* ivaa i| Washlngioo, quietly against using the bonds m the Sinking I sUendingtohia duties, atd there wasno predicted Ih&t bis eleclion would be €ol* lowea by snother million ste&J m?' > :;w^v willailenca !*s*s On * morning, about half past nine o’clock, Gov. Hartranftquletly wftlkedinto theExecullve chamber, and entered upon tire discharge of his duties. Almost Immediately delegations of office* Beekcrt,aecompanied by their friends/bc gantowalt upon him. and his time was taken up for two or three days in listen ing to the claims of his friends for the appointments at, hia disposal. Col; sworii in on Wedoesday mocking as Secretary of the Common wealth, and has since been devoting his time to the duties ot his office, with which he became quite familiar during 'Ooferpor Curtin’s administration. Mr. Keeley; formerly clerk in the Auditor General’s Office, has , been appointed Ex* ecutive clerk, and with this exception no new appointments have yet been made by the. Governor or by the Secreta* ry. It is settled that Frank Chandler, for more than thirty years Corporation clerk in the Secretary of State’s office, and Mr. Friday, Record clerk, will reman, but be* yondthia we have no definite informa tion. There are only four or five clerk ships remaining, and these will be given, in all to counties where the Republicans are in the mfnprity. Gov. Hartranft comes from a minority county, and be holds that these positions should, us a rnle. be given to working Republi cans in Democratic connties, where there Is no chance of election. In counties like Allegheny or Beaver there are so many positions accessible to the active desiring Republicans that they should not monopolize appointments to the ex clusion of men, equally deserving, from counties-like Berks, Montgomery, Clear field or Westmoreland, and under Gov* Hartranft they will not be permitted to do so, no matter what is expected. Gov. Hartranft has established the rep utation ot being able to keep a secret bet ter than any man living, not excepting Gen. Grant. Until he nominated his At torney General on Wednesday morning, no man in the Commonwealth knew cer tainly who would be chosen. It was set tled that the choice would lay between Armstrong, Dimmick and McVeigh; not that Gen. Hartranft had satd so, but those were the only gentleman named, and they represented all the different interests, and were admitted to possess all the necessary qualifications. Your correspondent early predicted the choice would lay between Armstrong and Dimmfeki, and up to Tues day Armstrong was regarded by most per sons as the coming man. The first notice Mr. Dimmick bad that be was to be ap pointed was a telegram to him in Phila —■ WftdneoUay, ftotity.Bu.him ftp come and receive his commission. The ap pointment meets with universal com mendation. Mr. Dimmick is the leading lawyer of the north-eastern part of the state, and is a gentleman of wealth and high character. He is a man of com manding personal appearance, of easy manner, and will prove one of the most popular Attorney Generals that ever filled the office. He was a Relegate to the State Convention and voleo for Eelcbam, but moved to make Gen. Hartranft’s nomina tion unanimous, and for years has been a warm personal friend of the Governor elect. He arrived on Thursday morning with his wife and is stopping at the! Lo ch iel Hotel. He has tendered his resig nation as a delegate in the Constitutional Convention, and his place will be filled by the remaining delegates at large with in a lew days. The appointment of T. J. Bighaqi, of Pittsburgh, Chief of the Bureau oflSta tistics, Labor and Mining, is one of the best that could he made. No man in the Commonwealth so well understands her resources, or is so well adapted to the la bor of gathering statistical information as Mr. Bigham,and the Governor is enti tled to great credit for this appointment. Bigbam arrived here bn Friday and bad an interview with the Governor. He was dressed in the identical sail of clothes he wore when be first came to Harris burg, a generation or so ago, and wore the same old bat and red cow-hide shoes which never knew either oil or polish pf any kind. His commission should have contained a proviso requiring him to shave once a month and get a suit of clothes once in five years, and then he would be a model officer. Members of the Legislature are de- lighted with Gov. Hartranfl’s modest plan, diPect arid business-like manner of receiving them and disposing of their bu-[ sioess, and to-day the Governor eject isl the most popular; man in the Common* Wealth. Tour correspondent predicts; bis popularity Will: increase every day he continues in office, and when bis terip cx*| pires he will stand higher in the estima*! tion of the people, without regard to par| ty divisions, than; any man who has jailed! that office, during this generation at least! At three olclock ;dnTuesday, after the inauguration ceremonies were over, th£ two Houses voted for United States Sen* ator, and Simon Cameron received every Republican vole. Tbe next day in joint convention theresult was announced, and Gen. Cameron was- declared lected fr 3>r^' '-t '. - v - iffortbybim oranyone elseto influence voles, because atone were necessary. It warhelieved| at one time be would de cline to be a candidate, In view of bis ad* vanced age, In which event his son, Col. J. D. Cameron, won id have the honor with as little difficulty as bis father did.; Don Cameron, as bels famil iarly- milled, is perhaps the brightest, shrewdest business man of bis age in the Stole, and one of our most deserving Re publicans. The party owes more to him for success ln : ; the last campaign than to any other Republican in the: Common wealth. He is a gentleman of floe edu cation, of broad views, frank in his mea ner, and of generous impulses, qualities that command the respect and win the confidence of men every where, and would soon have acquired commanding influence in the United States Senate. General Grant could not select a better successor to Secretary Boatweil, and if he is going to give Pennsylvania a position in the cab inet, as he should, let him put Don Cam eron in the [Treasury, and the department will be administered aswell, or better, than it has since the days of Washington and Hamilton. It is doubtful, however, if Mr. Cameron would accept, as It would require him to give up the Presi dency of the Northern Central .railroad, now. with its Washington connection nearly complete, one of the most imports ant roads in tbe country, and tbe active management of the banks, mills and fac tories with which he is connected., ifimiesw A correspondent of The: Radical from Philadelphia suggestsed Hon. W. H. Kem ble for a cabinet position, and the sug gestion was a good one. Although he has been much abased by blackmailing correspondents, there is not a man in the Commonwealth who has more devoted friends or deserves them better. He was the most popular State Treasurer tbe Commonwealth ever had, and one of the most capable. In energy and business qualifications he has few superiors any where. We admire him for his ability, his generosity, ardent devotion to friends, and thousand other good qualities, and would gladly join in any movement for Ms advancement. , It is to be hoped when General Grant next selects a Cabinet officer from Penn* sylvania, be will take one who is known outside of the ward in which he lives, and of whose qualifications there can be no doubt. If qualification and political ser vices entitle men to position Cameron and Kemble would stand in the first rank among our public and business men. 1 Little was done in the Legislature last week, and the House adjourned { on Thurs day and the Senate on Friday. Unless both Houses go to work at once the ses* eion will be protracted into the summer months. \ The only bills from your locality intro dooed into the Legislator* was one to prevent came from nmuing atlarge Hanover township in your county, and one authorizing the school directors of Itaden to collect and additional tax, both read in place by Senator Rutan. I Some excitement and bad feeling was aroused in the House over the drawing of Committees in the contested elections from Lnzerne county and Philadelphia, owing to an apparent set up between cer tain Democrats and Republicans to get; position* on the committees. When the pames were being drawn out o\ the; wheel it was noticed that the Republi cans from Philadelphia were not cbal-: longed by the Democrats, and were enabled to get on several of the commit tees, a { number being on three each. There seemed to be no explanation of this except that a bargain had been made by the Philadelphia Republicans to keep the Democrats from Luzerne in their seats, in consideration of the Democrats Standing by the two Republican members from Philadelphia, whose seats were, con tested, or else an arrangement that cer tain Republicans and Democrats should Constitute each committee, and thus share [the extra pay usually voted members of [these committees. Extra pay In each case would give s number of these gentlemen [from fifteen hundred to two thousand dol lars in addition to their regular salary, land the control of * clerkship for each [committee for some friend, at a large sala ry. If this was the arrahfce men t the \ game was blocked by a resolution intro duced in the Senate on Monday, by I tor Ratan, instructing the Finance Com mittee, of which he is a member, not to allow extra pay in any case to members of committees, and to pay clerks in pro portion to officers of the Legislature for the work performed. The passage of this resolution created consternation among certain members of the House, and the desire to get on committees large ly diminished. It Is high time the practice of allowing extra pay for work on committees was discontinued, as it leads to great abuses, and soon the, extra pay would amount to more than, the regular salary of the mem bers. Last year over thirty thousand dol lots was appropriated ior extra compen sation, and this year, at the same rate, it would run to near one hundred thousand. The salary of the members is too low, and should be increased to fifteeofbundred dol lars at least; but let it be done openly, in a manly way, and so tliat all may have the benefit of It, and not a few who have been.fortunate enough to get on some extra committee. M. —The Harrisburg correspondent of the McKeesport Times says: Mr.' Robert Mackey is in great demand. Every body who has anything to do nd matter what, is sure to “hunt up Bob.” . FROM PHILADELPHIA. Constitutional Convention-Slow p ro _ Wteas —ldle Propositions Beaver County Imdlea. Correspondence of the Radical. Philadelphia, Jan. 27,1873. There is no political news of special importance in the city of Brotherly Love All eyes are directed to the Constitu. tional Convention In session here now This Convention, composed as-it is, per [ baps, of the most able and eminent men of the Commonwealth, has yet accom. pliShed very little, the time being spent in long debates; and the reading ofjresolo tbns which, in the main, are objectless and useless. As the members of the least mental calibre are most active in thmstim? resolutions upon the Convention, and men who do not understand the old, aro most active in forming the new] while the great minds upon whom thj work will devolve, if anything is accomplices are hiding their time until tbe others he*, come exhausted. Thus far the Convention has adopted one section of one article of a proposed constitution, which is not encouraging to to those who pray for a short session. The Convention holds sessions every day'from 10 a. m. until 2p. m , Sabbaths excepted. From present appearances tbe Convention will remain in session until July, then adjourn daring the heated term and remain in session duringnext winter. Many of the members regard (their au thority as supreme, and are disposed to deviate from the; old landmarks, disregard ancient and established precedents, revo lutionize the order of things under tbe old and time-honored constitution 1 , and to make a new one and force It upon tbe peo ple for their ratification or rejection, for getting that in their official capacity they are creatures of the people, selected by the people to represent them in the spirit, of our present cynstitutipn, which should rather be regarded and obeyed |than sub stituted and destroyed. There sdems to be discord: among the brethern, and a proba bility of a conflict between the Conven tion and the Legislature, as some of tbe members of the Convention threaten to take np the Legislature by the; roots and disband tbe Honorable Senatorsjbefore tbe .expiration of their respective terms of of fice for which they were elected; an in vasion of that character upon that Hono rable body in this their .high tide of re trenchment and reform, would be fearful to contemplate just when the; subject is ; being agitated and an effort being quiet ly made to increase their salaries. But perhaps I had better not criticise further as your correspondent “Trefoil” sadly misrepresented some Very ihigh-tPQed and honorable members. ■ j I saw the late editor of The Radical in this city a few days since.. Hie wears his honors modestly. He is the right man in the right place, has the ablity, and 1 have no doubt wiil perform the duties of bis office with credit to himself, with benefit to (he Commonwealth, and • contribute much to make the admin istratibn of Geni Hartranft a success. ..-jv.ur~ -As can be obtained at Pittsburgh. Or elsewhere. ' E^^eWe9y^f(iv^l^rac‘quaintance of yoar townsman, Hon. D. L. Imbrie, Chief Clerk of the Constitutional Con vention. He has many friends in the Convention, and is a popular and efficient officer. I J This city is favored with more than an usual number of visitors this winter, and their presence enlivens the streets. The hotels are filled, and the placejs of amuse ment are crowded, and the city generally presents a more than usual attractive ap pearance. FROM COLOR AD O. [Correspondence of the Radical.] * 1 Valmont, Boulder County, Col., I January 15, |1873. f I feel prompted byja sense Of duty to suffering humanity, to publish' these facts which I have learned by actual experi ence, and which, had I knowfi a year or since, I should have been? better off, both -abygiealiy aa( j ; financially— with a view v thW4fi 08e who are sufferers from the dreadful called consumption and all its altendant m(jDIS) raa y CO me to this health restoring witb Bome cer tainty of, receiving the et boon oj health, and be saved from the o| false information and flying reports, by putting confidence in whib many now lie in Colorado i grave yard* and many others have gone home dis conraged and to die. | If you pick up a; Denver newspape during the summed season,|v|)en the h flux of invalids is the most numerous, yo will see several articles addressed to inn lids, the substance of them all wilt be Ist, come to Colorado, h<pr balmy air at warm suns will cure you. no matter wh your ailment.. ■ j 2nd, The only way to Colorado is I the Kansas Pacific Railroad. 3d, Denver is the best place in the T< ritory for invalids, its fine, scenery, a: beautiful drives, | hotel! facilities, d churches, good society; and economii living, are inducements not to be fou in any other part of the Territory, all means stop in Denver. These fallaclous.remarks are copied ! ! rices •Occasional.