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I WOULD RATHER BE RIGHT THAN PRESIDENT. Hnby Clay.
VOLUME 5.
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Post Offices, rost Masters. Districts.
Bethel Station Enoch Reese, macules.
oiitrtWn Joseph Bebe, Carroll.
Chess Springs, Henry Nutter, Chest.
Conemaugb, A. G. Crooks,. Taylor.
f..on J. Houston, W ashint n.
Phpnsburff. jonn laompsun, oueusuurg,
tallen Timoer, as n.iisiw .. unc.
Jemlock Wm Tile j, Jr., Washt'n.
Johnstown, I. Ji. lnanuier, uuusb vru.
Loretto, - M. Adlesberger, Loretto. -Mineral
Point, E. Wissinger, Concm'gh.
PlattSTUle, . AUUIC v i iciiw, ououbu.
Roseland, C. W. Bowman, wuue.
St Augustine, Stan. "Wharton, Clearfield.
Srklc Level, George Berkey, Richland.
Sn,n. B.M'Colgan, Washt'n.
inmmerhill.' B. F. Slick, ' Croyle
Summit,
Wilmore,
William M'Connell Washt'n.
Morris Keil, S'merhill.
CHURCHES, MIXISTERS, &C.
Presbyterian Rev. D. Harbison, Pastor.
Vreachin" every Sabbath morning at ioj
s clock, and in the evening at 6 o'clock. Sab
oath School at 1 o'clock, A. M. Prayer meet
ing every Thursday evening aioo eiocs.
Methodist Episcopal Church Rkv. J. S. Lem-
os, Preacher in charge. Rev. W. II. M'Bride,
Assistant. Preaching every alternate oauuam
morning, at 10 J o'clock. Sabbath School at 9
o'clock, A. M. Prayer meeting every Thursday
tvening, at 7 o ciock.
Welch. Independent ket il.-iv. ruwui,,
Pastor. Preaching every Sabbath morning at
10 o'ciock, and in the evening at 6 o'clock.
c,t.wk shnnl Kt 1 o'clock. P. M. Prayer
oeetinc on the first Monday evening of each
month and on every Tuesday, Thursday and
Friday evening, excepting the first week in
tach month.
Cakinistic Methodist -Rev. Johx w illiams,
Pastor. Preaching every abbath evening ax
and o'clock. Sabbath School at K o clock,
A. M. Prayer meeting every Friday evening,
at 7 okrlock. Society every Tuesday evening
at 7 o'clock. -
r.;r;nijt T2ey W. Lloyd. Pastor. i'reach-
tf every Sabbath morning at 10 o'clock.
B.irfirular Tlavtists REV. DAVID jEJiKIXS,
Pmfnr. Preaching every Sabbath evening at
S o'clock. Sabbath School at at 1 o'clock, P. M.
Cathnlir. Rets. XL J. Mitchell " Pastor.
I-krrkes every Sabbath morn in fat 10 o'dq"ck
.aid V-epers at 4. o'cloclln-4he evening.
EDEXSBURG MAILS.
MAILS ARRIVE.
E5tern, dailv, at 11 1 o'clock, A. M.
Western, " at 11 J o'clock, A. M.
MAILS CLOSE. :
Eastern, dailv, at 8 o'clock, P. M.'
Western, " at o o ciock, i . -u.
tThema.ilsfromButler.Indiana,Strong3-
town, fcc, arrive on Thursday of each week,
at a o clock, Y. U.
Leave Ebensburg on 1-naay oi eacn wees,
at & A.M.
VfL. The mails from Newman's Mills, Car-
folltowa, ic, arrive on Monday, Wednesday
aad Friday of each .week, at 3 o'clock, P. M.
Leave Ebensburg on Tuesdays, lnursuays
aid Satardaj3, at 7 o'clock, A. M.
RAILROAD SCHEDULE.
CRESSON STATION. "
West Bait. Express leaves at 8.18 A. M
" Fast Lin . " V.ll f. Al.
" Phila. Express " 9.02 A. M.
Mail Train " 7.08 P. M.
" Emigrant Train " 3.15 P.M.
Iwt Through Express " 8.38 P. M.
Fast Line " 12.3U A. n.
Fast Mail 7.08 A.M.
Through Accom. '
10.39 A. M.
COCSTY OFFICERS.
Judges of the Courts President, Hon. Geo.
ivlor. Ilnntinrrrtnn A 3Rnr.ia.teS. Georce W.
ley, Henry C. Devine.
rroihonotary Joseph M Donala.
Register and Recorder James Griffin.
Sherif John Buck.
District Attorney. Philip S. Noon.
Countv Cimmisxinnfr Pfler J. Little. Jno.
Cttnpbell, Edward Glass.
treasurer Isaac Wike.
Poor House Directors George M'CulIough,
eorge Delany, Irwin Rutledge.
Poor House Treasurer George C. K. Zahm
Artitors William J. Williams, George C,
anm, i ranci3 Tierney.
County Surveyor. Henry Scanlan.
Coroner. "William Flattery.
Mercantile Appraiser Patrick Donahoe.
Sup'f. of Common Schools J. F. Condon.
BGXSBmO 15 OR. OFFICERS.
AT LARGE.
Justices of the Peace David H. Roberts
-ri8on Kinkead.
Burgess A. A. Barker.
School Directors Ael Llovd. Phil S. Noon.
'.osfcua D. Parrish, Hugh Jones, E. J. Mills,
j. Jones.
EAST WARD.
WaiThomas J. Davis.
Evans, Richard R. Tibbott, Evan E. Evans,
"mm l.lpmfnt
for,Aiexander Jones. D. O. Evans.
""tye Of FJrr
nestor Thomas M. Jones.
. ,un( jitsessors uavia js. n,vans, wm.
J- Davis.
WEST WABD.
arn Mills. Jr.
. on Council John Dougherty, George C.
7er) James S. TnAA
J3 ttl0" G. W. Oatman, Roberts Evans.
ye of Election Michael Hasson.
:1 J um"4""'or--Willillm ' Barnes, Dan-
0Utl ppctrg.
The Contrast.
We sit at home, nor feel that they; .
Who fight upon the distant plain
Are falling faster, day by day, - "
A harvest of the slain. ' ' '
We lightly walk the busy street, ,
Whofe trade and gain roll swiftly on;
Thej march a battle-field to greet,
And die as it is won. "
. The trumpet calls them in the night ,
To die for Freedom; and the boom. . tl
Of cannon from the fortressedjhight
Still calls them to their doom. i . i
Unmoved we read of how they fell'- '
To shield the starry flag from shame ;
Dauntless through storms of shot and shell
In the red battle's flame ! .
Brave hearts are beating for us there
Amid tho conflict's feverish breath ;
This hour, what soldier's hurried prayer
Is said for you, in death.
They lie upon the lonely hill
Or blackened plain in dreamless sleep.
Their rest eternal I Never will
They wake, like us, to weep.
We rise each day to weary toil
And hourly strife their work is done I
Their blood will consecrate the soil
Their lives so nobly won.
KT lie Presidential domination.
The following correspondence, compri
sing the letter of the Committee appointed
by the National Union Conventin to for
mally notify 3Ir. Lincoln of his renomina
tion to the Presidency, and the letter of
acceptance of the latter, has been pub
lished :
, , New Yqek, June 14, 1864.
Ho:. Abraham Lijcoln Sir : The
National Union Coayeajion, which assenf-
bled m Baltimore. on June , 1504, has
instructed us to inform jou that you were
nominated with enthusiastic unanimity for
the presidency of the United States for
your years from the 4tii of March next.
ihe resolutions or the Convention,
which we have already had the honor of
placing in your hands, are a full and clear
statement of the principles which inspired
its action, and which, as we believe, the
great body of Union men in the country
heartily approve. Whether thoeexesolu
tions express the National gratitude to
out soldiers and sailors j or the National
scorn of compromise with ltebels, and
consequent dishonor; or the patriotic du
ty of union and success: whether they
approve the Proclamation of Emancipa
tion,, the Constitutional amendment, the
employment of former slaves as Union
soldiers, or the solemn obligation of the
Government promptly to redress the
wrongs of every soldier of the Union, of
whatever color or race ; whether they
declare the inviolability of the pledged
faith of the nation, or. offer the national
hospitality to the oppressed of every land,
or urge the union by railroad of the At
lantic and Pacific oceans ; whether they
recommend public economy and vigorous
, taxation, or assert the fixed popular oppo
sition to the establishment by armed
force of foreign monarchies in the imme
diate neighborhood of tho United States,
or declare that those only are worthy of
official trust who approve unreservedly
the views and policy indicated in the
resolutions they were equally hailed
with the heartiness of profound convic
tion.
Believing with you, Sir, that this is the
people's war for the maintenance of a Gov
ernment which you have justly described
as "of the people, by tho people, for the
people' we are very sure that you will be
glad to know, not only from the resolu
tions themselves, but from the singular
harmony and enthusiasm with which they
were adopted, how warm is the popular
welcome of every measure in the prosecu
tion of the war, which is as vigorous,
unmistakable, and unfaltering as the na
tional purpose itself. No right, for instance,
is so precious and sacred to the American
heart a3 that of personal liberty. Its
violation is regarded with just, instant,
and universal jealousy. Xet in this hour
of peril every faithful citizen concedes
that, for the sake of national existence
and the common welfare, individual lib
erty may, as the Constitution provides in
in case of rebellion, be sometimes summa
rily constrained, asking only .with painful
anxiety ihat in every instance, and to the
least detail, that absolutely necessary
power shall not be hastily or unwisely
exercised.
We believe, Sir, that the honest will of the
Union men of the country was never more
truly represented than in this Convention.
Their purpose we believe to be tho over
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throw of armed Rebels in the field, and
the security of permanent peace and union
by liberty and justice uuder the.Constitu
tion. That these results are to be achieved
amid cruel perplexities, they are fully
aware. That they are to be reached only
by cordial unanimity of counsel, is unde
niable. That good men may sometimes
differ as to the means and the time, they
know. That in the conduct of all human
affairs the highest duty is to determine,
in the angry "conflict of passion, how much
good may be practicably accomplished, is
their sincere persuasion.; They have
watched your official course, therefore,
with unflagging attention ; and amid the
bitter taunts of eager friends and thefierce
denunciations of enemies, now moving too
fast for some, cow too slowly for others,
they have seeu you throughout this tre
mendous contest patient, sagacious, faith
ful, . just; leaning upon the heart of the
great mass ot the people, and satisfied
to be moved by its mighty pulsations.
It is for this reason that, long before
the Convention met, the popular instinct
had plainly indicated you as its candidate;
and . the Convention, therefore, merely
recorded the popular will. Your charac
ter and career prove your unswerving
fidelity to the cardinal principles of Amer
ican Liberty and of the American Consti
tution. In the name of that Libert and
Constitution, Sir, we earnestly request
your acceptance of thi nomination ; rev
erently commending our beloved country,
and you, its Chief'Magistrate, with all its
brave sons who, on sea and land, are
faithfully defending the good old Ameri
can cause of equal rights, to the blessing
of Almighty God.
We are, Sir, very respectfully,
Your friends and fellow-citizens,
WILLIAM DENNISON, Ohio. Chairman!
JOSIA1I DRUMMOXD, Main.e.
THOMAS E. S VWYER, New Hampshire.
BRADLEY BARLOWVermont.
A. H. BULLOCK, Massachusetts.
A. M. GAMMELL, Rhode Islald.
' C. SBPSHNELL-Connecticut
1 G: CURTIS, New Yofk. . '"-
W. A. NEWELL, New jfersey.
HENRY JOHNSON, Pennsylvania. ' ,
N: B. SMITI1ERS, Delaware. v" ,
W. L. W. SEABROOK, Maryland.. '
JOHN F. IIUML', Missouri.
G. W. IIITE, Kentucky.
E. P. TYFFE, Ohio.
CYRUS M. ALLEN, Indiana.
W. BUSIINELL, Illinois.
L. P. ALEXANDER, Michigan.
A. W. RANDALL, Wisconsin.
A. OLIVER, Iowa.
THOMAS SIMPSON, Minnesota.
JOHN BIDWELL, California.
THOMAS II. PEARNE, Oregon.
LEROY KRAMER, West Virginia.
A. C. WILDER, Kansas.
M. M. BRIEN, Tennessee.
J. P. GREVES, Nevada.
A. A. ATOCIIA, Louisiana. ....
A. S. PADDOCK, Nebraska. ,
' VALENTINE DELL, Arkansas:
JOHN A. NYE, Colorado.
A. B. SLONAKER, Utah. 1
Executive Maxsion, Washington, 1 ,
June 27, 1864. ....
Hon... William Dennison and others, a Com
mittee of the National Union Convention: .
Gentlemen: , Your letter of the 14th
:nst., formally notifying me that I have
been nominated by the Convention you
represent for the Presidency of the United
States for four years from the 4 th of
March next, has been received. The
nomination is gratefully accepted, as the
Resolutions of the Convention called the
Platform are heartily approved.
While the resolution in regard to the
supplanting of republican government
upon the Western Continent is fully con
curred in, there might be misunderstand
ing were I not to say that the position of
the Government in relation to the action
of Erance in Mexico, as assumed through
the State Department and indorsed by the
Convention, among the mea.uros- and acts
of the Executive, will be faithfully main
tained so long as the state ot lacts shall
leave that position pertinent and applicable.-
' - ' : i
I am especially gratified that the soldier
and the seaman were not forgotten by the
Convention, as they forever must and
will be remembered by the grateful
country for whose salvation they devote
their live3.
Thanking you for the kind and compli
mentary terms in which you have com
inunicatcd the nomination and other
proceedings of the Convention, I subscribe
myself, Your obedient servant,
; . ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
B A good one is told of Gen. Grant.
As he was in the cars on his way to the
front, a newsboy came in crying out, "Life
of General Grant !" One of the General's
Aids, pointing . to the General, told the
boy he guessed that man would buy a
copy. The boy approached the General,
who asked him carelessly "Who is Gen
eral Grant V The boy replied, "You
must be a d d greeny not to know Gen
eral Grant V The General, after that, of
course bought his life !
Thrlllingr Passage in the IJfe of
Sir. Llnculn.
One incident connected with the law
practice of Abraham Lincoln (says Mr.
Raymond in hi3 "History of the Adminis
tration oT President Lincoln,") we cannot
refrain from narrating. When Lincoln
first went out into the world to earn a liv
ing for himself, he worked for a Mr.
Aimstrong, of Petersburg, Menard county,
who,' with his wife, took a great iuterest
in him, lent him . books to read, and,
after the season for work was over, en
couraged him to remain with them until
he should, find something to "turn his
hand to." They also hoped much from
his influence over their son, an over-in
dulged and somewhat unruly boy. - We-
cannot do better than to transcribe the re
marks of the Cleveland'ieacfer upon this
interesting-and touching incident :
"Sijme few years since, the eldest son
of Mr. Lincoln's old friend, Armstrong,
the chief .supporter of his widowed mother
the god old man having some time
previously passed from earth was arrest
ed in the - charge of murder. A young
'man had been killed during a riotous me
lee, on the pight-time, at a camp-meeting,
and oneof. his associates stated that the
death-wound was inflicted by young Arm
strong.' A preliminary examination was
gone into, at which tho accuser testified J
so positively",that there seemed no doubt 1
t u J :i c i : , .1 .1. v I
ui iuc guilt vi lue pnauuci, uuu iuciwuic
he was held for trial. As is too often the
case the bloody act caused an undue de
gree.of excitement in the publio mind.
Every improper incident in the life of
the prisoner each act. which bore the
leastsemblance of rowdyism each school
boy quarrel was suddenly remembered
and magnified, until they pictured him as
a 'fiend of thjo most horrible hue. As
these fumorsspread abroad, tbey were re
ceived as gospel truth, antl a feverish de
sire .for vengeance seized upon the infatu-
ated -populace, whilst only prison bars pre
vented a"horribIe death at the hands of a
mob. The events were heralded in the
county papery painted in highest colors,
accompanied by rejoicing over the certain
ty of punishment being meted out to the
guilty party. : The prisoner, overwhelmed
by the circumstances under which he
found himself placed, fell into a melan
choly condition, bordering on despair, and
the widowed mother, looking through her
tears, saw no cause for hope from earthly
aid.
"At this juncture, the widow received a
letter from Mr. Lincoln, volunteering his
services to save the youth from the im
pending stroke. Gladly was his aid ac
cepted, although Jt seemed impossible for
even his sagacity to prevail in such a des
perate case ; but the heart of the attorney
was ia the work, and he set about it with
a will that knew no such word as fail.
Feeling that the poisoned condition of the
publio mind was such as to preclude the
possibility of empanneling an impartial
jury in the' court of jurisdiction, he pro
cured a change of venue and a postpone
ment of the trial. lie then went studi
ously to work unraveling the history of
the case, and satisfied himself that his
client was the victim of malice, and tb$
the statements of the accuser were a tissue
of falsehoods.
"When the trial was called on, the pris
oner, pale and emaciated, with hopeless
ness written en every feature, and accom
panied by his half-hoping, half-despairing
mother whose only hope was in a moth
er's belief of her son's innocence, and in
the justice of tbeGodche worshipped, and
in the noble counsel, who, without hope
of fee or reward upon earth, had underta
ken the cause took his seat in the pris
oner's box, and, with a 'stony firmness
listened to the reading of the indictment.
Lincoln sat quietly by, whilst the large
auditory looked on him as though wonder
ing what he could say in defense of one
whose guilt they regarded as certain.
The examination of the witnesses for the
State was begun, and a well-arranged mass
of evidence, circumstantial and positive,
was introduced, hich seemed to impale
the prisoner beyond the possibility of ex
trication. The counsel for the defeuse
propounded but few questions, and those
of a character which excited no uneasincsss
on the part of the prosecutor merely in
most cases requiring the main witnesses
to be definite as to the time and place.
When the evidence of the prosecution
was ended, Lincoln introduced a few wit
nesses to remove some erroneous impres
sions in regard to the previous characterof
his client, who, though somewhat rowdy
ish, had never been known to commit a
vicious act ; and to show that a greater
degree of ill-feeling existed between the
accuser and the accused, than between the
accused and the deceased.
"The prosecutor felt that the case was
a clear one, and his opening speech was
brief and formal. Lincoln arose, while a
14, 1864.
deathly silence pervaded th vast audience,
and in a' cler and moderate tone began
his argument. Slowly and carefully he
reviewed the testimony, pointing out the
hitherto unobserved discrepancies in the
statements of the principal witness. ' That
which had seemed plain and plausible, he
made to appear as crooked as a serpent's
path. The witness had stated that the
affair took place at a certain hour in the
evening, and that, by the aid of the
brightly shining moon, he saw the pris
oner inflict the death blow with a slung
shot. Mr. Lincoln showed that at the
hour referred to the moon had not yet
appeared above the horizon, and conse
quently the whole tale was a fabrication..
"An almost instantaneous change seem
ed to have been wrought in the minds
of his auditors, and the verdict of 'Not
Guilty" was at the end of every tongue":
Rut the advocate was not content with
this intellectual achievement. His whole
being had for months been bound up in
this work of gratitude and mercy, and, as
the lava of the overcharged crater bursts
from its imprisonment, so great thoughts
and burning words leaped forth from the
soul of the eloquent Lincoln. He drew a
picture of the perjurer so horrid and
ghastly, that the accuser could sit under
it no longer, but reeled and . staggered
from the court-room, whilst the audience
fancied they could see the brand upon his
brow. Then, in. words of thrilling pathos,
Lincoln appealed to the jurors 'as fathers
of sons who might become fatherless, and
as husbands of wives who might be wid
ows, to -yield to no previous impression,
no ill-founded prejudice, but to.do his
client justice; and, as he alluded to the
debt of grailtude he owed to the boy's sire,
tears were seeu to fall from, many eyes
unused to weep". ;
"It was near night when he concluded
by saying that if justice were done and
he believed it would be before the sun
should 6et, it would shine upon his .client
a free man. The jury retired, and the
Court adjourned for the day Half an
hour had not elapsed when, as the officers
of the Court and the volunteer attorney
sat at the tea-table of their hotel, a mes
senger announced that the jury had re
turned to their seats. All repaired " at
once to the court-house, and, whilst the
prisoner was being brought from the jail,
the court room was filled to overflowing
with citizens of the town.' When the
prisoner and his mother entered, silence
reigned as completely as though the house
were empty. The foreman of the jury, in
answer to the usual inquiry from the
Court, delivered the verdict of 'Not Guil
ty The widow dropped into the arms of
her son, who lifted her up and told her to
look upon him as before, fres and inno
cent. Then, with the words, 'Where is
Mr. Lincoln V he rushed across the room,
and grasped the hand of his deliverer,
whilst his heart was too full for utterance.
Lincoln turned his eyes towards the west,
where the sun still lingered in view, and
then, turning to the youth, said : 'It is
not yet sundown, and you are free I
confess that my cheeks were not wholly
unwet by tears, and I turrffed from the
affecting scene. As I cast a glance be
hind, I saw Abraham Lincoln obeying
the divine injunction by comforting the
widowed and fatherless."
JE Instances are common of the most
afflictive separations of family relations by
this unnatural war. Rrothers, and even
parents and children, are found in the
ranks of the hostile armies. One of the
most touching cases of this kind is that of
a son of the Confederate President Jeffer
son Davis, who is serving ia the cause on
the gunboat Carondelet, tighting to crush
the rebellion which'his father is leader of.
The Davis junior is the son of Eliza, late
a slave to the patriarchal Davis.'' An offi
cer of the army of Vicksburg who had
heard of the fact, verified it from Eliza's
lips. How sharper than a serpent's tooth
must bo th,e grief of 'that parent whom
unrelenting fate compels to take sidps
against his own son in a war for freedom !
And this is Daviscgenation !
Bi.In the cars, the other day, between
Raltimore and Washington, a .discussion
sprang up as to the propriety of allowing
negroes to vote. On3 of the Copperhead
participants, thinking to make out a plain
case artjumentum ad Jiominem, said to his
Republican antagonist : "What would
you think ifat the next election, you
were to go to the polls and cast a vote lor
George R. M'Ciellau, and a big, black
nigger were to come up alongside of you
and cast one for Abe Lincoln
The Republican reflected a little and
repiled: "Well, I'd think the nigger had
a d d sight more sense than I had."
J6& A son of Vhq Emerald Isle, passing
a tannery, saw a cow's tail stuck iD an
augur-hole for a sign. He was struck
with amazement, and inquired how they
drove, the cow through such a small hole !
NUMBER 42.
Educational Department.
?A 11 communications intended for ihU column
h?.L 4e addressed to The AUeffhanian."
Reasons against IuREnnuvn At.
TENDANCE AT School. It is universally
conceded by; teachers fthat" the, .evils. pf
inconstant attendance are the" most form!-"
dable ones; with which theycontendj It
cannot be denied, that of all drawbacks
upon Common School efficiency, th'ey.arA
the most .serious.- Could parents see the
evils of unnecessary, absence in their truo
light, there ia. reason to believe that they
would be much more' alarmed than they"
are now. - ' '
Some friend of education has' furnished
the following, to which serious attention
should be given : - .
1. If a boy learns to feel that he may
leave hia duties as a scholar for trivial
causes, for causes equally trivial he 'will1
forsake his business when a man.
2. The time of the teacher and school
is wasted while hia absence is being re
corded. 3. The teacher's time is wasted in read
ing and recording the delinquent's excuses
when he returns to school.
4. He interrupts the 'exercises of the'
teacher, or some part of the school, in
finding the places at which his various
lessons commenced. . ;.-
5. He has lost his lesson recited yes
terday, and does not understand that,
portion of to-day's lesson which depends
upon that of yesterday; and such depen-'
denca usually exists
6. The teacher's time and patience arer
taxed in repeating to him the instructions t
of yesterday, which, however, for want of.
study, he does not clearly appreciate. '
7. The rest of the class are deprived of '
the instruction of their teacher while he
is teaching the delinquent. :
8. The progress of the rest of the class 4
is checked, and their ambition curbed, by.
waiting for the tardy delinquent.
9. The pride of the class is wounded,'
and their interest in their studies abated,'
by the conduct of the absentee. - '. , - c
10. The reputation of both teacher and ;
school suffers upon days of public exami-"
nation by failures which are chargeable to
the absentee and not to the instruction. - -
11. The means generously provided fon
the education of tho delinquent are wrongs
fully wasted. .
12. He sets a pernicious example for
the rest of the school, and usually docs
some actual mischief while absent. -
American 'Education. It is hardly!
possible that any system of public instruc- -.
tion can comprehend all the learning, f
either literary or scientific, that is taught,'
in our schools. Nor is it necessary that
it should do so. There is much that is
useful to know, but which is not essential
to the faithful discharge ot even the high- ;
est -duty a citizen may be called on to '
perform. As the object of public educa-
tional systems is to impart such instruc-
tion as is requisite to make good citizen ,
or faithful subjects, it would perhaps be
stepping beyond the proper sphere of its
duty to attempt anything more than to 1
afford to all such an education as i3 fitted
for the highest functions of citizenship. .
While the art of. reading and writing
should be imparted to all, and a knowl
edge of our history be disseminated as
widely as possible, and a good acquain-
tacce with the principles of ; our language, i
be extended to as many as could receive
it, there are other branches of a higher. '
range that should 4 not bo forgotten.
Mathematics, at least as high as survey- c
in. should be comprehended in anv well a
digested, coiuprehecsive' educational sys-
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tern. .j. acre is, . .however, a matter not
tau"ht
in our .schools and colle7oa as
thorousrhlv as it should be.
There ought
to be implanted in the minds of our youth
whenever it is possible so to do a good
degree of knowledge iu regard to tho pe-
culiar . character of our institutions.
Veneration for theni should grow with
our growth and strengthen with our
strength. Impart euch knowledge, and
allmeq will see that whatever burdens wo
bear, whatever wrongs we suffer, there is
a sure and safe waj to have them removed
if unjust. Our education ought to be
made more national ; for as we move on
to tho future, our population will increase'
two, three, and fourfold, and if vherc bo
not implanted in the generations then ac
ting a more profound respect for the fun-,
dameutal principles underlying all our
law than has been in the past, there will
be mourning in the land. . ,
'.'Wcrp half the power that fills the world
w ith terror,
Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and
courts,
Civ'n to redeem the human soul from error
There were no need of arsenals and forts."
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