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MACON, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1831.
Vol. V—No. 47.
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b ,rl11l ‘ s ' sT„ihn-rv Street, we«t side,
Lo*« °\El2U Tear,if paid in ad-
&W* , if not paid before the
* *2? Snbtcribers living at a distance
^^‘aii cases to pay in advance.
TVfqpV k itublUhrJ every Sa-
1> SAIBS.
->— , ," Monday. theiMlh of Piovem-
l^ b *.rf < at the Isto residence of Thomas 1*.
n bero ( ^! a . '5r onroe county,
r Soluble Property belonging to the
r^Perisba J,-cased, consisting ot Horses,
S«f ,,ie ’j'cltle, one Gin and Thrasher, Corn
‘ 3kefP 'hM«hold and kitchen Furniture, Cot-
fiJdder, be?** T o]3 Terms made known on
,4 pt.ntation Tools. <1UNC , 3 SWAt \N,
Ejffi ■ '
r- Gr.wMoanorder fromtMhonorable the
KSg^assssw Tuns-
)***„brt "«en the lawful hours of sale,
“ c * , j 0 | in am t n Wench uained
ip frll “* ","raOMeof William Underwood,
for the benefit of
U \i)K!tWOOt) Adm'rx.
fcjj UJKK ROBINSON. Adm’tr.
'V^ror^Tordar <>fUie Inferior Court o'
Word county. When sitting for ordinary
^Jl be sold on the first Tuesday in Dream*
■ Writhe usual place of hojdiui court, in the
Marion county, lots or land number
,rf J rtBhar!i>l in the twelfth district ot far
“Km n ° w M,,rion ^ ,u , n,y r 3C, , ld «‘ h *
titiaA lyetls. deceased, for the benefit ot
Cjfliad creditor* of said deceased' Terms of
auk known on ,hed j , j [| <y W El.LS, Admrx
,7 is.1l 39 J'»HN WELLS, ridmV.
Kac first Tueiday in J A UAHY neat, will be.
|' i the court house in i'ulbotton, Talbot
Hi tUit MONTHS afterdate, application will In
•n ra *do to Uio honorable the Inferior Court ot
raljot county, wbilo silling for ordinary pmooscs,
far leave to sell a part of the IJegroes willed to VVflT
linut D. Gosaway by his uncle William Gosaway, de-
ceased, for the benefit of the hair and creditors.
JAMES GOSAWAY. Guardian.
July I, 1831 31
YAOUR MONTHS afterdate, application will he
be made to the honorable the Inferior Court
of Monroe county, when sitting for ordinary purpos
es, for leave to sell the Land and Negroes belonging
lo the estate of Join* Roost*, late of said county,
deceased—for the benefit of thebeirs and creditors.
JAMES B. SMITH, ndm’or.
■ sept5,1831 37 with Ike will annexed.
IC10URMnNTH8 afterdate, application will be
B. made to tho honorable the Inferior Court of
Hon ton county, while fitting for ordinary purposes,
for leave to sell Lot ot i.oi.d \o. lb in the filth dis
trict oi Houston county, and nine Negroes of the un
divided part left in tho last will and testament of
DANir.r. Clark senior, late of ssid rounly, deceased
-for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said
estate. September f>. 1831.
’ JOSHUA PATTISIIALL, Ei’or.
tier
,. SARAH t CLARK, Ex'rx. ts, ■
38 "• mark . '.
TrfeOUR months - after date, application will be
Li* made tn llie Imnorahle the inferinr court ot
,'^J'tr m orde” of the Inferior court of said
line lot of Xiaad, Sto. 97,
SKubTct of formerly Muscogee now lalbot
^‘‘"1 t be Real Estate of Jimes M’Caktuv,
:iy.also,
B ' ! ; rd NE .iRO WOMAN, immcrl H irrict,
" ,"„,st«f the heirs nnd creditors.
If®*;“ C ois Altl.r.S Al’CAllTliY,ndmr.
.Tjwf’.rt’order of the Inferior Court of
V ' ' ' .r/c uutv wiJle sitting for ordinary
I e ,'Jd l( n (he first Tuesday in January
l^hif.sji number one hundred and nineteen
ILnwad district of formerly Houston P»wCmw-
|r * at the court house floor in the (fctjj* 01
fetS of the heir, of Core low
I Creased—sold for the benefit or said heirs.—
1 uofisle made known on the day ■
Jlj 39 1IIRAM .VARNER, Guardian^
liflLt, be sold, according to the will of Thomas
IV 0H.il, late of Jlonroo county, deceased, on
iWtoSsy in December nest, atthe court house
n**b, Monroe county,
Ui-ly Negro Woman hy 'hr name ot Char-
t „twelve months credit, by tbe purchasergiv
wilt notes with approved security, nnd if not
:ul „ ylu id,lntcrc S .rrom«heda.e. Egg(Ei ^
yi6 39 WM. l)YEa8, Ex'or.
Faria be told atthe court house in Knmvilie,
If Crawford county,on Tuesday, the 17th of
uiiirynezt, In pursuance ofnn order from the linn-
tilt tbs Inferior court of said county.
l jjegro Fellow named Prince
|l vn ihe llstate of Jesse Mills, late of said coun
I deceased—sold for the benefit of the heirs and
Liters. BRYAN BATEMAN.
I Nov 8,1831- arfm’cr.
/ILL be sold on the first Tuesday in January
J cett, at tie court bouse in the town of Cofum-
Jj, Jluicogrv county, agreenblc to an order of Ihe
Ifcrior court of Bibb county, sitting for ordinary pur-
JLot ol Lind No. 73, in the 8tli District of
lii county, lying within a mile and a half of Coium
r , Monfinrto the orphans of John Ilainlin, late of
hiMtily, deceased, soltHor tbeir Mfetfit Terms
a the day. CHARLES M’CARDIL.
Guardian.
r Toe Democrat will publish Ihe above till day of
0ctS2 43
r tl,h bo sold, at the late residence of E. H,
Moore, deceased, of -Tones county, on Fri-
[•.Mbellith of DECEMBER NEXT, the ; • ■ '
Perishable Property
hosingt« the Estate of sold deceased, cnnsi'tini
If Hone,, Hogs, Cnttl* and Gnats. Cart nnd Steers,
tat of blacksmith's Tools, one Still, one Cottou
s. tlnosehnld Furniture, Kitchen lilcnsils and
miu Implements, with a variety of other articles
FG tdi-Mis to mention. The sale tn continue from
pay to day till tho sale ia completed.- Oct. 27,1831.
GREEN B MOORE, ex'or:.
3 . MARY MOORE, ex'rx.
TIM. he sold at tbe court house dour in Zebu.
■. J In, Pike county, on the first Tue*dny in
|ANUARY neat, Use REAL ESTATE of Juh.v I‘ir-
Jre..» 3 „tl. consisting of .imiStL
One Lot or Tract ol Land*
t «nd being in the county of Pike, No. 227, to
*11 district, originally Monroe. Also,
bi;lit NEGROES. Claynnder a woman,
•1 July sun 4 chile , Dimli a girl about li ar
^ year* old, Rant a boj 9 or 10, Jack a boy
lj'8, lltnmlt mil S to;,
M old for the benefit of the heirs of said deceased
°“ ?9 .. 1 ARTHUR T.OAMP, admr.
|’'RSUANT to an order of the honorable the
inferior court of Twiggs county, will be
Unthefirat Tuesday in DECEMBER next,
laths courthouse in Early county, within the law
F.-hours Lot of Land No..31a in tho fifth dis
jf 1 * °f Early county, ttclonging to the Estate of
“"'to Janeso.v, late of Twiggs county, doceas-
for tho benefit of the heirs and credi-
^ A. NELSON, ex'or.
<*t i 40 ’ -:,
^ •HEKABLE to an order of the honorable
ihe inferior court of Fayette county, when
“t for ordinary purposes, will be sold, on tho
II * in DECEMBER next, at the court
Ion? 10 M ®»™ county, within the lawful hours,
L^hpartof Lot No. 71 in the twelfth district
IJ**** county—sold for the benefit of Sarah
lttii*t ( '** 00, > orphan of Wille Griggs, de-
Tcrma made known on the day of sale
BRYAN GRIGGS, Guardian.
[I "REBABIiE to an order of tho honorable
|i!u . 'ufyrior court of Fayette county, when
'* ordinary purposes,’will bu Bold, on tbe
fea ** ,■ in "RGEMBER next, at the court
, ^ in Randolph county, within the lawful
Z,’. oae V 01 of LtOd, No. 78 in the .ixth dia
‘t *' e0 county—sold for the beno
fl ,,i .'* r ph,ms of Juattuun Leooett, dc
Forms main known on the dasr of sale.
. PENELOPE LEGGETT,
40 l Guardian
P 'LR Months | AUl
maile to the honorable tne
icatton
lufori
it. ® u *t» count y, wlien sitting for ordiu-
b,t j- P? 3 ®*! fur leave to acli Lot No. 14 itt the
t. of originally Henry, now Butt* coun-
fons M.u of the hoirs and creditors of
deceased.
^10 43
JOHN R. M'MAHEN, adn’or.
Tax Collector’s Sales*
W ILL bo sold, on the first Tuesday in Da-
cciiibcr next, at tho court house in tlte
town of Perry, Houston county, between the law
ful hours of sale, the following property, or so
much thereof, os will be sulfiucnt to satisfy tbe
taxes in arrears, to wit:
Ut)2} acres of Land, No. 242, in tho ninth dis
trict of Harris county—levied on as the property
of Joseph Hearn to satisfy his taxes for the year
1830.—tax duo 69J cents,
202! acres of Lund, No. 43 in tho fifth district
of Leo county—levied on as the property of Tun
is Miller to satisfy his taxes for the year 1830—
tax due 69! cents -
202! acres of Land, No. 173, in the ninth dis
trict of of Harris county—levied on as the proper
ty of Burrell Kendrick, to satisfy his tax for tho
year 1830—tax due !$l-42.{.
20-’! acres of Land, No. 4, in the seventh dis
trict of Dooly county—levied on as the property
of John F. Smith to satisfy his tax for tho year
1830—tux due cents.
100 acres of Land, part ot lot No. 228 in the
ninth district of Houston county—levied on as the
property of James Beard to satisfy his tax for the
year 1830—tax due 3ct cents.
202! acres of Land, No. 59, in the fifteenth dis
trict of Upson county—levied on as the property
of Scarborough Haulert to satisfy his tax for the
year 1830—tax due $13*87!.
202! acres of Land, No. 58, in tho first district
of Carroll county—levied cm as the property of
Ezekiel Wright to satisfy his tax for the year
ltj;l0_ta>. du.* 82-341 cents.
202! acres of Land, No. unknown, in the fif
teenth District of Lee county—levied on as the
iroperty of Laban Castle berry to satisfy his tax
or the year 1830—tax due $1*77! cents.
202! ncrcs of Land, No. 150, in the fifteenth
district of Harris county—levied on as the prop
erty of William Brook* to satisfy his tax for tho
year 1830—tax duo 691 cents.
2021 acres of Land, No. 98, in the eighth dis
trict of Carroll county—levied on as the property
of Hiram Mann to satisfy his tax for the year
1830—tax due $1*74 cents.
1011 acres of Laud part of a lot of land the No.
unknown, iu the fourteenth district of Houston
county—levied on as the property ot Stephen
Johnson to satisfy his tax for die year 1830—tax
202! acres of Land, No. 251, in tho eighth dis
trict of Dooly county—levied on as the property
of Ralph Bozeman to satisfy his tax for the year
1830-tax .lue 581 cents.
202! acres of 2d quality oak nnd hickory Land,
No 50, in tho eighteenth district of Lee county-
levied on as the property of Benjamin Tharp> to
satisfy his tax for the year 1830—lax due $1*211
202! acres of second quality oak and hickory
Land, No. 46, in the thirteenth district of Hous
ton couuty—leviad on as the property of .4aron
Lenoir to satisfy his tax for the year 1830—tax
duo$i*87l- ... *.
101 i acres of second quality oak and hickory
Land, part of lpt No. 78, in the thirteenth district
of Houstou county—levied on as the property of
David Lewie, to satisfy his tax for the year 1830
—tax due 82*44* cents.
202A lucre* of second quality oak and hickory
Land No. 220, in the thirteenth district of Hous
ton couuty—levied on as the proporty of Osmus
Duffel to satisfy his tax for the year 1830—tax
dl 202A acres of Land, No. 9, in the thirteenth
district of Houston county—ievied on as tho pro
perty of Jetee Lewis to satisfy hut tax for tho year
1830—tax duo $1*22! cents. ■' -
130 acres of l.aud, part of lot No. 32, in the
thirteenth district of Houston couuty—levied on
a* the property ot Jonathan Parker to satisfy his
tax for the year 1833—tax due $2*49! cents. / .
ao-’A acres of Land, No. 177, in the twenty-
third district of Wilkinson county-levied on as
the property of Jc«e Beadle j) to sausfy his fax lor
tho year 1830—tax due 00| cents.
‘hb'A acres of Land, No. lo4, m the fifteenth
district of Carroll county-levied on as the pro
perty of George Knight to satisfy bis tax for the
vcarl830—tax due 69! cent*.
67 acre* ofpinu Land and 135 arres oi second
quality swamp Land, Nos.. uuknown, ln tho e-
loventh district of Houston county—levied on as
the property of D. F• Nopp tc sattsfy hts tax for
the year 1830—lax due $9*60 cents. .
202A acres of Land, No. unknown, in tUc
ninth district of Houston county-levied on as
properly of Henry Griffin to satisfy hts tax for
the vear 1830—tax due06! cents.
‘ iJu acres of Land, part of lot No. 108, to the
tenth district of Houston comity-levied on as
the property of Duct'd Oneyland to satisfy lit* tax
for tlic year —tax duo6D^wnU.
202A acres of Land, No. 81, In the first district
of Dooly county—levied on as the property of
Gideon D. Thomas to satisfy hts tax tor the year
W. the tenth district
of Houston count)—levied on as the
John Tintr to satisfy hts tax for the year 18J0
W 5ftu°acres of Laud, part of lot No- 209, m the
tenth district of Houston county—levied on as th«
proporty of ThcopkUut Pwutf to his uu
for the voar 1833—tax uue #4' 17 «* ot "* .
202A ceres of Land, No- 70, in Uie fourteenth
district of Houston county-levied on a» 6» W*-
Addressed to the Legislature, of Georgia.
Fellow Citizens—It is hut a few months
since you celebrated the day of your Independ
ence—the 4th of July, 1776. It ia an epoch,
from which date the most important consequen
ces, not only to us, but to all mankind. The hu
man mind cannot, in the utmost stretch of its
power, grasp, the extent of its influence on the
world. On tltatday tvas proclaimed, in a voice
which has reached the extremities of eahh, tho
emancipation of man from religious and political
enthralment. Tho image of his Creator was re-
stamped upon him. Henceforward, if true to
himself, he will have the power to stand erect, in
body and in soul, in tho fearless maintenance of
that liberty wherewith be has been made free,
and to walk ore sublimi, on this footstool of Hea
ven’s Majesty, in tho undaunted integrity of his
heart, and the inviolable frfcedora of his will.—
May our God never permit this imago of himself
to ho defaced, by the hand of despotism, in this
our land of Paradise. You are right then, in its
commemoration, to give to it the highest glory.—
On her natal day, may wo never, in mock solem
nity, clothe the genius of liberty in robes of som
bre hue, but enjoy, in a manner becoming a free
people, the honest and social festivities which per-',
tain to tlic jubilee. But it is not our purpose to roll
up llio^wmin of the historic scene, and marshal
before vour wondering view, the glorious array of
sages, heroes and martyrs, whose wisdom, valor
and blood, planned, achieved and consecrated
our indepeuaeuce. This theme is left lo other
muses. Our design is to speak to you of that
pillar which supports our great political entabla
ture, and uu which must rest all our interests, all
our happiness, till tho future glory of our inde
pendence, I’ojiulnr Education. \Y ithoui this,
the 4th of July would ho as any other unnoted
day In the calender, with it, the most illustrious in
the vicissitude of ages.
With respect to this proposition, ourmotto is—
liberty without knowledge is a precarious blessing
—<>ur maxim, the duration oiour republican in
stitutions depends on the education of our citizens.
It is an interesting topic, worthy of all accepta
tion and deep solicitude. We will not speak so
much of its consequent’ benefits, for they wui be
admitted by all, as of the best mode to secure
them now, and transfer them to posterity. To
bring conviction home to your hearts, and clear
views to your understanding, that will prompt you
to noble enterprise in the accomplishment ol this
all absorbing object, we will, in a condensed way,
give you not only our own, but tho collected sen
timeuts of the wisest and most experienced, living
ordead. For the attainment of more extensive
views, you must read, observe and reflect for
yourselves, yotir children andyonr country.
In birth, education, feeling and sentimeut, I am
a southerauiau; therefore nothing quoted or ori
ginal, in this address arises from invidious com-
parisou or predetiction. “Education is a term in
corporated into our, from the Latin language,
Educo, cducare, cducavi, cducatum, to bring
forth, bring out, lead forth, lead out, lead up, by
nurture, food, precept, culture, instruction, ex
ample, and applies both to tbe intellectual and
of physical nature of man, a full development of
otb never ceases in its care and impressions, hut
with extinction of life, and for wnat we know,
may follow him in an endless eternity. The ;or-
mer branch, that which relates to the dianoetic
capacities of youth, is principally considered,
though tbe other is important and calls furcon-
stout attention. Thus defined we proceed to re
mark upon it, and first of die duties and obliga
tions of our public functionaries in respect to it.
“There is, at this time, perhaps, no subject,
which could claim, from our enlightened citizens,
a more serious and deliberate consideration, than
the devising of a system of public education upon
a plan sufficiently broad and general to extend its
benoficial effects aliko to the young of all classes
of society. Why should oue child bo more lc irn-
ed than another, in a free country, except so far
as ability and industry make a difference! Expe
rience has clearly demonstrated, that tho systems
upon which our public schools are now conduit
ed is so entirely defective, that the little good,
which iu somo instances results from it, can ny
no means weigh with the heavy expense rcouir
ed to keep it in active operation. Tho eyes cf
none Can be closed against this truth. It strikes
home with force to the bosoms of all, who have
taken the least pains to examine tho subject, and
more particularly of those, whose children have
pent years to no advantage under the care of in
npabic " ‘
rsrs EZdt AST ..*1,» to to *»
rnpabic or negligent tutors, which might have
been profitably employed in the commouconcerns
of life. In some States, where schools and ele
mentary education are put on a proper fouada
tion, youth arc better qualified for the transaction
of business iu half the time and with leas expense,
than tlie most of our youth, who have been the
subjects of instruction from infancy to maturity
of year*. Why is this? Thero is as much genius
and more vivacity here. It is your system, and
superadded to this, a waut of industry, and a dis
inclination both on the pari of the parent and the
student, to submit tc* effectual discipline. Look
at the annual reports of the Legirlature, of the
literary and fiscal condition of your academies.
They are all involved in debt, many of them un
occupied. There is n constant mutation of teach
ers. Bctweeu them and the Boards of Trust
take place frequent disputes and bitter dissentions,
and not unfrequeatly between the gentlemen com
posing these boards. The consequence to the pu
pil is ino.-t latai, an irregularity in bis instruction,
a jumbled education, which keeps his mind eon-
IUsi:d all his life—entirely ruined by change and
quackery. Much of these disadvantages might
be obviated by the introduction of a good system
.mil. lor it* support, a judicious use of tho school
iunils of the State, in relation to the latter, per
mit us to go a little into detail. By reference tn
Sherwood’s Gazetteer, an excellent topography
of the State, and Hale's premium History ol the
United States, where they mention, thn one, the
schools of Georgia, the other, those of New York,
will bo found the facts or data, upon which we
base tho following calculations:
In tho first it appears that the academic fund
of tho State is $500,000 increased hy contingent
resources. To this odd the expense paid for by
tbe tuition of 27,000 taught annually iu tho State,
at nn average of $10 a pieco. We know this to
be below tbe actual disbursement, and this for
ten years only, and we will have the immense
sum of $3,200,000 used or expended for educa-
tion; and Georgia has not a population exceed
ing 250,000, tho proper subjects of instruction.—
In Hale’* History we find, that New York with a
population five time* os large, ou the intere»t of a
fund of #3,000,000, supports a free school, for
rich and poor, almost every square league, iu
which not only the primary but scientific branches
are taught, building and furnishing houses with
necessary apparatus and giving teachers fixed
and liberal salaries. Tho ratio oltho New York
population and her school fund E nothing like so
greet as that of Georgia. The latter hav.ag
greatly the pecuniary advantage. A bo children
of all classes, in the lormor, whoso parents choose
it, are educated free—in the latter, very few, if
with every thing necessary, a convenient acade
my in every county, afford adequate salaries to n-
ble teachers and yet leave tlic tuition freo to all.
Proof of this might bo easily made by a little a-
rithmetical calculation, with which I will not now
trouble you. Why is not a remedy applied to
existing evils? You want a man or men among
you, wlto will look with an honest eye at these
objects, and with patriotism enough to set the
wheel of reform in motion. We verily believe
every child in the State might bo educated for
fifty cents a year—all the academies iu the State
have been built, apparatus purchased and teach
ers liberally paid, &r. from *.ho interest of tho e-
duentive fund of the State. j qp'd nfV.l r
“With *uch knowledge before us, it would seem
most strange, that in u country, the very existence
of whose free institutions depends upon tliegencr-
nl dissemination of intellectual light, no plan
should have yet been devised, free from partiality,
and destitute of those lines of aristoeratical dis
tinction, wbicli renders out* present system ineffec
tive and obnoxious, whose provisions would ena
ble the children of the poor, medeocrite and weal
thy to assemble ns one family under tho samo
roof, without affording the latter thr. least chance
to ittsr.lt the feelings or damp the ardor of the for
mer, by tho common retort in every little quarrel, man?
;The country pays for your education.’ Until this
is done, until some capable and patriotic citizen
willing to confine his ambition to the accomplish
ment of so noble a task as the diseuthralment of
the rising mind, shall devote his time and talents
to the subject and leave his claim to immortality,
to be decided upon by a future generation, we
can never be secure iu the possession of liberty—
for knowledge is the arch upon which liberty
stands, and it is impossible to retrogado from this
arch, without in some degree, receding from the
superstructure. And who can doubt, that under
the system we uow act, we are not advancing
much in knowledge, and that mauy a mind stored
with the germs of genius must be suffered to re
main ia darkness, like the diamond in the earth,
which under other circumstances, might have
been a glory and a pillar to the republic.”
“Is a reason asked? The answer is plain and
obvious. Would it not be ungencrons to suppose,
that tho humbler class, who forni so largo and
useful a portion of tho community, aro devoid o’f
feeling, or that their feelings are less poignant, or
their pride less easily aroused, titan those of tho
wealthy? Admitting then that so far as fooling
and passion aro considered, the poor and rich
rest on the same footing, what parent, who
feels as a parent ought, or whose bosom swells
with the honest pride of a freeman, nnd whose
equality of rights with the most wealthy of the
country, is acknowledged by the Declaration of
o r Independence and secured by our Constitu
tion, would suffer his offspring to attend a public
school, where they are continually subject to de
rision?” Thus we sec, all other objections remov
ed, a natural and commendable pride in parents
will prevent a dissemination of knowledge among
a large proportion of the rising generation. Who,
that believes this, (and it seems perfcctlyclcar)
can reflect upon it and fee! no sorrow for those,
upon whose minds the shadow and clouds of ig
norance and consequently of superstition, with
all their concomitant evils, must forever rc3t?—
Here is a subject fraught with interest to every
generous mind. We speak of the poor and will
ing: for that man, who has the means, and will
not educate his children, is a Hottentot in princi
ple, and in practice a heathen. The public ought
to be the guardian of his children.”
Let philanthrophy turu aside from the pursuit
of chimeras, from follow ing schemes, that are
purely imaginary*, and employ her offices of kind
ness in accomplishment of a measure, having for
its end, tbe benefit of the community, the glory
and grentness of the republic. To what more
noble purpose could the talents of our public men
be employed? Do they seek for fame? In what
way arc they more likoly to reach her temple, and
receive from her haod, tho w reath of deathless
renown, she bestows on her votaries? Let them
follow the oxamapio of Clinton, Vanrensataer; &
Vaux, apostles of education in tlioso great demo
cratic States, Pennsylvania and New York, whose
vouth, rich and poor, are now offering homage at
the same shrine of science, in equal and fraternal
association, in her temples reared by public mu-
nificenco and enlightened policy, drawn forth by
their master geniuses. Is their object to pro
mote tbe general good? In what manner, and in
what pursuit would they be more likely to do it?
Tlie praise of those, who uow live, the benedio-
tions and veneration of those, who are yet to
walk the stago of life, and rule the destinies of
this nation, will he their reward in life, and hal
low* their memory, while they repose in the city
of the mighty dead—and a higher and more glo
rious boon, who would desire? Who more fa
mous than Franklin, Lancaster, and Pcstalozi?
The mighty pow ers of their minds were conse
crated to the benefacton of youth. Their educa
tion, they felt, was the stay and glory of their
country.
When a number of our best men have again and
again called the attention of the Legislature to
this important subject, it was expected that some
thing w ould be done before the successive disso
lutions of that body—the expectation as often
vanished, nnd we can now only cherish the hope,
that under the influence of public sentiment,
which has become almost imperative on this sub
ject, the present or a future Legislature will prc.
pare a system reflecting honor on themselves,
credit to the State, and blessings on our youth.—
The truth is, this most essential interest of the
country has been lost sight of, amidst tho politi
cal jealousies of partyism, and personal compe
tition of leading mm, for the honors and emolu
ments of office, and the efforts made to advance
the cause of education have been either totally
neglected, or attended with contempt or ridicule,
from the obscurity of their source. We howev
er cannot withhold the tribute of applause from
men, who have already, tho’ ineffectually exert
ed their energies in this noble cause. The effort
to do good, tho’ it may prove abortive, is highly
praise-worthy—They have drunk too deeply of
the Pierian spring, from tho eup of knowledge,
themselves, not to appreciate 1 1
Oct. 1, l&l •»
any,.
-‘Now what is done.with all this money!
Is it embexaled, tota
Georgia had funds
R dilapidated and wasted?
ei«ht to build, and cadow
crime. Although societies and ui?ociaiiwis may
effect much In so excellent an undertaking—al-
tho’ they may encourage the growtJi of correct
moral habits aud suppress intemperance of every
species, unless they strike at tho root of the evil,
their labors wilt he (g vain, their well designed
enterprise will be measurably frustrated. Thp 1
tree of decayed heart may put forth a few bud*
and blossoms, but its root must, by culture, bo
restored to soundness aud health, in order to tbe
redintegration of tbe tree, and the production of'
valuable fruit. Education is that culture, the
grand preventtivo of crime, consequently it is a
matter of governmental concern, lie, who gives
his son a good and practical education, docs bet
ter for him, than by giving bim a purse of gold,
and tho government in like manner would do bet
ter for it? citizens, by having them all educated,
instead of gold mines, courthouses, jails and pen
itentiaries.
“The time has been in this country when tho
sure passport to greatness and honorablo distinc
tion, was wealth—when an ass, laden with gold,
would find his way through the gates of thn
strongest city. Ana the tongue of wisdom hath
said, ‘tho wisdom of the poor man savefh tho ci
ty, but who afterward romembercth tlie poor
man?’ Hereafter we hope to be governed by an
aristocracy of talent aud learning, rather than a
monied aristocracy.”
“Thn duration of our republican institution*
depends upon the education of our citizens—
therefore the moans of obtaining it should be ae r
ccssible to ail, should be free to all. Oar chil
dren should be educated at tho expense c.f tho-
State or nation, for it is the uutiou, that is even
tually to be benefited by the mental energies or '»
her sons. If the numerous societies formed for
benevolent purposes would direct their attention
to this point, they would, iu our view, more ef
fectually promote the designs and objects of such
institutions. These, we are free to declare, are
our opinions, and so much for the means." "..*'
Thirdly. “As to tho best plan of instruction.
Hero too we resort to experience for argument,
for oxperientia docet. Sho builds cu matters of
fact—not speculation and hypothesis. We give
the most decided preference to that system deno
minated the mutual system or monitorial plan.
This multiplies the powers of communication in
definitely—in proficiency, abbreviation and econ
omy of time, and diminution of expense. I pur
pose not to go into a detail of its arrangement,
operations, and discipline—timo nor patient***
would suffice. But state its progress and effects,
wherever introduced. The system lias proved
itself beyond cavil. All the powers of prejudice
united witli ignorance and bigotry cannot impede
its course. It began in England, aud is pervad
ing Europe. It has roused the energies of that
land of genius, poetry and song, the emerald Isle,
tbe green field of the ocean, whose sons arc seen
iu every clime, buffeting misfortune with hearts,
that never bend and minds that never weary, and
ere long will plant the shamrock long side the
thistle and the rose. Prosperity attends it in the
United .States. Already has it mr.do glad tho
mountains and plains of South America. In that
land, where pestilence stalks with gigantic stride,
where billows of sand entomb tho living caravans,
and the angel of death in terrific array rides on
tho wings of the simoom, where ignorance, now
than either, envelopes the beauteous creations of
mind in Egyptian darkness, where the sun of sci
ence had gone down, since the catastrophe of
Thebes—the ruins of Carthage, and the extinc
tion of the Ptolemaic dynasty, by the influence of
this system, his dawn is again waking up in Li
beria, over the benighted sons of Africa. Under
its influence, Greece is regenerating. It is alrea
dy walking in virgin modesty and beauty over nil
the happy isles of tbe ocean, in its prosperity, .
blushing as red ns the blood of the cross, that pro
tects it, and under its banners drilling millions of
soldiers for the church militant. It is making its
way into the missionary schools wherever estab
lished. Evangelization (not fanaticism or bigot
ry) ever draws in its luminous train, civilization
and education. Their standards are every where
side by side fast planted on tho rock of ages, Ot- .
umphantly floating in tbe breezes of inspiration.
Wherever the Gospel runs, this system follows,
because they both address their instruction to tho
reasoning faculties of man—analysis and demon
stration are their powerful panoply.”—“Its ad
vocates now may be its martyrs-'but all innov»-
tions have their martyrs. This seems to be in
herent in human nature. The world was re
deemed by persecution unto death. Tho field (s
E lanted. Dronisb persecutors reap the golden
arvest—-the world, tho intellectual profit. Suf
fice to remark, that tcacliers, who will not leant
the system will efe long be left witboat profes
sional employment. For the modes of reason
aud common sense, in this day of the grand march
of mind, will sooner or later subvert the tong eh
tablisbed, cumbrous and antiquated fashions of
prejudice and folly.”
In conclnsion, let me remark, that the above
presents some of tho views, which wore intended
to be submitted to a convention of teachers, rela
tive to which my suggestions have been defeated!
hy egotism, the pride of affected 1?swing, fanci
ful rhapsodies, and political slang wfasagitli — -
Esto perpotnn, me a patria. May my country and
its union endure. May its flag overshadow tisn
globe, aud waft its glories and Its blessings to all
the human race—may it be protected and defend
ed hy Him, whom' the winds and the sea obeys
and to whom thanks and praise be ever more.—-
Independence now, Independence forever.
E. D. CUMMINS*.
properly its hsppi-
fying benefits. They cannot look, without feel
ing an interest in their fate, upon the children of
the poor, in whose minds, genius is os likely to
exist a* in those of the rich—nay in our experi
ence, we have found more. Poverty hardens
the bod r, and a firm body supports a vigorous
mind, tn sans corpore, mens sana, has long
been a maxim of the schools. _ But of the poor,
under existing circumstances, it may be said in
after years, when they have become tenants of
tho tomb.
“KnowMpc to their eyes, her ample page.
Rich wish the spoils of time, did no’er unrol,
Chill penury reprwed their noble rage,
Aud chilled the genial current of the sotti."
2d!v. As to the means of supporting a proper
system. Here we shall be brier. The world is
now full of schema? and new protects for tbe os
tensible purpose of ameliorating the condition of
plan, for the promotion and extension of virtuous
and correct principles and the.suppress ion of vi
cious habits—for the encouragement of virtue, o-
From the Eaetport Sentinel, Oct. $6
We have received the St Johns Courier J
the 23d, which contains pji account of the ‘
and Conviction at the Snpremo Court tt J
rickston, of Barnabas 'HannawelL Jc
lock, and Daniel Havsge, for certain 'seditioua
act*,’ (as they are called by tho Provincial*) <**
tile Madawaska settlement, which 'sedition* act*'
our readers have before been apprised, consisted
in chocsing Uwn officer* in the finely inevrpmud
toirn of Madawaska. Tho defendants appeared
without Counsel. One of thein Hamtsweft, .in
his defence, said, “that having received tho W)jr-
rant, they were obliged uuder the law 'qf I
State of Maine to act, they would have*’
liable to punishment under tho law* if lit'
declined. That in the titu /toa of thee . w
there was a difficulty on both side* sad Of two
evils they thought they had cboieit tho. {not, a*
they were lod to suppose from what the two offi
cers, Messrs. Maclouch and Coninbce! had said,
they would not be ioterfprvd with, so lew aa
they confined thetusdlve* to the west side of tjto
river." *'■*’* w
Tlic Jury, after a short consultation, return*!
a verdict of Girilty, when the defendant* wens
nskedwhether they bid anything to offer,to
the Court, answered in the Negative. His IWu-
or Mr. Justice Chipman, thou addressed tho
Court, a? follow**:
That each of the Defendants do pay s finafo
tho King of fifty pounds, and be imprisoned in
the Common Jail of tire Oauaty for three .calen
der month*,' and stand committed until tho aaid
(hies are paid.”
is habits—for the encouragement of virtue, o- fairs are paid."
dienco to the ii*rx, nd tho prevention of' Tiuu it ii seen ihat Amencu»*it(rrno*(u-v.ng
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