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z. j. -sai-oc - J' r V1 -ssp "sy.-y to ibc official report of the Superinten dent, there were received at' the Ore gon Penitentiary tiora September 15th; 1870, lo SepteraberjBt, 1872, 187 eon- vicle. Of tJiRSTMrnad no- edncatioaucss.cost.anQ -witn greater esectivcness whatever V40 could barely read'; "Tlnd of the remaining 100 it js-sale to Eay that not more than a dozen had re Cfcived a "ood common school educa tion. These teds- are terribly significant. It is useless- to deny that education tends to prevent crime v, hen we see the ranks of the illiterate furnishing lea times their proportion of recruits lor our prisons. II is cheaper, too, to prevent crime "By proper instruction than it is to pun ish it.- It costs less to keep a man out at prison than to keep him in. School books are cheaper than "Gardiner shackles." Why, just think of it ! It costs this State, ou an average, some thing near 840,000 a year to keep less 'than a hundred convicts in the penilen tfaryyaiter the; buildings are provided. And yet probably not more than $150, 000, at a rough estimate, is annually expended for thv education ol the 39, 000 school chitdren in the State 1 Near ly -$500 a year paid for each convict drid less than $5 for the schooling oi each child 1 "We must remember, too, that' the costot the penitentiary is only a. single item in the long bill ol expense tliat crime annually imposes upon Ore gon. Adding thereto the expenses of all the criminal prosecutions in the State, the cost of keeping county pris oners,, and ttio interest in the invest ment in prisons and other public buildings- made rteeessary by crime, the ag gregate would be swelled to an aitfount more than sufficient to maintain free schools in all the districts of the State alt the year round. I claim also that it is the duty of every State to maintain a complete free school system, ior the reason that it adds far more than the cost of the in vestment to the wealth-producing pow erof the people. There is no position in which a man can be placed wherein his effectiveness will not bo increased by education. The humblest manual labor can bo better performed by a man who is trained to think than by one who is not. From a scnes- of care ful observations in the factories ol Kew England, Horace Mann ascertained that those operatives who could sign their names to their weekly receipts lor p.iy could, as a general thing, do a third more work and do it better than those who made ''their mark." I doubt not that an intelligent hod-carrier can do better work than au ignorant block head who ouly knows enough to climb a ladder. In these days, in particular, tho value of intelligence and education in manual employments is much increased by tho rapid introduction of improved machin ery. Men who think are wanted in tho shop and in the field to manage the labor saving contrivances of the day. "Other things being equal," the ma terial prosperity of a State is exactly commensurable with the average intel ligenco of its people. Tho more educa tion is diffused among its citizens the greatei is its wealth producing power. The more school house, the more fac tories and busy workshops and culti vated fields. Why, so potent in this direction is the spread of education among tho people that it has even the power to galvanize into seeming life the stagnant civilization of Asia and to make the Chinese a thrifty and pros perous nation. It is also tho duty of the State to provide for the education of its peo ple at public expense, for tho reason that it can be more cheaply and effect ively done in that way than by private enterprise. Society, acting as a whole, under some general system, can carry on any great work for tho public good at infinitely less cost than can all the members of that society acting separ ately and each for himself. United efforts will accomplish in such cases what could neer be done by any amount of individual exertion. For in stance; The experience of the world 'has proved beyond all doubt that a State or nation can carry and distribute tho mails moro cheaply than ran possi bly be done by private enterprise. Just compare tho relative cost of carrying letters, papers, etc., by mail and by express. Here, for example, is Wells, Fargo & Co'e Express, an institution that has almost a world-wide business and fame and millions of capital, and is as admirably organized and ably managed as it is possible lor any mere private enterprise to be. And yet it can not begin to compete in cheapness of transportation with the United States Mail, although it uses the same conveyance. Tho express company will charge you, say, twclvo cents for carrying a package 1 torn Jacksonville to Yreka in the express box, when in the mail bag, that lies right by it in the boot of the stage, Uncle Sam will for three cents take a package of the came wight to tho furthest corner oi this great land. This is a striking illustration of tho great truth that af fairs of this kind can always be better carried on by the State than by any number of individuals or combinations of individuals. Of course I do not claim nor do I believe that the State can manage all business better and -?! tnl iaknujji tn ...... more cheaply than individuals can. Mv position is that public business can bVbest conducted by the public, but I am just as confident oi the truth that individual business can be conducted best by individuals. The State always fails ignobly and disgraceiully deserv edly Luis, too when it undertakes the management oi, matters that are in tU.-ir nature private. 'Now, education is, as has already been shown, legitimate public business. It follows, therefore,j"as the night the day," that the State can carry it on at than anybody else.v Indeed, I "need not hgo otrtsfde ot the business itself to prove it. To be convinced of the truth of my position, you have only to com pare the relative cost of instruction in public and private schools throughout the country. Every State in the Union can, by a small annual tax, maintaiijj nourishing public schools in almost every neighborhood, and yet, in the same localities, private schools and academies, of tho same grade, will require immense funded endowments in addition to the exorbitant rates of tuition that they charge in order to be able to live at all. Besides, it seems to me that there is a positive danger in leaving a mat ter that so nearly and vitally concerns the public welfare, as does this subject of education, to the hap hszard control of private enterprise. Just think of it for a moment. The eternal destiny of overy organized society in the world hangs upon the intelligence of its mem bers, and therefore, of necessity, upon the kind of training that they get. A great man once said : "Let me make the ballads ot a nation, and I care not who makes its laws." So I can say, with even greater force: Let mo con trol the schools of a nation, and I care not who controls its legislation. I will mould it like "clay in the bands of the potter," in spite of all other influences combined. A single year's manage ment of the education of the thought less littlo prattlers that to day romp over the hills and valleys of this broad land, taking no thought for the morrow, would seal the fate of America forever. Our schools are the very citadels of our liberty. Admit the spirit and teaching of despotism there, and no power could save us from the hand of the oppressor. What madness then would it be to garrison these citadels with mercena ries and bigots, by opening their doors to whoever might choose to enter and control them. Popular education is the great fountain of our freedom, and if we permit wrong headed men to poi son its pure waters with the bitterness of hate, and creed, and faction, Liberty will drink and die. Oh, there is peril imminent, deadly penl lor this dear land of ours, if we surrender the entire control of our educational interests to the one-sided bias of private or secta rian education. The only safety is in tho State taking the control of the beginnings of culture by establishing a free system of popular instruction. Let the broad foundation of liberal Ameri can education for all the people be laid in the common schools, and we may. safely leave the -completion" of tW structure to private and sectarian insti tutions if we will. Thoroughly Ameri canize our children in the public schools to begin with ; saturate their very being with tho spirit of liberty; immerse them, in orthodox Baptist fashion, in tho great Fountain ot Freedom, of which I spoke, and I am not afraid then to trust them in private institu tions, however narrow, and illiberal, and proscriptive may be their methods. For the present, at least, it seems to bo wisest and best to leave the higher education to private schools. At least that has been the teaching of experience in the past. But the Stato must keep faithful watch and ward over the be ginnings ot popular culture. It may leave the cultivation, pruning and shaping of the tree to others, bnt it mnst "bend the twig" so that it shall point, "true as the needle to the pole," to the clustering stars in the constellation ot the Union. After all, friends, is this subject of popular education only a question of expediency ? As members of organ ized society, have we not a duty to perforin to humanity, to our race, in this matter? Have we a right, as members of tho great brotherhood of man, to stand idly by and permit thousands of our fellows, on every hand, to perform the journey from the cradle to the grave, walking in the eternal sombre shadow of intellectual darkness ? The day of knowledge is streaming all around them, flooding the valleys with radiance and bathing the hill-tops with glory; and yet they grope on, each wrapped in the dense cloud ot his own ignorance as in a gar ment, with never a beam of light or hope to illuminate the dreary, rayless, lonely night of his soul. And so they stumble out ot the dark gate of death and drop from our sight forever into tho shadowy, great unknown beyond souls that never knew their own worth or strength minds that never were thrilled with the electric life giving power of thought. Think of the grand aggregate ot intellect thus constantly wasted by want of culture. Every graveyard in tho land is ten anted by poets who never sang and orators who never spoke, because their lips were never touched by the fire of education, lncre is meiancnoiy truth as well as poetry in tho laoguageof Gray's "Churchyard Elegy." "Perhani la this neclected mot is laid 3 t Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire; UanJs that the rod of empire might have Ewavcd. Or waked to ecslacy the li Ttul knowledge to their minds her ample page. Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill Penary represed their noble rage. And froze the genial current of their souL "Full maty a gem of purest ray serene The dark, nnfathomed caves or ocean bear ; Full many a Bower Is born to blush unseen. And waste Its sweetness on the desert air." But it would not be true if society would but do its duty. There is no pearl in the deep sea oi ignorance that may not be brought to the surface. There is no flower in the vast wastes of uncultivated intellect that may not be transplanted and set to bloom among the habitations- oi men. Every intellect that, goes through the world without culture represents a fault, a failure of duty,' m society. Oh, there is need stronw. unlpmn education in this land. According,to the census thereis to-day "marching and countermarching" oer thejiills and valleys oi our countrya vastarmy cot adult illiterates, thirty-six hundred i&usand strong, and nearly every male anng them is armed with thatdread weapon in the hands of ignorance the ballot. t Is not this a greater peril than the presence ot legions of foreign foes ? Ob, we need strong, pure hands to up lift our constitntion, the ark of the covenant of our freedom, above the mad surges ot the great, awful, sweep ing sea of ignorance that is threatening to engulf it. Let us not flatter ourselves 'with the delusive notion that we are safe be cause the people rule. In that very fact lies our peril, if .the average ot, in telligence among tlie people is low. I would rather entrnst'my liberties to the keeping of au enlightened aristoc racy than of an ignorant democracy. I believe in the doctrine of popular self government, but I hae faith in it as a guarantee of freedom only so long as the people are intelligent enough to see the right and virtuous enough to follow it. Josh Billings says that he believes in the doctrine ot universal salvation if you will let him pick the men. So am I with reference to this doctrine of the power of self govern ment by the people. I believe in it, but I want to pick the people. I do not believe that an ignorant, de graded, licentious populace can rule a nation wisely and well. The intelli gence of our people, and not tho mere fact that they have the right to gov ern, is the real security of our liberties. Looking at this great question in this light, I believe it is the t'ounden duty ot every lover of his country to work steadily and heartily for free education by the State. That is our duty here in Oregon. The day for a thorough free school system has come in our State, and we can have it if we will. We havo only to make it our objective point to becure the levying oi a tax sufficient to maintain free schools throughout the State, say for six months in the year, and we can push it through. The Legislature can oe maue iu sea mat n nas ine same right to levy five mill&ifftrBeboonj poses as it hasjAcvJevy ; it is srmplyi maintain asiltfe no sago to understand that 'e education is out ot the question when there are nine months of vacation to every three months of school. I think, too, that the hour is ripe for this reform. I have iaith to be lieve that it is not very far away. We are standing even now in the faint glimmering dawn of a brighter era of education in Oregon. The hdr alds of the morning are riding up the Eastern sky, driving in the picket guards of the night with keen lance and spear. Let us welcome them with glad acclaim. Let us hasten to meet and usher in the "good lime coming." Men of thought, be tip and stirring, Nicht and day ; Sow the seed 1 Withdraw the curtain! Clear the way 1 There's a fount about to stream ; There's a light about to beam ; There's a warmth about to glow ; There's a flower about to blow; There's a midnight darkness charging Into day ; Men of thought and men of action, Clear the way ! Once the welcome light has broken, Who shall say The unimagined glories Of the day What the evils that shall perish Io,itsray! . Aid the dawning, tonge and pen ; Aid it, hopes of honest men ; Aid it, paper; aid it, type; Aid it, for the hour is ripe. And onr earnest must not slacken Into play ; Men of thought and men of action, Clear the way 1 THE SENTINEL. Saturday, September 6, 1873. II. KELLY,... s..,rvr,. EWIOK Democratic, Slanders. The Democratic journals are vieing with eaclf other lor the slanderer's b'elt. A stranger, entirely unacquainted with the facts, upon reading the Democrdtio papers would come to the conclusion that the Republicans were all thieves. To illustrate, we will take what they -call the "back pay steal," which they charge upon the Republican party, which is a fair sample oi the iairness oi their charges. It is a matter of record that admits of no doubt that out of the two hundred and fifty-eight Con gressmen and Senators who voted on the passage ot the bill, one hundred and fifty-six were Republicans and one hundred and two were Democrats. Oi the whole number of Republicans vot ing, seventy-four voted for the bill, and and eighty-two voted against it.- This gives a majority of eight of the domi nant party against the "steal," and as' majorities rule under our form of Gov ernment, we are known for our honesty '8061 or dishonesty by the acts of the major ity. Hence the Republican party stands nonoraoiy acquitted oi me lar ceny. But what are the facts about the Democrats'?, Of the wholenumber of Democrats voting, sixty-one voted in favor of the "steal," while only forty- one vpted against it. This, gives jr majority of 'twenty .in. javor ot the 'steaU' -,Byatbe.rule then, if it is steal ing, as the Democrats say it is, to vote for back pay, the Democratic parly as a party stands convicted of larceny. It is a principle of law that if a wit ness1 testimony is false in one particu lar it is to be distrusted throughout. Therefore, when the Democrats charge the Republican party of larceny and only prove the charge on themselves, all their other charges are to bo dis trusted; and in truth there are but few ot the charges that they make against the Bepulicans that will com pare in as favorable a light for them as the "back pay steal." This is one oi their best charges, which accounts for their repeating it so often. But as it with tho "back pay steal," so it is with all other charges which they make. When sifted down they honorably ac quit the Republicans and convict the accusers. 1 Eeputllcan State Convention. A Republican State Convention for the Slate of Oregon will be held at the city ot Albany, Thursday, the 11th day of September, 1873, at 2 o'clock p. M., lor the purpose of nominating a candidite for Member of Congress, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Hon. J. G.Wilson, and ton the transaction of such other business as may be deemed proper. The several counties will be entitled to Delegates in such Convention as follows: Benton 5 Baker 2 Clackamas 5 Columbia 1 Linn 8 Lane 1 .Marion 12 Multnomah.... 15 Polk 4 Ulatsop. ,Qurry 1 Tillamook .... 1 os... 3 Umatilla 3 ouglas 6 Union 3 rauu ...v...... t uau .... o tcksou ...... . 4 Washington..., 4 jpnine l. iarnniu ....;:. o t rr - Total number of Delegates 97 flfVmmif.T.fR rpnrtmTnoff,Vtlint."'tlio . ...,.-.... -u. Huu several countieshold'lheir Primary Elections on Saturday, August 23d, and their County Conventions on Sat urday, August 30th, for election of Delegates to the State Convention. C. W. Parrisii. Chairman State Rep. Com. B. W. Wilson, Secretary. County Convention. The Repub lican County Convention of Jackson county was held at the County Clerk's office at 1 o'clock r. jr. last Saturday, the 30th ultimo, and elected Wm. M. Turner, J. M. McCall, M. H. Drake and Judson Small delegates to the Republican Stato Convention, to be held at Albany on tho llth inst. We were pleased to notice so good an at tendance, and so much interest mani fested on the part of the Republicans in turning out to represent the various precincts. The Republicans of Jack son county are a unit on anything they undertake to accomplish, and seldom if ever disagree upon the course to be pursued. Tho above delegates were all elected upon tho first ballot, and are representative men. They will un doubtedly serve the party faithfully in the coming Convention. To bk Tuksed Over to tub Oregon Authorities. A Washington dis patch of the 31st ultimo says the Sec retary of War will render a decision in a few days, tunning over those Mo docs not sentenced to be banged to the jurisdiction oi the Governor of Oregon, who will order their trial for various crimes heretofore committed in Ore gon. If this prove to be the case, we may expect some oi these Indian wor thies among us pretty soon. For the very best Photographs go to BRAD LEY k ROLOFSON. Gallery witoout stairs -ASCEND IN THE ELEVATOR,-S$. 429 Montgomery street, San Francisco. Cali fornia. Feb. 15, '73Iy. Warren Lodge No- 10, A. F, & A. TS..A HOLD their regular communications &Tn the Wednesday Evenings, or preced ine the full moon. In Jicisoxtille. Ob egok. T. G. REAMS, W. M Mix. Mullir, Skct.' A. "W- GAMBLE, M. D-, JACKSONVILLE, Physician and Surgeon. OFFICE AND RESIDENCE, . - . .)(. , 7VN OREGON ST., TWO DOORS SOUTH VS or Uadam Uolt's Hotel. TlgnZl NEW TC-DAY. ' v: 0 i K t- SANDWICH ISLAND SUGARS IiEM-AJE.3-.AJEiaE5T OROOKAIUD, vC. . PJJdjVT HONOLULU. VXM. .1117. J(W "Hi- fim -T- "!-- i ii ti Mfmrin um mi i iiiimnw mini mm ! ib THE ENTIRE CARGO OF THE ABOyE'NjA.fJlED VESSELj'.COM poscd of the following favorite plantation branosnow lauding, and vfor 'sale (allots o suit the trade : , , i .. PIONEER. X SUGARS '' fnt' mhiji, - o , u, PIONEER A SUGAR, - ' 1 ' ' , EAST aiAUJUSUGXRIT .1 3 ',' " .. v .HOBRONirflliANTATIGN,. LIHUE PLANTATION, KAUWIKI PLANTATION, a CORBITT & ' PORTLAND, Proposals for Forage AT CAMP HARNEY, OGN. Cuikf QtuitTEitMisTen's Office (CK. ) tjuiii. y 2, 1873. J DlUMKTSIEUT OF TUB COLUMBIA Portland, Oregon, July 22, SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BIT RE ceivnl at this office and at the office of the A. A. Q M.. at Camp Harney, nntil 12 ., Au gust 25, 1873, for the delivery at that post dur ing the fiscal jenr ending June 30, 1874, of 200,000 lbs. Barley, sacked, more or less. 200,000 " Oats, " " " 200,000 " Hay, " " " Proposals must be in triplicate, with copr of this advertisement attached, and accompanied! by a guarantee, signed by two responsible parties, that they will enter Ii.to'bouds for the delivery of the supplies should the. contract be awarded to the bidder. Blank proposals can be had on application attbisomce. B.N.BATCHELUEU, Major and Quartermaster, Chief Quartermas ter. n2CU JjUfZl LliroBTH- JottX BtXSLIT. L.B.BUCHUT. LINFORTH, KELLOGG & CO., Importers and Jobbers of FOREIGN AND DOMESTIO EC AED "WAEE, AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, And Mining Tools, Nob. Q .3aci S Front St., yeir Near Makklt, ;. saSLjrancisco, cal. Tl8n23m3 THE FALL TERM OF TIIE ASHLAND ACADEMY WILL COMMENCE Sojatoaxxtsor1 1st, X673. WE ARE HAPPY TO SvY TIIAT WE are better prepared than ever before to insure the progress of pupils, and all will find a good opportunity to advance. We shall be pleased to see all who attend on the Erst day of school, Sept. 1st. J. 11.SKIDJI0RE. Tl8n29 CORBITT & I i it MACLEAY, Ibrtland, Oregon, WHOLESALE GROCERS, WINE, SPIRIT AND COMMISSION' MERCHANTS, IMPORTERS OF TEA, TOBACCO. SUGARS, LIQUORS, And all Goods usually kept by Wholesale Gro cers. v i . - . i. Jackson County Orders SOTjICITSS'.' GOODS IMPORTED DIRECT BY OUR Firm will be offered at ' ' i , SAN FRANCISCO' PRICES ! ! CORBITT & MACLEAY. Tl8n27m5 ' E. S. MORGAN & CO M G ' F O R W A.R D i-t - -tnt - A . COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Rosebnrg, Oregon, ATTEND FAITHFULLY TO ALL XX Business entnrosted to onr care. 4Oar Forwarding and Storage Charges, trom and alter ,lnis dale, will be nnilorm with the charges at Orescent City and Redding. Soliciting the continued patronage of onr .We are respectfully, E. s. MoncAS'A CO. Boeeborge, Jane U, 1873. t! 8d21 tf . K- M CMlf,,' 1 ".(fill HEIA.; PLANTATION,, , ; ' ' II -K KAUEOLrPLANTATlOW. MACLEATX, OREGON. ' " ' , o30ml SPRING OF 1873. GRBAq ,, .ASSORTMENT or SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS Just opened at SACHS BROS.' TEIVIPIE OF FASHIOZT, -Consisting apart of LADIES' FLATS aXD RIBBONS, DRESS GOODS Among which are Grenadines,1 . ; 0-?i''A r i ' , i Tkisii Poplixs, i Piques,- v r , Fkexcu and American Lawns, Japanese j Steves and Okoandibs. " - rt S in t ' x i . ;-ril .111 fi.Mifl Fnnoy Goods i i - i Of all descriptions , 1 OUR SPECIALTY- ALSO KICKIT1.D A LARGE STOCK ' K '.Al ' ' i .. Of Gents' Clothing and Hats. rrojstrjd hen ox:o. v"rS c ALL ana see onr New Goods. Will show them to you, with pleamrc. SACHS BROS. N. B, A Good Stock of. Groceries ana Household Furniehiug Goods on hand at low prices. May 3, 1873-tf. n.s. osnrjRN. e. c. unooiy. OSBURN & BROOKS CallforaUStMet, JACKSONVILLE, WILL.KEEP CONSTANTLY 0NTHAND a full assortment of DRUGS &' MEDICINES, Alio a full assortment of Watciies, Clocks and Jeweluy. R. S. OSMUUS will eto hU particular UteMlon to the Drosr Department. ' E. CI llKOOICt will attend to the repairing of Watchea, Clocks, Jewetrr.tc octlj, lima. - EUREKA MILL. - . rpiIEUNDERSIGNED IIAVE ENGAGED JL an Experienced .Miller, and having thor oughly (Ued np their Mill with the latest Im provements; are nowiprepared to manufacture Flour equal to any in the State. 3T lbs. Flour, 2 lbi Shorts and. 8 lbs, Bran will be given In Exchange or fcO'lbs. if good Merchantable Wheat, All orders- left with T T. JfcKemle, or at his Offlce in Jacksonville, will be promptly attended" Id-' ' ' McKKNZIEJtAMY. Jacksonville, Jnly 25h, Sli n2St3 JACKSONVILLE LODGE O No.lO,I.O.O.F.,hoMQ its regular maetincs on Kail urday eveoing, at Odd Fell lows' HalL Brothers in'good standing ore in- vjwsi io micnu, j una A. uu 1 IM, I. U. T. T.McKensis; Secretary. Trnateeat 8. J.BAY.. M.r8JnTin JOHN B1L0EK. '" AlZr' TIiANXvSr BCA'NES! BtANKSJ Every description ef Legal and Commercial Blank for sale at this office. Blanks not kept oo hand will be orintea to order on kii iu. tice, in as good style, as In any oOce do the ccasi. oeua in yonr orders. I i hi '--CvwS