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MEcHANIcs.-No class of the community
has cause ofeel greater interest in the sub
ject Of education, than mechanics For what
is it that has cast reproach upon the hon
est exercise Of the mechanic arts in the es-
timation of aristocratic pride, if it is not the
too common want ofeduoation in those who
exercise these arts? 1t is not the perfor-
nance Of manual labor which constitutes the
stigma upon whole class, but the deiicien-
cy of intellectual training,


Hence we find that in those States where
education is universal, mans occupation, if
it is honest, has no influence upon his con-
sideration as gentleman and scholar-many
instances might be mentioned of men in the
highest stations, who were bred mechanics
and have labored with their hands for a
livelihood.


Let mechanics see to it, that their sons
are well educated; not with the silly idea
of dressing them up to ape the idle sons OF
wealth, or strut about young sprigs ofsome
profession, but educate them to be mechon-
ics; let them have the benefit of the best
schools and all the facilities for learning that
can be given them, and at suitable age learn
such trade as their taste may select; and
mechanical pursuits will not only be the
most useful but honorable and respectable
All that are educated will not become dis
tnguished as scholars, perhaps very few, but
no one can say beforehand who shall be sue
cessful. No rank or wealth can secure it.
All the training in the world may be bestow-
ed in vain. Sup from some obscure cor