ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 438, 22 September 1877, Page 2

ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

TO Till-: I'.MTOR OK Till; KVUNINd MAI , ! Silt,- leather Coleman has t.akeii j arms aga'iist me, but. has only iniuiy. tlash without, sending any shot. When 1 gave t! e lecture I exprci my hesitation in advancing into a ivj. 1 win re the coolness of argument is st roved by the scorching heat,,'if 1 and prejudice, kindly ohseive if. * t hat gent leinan, misivpivm nting my vi<y i has scorched otil of his quotation from, lecture the. words most important, to j argument. When ad vocal itig i;< >lll pub education, and not speaking aI, :l) 1 al> religion, after speaking of the foslei. i care of education had by ancient Grei i 1 said. " What is now the condition ; Germany (which has like provision) >. j one of prolllinellee allloiig the ll.ltln;. Hut what, I ask', is eondit ion ol h|w. of Portugal, "ii'/, In *1 illustration ol ( it f TiwL'i ii, ii'liiir tin f/itn! in ijlrfl hit* ft' shown '{ What but of debasement, r< it ten 11 ess, and, in the last - named counts* of tyranny But, see how that geiif* «« man misquotes it "What, is now v condition of Germany (which lias alii'; provision) but one of prominence am*J f the nations/ 11111 whai, I ask, is I, „ condiiioii of Spain, of Porluga 1 , What, but one of debasement, of rott'* M ness, of supei st it ion (" lie then c' 4 f*J these terms insulting to 11n; ('at holt I Surely I did not then speak of religion | all. He cannot be so illogical as to lai ■ j perceive; that, I merely wanted to sl ; ' that those countri< s where; the Stale foivj. j education were always in the \'an, rice rcrsii, the liegleeiful ones thereof,, ( ( (lie rear of civilisation. Does he not. j• < j Ceive that it is a lcilimale form of aiif* ductive syllogism I Thus ; Spain, Poir gal, Turkey arc; rotten, debased, ii'« supers! it ions countries. Their repsect.' Governmeiils neglected education. Thw we may infer that the ne h el, of «'<bif. tioii of itself is productive of rottlf m ss, S:c. ,th However, the rev. gentleman has futed nothing 1 said hereupon ; for, K him prove that, Portugal, Spain, Turkey are not rotten, debased, ail , superstitions, and lie will,] am e'oiifidcilj 'J give those; nations a new character, ftifjß one not generally receive d. But tinning j In; has refuted nothing said by me, he not failed likewise! to misrepresent nfcf|l views by omission of important, words. 113 As to compulsory education in CiV.?L« main', J neither said it was secuhir n«ff 1 de'iioininatioiial ; merely that it had goii?®] results. But, it, is scarcely worth tl'A, while to contend, as the Education has passed, and secular education is !<*_ hold good. Lady Montagu says : Satire should In: like a pnli-hetd razor Wound with a touch that's scaioely felt ttt.S seen ; f I and I object, as a Governnient to have a paper controversy with one wlii , uses the; rage and not the talent (ILj abuse.—l am, iVc. W. Fmi.Kit.