Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1842-12-07

Academies, | cut out The section on Do
nestle Slavery" so tina, the younger class
which uses The work. has nothing to DO
with that section.
| have another class of pupils more cd.
yanced, who study the larger work, and J
am quite willing, that :" A Parent" or any
other person should converse with 'nem
ON the snbjec. Of" Domestic slavery For
If | do NOT mistake, they will be found as
,ound on that subject. as my Southern
err" can desire. Two OF the class, "ho
possess minds far above mediocrily, wcre'
though / had no been upprizcd ol il, seeP..
teal on the point. before the MORAL
Science" was put into their hands: but,
when the recitation on The section which
treats of Domestic Slavery was ended.
their doubts were entirely removed, aud
their minds quite satisfied with the stale OF
things 10 this respect, under which they
were born aud expect 10 die. The re.
mainder of the class were nolbirs moved
from the established land marks. but more
confirmed in The accuracy o' iheIi POSITION.
IL 90 | should abandon this work, hew
shall its absence he supplied! know o:
no other that is possessed Of hall ITS WORTH
for our Schools, and, to lie without a work
on Moral Philosophy for our pupils Is Ger
,aiuly very undesirable. The teachers Of
Ibis District. who mel in the Court House
on the FIRST Monday in this month. con
demned, as | see in the Addres, OF i'hcir
Chairman. Wayland's Moral Science )
but, on looking over the list Of books re-
commended by them for the use OF The
Schools in This District. ! do not see the
name of an, work On the subject OF Mo
raj Philosophy. Are The youth in our Pri-
mary and academic Schools To be- cducat-
cd without, instruction in this Department!
had not the privilege Of being al eth.
or of the ,wo meetings Of the Teachers OF
tic District, but wa. honored a, the first
Of them, with an appointment as Char.
man of The committee, IN prepare a list oil
books fol; their consideration and approval
a, The second. In that list. | placed Way
lands Moral Science" without the slight
es, apprehension, that I was doing wrong;
for having used the work myself. advan-
Iareously. rs | believed. TO my pupils, ]
spppcsed there would he neither danger
nor difficulty in its adoption. ! offer this.
as my apology 10 those gentlemen. whose
persons respeci,and whose labours for the
benefit Of The rising generation, would
rather aid than %iujure. And | assure them
aud others, that il could obtain n work
ON moral Science" for youth, preferable
10 tho Professors, | would readily adopt
il. Nay furihef, much as l prize The MO
raj Science" il knew that The comtnu-
nity would be disquicted by its use in my
School, Iwould discontinue il. AS il is
no, alleged that any evil has arisen from
the work 10 my pupils, ! take leave TO
assure The community, that they need fear
u III were reckless Of the interests
Of the rising geueraiion-l-snneis-Hanid
have regard 10 ,ny o,cn. And this regard
would forbid my using any work in the
course ofins,ruclion adopted by me for my
scholars, that would tend in the slishles.
degree to injure them.
The truth is, thar the danger OF making
Aboliiionisrs Of chiidren, growing up in the
mids, Of slavery is not very great. Neirh-
er will The examination of the ground, on
which the continuance Of a system Of sla-
very long in operation exists. tend 10 n
seulc the faith Of their parents or others in
its consistency or proprieiy. A gentleman
of high Standing in Virginia, told me the
las: year, that previous to The agitation Of
the subject. some years since, inlhal Stale,
there were generally among the members
Of the denomination TO which he belonged,
doubts entertained Gifts propriety OH Scrip
lural grounds. But tho examination Of
the s~uijec, entirely removed those doubts.
I apprcheud, therefore, no danger To orr
youth from tho use of the "Moral Science"
when taught by competent instructors. At
any rate the Objectionable section can be
easily Gu, out, and thus The danger be en-
rirely removed. By tins means, an admir-.
able auxiliary will be afforded in the de-
parimenl Of morals. especially for younger
pupils.
"a Parent" says "hc has been inform
ed. that Professor Waylnnd is not a IA
live born citizen Of the United States. |
take great pleasure in saying, ! have been
informed from good AUTHORITY, tina, he was
born in the Stale Of New York, and grad
uaicd at Union College. Schenectady. in
that State. have been also Informed.
thai he was Professor in that Institution.
and afterwards Pastor Of Baptism Church
in Boston. For the last II or IL years |
have known him, as President Of Brown
University.
But. admit tha, he is no, a native born
citizen Of The United States, yet the time,
that he has lived in Tins country, and the
character that he has sustained, are ofsuE-
ficicnl duration and excellence 10 make
him q ,nosl worthy naturali-.d one. But
IL he be only a ualurulized one, is he not
placed by our laws upon n footing with
n native horn ! Does no, the genius Of our
institutions invite the inhabitants Of other
countries to cornc aud cast in their LOT with
us! Do we not say 10 the people Of other
nations, Come thou with US. and we will
d thee suod;tfor Godihath spoken good con-
corning (American) Israeli" Aud. amidst
the iuunda,ions from Europe, which nre
flooding this country with wave after wave
of her subjects, if We could have a very
large proportion Of such men as Professor
Wayland, cast iulo The walers, 10 "swce,.
en- ihem," happy, thrice happy. would il