The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1849-06-20

Virginia has about $4,000 of Baptists alone;
she las 10000 Methodists,s and larger pro-
portion yet Of Episcopalians than any other
State. Altogether she must have her full
proportion.
But is in education that The North claims
the great prc-emlnence over the South. In
Massachusetts,, according to the census of
1910. there were but 4,44S white persons
above the age of,wcnty, who could not read
and write, and in Virginia there were 5s,-
7>7; in Ohio. there were 35,364; in Ken
lucky, 4O.OIG; in Illinois, 27,502; in Missis-
sippi, $500. Thus it appears, that whilst
there are more than twelve times as many
teratc persons in the oldest Southern, as
in the oldest Northern State the propnr-
ton changes as VIC advance westward,
until we find greater proportion Of them
IN new State Of the North than III one
of the South And thus It seems that
in the New States. where children arc
not educated at public expense, and where,
therefore their parents must provide ior them,
the children the South arc better educa.
ted, or rather, perhaps it would seem. that
the emigration from the North, is much more
ignorant than the South. Still, however,
tie odds OF schuul instruction are dccidcdiY
with The Nnrlh This results from obvious
causes. The territorial area OF Virginia Is
probably nine tunes as great as that Ct Mas
sachusetts. II. therefore, Virginia were dis
posed To adopt The common school system,
it would require nine times the scho"h"nses
an teachers. tn aiinrd the same convcnIcn-
ces for attending school that exist IN Mas
sachuseus. Virginia is thiny settled, az
rcuiluraI State. ulcrscctcd by several ram
ses of mountains. In many places there
| could not be- found ten scholars in ten miles
square. In sach places, population might
hc ablc to live comfortably, but not to eslab.
lish school, or send their children abroad
to boarding scllpnIs. Hence, there must he
a considerable number without schools. In
commercial aud manufacturing States, or
,husc of small farms and dense agricultural
population, this evil is not 50 much felt.
Bat Virginia has system Of oral insiruc.
linn which cnmpcnsales for the want OF
SCHOOLS, and that is her social intercourse
The social intercourse of the South is prob
ably much greater than that of any people
that ever existed. There is certainly moth
inc like the number of visits among the fam
lies Of a city, or even tho same square IN
CITY, as prevails in the country OF the South.
And these visits are not fashionable calls
but last for DAYS and weeks, and they are
the great resources Of the South for Instruc-
lion and amuscn!cnt 1t is true that persons
aress.ns tnuf,lfs m s,ic fsin~rs
write. but they arc taught to nix ana CON
converse. They arr the occasions OF m
lerchanging opinions aud dItlusnS mtcIlI'
gencc; and to perform The duties. to ENJOY
the pleasures Of such intercourse, to please
t. shine. and to cap,lvatc, requires a degree
Of mental culture which 10 custom Oh TIC
Nurtn 50 much demands. Accordingly, the
South exhibits the remarkable phenomenon
of an agricultural people, distinguished above
all others ofihc present day, by the elegance
of their manners, and the intellectual tone
of their society.
The North cxceIs in books. In history
she has Bancroft and Preslcoll; i'll Poetry
Rrvaut, IIaIcck, and Whittier; in Criticism
Everett and lhanning. In scul pture she
has produced Powers. Her Franklin ha:
drawn the lightning from Heaven, ant
taught it to play harmlrssly around onl
very hcarths-hcr Morse has even given
letters to lightning. and lightning to her let
lcrI The North cxccIS IN the arts ano
physical SENTENCES. in inventions and improve
mcnls. She cxccls in associative action
not merely for railroads and manufactures
but for literary, benevolent, and religious ob'
iec,s. do not desire To dctract one 0'a
from her exalted merits and high c'vlI'zali"n
But IN individual character and individual
action, the South cxccls. For warm heart
and open hand, for sympathy OF iccI,ng, H.
deity Of friendship. and high SENSE OF homer
for knowledge of the sublime mechanism 81
man, and reason To direct him, the South
is superior and when the North comes into
action wlh the South, man 10 man, m conn
ell or in the field, the genius of tho South
has prevailed from the days Of jefferson Ia
Calhoun. from Washington to Taylor. And
it j. to The solitude which tho rural llc nl
the South affords, 81 favorable to reflection
and it Is To the elevated rural society OF the
South 50 favorable f,r the study OF hGnan
nature, that we must ascrIhc those qualities
of pcrsIaSiun and self command by which
her statesmen and captains have moved the
public councils. aud won 50 many field.
Ihc abolition Of African slavery i'll tho South
has been urged for many years by portion
of Nnrhcrn people. Aud HOW its restriction
to lis rc<pcnl territorial limits is the avnwed
purpose OF Almost every Northern State.
The basis on winch this policy rests is tho as
sumption that slavery is sinful and unpr"tlt-
able. The means now relied on to arrest
It's future progress is not the persuasion OF
the people of the slavcho|dlns States, but
the unmerclfn prwcr of The free States act
iug through the Federal Government. Sup
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