The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-12-24
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an extent, dependent on the North for the in..
structors of their children and youth. Not ON.
ly our public Institutions of learning, hut the
greater number of our private schools aud
academies have hitherto been entrusted to the.
hands of Northern teachers. At any time sncb,
state of dependency ought to be regarded by.
US, as matter of reproach. But ut sucEta
time as this it is an evil not to to be borne. that
the education of our children must he commit.
ted, of necessity, 10 class of teachers whose.
political sentiments are at war with our lonu.
cherished domestic policy, - ,a .4lr0s
This dependency owes its existence to the.
fact that education among us hae been confined
chiefly to the wealthy class of our citizens, who,
shrink from the drudgery of teaching, regarding,
it as sort of menial service; while the poorer
class who would willingly serve their country
in this useful and patriotic occupation, are des.
titute OF the means requisite for qualifying thems.
selves to become successful teachers. u iaf
Our State has certainly been ,ery remiss in
not making more ample provisions for the edu-
cation ofthe poor, who might otherwise become.
our most useful citizens. 1t is the deliberate,
opinion of him, who now addresses you, that
the Legislature should at once provide for the
establishment and support of schools, both male
and female, whose primary object shall he to
educate promising young persons, espresstytor
Teachers. ln the absence Of such provision,
and in view Of the imperative necessity for a
supply of native Southern teachers the attention
Of the patriotic and liberal is invited to the sub
joined proposition: af.,5 Ap ~ sausHi
1t is proposed, that those of our fellow citi.
zens, who advocate the teaching ofnatiyeSoutli-
ern teachers. organize thems,lvesintoa society
for the purpose of raising funds, for the estab,
lishment and support ofsuch schools, Of the kind
alludedto, as shall be conducted agreeably to
their wishes; procure qualified teachers to su.
perintend them; seek out, and eudeavour to iIl-
duce suitable persons to enter, those schools;
and appoint committees to report to the society
the characters and wants of the schools, and
the success attending these efforts. 7ia ii
The subscriber asks the patronage of the
pnblic to au Institution of this sort, to be estab.
lished near Russell Place, kershaw District,
). c., to go into operation early 10 the ensuing
year. s..,.... ..
The School will be one of high order in
which all the branches Of thorough English
and Classical education will be taught.
Being designed for training of teachers, the
mode OF instructing will he somewhat after the
plan Of the Lancasterian and Normal Schools.
As the Institution is intended chiefly for the
education Of those whoss means are limited,
it will be conducted ON the most economical
plan; the boarding department bciag so man
aged as merely to cover expenses.
The necessary expenses of such an Institution
will be. the salary of competent superinten-
dent; and the erection of plain building con-
tanning sleeping and eating apartments, and
a recitation ROOM
Those whe may take an interest in such an
enterprize are requested to address the subscri,
ber at Russell Place, S. C. 'N'-
~ 8. DoNNELLY,
Dec. I3. 1850. 7g, saf
" Editors friendly to such an enterprise
will oblige the writer by publishing this COM
munication.
"There are no disunionists in the North"
So says the Boston Atlas, an advocate of the
Wilmot Proviso and the repeal Of the fugitive
slave law. We believe The Atlas. We believe
the North would yield the South every Consti-
tutional right she possesses rather than dissolve
the Union. But we have submissionists in the
South who are willing to abide by the DEGREES
of Congress, passed with the sanction Of ma
Iority, and who are either too timid or too des.
titute of patriotism, to make demand of our
rights. Such as these have paralysed the arm
Of the South, and are willing to acquiesce in
any law Congress may pass unless, forsooth, a
minority should be able to repeal it! This is
as far as they will go.-Memphs Appeal.
Fugitive Sldres at the Northwest. Mr.. John
Calvert, an agent who was sent to Chiago,
from St. Louis, to recover fugitive slaves, in.
forms the St. Louis Republican, that while at
Chicago all the letters sent to him were inter.
cepted and broken open or destroyed, and that
although he sent thirty.two telegraphic des-
patches to St. Louis, he could get no answer
to any Of then He says that there are
large number of fugitive slaves at Chicago, but
that through the activity Of the Abolitionists,it
is almost impossible to recover any ofthem.
One female slave consented to return with him,
but she was forced from him at Bridgewater
by fifty or sixty colored persons. In pursuit
he went to Chatham, in Canada.
where he found large number of them and ma
ny others constantly arriving from the States.
LoreH Manufactres.-There are in Lowell,
Mass twelve manufacturing corporations, with