The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-12-14
THE DAILY DISPATCH.
xrnNEsn.Y MORNING. DECEMBER u. lesS
AuoIIrroN SCHOOL BOOKS.

Philadelphia, and circuistea Ia '0
which eQataias rank abolition sch''uee's'--
we expressed the opinion st tho same .n :.
tina. all .ehoo, books ernansting from sboli
don regions, ought to be thofonghiJ s'ros'h
ized before they are adopted in the education
Of sou,hern children. 1t is evident ths' nS
mara ,orerful and insidious mode could o.
Devised OF disseminating the poison Of sbola
t;on. and thereforeit would naturally beadopt
I'D by the vide awake, unscrupulous enemies
Of the South. From wha: we have seen Of
abolition morals snd character we are qa'''
sare that this mode Of assailing southern IN
s.i.u,ions would be highly conss nisl to their
tastes and consciencss. They would think il
very smart thing TO sTnggie their contra
band fanatieism through our school books.
Ths expression "xaie~gro@Rd railroad" sp.
pa;ed 10 their mode of running off slaves, hap
n;lv describes their whole character. Al!
their proceedings are OF sn underground
kind; they never DO frankly and directly
sha. which Gan be accomplished By cunning
and indireotion they prefer darkness to light,
because their deeds ara evil. They are dcsti-
.ute alike of generosity and coHgsge. for if
they had the former. they would put their
hands in their pockets and contribute NOW
and then to tho liberation Of 3 slave; If the
latter they would como and preach their doc
trines boldly to the face Of Shareholders, in
stead of fur;ively poisoning the fountains OF
instruction a. which his children drink.
Our comments upon hr. Charles ID. Cleve
lands book have drawn from that person n
long TRADE in the National Era" which
absuDds is puritanical cant and sanctimo-
niopS self complacency, and q greed Of gain
which sticks out mos. prominently, in spise of
his clumsy efforts to conceal it under the msn-
t.e of religion and charity. "Great is Diana
ofthe Ephesians.' This manufacturer fabo-
iition school books sees that his craft is in
danger, aad pours forth s volume of mingled
humility and arrogance, charitable talk and
slxaderous insinIations, holy words and ma
Ignant thoughts, philanthropy and money
making.
We have no room to quote verbatim from
his prolix reply to the Dispatch. We win try
and give the substance. lie sneers at the
idea of the South furnishing its own school
books; argues that it can't have school
books at all, geography, or spelling books,
history or the Bible, without exposing itself
to abolition influence. He says that the 81
BILE, above all, should be most zealously
guarded against. The northern Bibles,
quosh our money making Puritan, care very
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who are to be trained up to hold tho bodies
and souls Of Gods men and women in bon
dsge.' What an Intelligent and well inform
ed manufacturer of books! Here is man
who sets himselfup to disseminate knowledge,
intimating either that there is a difference
between northern and southern Bibles, Or else
that the Bible is not generallyin the hands Of
the southern people. If he does rot know
better, he rs unfit to teach others; if he does
as We suppose. he places himselfin still less
enviable position. We can't say what your
'xorthern Bibles" teach, for we are aware
that northern fanatics have enacted d "high-
or law" than the Bible Or the Constitution
out the Bible, as translated by command OF
King james, and received By all Christian
churches in this country, is the strongest bull
wark any southern man could desire for his
peculiar Institutions In both Testaments
she express sanction Of the Almighty is given
TO slavery. 1t was prescribed and regulated
among the Jews by Divine direction, and i:
10 equally recognized by the Saviour and the
Apostles. No doubt, however, Mr.. Charles
ID. Cleveland and his fellow aboltionists are
wiser and holier men than Abraham. "the
mend OF God" who owned more than three
hundred slaves, "born in his house and bought
with his money and far better Christians
tnan st. Paul. who, when hefound runaway
slave, converted him, and then sent him hack
10 MS master. In fact, the Bible is so strong
on the side OF slavery, thatmany aIolitionists
feeling that they must give up either the Bible
VI aooltiof1, have renowned the former and
become infdels.
MI cleveland goes on to say: There are
In the South noble and upright hearts in sbun.
oance' that will neither bind themselves mr.
their children by such bigotry, but who ror,d
teei themselves outraged by proposal 90 aa-
grading and 50 futile, as that Of keeping their
ohiioren IN ignorance ofthe evils of slavery ,,
Terrible evils" to be sure, which those who
are born and raised among them. know moth.
ing of, till enlightened upon the subject bv
Down East book manufacturer, who never al
foot on slave soil in his life!
But in the last paragraph, the cIoyon sao+ o.
oar mock philanthropist, shows rs. :, fill
''This is not the first time such project b,s1,.,
started; and il no doubt has OH .p nos, ae; -
then, ia desire OF making Il speculation I-v -,
manufacture of school books for the Snvsl, +
southern editors wish to publish school books f.
the South, there Ia no reason vhy they should no,
but let be put upon the true ground Of wilkins
make money by It. and do not let item insult tEcj
feiiow-citizens by supporting them to be possesse
OF minds 50 narrow aud unenliohtened rs Co be in
fiuenced by the motives urged by the writer aus
tod"
1t can scarcely be necessary in this region
grayely to deny that our Recommendation di,
not originate in q desire of making specula
ton by the manufacture of southern schoo
books. We are not engaged in that line O
business, and do not expect to be- 1t is Gu
rious and instructive to see how quickly ont
of these abolition gentry assigns money mo