The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-02-15

diminish vice and crime, iifaided 6y a
lieentious Press 1t fosters men tai vanity
w'ld speculation and iaRmorality-y,
IN q word, it fails short of ats object, the
soe!tare Of the republics aDtat, is the sys.
tenn reattg .eondpcive 10 that end q
Ihirdifse stated that Mr.. TABER
toak theSsssIss$a q Isa' sd boldly. "that the la
;,fJorng classes had no right To- be edu-
Gated, that the poor man had to work,
and it was useless for him to learn TO
read and write, that little education
made the people vicious and idle" In
reference to this allegation, we make
the following EXTRACTS from Mr. TApEn's
published Address, which we think
have not the same strength of express
ION: harshness and point that tic orig
'nal or spoken words had At least
they do not read so grating to our cars
rs they sounded when spoken. The
idea is the same: That labor and cdu.
cation cannot 20 together, and hence
the necessity Of slavery in Republic,
to furnish the laboring class, and per-
NIT the wealthy and leisure class to tie.
vote themselves to that thorough clu-
cation and training which existed
amongst the ,Athcnians. We think
labor and EDUCATION, the reading OF
books and tho acquisition Of knowl.
edge, not at al! Incompatible. Some
OF the greatest and most learned men
have been most indcfatigable and in
dustrlous laborcrs and mechanics.
And as to the second, a word will
suffice. By far the larger portion of
those a0ho attend The common school,
come .from the lap of poycrty and toll.
They belong to that class to be found IN
every condition of society, Jut especially
III the more ,0culthy and civilizcd whose
tuelyhood is scanHly had by the hard
est drudgery. from This scene they 90
TO the common school, and after receiv
ing the n.odic"m ofknorledge there
g'pcM, they retu"as whesacs they came, to
toll asc3 Struggle. The tastes, the oc.
cupat*on- the eSopportunities of these,
csnnol be intellectual. FIFTH The fyst
lighkqf nsct>nial,5g iaasey 90 jbrts Is nfeir
honest labor, and at early cpe sink
exhausted to their couches. FAot
ti'as is spared to them for 5oohSe
" come nov lastly to the considcra.
ton Of Slavery, as essential to a re-.
public. Mr.. Calhoun in his sublime
disQuisition m!cn government, fully
exposes that moustrous faIlacy of
modern times, that "a' people are
equally entitled to liberty" .ilrn 10
to Ills as the error hat republicanism,
Ike mos, elaborate and difficult Of all
sys!cnss, is not onlH s'titca TO all peoples,
6Wt Matit can at once guaiitv ionor,
a'!cs and Incompetence TOR the duties
and responsibilities Of SELF Government.
Moreover, tina: the republican idea re
qu!res that nj should participate equal
iy in political rights.
$40 assert the contrary is to dc:v
all the popular maNiI.s on the subject.
bW i there is one fact empAuticaWy II.
ln@hatca, in tie history of' Rcpublics, ii
IS M0' they cnnaot prosper a0here 32li-
ticai eq"oiity does exist, II, short mhcre
some $uch System as 4tTvican Slasery is
| unkno7on.
" BY the operation OF immu,able
laws, which neither the violence o!
revolution nor the efforts of reform cae
effect, society everywhere is split into
the extreme divisions Of wealth and
lriSnrr--poverty and depcndence.-
The progress Of civilization does no,
oblIlcrate these lines, but tends rather
to intensity and pcrpetuate them.-
The life Of this latter is of necessity
mcnial, and in communities where
they do not fall under the care of a
superior race, they constitute that tur
bulcnt, corrupt, pauper host which
looms in such fearful darkness over
European society. Is such q class fl,
for selfgovcrnmedt? Can they exer
else safely the rights, or fulfil the dutie:
of republic? Are they not ther
the ready tools of the anarchist and
the demagogue2, Yet tits this class
which modern utopianism invests will
full political rights. To- debar them
ofthe privileges Of the citizen, is tt
array against society, jealous and
violent mass, and to admit them is tc
subject government to their radical anC
corrupt influence.
"
"Tho first object OF public education
should (and by publicI mean State
be to inform the people OF the nature
OF their government, the rights ant
duties of the citizen. Prof. Lieber, il
his admirable essay upon Anglica,
and Galican liberty, enumerates thi'
among the duties ofaIl free systems
We bet'eve that, as regards the large
portion OF The citizens, government soil
fail When IL attempts more; and IL ef
tects results noble and grand and bone
.fcent indeed, s0hen it does this much.
Fourthly and lostly, We assert tha
Mr.. Tabcr deprecated demagogism
and urged conservatism, whilst usin,
tho most clap.traP arguments in favo
of tho aristocratic few, who were to b.
educated, and who were to govern tn
rest of mankind in their ignorance an,
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