Washington sentinel., 1855-02-18

Of the first Importance that Democratic Sena-
tor shall be elected. This can be effected by
union and harmony. 1t will infallibly be de-
feated if contention, division, and strife shall
continue.
THE POLICY OF THE SOUTH In THE
EDUCATION OF HER SONS.
The following paragraph from our telegraphic
dispatch of yesterday is full of meaning, and
properly understood, will act as useful warn
ing to the Sonth:
"BosToY, Feb. l6.-At meeting Of the
Board Of Overseers, of Harvard University,
yesterday afternoon Governor Gardner in the
chair, the nomination of Judge Loring, as law
teacher of the University, was submitted for
approval, and without debate, vote was taken
which resulted--yeas 10, nays 20. This action
is in consequence Of Judge Loring acting as
United States Commissioners in the rendition of
Burns, the fugitive slave; and in the view of
some foreshadows his removal from the iudg-
ship by the Legislature.
Great efforts are being made we understand
to induce the Legislature to remove Judge Lor-
ing from the high office which he has so we'll
filed. While we regret that he may thus be.
come a martyr to his defense Of the Constitu.
tion of his country, and victim of the insane
fury Of blinded fanatics, his removal is a ques.
ton with which we have nothing to do. Let
these madmen act within the sphere of their
legitimate power, and we can only lament as men
such stains upon humanity. We cannot as
politicians attempt to restrain their excesses.
Their proper punishment will be in the repro
baton of all good men, and in the anarchy
which their folly will bring upon themselves.
But there is view of this subject in which
We are personally interested. We trust in God
and in the good sense of the people of the Sonth,
that the rejection Of Judge Loring by the Board
of Overseers of Harvard University, will have
its effect in preventing the dangerous policy Of
educating the youth of the South in the intem-
perate latitude ofBoston. We appeal solemnly,
and we trust not vainly, to the people of the
South. And in doing this, we disclaim any
intention to fan the fame Of sectional strife.
We deplore its existence, and would be the first
to restore upon solid and permanent basis,
peace and good will between the different
sections Of the country. But we speak for the
defense of the South. Wedeprecate aggression,
but we urge her to her own protection.
The system which has all along been pur-
sued by southern parents of sending their sons
to the North to complete their education, is
unwise in its political aspect, and dangerous
in its social bearing. 1t is but one of the many
modes that have been pursued of draining the
resources of the South, and of pouring into the
full lap of northern enterprise, her wealth and
the products Of her industry. Thus impov-
erished by her own folly, the gratitude Of
these benefciaries of her bounty is manifested
in the unworthy taunt that southern men and
southern institutions are inadequate to the de-
velopement of the resources of the country.
We have not at present the means Of making
q calculation of the amount Of this immense
charge upon the South, but we will at some
future day take occasion to do So Some idea
of the amount may, however, be formed when
we remember the number of students from vir-
ginia who flock to the medical colleges of Phi
ladelphia alone. 1t may be fairly estimated,
that in this solitary instance, nearly $4,000
are lost to the State Of Virginia annually.
1t needs no profound political economist to
convince a southern man that the money thus
year by year carried out Of the State and
lavished at the North, is as absolutely lost to
her citizens as if it was thrown into the sea.
The unhappy condition Of Ireland, wasted and
desolated by absenteeism, is an illustration Of
the evil which must result from such course.
There the proprietors Of the land reside prin-
cipally in England, and lavish in the extrava-
gances Of London life, the exorbitant rents
wrung from the hands Of their unhappy ten
antry. Is there any difference in principle be.
tween such a system and the system by which
the products Of the labor Of State are ex-
pended beyond her borders? Surely not.
Every farmer knows that the first principle of
agriculture is to restore to the land the elements
which he has taken from it in the cultivation
of particular crop. And the same principle
is just as true in regard to political economy,
You must expend the money derived from a
country or community among that community,
else you soon exhaust the faculty of produc-
ton, and impoverish the entire country itself.
OF one thing we are convinced: The South
will appeal in vain to her constitutional rights,
she will seek in vain for her political equality
she will lament in vain the loss OF her federal
equilibrium, so long as untrue to herself,