Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1855-02-01

ia 'iV -'S" OIitallo llCG uUe We Unt
the fol flowing in the report of the 4,l
days sitting OF the Commercial Conven
ton. 1t comes from Rcvercnl and on,
readers eau take il for what i, is worth
The Rev C. X. Marshall, of Mississippi
Chai man OF tie Committee OF Education,
appointed II tile Charleston Convention, Of
iered resolution reaiEnninr tie resolutions
on the subject adopted at IN al Convention,
and Con inuiAs On the Book Trade o. tie
Southern and Western States, OF which Mr..
Henry y. Girls old OF Louisville, Ky, is he
Chairman.
Nr. Marshall commenced his remarks IN
support OF his resolution by alIu ing TO tie
value anu importance o. these Convcnto :.
lie aid thas II was not shelr purpose 10 make
the South lndepe ndent of The North, but IL
make the South indepe ndent within the Union.
He spoke with favor OF the plans proposed for
facilitating lnterc ummuulcatlon sith the va
riouS parts Of the country, an of connecting
the atlantic and the Pacific by railroads run
ming through the Sonth, and then proceeded
10 ask what though all these things be COM
pllShed, If the great subject of Southern edu-
cation be overlooked and neglected! He call
ed the attention of the Convention to the ia Il
that the educaloes of the South were ir m The
North. 1t was OF no use to talk If extending
commercial facilities or OF building railroads,
unless the education VI the 5 nth was South
ern i'll lis character. Education mOulds the
mind as the sculptor does the marble. The
dewdrop ais upon the acorn, and IL Deco es
an oak;
'Jusi as the twig is bent, the trees inchned;'
a maxim, though trlte, that contains nth Of
the first import nee.
| Now, what had been the education iorced
upon the Southern States. We are in the hab
/ II OF sending our sons and daughters 10 the
/ North, far from their homes and home influ-
ences, there to be exposed to those which We
bel eve dangerous 70 our interests, and damn
ing TO our peace. The reverend speaker al
luded in this connection to Yale College ant
10 Prot. Stlllman, who had said that they dit
not care for Southern patronage. Ii was no
possible fol Southerners to be safely educate,
at tie Norh IApplause.l They cannot com,
back with proper feelings towards their lam
lies and their people. Our sons and daugh
tiers return TO US from their schools and col
legeS in the North with their minds poisone
by fanatical teachings and influences agains
the institution Of slavery; with erroneous re
ligiouS opinions on the subject, aud with tn
idea that it is a sin 10 hold slaves. On thi
subject the speaker ield that IL WAS Of the frs
Importance right direction should be give
TO the minds OF our children, and that the
should be cultivated. with reference thereto
in an enlightened manner.
The question he urged, comes to this: Shal
We educate our chlldren abroad or at home
Tie plan presented in the resolutions he wa
advocating proposed that We educate our ow
teachers, keeping this great subject befor
the people and the different Legislature
of the Southern States, and in every practlca
bic mode 10 further it.
The reverend speaker then considere
slavery as an institution, and passed upon it
glowing euloglum, as contri outing to tn
gl.ry iu arts and science, in religion, and ma
tlonal prosperity, in ali countries wherein
has ever existed. He described it as formin
| part of the patriarchal system ofgovernmel
J established by God himself, as having bee
}, | countenanced by Christ, and argumentatlvel
d sustained, and practically supported by III
chief of Chrlst's Apostles, 81. Paul. He 9TH
= | speaker) had proc iaimed these opinions in III
: streets of New York, and of Boston. He be
Ileyed slavery to be right, and that within fl
Ivy yeas, instead OF decreasing, it would b
double in extent TO what it now is. He bt
ileved that the colonies now gathering on tn
| c. asst of Africa would all be slave States.
The reverend gentleme II said he wanted OF
children to be taught TO think rightly on tn
momentous subject; and that So far fro
being an evil, it was not, and never coulI b,
any more than difference Of race could be
; great evil. 1t was the meas by which tn
| world was to be civilized and christanized
sections where barbarism and ignorance no
!, lexist.