Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-08-20

The second remise of the sylogsm is, thai people With
out means should not be taxed to support coege LOT
neooe with MEANS And the deduction is that the Col
lere should 20 by the bnar Was ever any Mt,
in part or az whole more prepnsterous! Even grant
ing that people property can alone avail themselves
of tho College advantages. we ask s It not try VINO
paw the great bulk Of the taxes! Every man IN 'he
Slate who works n ahaEdnzen, ,good hands can' WIN
siill and economy. give at least one oi ms sons the
College cnnrse if hr be- 40 inclined. Take then the
whole Of orr population fr"m that degree Of means
nm N the wcahesi claes and cnmpnle the proportion
~ ,axes thew nav into the Treasury. IL it not The
rrond bulk, Then mark The large annual aaproprn-
,;ons made for the express benefit of the pnnr
And is it Gencrnns. ia it right in any one to mnrmnr
at the few thousands annually set asid" for the ad
voncement of the Sfale College, Coeg" both 'heo.
retirnlly end pracrally open to the great INK
having holy of onr roonle! When onr I"ris.
lature approprates hundreds nf thousands OF dol
lars annually for the education OF onr pnor It Is
nroperly regarded as in The pursuit of righteous
noIicv. and one which deserves the approval OF all
oood men, Bnt nre the neope 10 turn upon that Leg.
islo,ure in their wrath when it acis in similar spirit
of f,sterinp care tho in less degree) towards nnr
admirable Slate College! We feel confident that
every intelligent reader si ratch up and appreciate
the drift of these reflections without furtler enrida
linn on our part. They nre pa!uahe-alm"st aslo-
matic The wonder s that in the face OF snrh PLAIN
facts any one should seek to attack the College, by
arousing in the hearts of our honest poor, unworthy
and ilIibpra preindces against The (So-caed) rich
We maintain that The argument itself is an lnsht Z"
every high-rnnded poor man. 1t is as much as tell
ing him" you are no better than serf ynur posi-
iion in society is fixed your children will never par
,icpate in these fine literary privileges which the
State is rearing at Columbia; therefore fight against
them" How fllse the reasoning, how repuGnant to
our republican experience! It is The pnor of one half
century frequently who become the rich OF the next.
In regard 10 this thing Of wealth. there great wheel
in American society continually turning upon s axis
and thnse who have risen IN the top in one generation
may in the next be fnund at the bottom those who
were below take their places up higher There are as
general rule no permanent pnor or permanent rich IN
our country We are equals, freemen all and endowed
by God with the ability 10 rise if we will however low
NAV he our first condition. Take now the application
of this truth to the question under consideration. We
venture the remark that OF all the students who have
graduated o. the South Carolina College, say for the
last ten years fully one half children OF men who
frty wears ago were almost dependent upon lhe sweat
of their brow for their daily support. And we ven.
ture the prophecy that forty years hence similar
retrospect will occur It is lse then to sny that oir
College advantages belong to any fixed class OF our
population They stand there for ell; to be USED by
persons of property, or not, as they incline. but
especially do they stand there as an incentive 10
every poor yet homes, freeman, beckonlng linn TO M"
blc ereron, that his children, or his grandchildren
a, the rlrhes may share with the res, The nestlma
h!c benefits Of all elevated education. Hundreds
have done 50 already and so will it continue to be rs
long as our republican principles shall endure Viewed
in this light Alone The establishment Of our College
vas bright evidence Of the wisdom and foresight oil
our fathers.
But our space almonisfes us 10 slnp abruptly. And
perhaps we are wrong in treating the subject seriously
1t is next to impossible, that lcpeope OF South Caro-"
lima can he led to orsake that noble Coeg, which has
done more towards eeyating and enlishtenlng
their State than al the other together that have
been used 10 that end. As they hope to be blessed
and TO be prospered let not such thought enter their
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