The true Democrat., 1856-11-25

pidity. Have they taken away from our capa- cities as legislators in peace, or our valor and patriotism in war? Is the principle of honor, of integrity, of manly courage, the instinct which impels the approval of right, the re- sentiment of wrong, or the chastisement of in solence-are the social and domestic virtues and Christian charities to be found existing here n unhappy contrast with the system and insti- tutlons Of those who claim tae privilege of re- forming our manners and of making us alto Sether as they are themselves? Domestic ques and repose are invited to give way to agrarian- Ism, socialism, spirtualism, and all of the other infinitely diversified isms, which aqitate and keep ln continued turmoil, what is called bv an abuse of terms, free society Reforms there may be--lmprovementS; time and experience develop these in the machinery of all societies. Should such at any time be necessary at the south, it is ours and ours only, in assemblies and conventions. to discuss and pronounce upon them, indignantly repelling the impudent iu- references of our neighbors.
 VI. EDUCATIoN-Wi institutions of learn ing like those that have been long established and now flourish in the States of Maryland Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi, must the youth of the south be longer doomed to exile ill uncon- genla chmes, where the most sacred associa- tlons ot their homes are denounced as those of the savage and the barbarian. the heritaoe of guilt and crime, and where grave and reverend professors and clergymen leave the mlnit and the desk to sign and circulate incendiarv noliti Cal addresses, substituting rifles for EncIid or the Bible, and finding in Kansas, fields more classic and consecrated than Were ever befors furnished to them by Attica or Palestine. Shall not our State legislatures, acting in concert provide for an increased number of home insti- tutlons, extending at the same time the sphere of those already existing? With a larger pro- portion of thoroug hlv educated men than Is to be found beyond our limits will we build up and encourage home literature and foster and encourage home publication houses? The time for action Is mo2o. It will be we'll at least, to look to our school books. Can the making of these be entrusted 50 exclusively to those, who by installing an occasional hereSy dangerous to our repose, imagine that they serve at the same time God and mammon--their consciences and their pockets? The Stare Legislatures at the sohth alone are competent to heal this mis- chlef. Property will submit to any amount of taxation for such purpose. A system can and ought to be matured at the south by which the most ample encouragement shall be given to its educational system and to its press. Withdraw at once the contributions which are returned too often to Us now i'll contumely and insult
 FeIIow-cItzens of the south, we may not rea'lze at once all of these hopes, but let Us fondly cherish them, believing them to be at tainabe at no distant day. if We shall act iu concert, moving n the same direction, under the dictates ot d common interest-necessity and patriotism.
 We lnVlte large attendence at the conver,- ton ln Savannah. Let every village and town throughout the south respond promptly to this appeal m the appointment of delegates instruc- ted ln regard to their wishes and views The executives of the several States and the ma yoro of cltles boards of trade and commerce. asrcnltural associations, etc. will it is believed appoint, according to custom, delegations of tired and gpproevd men, who will certainly at tend, or who will, in the event of a failure, communicate by report, or otherwise, full infor- matlon for the action of the body, upon some or all of the points indicated.
 Can It be necessary to appeal to the press of the south, to open its columns to this subject and to continue its agitation until the sitting of the convention in Decemberi
 The city ef Savannah through its executive officer has notii .d the committee of it's inten- ton to make every provision for the meeting ot the convention, to afford the ampest taciI- ties for it's business and extend the utmost hos pltality to it's delegates
 J. B. D. DE BOW, of Louigiana,
 TENCu TiLGHMAN, of MayIund,
 RoB'I OULD, District cf ColumJia,
 JAS. LYONS
 R. k. MEADE,
 J. R. ANDERSON, Of Tyqiaia.
 INFER MYERS,
 F. B. DIANE, JR,
 J. Ii. GIBBON, cf North Carolina.