The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1857-04-18
"To sit and grin"
EDUCATION IN THE SOUTH.

A great deal has been said by the northern iour.
nails anti-slaveLy journals proper making the loud.
est comncnts-upon the supposed fact that education
neglected matter IN those States where slavery
was recognised institution and tlnt, of nccessity.
the bghting influence of The called plaguc spot,
caccd all attempts TO establish high degree Of in.
tcrcsl In the superior cultivation of the mind, and
that in truth, the fire of intellectually burned with
intensity in or about the capital of old Massachusetts,
only--thc farther one gets from the focus--East.
West, North or South, and particularly South--the
colder the non-ntcllcctual the more barbarian
like he Is found Like all northern anti-slaycry fall
lacies, this has foundation, IL never had II was
an atom of the huge mountain of base fabrications
which interruptions journals and oud.mouthcd, IL.
norant fanatics have piled up by u busy and mis-.
chicvous labor of twenty years. and which has stood
for the superficial olscrvcrto gaze upon and believe
in till the past great political warfare, when the en-.
gnery of truth and right, the principle of pure Dc.
mocracy and the journals of that doctrine have be.
gan to undermine this pile of frcc.so rottennrss,
and ere long il will tumble to pieces with but little
effort the part of those who labor to pull II down.
1t is to be hoped the "Athcns of AMERICA the
very atmosphere of which, is supposed by those who
daily breathe il, to be little else than the sublimy
of intellectually, the very essence OF intense men.
talty rcdolcnt Of pocsy and The classics so refined
that southcrncr could not make single respiration
within half mile of Cambridge or Bunker Hill-it
is to be hoped that the Enmcrsonians of that locality
will make n note of the following facts
The six New England States have white popula.
of 27Oj COS, and ont of that number ther, nrc 1850
college and university students. or to DIG Massa-
chusctis the caskct itself ntcllc ctuay rich which
holds that valuable Athcnan jew cl, Boston, shows
student of this character in every ga of her popula
ton
Now we will place against this The extreme South
tho ''dcmoralizcd and grovcng slave States"
In the four Southern States Of Virginia North Car
ona- South Carolina, and Georgia, We find 4 white
population Of 2,2i3.O3G. Florida Il not re ported
The number of college and university students is
A,lll-or to jij--showng almost twice the amount
of educational interest" Of the same high character
ms the New England States in body, or as hoas,ing
Massachusetts a State. What have the .Athcnian,'
to say to this show Of figures and the poor coppari-
son they make in the display? Taking the States o +
Missouri Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana Illinois Micbpan.
Wisconsin and Iowa, we find 1923 III white popula,
ton and the college and university students si97.
or in Ga7. Here again the New England State.
are behind, and SO is the casket which hold. The
jewel Boston.
We now take the States of Alabama, Ms.issipri;
Louisiana, Arkansas and Tennessee and find there
2,llGlOl white population, and the number of stu.
dents OF the States named 5000; this gives to 600.
Again is New England and also the State of Massa-
chusetts In the back ground. The summing up or
the matter is just this:lhc six New England States
which have Dragged not only of their great cduca.
uona advantages. and the many scholar, who avail
themselves OF the mcaus Of education over and above
The like number in the slave States hut otcr the free
States also, have been guilty of silly boast, which
had not the slightest foundation in truth This hot
bed OF fanatics is beaten In this comparison of cluca.
tonal cppita by sixteen ont of the TWENTY-FIVE States
outside Of this galaxy of mental Lrilliancy. and we
trust to hear no more about New Engand intellect.
uallty, nor read any more snccring comments upon
southern or western schools or scholars
We lind in the Southern LHerary Ahssenqer facts in
accordance with the above statistics and copioua
comments of character SO telling against the free.
SOIL portion Of the North that we should hardly like
TO mortify the New Englandcrs to the degree thew
must suffer- should we extend this sort of Intelligence
among them. We hope that no more silly bragodo.
'lo spirit will be manifested in that locality but tina,
WIN all IN cir devotion in the pursuit of knowl edge
hey Will prosecute a spirit of enquiry beyond tho
)hlhese wall they have sought to build up, and VIC
ather think they will find the outside barbarans
lnt as far advanced in knowledge and morals as
themselves, and probably, as these facts show lit
lie farther.-Ne~ lorh Doy Book
VERY GooD.-At a dinner given to Hon. Mr.. Lake,
It Vlcksblrg, the "army and our citizen sol dicry"
lad just been toastcd, and response made by dis
ihgulshcd officer present. when gentleman at the
outh end of the table rose and said he saw no rea-
zen Tor neglecting another honorable profession rep
escnted there and by way of supplying the omission
lie gave, "The medical professionalism as destructive
8 Me army or The nary" This drought down the
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Inc celebrated Swedish calculating engine
u Mr.; Schultz has been presented to the bud.
ey observatory at Albany, by John +. Rath-
'ohe' Esq, of that city. 1t stercotypes to
even decimal places, its results which are cal
u,ated to fourteen places. ard is the only cal
ulatlng engine of magnitude which has been
brought to completion. 1t has been twenty
ears III construction, and the Diet of Sweden
las at different times contributed the sum of