New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-01-07
SOUTHERN SCHOOL ROCKS FOR SOUTH
ERIN YOUTH.

writer in the Mobile Mercury, who signs ninseI
Southern American speaks upon this subject
ia style which, If little less enlbttered' would
meet with our ideas exactly. In our devotion 70 the
South and defense Of its institutions and rights we
always take not to substitute the suggestions Of
prejudice or passion for the calm but determined zeal
which should animate him who espouses just cause,
3 aad il we sometimes speak with unusual warmth
mon Questions involved in that cause II must be
borne in mind that we have ample reason that never
before in the history Of tie country has the South
been placed in the position in which abe now finds
herself excluded perhaps forever from the common
doman, with the powerful party which promises to
carry everything before it in the North, openly
arrayed against hsr rights and with the men whom
she elevated to power and had right to regard as
her friends, leagued, at least in action, with her
4 worst enemies The enuncation Of truths has gem
orally we believe pretty much the same effect in the
end, whether in terms Of fiery denunciaton or with
the deliberate camness OF Scion or a Mentor.
Il In regard to the character of the school books
which arc put into the hands Of youth, we have
long thought that the people Of the South do not
place sufficient estimate upon the importance Of the
subject And at first glance 1t does seem that 50 the
text book contain the information pertaining 70 1t,
properly arranged and presented, Il y Of no conse
quence where 1t came from nor VINO is the author.
But there is something mors Than this. Admitting
that Northern school books, manufactured for the
South, are everything 80 iar as tnef proper SUBJECT
matter goes thst could be desired may they not
.i ~ ,,atter that Ia unnecessary and that even IL
- $500 :, .ro-. ,.;. -. - 90 ,,o,,,
nos cp'osi"'eu - poos'e '.'u'' ~ ~ Jou'''
renders them unworthy our PATRONAGE Les us see
what "a Southern American " says in this connec-
4 ton:
sIha -, t; nS
.a..e - liauv ~ eNiA M ~ anu
we ior s hae loo naee psel =, ase a. us
eafoeo ifom tue readers puuisneu az .ne nor'n ivt
southern use OF fainer me reaueLs consanng suca
Banler HllI 4 not now held mn ncessanty to south
ern youth in prose and verse; as the ne plus ultra OF
American battles but the disposition still remains TO
exat tne North and desracs rom .s SCUM " lnler
Init has q ncsure of weiI-clsd man in broad brim
hat surveying a band of naked negroes at their
abors, though Of late years the catoninetails in
tne hands OF the former Is sometimes omitted, IN
oT. h a t ne s S,r md onS
deem it great hardship indeed to be restricted Of
this privilege such pictures (the apocrypha cut being
omItted) amount 20 nothing, but to the ignorant
snd ;. y y, a "
From two reoeraphies mucb used in our schools
Gull the following, promising that something of the
sort can be found in all
uoseu doa nes III, t;lens
s.Tbe people of New England are distinguished for
morality and general intelligence
. sWell, what great harm IN that = near one ex-
ea; oa iuc S " IA = a. a. st'e
ern nnmskn i The above means something or Il
means nothing. Taking the first hypothesis, what
idea Is meant to be conveyed Is It that the people
he rs sc Eso nil - inhahsnts Of Psnna
II So the statement may possibly be true can't say
how rascally the Esqnimaux or Papuans get to be-
SUI me context would Indicate that ine new Eng ,,
rsst ~ the f1nsS States T. tbis fatS II Mas
saeIsetts nr Connecticut Yankee snperior in intel
nanea ana ,noraIitv III ~, Aiaha,nian ~ t,aoyg;an
' 4s,s, 49, ,--.,-s,'1, - = ~,
Ihis, we think, IS decidedly good. ~ Is 70 tne
point directly, and clearly sets forth the sneakng
hypocrisy Of many Northern book-makers, who thus
andeavor IN inclcata poton of the;r spneroritv in
/ - = -. .-,,, r, - ~
moras anu ln.eihgehce' q snsie paiagiapu " sle
description OF those quoted above should be held SUI
i ficient cause TO exclude any textbook from our
achools There ;s abundance If Herarv talent in the
4 49,, 80 ~ I. y !, i,
oousu' "h'un oiiy ie4unes eneoui "seilen' anu ''e
removal OF the competition oil Northern underseiers
to supply schools with all kinds Of cassbooks OF
the ,,or,, f,ast c,sractar We bona s,cb a,couraoa
w 80 80
aay = 81. s,rD,
D. ~ ~, 81 -, .,o,a o,;o,. ,,to
a.,as, sa,a1 ~.
- ~ a.ts
,.as u ,rorI.a, ;e aras, az, ~ 49,
fen r,s nina If ~ ,nn,I shonld 10 sd.oted 10
',a..,ar 49, ,I,l ,,roo;sai,, = tho -
81 raar,, =, o oss;,,, al ,ho ,,ora 60 ho.o,,so
s.rIv ,rsindices ara IN most cases nearly ~ onito
ineradicable.
The spteful manner il which "a Southern Ameri-
cam winds up his communication is highly amusing
and the force with which he puts the case recon-
mends the paragraph to the careful consideration of
all who take an interest in the subject:
Go home, my good Yankee enthusiast, measure the
intelligence q your Wakemanites, hillertes, MOT
bia = - tSe
Of vour Arnods, HILLS, Hartford Conyent6nists and
been distineuished, with that Of our Washington.
Marion, Sumpter, jackson. Palmetto and Chamette
heroes study the trnthiulness OF your stoves tree
wa toa anu VI ~, 2
II vour oninion he not changed rs regards the SINE
rior intelligence and morality Of the Northern mind
stay at home And you, my dear Southern nun,
SAp' is. ,nas mS; ;, are nv uiSSs y eIoug anu
telieent or moral than yourself and YOUR brethren.
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