Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1860-09-15
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SOUTHERN STUDENTS

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Colleges Of the North and it strikes me as an APP
propriate occasion for the utterance Of few words
Of remonstrance and advice BY one who feels deeply
interested in all that relates to the profession, in
/ North Carolina especially :,
The whole codntry is alive wi:h political excite-
ment Tor canvass is pending Of the greatest i'm
| portance to its two sections the North and the
South. The South, though divided between the
men who aspire to the chief magistracy Of the
Union, is united against black Repubcansm in all
Its forms and phases. The NortA is the battle-
ground upon which the great contest is being deci
ded, which is to determine the destiny of our coun-
| try, for veal or for woe. There patriotism and
treason are arrayed against each other in fearful
and deadly struggle There conservatism and IA
naticism are struggling with unprecedented ardor
! for the mastery. There battle is being fought
between the enemies and the friends of this eoun-
try, which is not only faught with the most
fearful consequences in itself, bet which calls
out the most bitter and rancorous feelings from both
parties. No Southern man could stand by and wit
ness this struggle unmoyed. His heart could re-
spond to The rallying cries of his friends and has
blood boil at the insults of his enemies. He could
not devote himself either to business to pleasure
when such a contest was going on around him. He
must sacrifice all considerations Of personal interest
in the sacred cause of truth, of Justice and of
country.
/ Let me ask, then, those who arc about to resort
to the North for the purpose of acquiring profess
sion, which can only be mastered after the most
| devoted and uninterrupted study, what progress
they hope to make in its acquisition when their
minds are excited by matters which render all study
impossible? How can they obtain knowledge Of
subjects which require the most faithful and fixed at
tenton for their proper comprehension, when their
attention is constantly devoted to other and more
absorbing things? How can they expect lin
| provement and advancement" in Medicine, when
| such insults are to be heaped upon them as will
inspire them with indignation and disgust to the
exclusion of all other impressions, sentiments or
passions?
These are plain questions, and trust, sir, that
those to whom they are addressed will at least an
swer them candidly to themselves before the day of
| matriculation.
There is another view of the subject worthy of
| consideration. Southern students carry annually
| large amount of money to the North and leave it
| there Thousands upon thousands of the people of
the North carry their principles in their pockets
in such close proximity thereto to establish the
| most intimate reciprocal relations between them.
Such persons wonderfully fanatical at present,
for fanaticism now is in fashion at the North-but
Just they discover that they really to
lose by such investment they will be converted
from their hereses instdnter Let the patronage of
Southern students be withheld for single season,
| and there will be more converts from abOitionism
in particular localities, than could be made by
whole century of augmentation, whatever the tai
ent displayed in it It is thus made plain, that
Southern students under an imperative obliga-
ton not to sustain the institutions of the North,
because by Withholding their patronage they can
accomplish something of decided benefit for their
country.
1t cannot be urged that sojourn at the North is
essential to a proper knowledge of Medicine with
the slightest approximation to truth even pausi
| bity
The time was when Medicine was not taught at
the South; and then Philadelphia, New York and
Boston did present such advantages as the student
was under an obligation to avail himself Of on the
principle THAT half loaf is better that no loaf at
| all" But ct the present day, when Baltimore,
Charleston New Orleans and other Southern cities.
have Medical Schools of their own-when they have
unequaled chemical advantages-when their models,
specimens and illustrations unsurpassed in this
or any other country-when their Professors have
been born, reared and educated at the South, and
are not only indoctrinated with proper sentiments
| towards our peculiar institutions" but are thor
oughly acquainted with disease it presents itself
in Southern latitudes-there is nothing to induce
Southern men to ignore their claims to confidence
and patronage that spirit of servility and de-
pendence which constrains the human race to pur-
| sue the "beaten track" as if it were necessarily
the best and the shortest route to the attainment Of
| given object.
The fact Is Southern institutions require but one
thing to ensure their complete and triumphant
cess, and that is pGtrORage-that practical encOuT
their power to 5estow, but are under an imper-
alive obligation to confer upon them. So long
as this patronage is withheld the South, must be
reproached with her ncapacty to educate her sons.
Whilst this encouragement is refused the fact of
our dependence upon the North must be acknow-
lodged and deplored. And there can be no surer
mode of advancing the interest of the South--of
indicating the honor of her people, and of promo
ting the true glory of our portion Of this confeder
acy than the elevation of our schools, colleges and
universities to that commanding position which can
be easily secured for them by tie proper efforts
of their friends.
Let those then, who desire to participate in the
political conflict which now disturbs the country.
rather than to engage in that dligent study which
is essential to the mastery of the Medical Profes-
sion-who willing to be abused tradnced and
nsuted whilst attempting to secure their diplomas,
who prefer to patronize their enemies instead of
their friends-and who are unprepared to strike
single blow in behalf of the honor and the interests
of the South-let them, j say resort to the North
in this emergency, and give their money and their
patronage to the institutions of that locatyl But
on the other hand let those who choose to listen to
the storm as it bowls without rather than TO expose
themselves unnecessarily to it-who prefer to study
their professions where 1t be done in peace and
quiet-who are anxious to teach fanaticsm lesson
that will be long remembered, and who acknowledge
the obligations which patriotism imposes upon ev-
cry Southern man-let all such remain at home, en-
eouraging by their presence own institutions,
and showingto the world that Southern men are
capable of taking care of themselves, under all cir
cumstances, and in any emergency
am the advocate of no particular school. There
are numerous Medical Colleges of the first rank in
the South Let the young men of North Carolina
patronize those which they believe best, they
learn in any one of them more that will prove of
practical benefit to them as Southern practitioners
than be acquired in the most popular, flourish
! ing and distinguished school of the North.
el, ESCULAPIUS.
IMPORTATION WANTED.--We find the following in
the telegraph column of the Nashville Banner and
Patriot:
lEs BELL AND EVERETT MEETING.
COLUMBUS o.. Sept 4-There is a large Bell and