The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1860-10-10
,asosNBMBER 19.


from the Atlanta (Ga.) Weekly, and com
mend It to the careful consideration Of every
true hearted southerncr:
For more than handrsd years, and prior
to .theo formation Of the great American
Union, the Southern States have paid INTEL
lectual homage to the Northern; and there
by tacitly confessed mental inferiority
which has no existence save in the COMES
sion: = ','.''' : e-',f-' -
AS regards edaeations il has been, and
still Is sthc~ihcidalfa Of tho. South 10
send tbe sfsirsst and p9blssf 9f Aer, yppth to
be taught IN Northern schools: Why do
we pay this tribute of purse, and permit this
bondage Of the mindl Does our atmos-
phere SO parch and shriyel the inteleetss and
energies Of orr native teachers that their
teaching is as the sbabbling Of babes,a when
compared with the crudite instruction Of Che
Solons Of the North I Cannot the brain of
the southerner absorb learning beneath the
Southern sky as well as when he is chilled
by the winters of Massachusetts, New Hamp-
shire or Connecticut Cannot the South
produce as faithful, as capable, as successful
teachers as the North I ~ .,.,-..,..f,r.
Yet it has been our weakness, or rather
our folly, for nearly a century to seek fs
Northern appreciation in all that we wrote,
read or made-as it has been the shame Of
the North to beg European sanction for her
labors-so that even now, when our culpa-
blity in this matter has generated dire po-
litical crisis, many of of our citizens pay lit
tie heed to the warning that should be
shouted from the Potomac TO the Rio
Grande: q %. .f d asia1ees4 BE-
Educate Soathgners in Southern SchoolsF'
The time to do this has not but now conc:
The time began when we took our rank as
confederate States; and from then until now
the time was lost. The time TO heed the
warning is still with us--but what politician
is sage and sccr enough to dare say how long
we shall have it peaceably u aqa d -o.s.rs
To what should be the political slogan Of
the South-"Educate Southerners in South
cm Scliools'-we 9oher hear 1the excuse,
1--WE have no good schools in the Southr
Oh, contemplate wall of sclfinade impoton-
". ,'-s7
Mot pausing to stamp the threadbare spol-
ogy as a squalid falseliood, indignant Pa.
irioiiSm demands: "Tlen, in Heavens namo,
make themm ~ 5o
Would il not be an absurdity as rank as
insanity to attempt to rear youth as rcpubli-
cans by educating them in monarchyl tits
no less an absuIdity to hope to rear your
youth as southemcrs in principles, aspira-
lions and duties, by sending them abroad
for education.
1t cannot be alleged that we have no good
schools from u hack Of Northern teachers
for our cities, towns and hamlcts abound in
such educators-and they would resent, as
We would disclaim the sneer, that they basc
left their wit, wisdom and skill behind them.
Can it be possible that the breathing Of our
air, or the eating of our food, or tho heat Of
our sun stultifes their intellccts and encr-
Yates their powers If SO, it would DO best
for us to make a modern exodus northward
forthwith. .a .H -syi
The failure in establishing numerous and
excellent schools in the South does not arise
from the incompetency of tho Northern, nor
Of the Southern teacher, but from most
wocful dearth Of Southern encouragement.
We grievc to say, we mourn to know, that
the South is backward both in encouraging
her native teachers, and in aiding the strug.
Cling schools on her soil. II Southern. patl
ronage of Northern schools were withdrawn
this day, many a fourishiug college Of tho
North would droop, and many wcllsupi
ported institution wilt, withcr and dies .,,.r,
Yet to sustain those distant, and too often
inimical schools, the South, with folly akin
to madness, sweats the likelihood of her pros
perity from her own bosom. Were she 20
spend for her own schools one tenth Of the
wealth squsndered by her youth now in the
North, no recreant voice would drawl forth
ave have no good schools in the South.s''
Great as is tile fault Of tie South in send
ing any Of her youth abroad at a tender
and susceptible age, she adds infnitely,to
her folly by exiling the noblcst, fairest and
most promising OF her children. Her policy
seems couched in these wordsL'sSend tad
snted Harry to Yale or Harvard; dull Dick
ian learn enough at homcp
As SOutherner We protest against this
principlcs for Harry returns home marvel
ously anli+Southern, or maryelously worth
ess, while Dick remains @dull Dicks for
ife. .e,.-., = I. Z, -. -
In childhood let the young SOuthrou con
his first lessons at his mothers knee, and in
MS youth let him be educated as nearlhis
ather's home as practicable, and amid rs
zinsmcn. As true Southcrners yoa muss
-evere and uphold the laws, customs aud
principles Of your State, and desire that your
children shall do likewise. 7sesaas',
There are many excellent institutions of
earning fsE both sexes on Southern soil, and
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