The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1861-08-07

lame oil NOrth Garcttna higl ahu hiusi'ous
lbove those ofsll her Distinguished compeers.a
How Is the world, unfamiliar with with
What has been going on in the heart Of soci-
,ty here, astonlshed at lie spectacle which
We now present! M
Let US not forget the sources of this now
healthy and vigorous ils IN the body polite.
et US wisely remember that the schools and
the school literature of the State have been
the great nurseries of the popular energy and
patriotism which now enable her to take such
a proud position in the struggle for Southern
The present war found this educational
system. 10 all its departments. from the Uni
versity to the Common Schools. just enter
ing upon prosperous and most hopeful con-
dition, becoming source OF immediate pc
cunlary profit TO the State from foreign pat
ronage, filling it with persons. mate aud fe-
male, prepared for usefulness in all the walks
OF life, greatly enhancing the amenities Of cx-
isteace, rapidly eievating the tome Of society
amoag the ruling race. creating and foster
Ing love OF home, and an interest IN lis re-
sources and institutions, and intusiD5 new
life aud energy into allthe industrial pursuits
Of the people and nowS shall these lights
that we're brightly burning From the Atlantic
to the Al!eghanies, throwinsa cheerful radi-
ance over the whole face oil Society, and ex-
posing to our gaze the diversified wealth and
attractions of The goodly LAID which God has
given us, be suddenly distinguished at the
yery time when darkness and consequent,
confusion and mental depression wtli be our
worst enemies.
But again, il NAV be said that intcllectu
Al must precede or sustain political indepen-
dence-and we certaialy know that people
who act on the thoughts of others, are not
likely always to act for their own interests
We all feel that the time has cone whea
we must think for ourselves; but II our
schools are stopped during the war, and all
our teachers compelled to Detake themselves
to other employments, what will be the in
evitable result
A moral agency cannot BE- arrested and
started al pleasure like malerIal machine |;
aud an educational system which cannot work
successfully for to day, without. also, plan
nlng for and drawing on the future. il once
entirely suspended will be destroyed. To
start afresh will be to build up new sys-
tem--and this will be | .bur Of msny years,
and what, in the mean time, viii be the re-
suit:
Many, as in former times, Will send their
children abroad TO be educated--niauy will
have to employ teachers coming from abroad,
and The very enemy whom we are now hsnI-
ing, aud from whose political association. as
unworthy aud disastrous. we have Withdrawn,
will aim, practically, to do uur thinking for
k.,
his other literature, By planning school hou.-
es and school systems, and by awaiting HIM
self Of our immediate and pressing wants to
thrust himself insidiOusly into our midst,
aud occupy the responsible places Of tutor.
and mistresses in family Schools.
The stoppige Of trade with the North do
ring the war, will make II a matter Of com
parative profit TO the enemy as soon as peace
| IS concluded, to flood Us with his books al
even half their usual cost-and thus Il will
/ then be almost impossible for Us to establish
and keep up our own publishing houses.
Nov, there IL A large class OF textbooks
which every independent nation, il it would
maintain It's independence, must have WIT.
ten and published by its own citizens; aud
the Southern States Of America, distinguish
ed BY peculiar social system, and one OBJ
noxious to the pharisceism Of the world. ar,
Especially called OF 70 think in such thing.
i for themselves. and 10 see that their chsldser
are instructed out Of their own writings.
But We - farther than this. Conscious
that we are not, in any sense. an inierio
people, aud firmly convinced that our owl
position on the subject OF slavery Is the RICH
one, we contend that il is but strict jastc,
70 ourselves to think and write on some sub
lieets 40r other nations.
Truth is eternal. and for al places; ant
whenever its conclusions are taught end en-
forced BY our people, whether IN physical %
moral science, We would not circumscrib,
its influence BY the prefix Of : name imply
ing only sectional use o. impartahee.
The Just defence Of our sucivtf implies
condemnation d that Of many other nations
and it is time that we cease 70 occups the al
iiiude N criminals arraigneL before the ba
Of civilization, and assume our true jasitioi
Of teachers 81 the unalerable truths 81 Rev
elation.
To explsin what we mean. we would re
mark tina, two opinions in regard 10 SLAYER
J are generally illustrated IN the habits Ut ma
tons, and that 10 the present condition q
the world, almost every leading power hold
some race Of fellow. creatures 10 subsection
enjoying the fruits Of their labor as repunel
alton for protection. aud the administrator
: Of justice anoBg them.
The theory Of dur practice IS that the 81
perior should adopt the inferior as a membe
: Of his household, placing him under his ow
immediate supervision, and ihst Of his vii
and children, where the sympathies betwee
! man and nan are brought into active PLAY
where every want Is seen and felt for, vher
. Dry crime is discovered aud punished, an
where the influences II religion and 81
! constant observation 81 the habits Of highe
civilization are allowed 70 exert their edacs
tionai anil disciplinary power.
We hold. that il &c are to have others !
. subsection to d AZ al, II must be 10 this way
and that system 81 personal seryltude