The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-12-16
Barbarism Of South Carolina.


them carefully, and draw their own con-
clusions from the facts presented. The
day has come when The people must think
or perish;
"By table is Of the census Of 1860, The
result for that year was as follows: In
Massachusetts,, value of books printed,
$685., 500; jobs, 1923 347 newspapers
S1.g79O69, total, S2,905 9J6. Same year
IN MARY land, books printed, S5e,O0O !;
jobs, 2l22 600; newspapers Sl69,O00; to-
tai, $3.50 1855. By table 36, census Of
1850. Massachusetts had 222 NEVIS
papers and periodicals., Of which 112
were political, 81 religious, 81 literary,
miscellaneous % Maryland has only
81, all political. The whole number of
copies issued in Massachusetts in 1860
was 102,0O0,760, and in Maryland TO-
721, 472 Of periodicals. Massachusetts,
has, monthly, ! political, 10 religious, Is
literary, z miscellaneous; quarterly, re-
ligious 3; literary 2; miscellaneous J.,
aud annual. Maryland has mn. What
terrible truths are unfolded in these sta
tistics. None but a political party press
in Maryland, all devoted in 1850 TO the
m maintenance, extension and perpetuity
of slavery, which had fifty-seven advo-
Gates, and not one for science, religion or
literature"
Slavery is also hostile 10 education
Indeed, in most slave States education is
discouraged as the source Of hundreds of
imaginary evils
an 1860 there were in Massachusetts,,
1879 public schools, LAB teachers, 49,
475 pupils; native adults who cannot
read or write, 1851, In Maryland, 907
public schools, 1,O05 teachers, 33,254
pupils; native adults who cannot read or
write 38, 426, excluding slaves, TO teach
whom is criminal. d
"Thus, then, slavery is hostile to
schools, Withholding instruction from
the children of the poor aai
Now, then, let us contrast loyal Mary.
land with rebel South Carolina, the au-
thor of secession, and assuming for many
years to instruct the nation. By tbt
census of 1860, she had population o.
703, 70S, of whom 400, 4O3 were slaves
and Maryland, numbering 7049 hat
87199 slaves. Now, by the census o.
1860, South Carolina had forty-five jour
nails aud periodicals, and her annual cir
culaiion was 3,654840 copies. The cir
culation therefore of Massachusetts ex.
4 ceeded that of South Carolina more thar
100000 of copies, while Maryland
exceeded South Carolina more than II
COO 600 of copies. SO much for South
Carolina as a great political teacher. Al
to schools in 1850, South Carolina had
| 724 public shoots, 739 teachers, 1885
pupils. Massachusetts then had l5S, 637
more pupils at public schools than South
| Carolina and Maryland 15,416each contri.
buting so much more intelligence, wealth
and productive enterprise TO the nation
Which has the better right to dictate y
"Man, elevated by knowledge in the
scale of being, controls. the forces of ma.
ture with greater power and grandeur
results, and accumulates wealth more
rapidly. The educated free labor O
Massachusetts,, we have seen, triples th,
products of toll per capita as compared
with Maryland, and quintuples them (aI
the census shows) compared with Soutl
Carolina. One days labor Of a man il
Massachusetts is equal to three in Mary.
land and five in South Carolina. SO, i
we take our savage tribes, with thei
huts and tents, their rude agriculture
their fur their few and primitive wants
we sha llfind that Massachusetts is turtle,
ahead of South Caroliua than South Caroline
is of the savage nations. Ii Massachusetts
is nearer to the highest civilization, Soutf
Carolina is nearer to the absolute barba-
rism than any community in christen-
DOM"