New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-04
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lbased upon onr soeal str ucture, and drawing its
materials from the semi tropical nature which sur.
rounds us.
" Every true civilization is @ native growth; o
foreign civilization grated upon us viii, inevitably
opsttuct cur development and keep Us perpetually
proyinclsls The study Of our soeial system
hss already placed us far in advance OF Tue
void on the great problem Of tho coordination
oi the rucesit has laid he foundation Of the great
science of comyaTative psychology.
| "Aud whyf IL is because tins is u study IN
which we have followed 10 master, but have
obtained orr knowledge from the study Of
Nature herseb, ard Of the Book Of the Revea'
ton Of Mature. God. II u the Only thing IN whrh
we are original, and, therefore, The only thing IN
which we Are intellectually great. And yet, could
only induce onr.' Ives 10 q To nature tor nsYna
ton in art, we should bot be disappointed.
| 1.-The s.pecis Of nature by which We are surround
ed are N surpassed in lOyeless and variety IN beauty
and IN iiCles. Mountains Of great hight tIllk dow %
through gentle undulatious Into broad plains, Al
which the abundant overflow OF mib Lty IYers mr.
/ ICES the inmost recefses Of our great 6avanldsi
while not far the eternal ocean bfosks ~ KINDLY
murmnr- upon shore whose thousand bays and
inleis invite 10 the commerce o. tho world. Ou
climate is that in which al the sci, noes aud all the
alta OF civilization have hio their oIi2n; for ~
IL nature combines her most useful snd Der nost
pleasing characteristics. The WHEAT u TIE temper
ATE zons here meets the ii'e OF the tropics; tae
palm tee upirs lis openly hight amid te power
iul md onerre;dlng arms OF the OAK; here tue IiIe
tree yields 5 fcsin eide By de with the usTQassad
magnolia; here the apIe tree and tie orange tree
ca,t their fruit upon The same ound together; hee
Tho vine. and the olive, Lnd The fig tree, and the
pOmeQranae bring fOflb ;helr fruit N duo season,
here he r0sos bloom for ever; aad af'y here hing
Cotton has fixed ls royal throne, and All tho "oiiG
must ray hiul tribute.
"Thtre i, but one conrre for us then 70 pursue
We must BE- true to orr soca Institutions and ID Tie
Il ~. ~ uffu" HH q
system Of hOms s1ncotaO0. And We must tno" tlat
IN time and IN money Fpent upon foreign natruciiOu
Is wore ilan lott-it IL tie egg Of an exotic ho'
adapted 70 climate. Al the le-', It cln0i prom
ne and il may latch ont ,nto yper.
For tie beauiiiul ar vel rs tbe usetul, lei M -
10 the nature which surrounds MS and our at thal
be m elf rent from The european the song Of oar
many.,l roated mocsi, g-hi,d u from tue Eighilu-
gl.s. Ay, let the nightingale ring ia the gardens
Of thst suci,ut civilization, aId he echoed IN TIE
songs OF traus-Atlsnic bards but let orr grand old
torosts overflow, by night and by cay, with that
eAtusltss and iabyfiDtbine stream OF melody winch
flows from the fnl memory aBo the full heart OF ;h-
prince Of warbcrthe Philosopher and critic Of al
ieaihefed mnsi ians-whO l. himseN q student oil
nature always Observing ard culiiug ont everything
that IL beautiful aud singular in tue world OF sound
about hin, and weaving item together ia that end
les chain of melody, whore lights and eladows,
wlose Ntli-iimed contrasts aud ebGle-s GVeftity,
are the wonder and admiration OF every dscerniie
mind
FUTURE REVOLUTION IN SOUTHERN SCHOOL
BOOKS.
The South il 20 make ITS own books, among other
ings The article now under notice il intended 10
give the dealh-blow 10 Northern works:
" The scbool-books used by Southern teachers are
fast becoming an iut'lerable nuisance. This may
seem TO be an an eXtFayGgant STATEN to Southern
readers who know that our scuool-bo0ks are writ
ten printed, aud published at lie North, aud who
would lie disposed 10 think for hat IcasOu they are
incal atle OF Improvement but however incredible
the aemont may seem, there are ct Two classes II
rersoue VINO aro fully convinced If its truth, viz
The parents ho pay Tor them and the teachers Who
employ them in impsring instruction.
II 49, OF course, uOueCe safy ~ say one word IN
praise Of good s,bool.book. They necessary
IN the business OF instruction az The hammer aud
plane 10 the carpenter or the 10" 70 the trmer
lhefe naisgeusabe tools Of The meclanic and farmer
afr uniform IN their construction aud mode Of use,
aud are mndc III The beet possible manner. What
would be The condition Of these important DEPART
menls Of industry, If tie mechan; should be COM
PEELED 10 change bic tuol- year alter year. throwing
them asida r found that hey broke IN lis HANDS,
or we've not adapted to BIZ work Or how would
agriculture hOursb, il the farmer wa compelled To
get u different model OF Il Ilow every month. and
honlly ject them all worthless Fortunately Tor
tie Iuteresis Of The farmer aud mechauic, they are
moi compelled TO do tots; but n they were, they
would .oon set their inventive genius 10 work, and
supply from their own brains the thing needed.
The state of the case In regard 10 school books
10 very APPLY represented 10y the above supposed
case. A large number Of the sclool-books used in
this country very faulty, many OF them much
" to be quite wOrthless many again are infected
with Aboiitlonism. and doubtless, as things now
going, they viii soon all be 20. When We add TO
tLeir intrinsic worihessness the fact their name i
legion, some idea may be formed Of the trouble AMI
perpcXi,y which is caused to teacher, pupil, and
parent; while the teacher ries book after book, in
Tue vain hope OF al last securing one clear and plain
in lis statements, and free from errors and bluudes
or. Disappointed in this makes he best oi what b.
has, 10y sup ementIng ia Deficiencies and correciicg
It's erros the pupil, III the mean tine, loses interer
in the subject and confidence ia the truth Of State
ments where there are ~ many different ca
pounders; and tue parent, who cannot understand
why books chan ged s0 often Is disposed 10 regard
tea, hing ana tos,he,s az hambugs.
&" Such being tie prcsent and prospective evils Of
tie schOo-books we Use, they need only 10 be gem
eraly teen and ielt, 10 rouse determination To
cease longer TO Use Northern books ana 70 supply
their place by better ooes az we eau make them,
but certainly home productions. The question VIII
Use why have not bern teachers supplied this
Whit winch they have loJg seen ard ict The
answer H. that there has never been a time when
such an effort Would have met with success, AMI be-
cause the South has chosen 10 be dependent on the
North for ecT yfhag they use, except tho cotton, to-
bacco ard wheat which the bounty of nature yields.
Tie principle of our action has been studied
neglect of home enterprise, wherever IL hiss in
conflict with Northern. The idea Of Southern iafe.
riority hrs become deeply rooted that II has be-
come part OF our nature and nothing but the strug
gles OF the revolution now in progress will root IL
out of orr hearts. This fatal idea, which, Ike tue
deadly upas, has blighted Southern commerce. manu-
features anG literature is the result Of folly.
The evils above adyerted 10, thong bad enough,
might still be tolerated. But there Is another quail
ity. which Northern school boOks are beginning 10
assume, which must exclude them. Many Of them
already crammed full Of themost lrcendiary Al