Journal of freedom. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1865-186?, 1865-10-07


hopeless, should We not undertake it, Can it be
admitted that any people Is too poor 70 preserve tile
means OF civiIinaIion7 Aud can q commu1ity COZ.
tinne tiviix d aud not educate its children And is
not'a system of public district schools the cheapest
of all edut afional systems? This process Of reasoa-
ing, strictly logical, leads to an inevitable cnnclnsi3n 10,
to-wit that il we are able to maintain onr Civiiiza-
ton and our republican institutions, we are able TO
support a general system OF puOlic schools
When the burden of educating the children Of the
State Is thrown equally On all according 60 their
ne ns it Is comparatively light 20 each individual
AID when the schools are brought within the reach
# all there Is vast saving Of expense for BOARD and
fuel, for buildings aud furniture, while the cost OF
tuition paid by all, in the way of tan, ia much less
than In any other system. Aud let Us glance for q
M. N mt at soue of the inducements for assuming at
this time such . burden. B hold the moral des Ia.
iren h.vs been btreaved OF their natural support
hundreds OF yoang men are so manned as TO be una-
bic TO earn a living by manual labor.
The machinery Of t 9 G ,mmen School system has
not heen stopped ling enough to bs rastei. This
geper ,tion is familiar with the institution, while It is
u work of extr ne difficulty, as our former history
proves, 60 estabiieh aud operate succf ssfuliy a system
Of public schsDls among 4 PEOPLE who have not been
educated for them aud by them.
The undtveloped res ,urces nf or State are bound
tSs-'here is TO greater ope line on eirth for hoaest
ani skilifnt enterprises than in N nth Clroiiaa.
In agriculture, i'm manu'a lures and in mining
there lss 81 srlnns hlrv g. awaiting the a~ppiicati N OF
SEQ are ani Il a hu edred iavigit z aud scarcely
r1ploreh q Itsw salih wi specify and surely reward
au5r directed bv intelli2s zee
Aaa if nur r43i4aee is On foreign aid, caa We ex.
poet q, immig I'll III IF the kttd OF nsn we need
iatn u Site wnn thir cnildre l must grow up in ig-
nor ne? w d size Ia sas : ilrg. iu1 TX Of ,teIii-
gent " rking ci tEs 5 frfac other States and coun.
tries an | tn. Nc ara the very persons for whom god
systems of pubic schools have the greatest attrIc-
| ti'ns.
To all this let it be aided that higher Institutions
Of arning multiply and prosper Only Ia commaniti e
where the spirit of educli IA 10 fnsieTed ano e the
masses: add, { this we have al ample aud Instructive
illustration IN our past oare r. There were NOR
tolt ges, s -mibaIl 5. aud AcAdo ni-s, SeIfct and
C sslcl i. 5 hn,ls gut in opefatio in North Csrhltni
IN tl. iva, ty fDur years succeeding ths astlHisho
ment "f G amm,a Soho Is than Ia all our previ u<
history ; aud IN averag cnuditi n # these institu'
ti.'ns, tn u IN C I'M sTadvsly 80 Numerous, was much
more ur sp.rous than in former tim g.
Win: such consider ali ms before me. aad prn-
olph Y IN preset win : ease OF our N irat o1itga.
/ ST th~ pr~mis y, | hAVs been Anx'1uls cnsl4
ig .1T rtlt 81 a = fr raising fl1ds 20 rap'Acr
,.s wiarcn viii pu .bably be- ! st to a great ex e.
by he tevc.ss ry CT 81 z t. 'E o. king 'as itut'o '~ /;
~ Ehtye * . tue yibsrty of n6srtug spm snggss-
isu- : q 81 To This liz ter. IN "A cJmtnunt alto
r., Tue ~ l. T e,snrer. Ne d I ask y u oTfl
'nes d. t. " pi this who = sn "9 bfh 'ol a'd
tnr IN. eat ~2entleman wh rSlsthe OH 9 of Treas
''N' - ''"E >" - III " ia -
ppr@ it'll 4 tn" / n port .nce OF anm'a S;qoois
t#i l>* \ Z 81 r Is n tn history u Ihe cAa7T G
az tt*.vr III { your elevation - iha hlShrs
=. nj ! 6. y nttn- State, aud tn re- al : pSEs ut"
"f'iVts !" ,ctihi wh'cn III will no. fIil t, ~e = "
-g,rt
I-"t % s,ss-, 20 III I'll IT the fificu'tiss anr'
/ n ss eats .s'at-, ! .,ua z III. { lnIl, x@v
. y Of SIR 80 ! tV nat ta ensfgies # thp>
. + Gt o e--s7a .'rnsz cntiDn af ussfl ent
RS . ~ 6 4s-s "st~r thai y.n~saf no~
49, aALN ga - en- RRN a.
=! %ea4eu., oat,t "A, ~ the a,ti2n OF tbs preseo,
= ur
| tsen i III daty respectfully - recannmsnf thai
the s,l,r,sc ~ < 9 ,oSspto, ssse 20 a acu "a TO re
Hevs tr'sIn uacereai< fespor SRI tiles, these Who were
All, z as charmeu o. B +aris ot County Superinteb-
denis Al the time Of j ,nnt ton's surrender.
TIE n%achin-ry II the G tn non School system being
hen in operstion. many Of TIE persons referrei T.
we're In . session of tu lds OF tne character of Goa
t4ierate notes and bonds, held for the purpose OF
Carrying On the Schools; and doubtless there were
outstanding drafts wnich had not been presented 60
these oGicers, aud they, in a supposed Official capaci-
y, had incurred other liabilities while all the currency
| md puulic securities in their hands, and for which
they were uuder bonds, became entirely worthless
II is dn- to adj that those who had control OF ths
| Literary Fund during the war manifested g. sincere
| desire 20 se it secures as far az possible, from tht
| chaHces Of destruction, and the proceeds applied t
| heir original purposes and to say that am prepared
| cheerfuily to tur,ist. TO you aud to the CInvestioI
Try Information in my power, and that l would b.
| pleased to have Investigation, searching and fair, Int
nv action and motives connected With cur Common
| Sch NOls.
mcst express, ia conclusion, my abiding interes
ia a cause which has long filed my heart, aud yot
may depend On my hearty sympathy and support in
any just schemes with regard to it which your wis
dom aud patriotism may suggest.
Very respectfully, and truly your obedlent ser
vaut, G. d.. WILEY.
GREENsBoRo. N. C. Sept. Is. 1855.
T.. S. 1. will be understood OF course that thl
is not d.sisued as an official report, but merely as
statement from q private individual of affairs in rea
ton 10 a public interest with whicl he was foemerI!
connected.
The SITUATION IN NORTH CAROLINA
An officer of the lst 0. S. COloret
troops, writing to a friend in Washing
ton, D. c., from Raleigh, n. c., wher'
he has been assigned to duty with Col
Wb ttlesey OF the Freedmen's Bureau
NV regiment has been ordered to bt