The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-08-24
HEEIING WEST "a AUGUST "a 1866

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what they wilpconsideStheir hard con.
|dtfon, some will. leave the county
the more the better while others nj III
remain to trouble every comndiif 10y in
which they live with their ill ll-aon6e daled
treason. Il Il 3 = 4.
i'fIhey have been. already sadly mis-
educated, and they would scofnfllIy
rejcct all proffers OF education at oui
hands. They are the thotns around
which and in spite of which the wounds
OF the body polite must heal. We must
treat them, like Western farmers do the
stumps in their clearings round
them and let them rot out. But we
must not treat them with a feeling OF
exu1tations OF, revenge &, s-5st 81 esti!i
tSWhat can education do for the non
IslaYeholding whites of the South?
Among this class there ufe some intel
llgent men, but the great mai orily are
deptora bly, ignorant; moro ignorant, il
my observations are gdoEreCt- thaIiatIie
slaves. ItNYas THIS Jpn ORANGE that en-
abled the rebel lead Is create a pref
udice in Tire mil fis Of ttiis class of per
son gGaitlst Pie foftli, and to induce
tneln 70 enl l'.' "a s. y sire though
their resft I'M efesi i-iQ6 6fgi inst The
Shareholders and + al "a l56fi niy mon
of the North. Where the interests were
understood, they feinained loyal to the
Governments. a 4e..5 yi5sfi-,7,i ( i
mo state that passed an act of seces-
sion should, be allowed to take Its form
er place in! the Union without having
first Incorporated into it's constitu-
ton provision for the estnblisiltnefit
of n free school system. And trust n
petition Will eIhafate from this body
asking. tho President to recommend
this policy, and TINT like petitions will
be sent 10 Congress. a republican sys-
tenn of governmeHtcanno exist without
free schools. A republic must make ed
ucation universal among its people. Ig-
nOrantvoters elidanger liberty.
-''In one of his speeches, some time
ago, Wendell Phillips said that behind
every. one of Gen, Grants cannon, there
should be placed n schObl-house;i but
now, If our rulers are wise, since they
are ordering the cannon! togthe retCf,
they will make haste to order school
houses to the front. Educate the whole
people of the South, and those machi-
nations will prove abortive, the rule of
the naughty slave lord will pass away.
what can education do for rthe freed
men of the South? They are now with
out property, and without that lSnowl-
edge and those habits of self-direction
and sci reliance! which lTenecessary
to secure them the comforts of life,
much less an liofiorable place in socie-
y
and superstitious. i.4liS
Let good men make haste to instruct
and care for these newborn children OF
the nation. Let tedchers and mission
aries be sent to them. Let State and
and neighborhood unite in a
grand effort to save them from destruc-
IT, ti9a. ..tala and give them I'M something 9 like
"The education they need is not
merely to read aud write, but such an.
US will fit them for their new
as freenlen and citizens The
system must be general and SYSTEM
attic. 1t will require an army of super
and teachers. The Freed
mems Association have relieved much
suffering and accom- vi plisbefI much good.
but their efforts are confined TO certain
localities, and greatly wanting in unity
of plan and method; but this must be
done by the government, State or ma
sF ~ 4s
ttThe law of Congress authorizing
bureaus, While it authorizes the ap-
pointment of commissioners, supeFin-
tendents and agents tolook after the
interests of the freedmen, does not np-
propriate money, for their education.
Perhaps the President and the Secretary
of War may find u military necessity
for making such an appropriation, and
while the present condition OF things
y = r. ~ u : ! = \ -. ~. - -
way open, i Dpl1eNe InWG Lle DeSG ana
most economical way of educating the
freedmen would be TO establishs in the
South system OF normnl schools for
the emanc}5Sted nj ISye seel, Herr sre brip{
minds, possessing already some knowle
edge and eager for more, natural Lead
efs GSa-slrIte t6f IKE ie 10 miro
ised land Of knSWIedire and M iiberty. i y ~
"These / would seek ont; put them
into ri. the normal schools and train them
tIeir ff eS nSvn sa6Ia @ amd sSIle SSbo, I,ai,
send them forth. Tiiey would be viii.
ing to live among their pupils, they
ouia nnGeISLai1a tnelr wants nd en-
VASTLY i mole f6r them tSan %hito teacI,-
ers, even though better qualfticdiintcl-
leetnally; G .,., -. .-.3a
ITnnt Fe nc seae3 flot 9nIy as I'M
~ n y u ti!e "