The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-15
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TbeTeaeher and hi. Position.

the S,at- notices the arrival in that VI
c;n;tv of ga reverend gentleman" VIII"
comes from some Northern society ana
nro,oses TO establish free schools. on
their behalf, for the poor children OF the
South, whether black or white, ana
brings the funds to maintain them
Oar contemporary Indignantly rxcIarns
AGAINST the employment of Northern
teachers, and says of this person and hi,
enterprise:
w. have this to say about all such bencN-
-, ,r,.r.,ris.s. if Northern teachers are T.
h. e,npIovrd to teach the white chihue
throyy The money into the sea. For years
+hnse y Nyrthrrn teachers have instructed '''
children Of the North to hate the people W
the South, and if transported mere C"'H
y,,nuIJ if they could, teach our own cIlldreh
to hate u, 1t is undeniable that the$ "'
ta,rh the negro to hate the Southern whites
=; +L.ir srb1nls Let them; but III Gods
,,ap,a let Us see to it, while we I'VE, thd'
nnr children are not taught to contcmn us,
bnt. rather, to respect the motives ana au-
mire the hcroism Of their fathers.
We do not wonder at nor fail to snare
:, ,,,;s indionation at thos5 Northern
teachers, who thus come among US I"
teach our children to hate us; nj all
events to hate all those things and those
memories which are nearest and dearest
to IA and are part of their and our IN
b..ritanca. but we think that some IN
iustice is done in including all Northern
teachers in this sweeping denunciation'
The names of Sargent S. Prentlss and
John a. Qutman are indlssoiuoiy con
nected with those of native MisslssIP
plans in its roll of great men, and their
memory is as dear to US as that OF any
Yet they were Northern men, and North
ern schoolmasters and came among us as
such. Equally honorable and true
living examples could be quoted as show
ing that Northern men domiciled among
us are as likely to remain true to the
rights and interests of their adopted
region as the native born.
On the other hand the recent war fur
nishes a multitude of witnesses OF South
ern-born men who have Ou.vIed any OF
Northern birth in their efforts to crush
ont the "so-called' rebellion. We need
only to mention Gen. Thomas, the NIr-
ginian. Farragut and BrownIow, the
Tennesseeans, Admiral Porter the Lou
isianian. Fremont, the South CaroliEan'
and many others of note; and in MisSls-
sipni, not few, who can take the test
oath with all ease. even had they the
tenderest of consciences.
With these saving clauses" we would
honestly commend our contemporary
wish that Northern teachers should not
take the place of Southern ones IN the
education of our youth certainly tina
they should not be men, whether North
ern or Southern by birth or education
who would lead the children Of the SoutI
TO look with the slightest unkndnes'
upon those who have periled life AM
fortune in their behalf. We cannot
however, altogether approve the follow
ing which we also find in our contemp'
rary. He says:
A maimed Southern soldier, or SOuther
girl reduced to the necessity OF earning
livelihood. might, just now, when Norther
people have given themselves over to a
manner of Observation-Disclosures, serve our pm
pose more acceptably as teachers of OF
children.
Doubtless our contemporary diI nc
mean, as his paragraIh h seems latentl
TO orxpress, that teaching was an inferi,
employment, unworthy of Sou'hel
mon O. ability, char rr and inpai.t
constitution, but n work to which ii
manned and impoverished might devo
themselves from absolute necessity
but we take up this remark of his
say that there is too commonly ente
tanned a feeling of disrrpect towar
those who employ themselves in +
business of teaching.
Out of this grows want Of regard
desire for knowledge itself; or, perha
we should say that this disrespect
the teacher grows ont of superficial
deficient requirements. In the past '
had some right to regard our prove:
our boldness, our feats in the chase, Q
heroic daring and proud and hi
spirit, as giving us "peculiarly promint
position in the councils of the country
but, now as we are conquered peop
we must needs restrain ourselves in
future. Sensitiveness will only expo
us to insult.
Now the superior force which ov
came us was in no small degree mi
effective by the greater financial 81
and knowledge of mechanical scien
as well as practice, which our oppone
possessed, and which is as much the
suit of education, as is mere proftssio
knowledge. We have to recover
position we must again assume our
fuence in public affairs; but We can
do it otherwise now than by cultivat
and sharpening our intellects. If
earnestly desire this, We shall encour'
education not merely by pay
out money to teachers, but by encC
aging The teacher socially and pay
him or her all honor, worthy of
highest respect and attention. SUI
when the office of teacher has been fl
before the war by such men as a ST.
wall Jackson, and since it by an r.
Lee. we ought not to treat it with Ell
levity or contempt.
We heartily agree with the main
of our contemporary, that Nortern
or others who strive to inculcate
our youth impressions inimical to
character of the South, its conduct
ring the late struggle. or its motives
the course Of conduct which led to