The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1866-07-18
The Education of Freedmen.

| o'ncs We publish ed our article on this
subject. in Tuesday. rheniz, ws tird tho
following in one Of our Georgia ehans.s.
1t is series Of measures proposed b. the
people Of Oxford. Mis-, and eoysrs tn.
whole ground iu detail, which ". mean,
to indicate in our brief article on the sub,
jsc.
In regarding this subjsc. Ia Il. religious
point Of view. the second proposition i.
sItrsmsly appropriate and touching, and
will find response from many q heart in
South Carolina.
J That the time has arrived when some
msa'urea should bs adopted BY tho
Southern people thsm'elvs. to provid.
the ways and means of educating tho
freedmen, 10 a conviction to which -.
have been led by the following eousid.ra,
tions:
l. This people are now thrown upon
their own resources, in state Of ffssdom,
for which they are to a certain sx,en, uu.
prepared.
2. They consider US, their former own,
''p, to be now, a. We have .l~ays been.
ths'r natural guardians and their b.s,
friends.
>. 1t is our interest, as we'll as our
duty, to diffn,s the blessing. Of education
8" widely 1" possible among all cl..se, Of
people in our country.
4. lit ever was gool policy to keep
th'm ignorant. it certainly is no longer 20,
but the very reverse.
s. The rish. Of .uffr.g. will, in all pro.
liability. be given to shi. people a, .om.
future day.
O. lguorsat voter, at. the curse Of our
country.
7. II We do sot teach them, some one
slss will, and whoever thus benefits ,bsm
will win Al influence over them which
will control their votss.
8. II ~s perform :bis service, then. v.
shall secure their idsutifcatioa with u. !.
promoting all our interests.
So much for policy and in,.rs.t-,h.
least elevated form Of the srgumsnt.-
l''' u' look At the subject 10 it. moral
bssrinks.
l. The Church is the Hgat Of the
world; tits, therefore. bound to ilIu umin.,.
the surrounding region. There 10 no
special injunction to snIich,su The white
race only. but ~s AZ. to "pr.ach ,b.
Gospel TO erry e,eature." Search trs
Scripture is the command, aot addrsu
sd TO our race snIy, but to mank;ud-l
Cad "e"mnsnds,h all men. every where. |
to repent We are unqus.tioaabIy ra
'po"sibl. 70 God fsr our inHusne. s.d
ability 70 do losd. "Ths poor 70 hsys
always vnh vou." is tho declaration Of
our Saviour, and. by bi. provid.n,i.l ar
isngsmsn.. We are cons, sntlv reminded
that vs live not for ourselves alone; the
colo'sd race are now .mphatically The
poor among the people"
2 But do va not ow. it to them a. .
debt OF gratitude I We rsmember how
they. for our sstss, endured heat and
cold. vet and dry. summr and winter,
sultiss,isg our fields, mini.,.ri.e to our
comfo'ta. promoting our wealth. i'm prov.
ing the esu.try. and actually ad,a.ci.g
civilization. BY their physical lsbsr st.
tending upon us At al stages Of our lives,
sursing our childrss. waiting upon the
sick. going with us 10 tho burial Of our
dead. and mingliae thsir tsars With ours
il the opss grave Can il BE- ths. al
IBIS is forgotten And 10 Il aot . small
return Tor oil this, thst ~s are asked to
make. when II is proposed that We shall
give them that modicum Of ins,ruetio.
which will enable them to read, or a,
lsst to know the way Of lie eternal 3
II isundsr the pressure Of these and simi.
lar considerations, that . few Of the
citizens Of Oxford have bssa moved 70
take the initiative in this enterprise.
We p'opess the sstsbliskmsut Of .
Sabbath School for The srai ins,ruc,io. Of
tha rolovsd o&nnl> -. Ill - A.. .--I