The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1866-11-07
THE EDUCATION NEEDED NOW.

The following admirable article
we find in an exchange, credited
to a New Orleans paper. We
commend it to the careful consid-
Grafton Of our readers:
The people Of our State are in a
like predicament with the man
who had the house destroyed from
over his head. We have to re-
build a home for ourselves and
families. The old home was a
mighty comfortable one. Its low,
hfpped roof, large airy rooms and
extensive pilastered porticoes,
gave it a quaint, and yet comfort
able appearance, as we'll as reality.
:. The comforts and luxuries of
the past are henceforth only the
wealth ofthe imagination. Memo
ry may linger with fond RETROSPECT
tive glance, and revel in localities
no longer to be realized. But the
stern realities Of the present
arouse US to actual life, and bid US
lay aside all 'fond imaginings,"
and deal with the necessities Of
the hour.
; : Circumstances have entirely
altered our condition. '.Times
change'-and we must change
with them. The past must be
buried in the past. The present
. and the future is all that Ijres to
ms. Let US no longer inger round
the grave of buried hopes. Hav-
: ing paid the necessary tribute of
the heart to the "loved and lost"
let US now turn to the realities Of
life.
For many years to come, at
least, luxury, ease and Incidence
must give way to energy and Ia
.sebor. Yes, labor, protracted, perse-
vering labor, must be our lot and
the sooner we get to work in good
earnest, the better, We must,
ourselves, take hold Of the plough,
the anvil and the loom. We must
cultivate Our Iong-neglected mus
Gle, and find in vigorous exercise,
not only wealth, but heretofore
unknown health and happiness.
But while we, who are now ar
rived at the age Of manhood, may
do much while we may rebuild
our long enervated systems upon
a muscIe-developing baskerville
we can do much to repair our shat
tered hopes, and regain our lost
wealth and influence, it IS to the
rising generation that the South
look for that full development Of
all herresources, and that complete
and full regeneration that shall
lead to her economical success,
and her ultimate, relative and COM
pIete independence.
~ This must be the great indus
trial power Of the South. This is
the practical lever by which we
shall overturn all obstacles in our
path to national greatness. Upon
the muscle and mind Of the
youth Of our land we must rely
for help. But here the laws Of ne
cessity follow US as persistently as
in any other Of natures domains.
Ends must be accomplished by
means. In order to accomplish
successfully these great ends, the
preparatory means must be used.
The muscle as we'll as minds of
these important workers-out of
our destiny must be cultivated.
And they must be cultivated on
=. particular principles in order to
attain practical ends. They must
be educated-thoroughIy, ,praoti-
cally educated.
The term education is very ex-
tensively indefinite one. It rep
resents very different states and
conditions, as we look at it from
different stand-points. Inits orig
inal aeceptation, it is very forci-
bic and perfect expression. 1t is
the e, or er duco, the draujng ont,
or developing whatever is to be
educated. Nothing could be more
opposite to our present purpose.