The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-10-16
The Education Needed Now.

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The following admirable article We
,-thl in an exchange, credited to II New
= rleans paper. We commend it TO the
}rcful consideration of our readers:
The people of our State are in a like
u redicm,ent with the man who has the
s,ousc destroyed from over his head.
EVe lave to rebuild home Tor ourselves
tnd families. Tho old home. was a
mighty comfortable, one. its low, hipped
!, toof large airy rooms and extensive pi.
laslered porticoes, gave il a quaint, and
yet comfortable appearance, as well as
reality.
The comlsrts aud mxurics OF the past
are hencefprth only the wealth. Of sthc
imagination. Memory may linger with
fond retrospective glance. and revel in
i1ealities no longer to be realized. But
the stern realities of the present. arouse
us to actual life and bid us Icy aside all
"End inagnings," and deal with the
necessities Of the hour
Circumstances lave entirely altered
our condition. Times chang" .."-and
we must change with them. The past
must be buried i'll the past. The present
and the future is all that ltves to us
Lrt ~ not ingcr ronnd the graves of
buried hopes. Having paid The neces.
essnry rlhhe of, riic heart To The 'lo 5ed
and lost, let us now turn to the realizes
oil life. utiU' Fh.. q,
For many years TO come, at least.
luxury, ease and Incidence must give
way TO energy and labor. Yes labor,
protracted, persevering labor, must be
olr lot and The sooner we get to!work in
good earnest the better. We must
ourselves take hold Of The plow, the
anvil aud the loom. We must cultivate
onr long-neglectel mucle, and find, in
vigorous exercise, not only wealth, but
haretofole unknown health and happ.
ness. a .,. 's
But while we, who are now arrived
at the age ofmanhool, may do mnch--
while we may rebuild our long en. rva.
led systems upon the muscle.develop ping
bnsis--while we can do ,nuchJto repair
our shattered hopes, and regain orr lost
wealth and influence, is to the rising
generation that the South looks tor that
full developrment of her resources, and
that complete and full regeneration lhat
shall al toher economical success, and
her ultimate, relative chd complete in
dependence. .s
This must be the great industrial pow.
,cr Of the South. THIS is the great prac.
tical lever by which we shall overtnrn
all oh Ia les 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 necesa
~ follow lis as persisIently rs i'll any
other of natures domains. Ends must
be accomplished by means. In order to
accomplish successfully tie great ends,
the preparatory means must be used
The muscles as well as minds Of these
important workers out of our destiny
must be culliyated Aud they must be
cultivated on practical principles in or
DER to attain practicafeuds. 'rheyemust
be educated--thoronsiB practically
educated.
The term educationis a! very exten,
ssyply indefnate one. 1t represents
very dlfferent,states aud conditions, as
we look AT it,from different and,points.
In its original accep'ation, is isa very
fforcible and prlect expression. 1t is
the,ear ecducs, the drawinn cut, or de.
velopiig ghateyer is to bs educated.
Nothing coul,l be more opposite to our
purpose. We need eltke e,duco--the
drawing iout or development Of the
minds and muscles Of our young peo.
| pie! Il
! Our people seen, TO have entirsly over.