The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1866-10-05

meuts, which adorned the social circle.
gave prestige ipfiaenee aud power to the
s5aiherp politician, aud made our women
psesmiBeni ameug their sex on this eonsi-
an.
-fose intellect IS capital more real than
thes estates of bread acres SO bungiiaglg
cultivated bg the iabourers We fotrnerly
owaed. Tbe Uncertainties of tie cotton
crop. indeed Of agriculture generally y i under.
the present system . lshours unless great
b modified, must discourage many from
psirsning planting on a large scale. The
small farmer VIII IN futafe have bat littls
need of borrowing money. The capitalist
Ia7sss cal to his aid the workiag. thinEiag
minos of o.aeIs - sender aia sa.oaay pro
ductiye, unless he is willing to forego the
utiuna cam dig1aitate, so much sought for by
the rich. The intelligent merchant, me-
chanic and professional man will then be in
demand. He now, even now. when pos
sessed of practical qualifications. is being
sought for; and, when the mighty changes
which are taking place are completely
wrought, capital viii bow its knee to intel
and skill, and call them into equal copart-
neIships with it in the profits of invest
ments.
Shall we, then. make stolid, untbinking
laborers Of our children, in our haste to be-
come rich, or to pay cid debts? Or viii
we pay debt now due, yes, past due, to
our children. the payment of which cannot
be put off day. Let US rather part with
some or ali of those broad acres than leave
them in that state of intellectual ignorance,
whic must and viii bind them virtually as
slaves to capital. Make haste, then, to re-
open your schools and colleges, establish
new ones in every village and neighborhood,
and stint yourselves, if need be, of some of
the physical necessities Of life, in order that
you may supply your children's intellectu-
a,znd moral wants.
Do you say this is a selfish view of edu-
cation? So be i'll Yet it is an economical
one, true and practical. If your child ''ask
for bread, viii you give him stone," or
'lor fish, will you give him a serpent" -
is pertinently asked by the Savior of man.
Solomon says "train up child in the way
be should go''; and throughout the Good
Book the duty of appropriately training
children is forcibly inculcated. To that
Book we refer all who would prefer lee
lure upon the moral obligation to educate.
1t is a greater, better teacher Of moral obh-
,,,t;o, fIo No o.,, lov,o 70 h.
Who denies the obligation to educate?-
Who does not think it duty? Yet how
many of our people bave been accustomed
to think that it wilt inure to the pecuniary
interest of their children TO educate them?
Why? Because our condition formerly did
not indicate it. Now the times and our
circumstances require it, necessity demands
it, and a species of serfdom will be their
doom if we do not heed the indications which
are every where around US. but if any
provide not for his own, and especially for
those of his own house, hath denied the
faith, and is more than an infdel - Tim.
v:8. How can we better p.oyide in the
present and future exigencios for our child
rem. than by educating them intellectually
and morally, and preparing them thus for
the great social battle which is being waged,
and for 10! these many years, a0U be waged
between the civilization of the North and
the civilization of the South?
Will we sit calmly by aud see those who
have physically overpowered US intellectu-
ally outstrip US? Shall all the copartner-
ships. which capital enters into, be with
Northern men? Is Southern civilization
worth nothing? Is it worth preserving?-
If the former, then go on in your lstless,
careless way in regard to the education of
your children. II the latter, then, by every
obligation, humane and divine, social polit-
ical and pecuniary, you are bound to arouse
sourselves and go to work in the direction
Indicted.
1 Wherever there is viii. there is a way.
Do not fold your hands, and in despair sit
down and do nothing. Now is the time to
act Now, by your own efforts, you may
work out the social salvation Of your child
ren. Time flies! Your little sons and
daughters are growingl Talk with your
neighbors about it! Canvass the subject in
your own mindl Do not put of action un-
I'll BrownlOw IS dethroned. which possibly
may never be; do not wait until johnson re-
constructs the States, for this may never
come 10 pass. In any event, You have nc
time to lose.
If yoa cannot get first rate schools, have
some sort Of schools. But there is no ne
cessity why you cannot procure better
class OF teachers than formerly. The reduc
ed circumstances Of many Of our educated
men and women, viii cause them TO eager
/ ly accept the position Of teacher, If tender
ed to them at reasonable remuneration
Why attempt, from foolish pride. or an