The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-08-11

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| not only versedin the mere routine
of school-learning, but who are gifted
theologians, erudite philosophers,
able political economists-teacher
in every respect, eminently qualified
to form the characters, to implant
and cultivate the moral and political
principles, and impart the necessary
instruction in all the arts and sciences,
which, combined, make the good citi-
zen, the true statesman and the use
full member of society. Nothing is
wanting to attain eminence in every
department of education, in every
Southern State, but the will and ac-
tive cooperation of the people. Build
up Your temples of learning right
in your midst; rally to the support of
your colleges and your universities;
let your theological institutions be
under the guidance and control of
spiritual leaders, tried. and trusted
among yon; cheerfully pay your taxes
for the establishment of an efficient
system Of common school education;
do these things faithfully, ener-
getically, and from pressing sense
of duty to yonr country, her vel
fare, and to the firm establishment
of the principles of Republican Ii
berty in the land you love, and those
who may occupy your places when
you are gathered to your fathers,
will cling to that land and cherish
those principles as their highest flial
duty. This system will do more for
tho preservation of our liberties, the
securing of the truest independence,
and the most available and efficient
mode Of insuring our future great
ness as a people, than could the
power of quarter million Of bayo-
nets, and the shedding of the blood
of thousands in civil war could ever
accomplish.
We have said that such Il favorable
opportunity for the laying the foun-
dation of such q system has not been
presented to the Southern people in
all their previous history than is now
presented. We are starting on new
career, the political causes which led
to the late unhappy contest, the con-
test itself, the results made manifest
since its close, prove, beyond all de-
nial or dispute, that if ever the
Southern people needed home
strength, less dependence on others,
and more reliance on their own capa-
Utilities, that time is now; but the
four long and weary years of war
also demonstrated those capabilities,
and developed their resources to such
an extent, as surprised the world and
commanded the admiration of the
people of all nations. This one great
opportunity is not lost to us rs yet,
and if ever it should be, it will be
from inexcusablc Incidence or crimi-
nal Indifference.
And in connection with this subject
Of education is that of building up Il
home literature. This journal has
SO often REQUIRED and dwelt on this
subject, that extended remarks are
not necessary now. This we take
occasion, however, to- say, that since
the cessation of hostilities it has been
demonstrated the South has not
only the opportunity, but the capa-
bility, to furnish home literature,
especially in the popular department
of periodicals and literary journals
The Land We Lore, DeBow's Reriem,
THE Crescent Monthly, Scott's 10nthly,
and there may be others, are periodi-
calls that would do credit to any pco-
pie. We have, besides these, we'll
conducted weekly family journals,
better suited to the home reading OF
Southern households than the nnshy
hebdomadals Of New York, Boston
and Philadelphia. There is not one
of these that we have seen since the
, close of the war but had in its
columns some fling ut the people OF