Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1868-11-07

i pretended 10 thin k. that an Establishment
worked on HE Puritan principle Of intolerance
would be productive of all the human virtues
But the results lSome of which are pointe,
out in the preceding chap'er) demonstrate the
contrary TO be The fact, !, is no, surprising
indeed, that IA bad system should Give ii vicion.
p~rodnct-w'ole cities full of braiuless 1eliis
maitreS and vagahond boys!-Bnt tina, I.oui
sianians, the majority Of whom are Catholics
should suffer themselves To be so long deludc,
by 1ankeeisms and P,1i,uuisms, so palrabl,
IN conflict with the noblesl traditions Of hn
manily, is both astonishing and depIorabje.
a close examination of Puritanistn or Yam
keeism (ho,l the same) brings the convic,io,
tina, New England is, in all things, thorough,
identified with the cd pa.ani*,n> from whose
horrors, it is one of The eIo,irs Of Chi lianit,
TO have rescued Tie void. 50 far AS regard,
religious and political questions, our peopl,
have been long convinced Of Ills; bLl Their
innate love Of knowledge, coupled with tina,
nt'iilarian. nnchri>tian, Yankee lhco,y-l Ina
knowledge is good per Sc, without respect To
us quality, betrayed them into the belief that,
at least, in The matter of education. something
good might come out Of Yaukeedom.
The Southern people are at last undeccivcd
So far, lis well. Better late than never. 1Icit
ey@s are opening wide to rhH bites fact, that
wI"tove rlring, puri,an or Yankee fana,Ici~n
has manipulated lor them, is an evil without
any concomirant good a curse admitting Of
no modification.
sun, The affections Of oar poop'c arc no,
wholly we"ned from the Pubic School system.
There are many who can not. or will etor. sec.
that the intellectual culture Of children II, which.
70 BE really profitable, mus i]nrlu,lr moral
training, no more belongs TO HE Safe rbau
their religious instruction dorS and 81. viii.
a STANCE faulty, they fail 10 recognize ,hn DE-
gradatioo Of being victitnizad by He Ntt kep
P"lfian nolions that have already lenped a.
TIE country, ~unnumlered Noes!
Wherever, since Tie landiog on Plymouth
Rock, NE Pnfitan~ htAe succeeded ~ planting
tI'ejr G'oomy system OF 'moral IDEAS, t4er..
profit 10 themselves and disaster 10 An o.har-
has b EN- The imvariUble result. And it can nor
be deHiad iAa, thiS j. cutie natural u 4 pcoale
who measnre The valne Of Religion of The
Hoy Bible, Of all institutions, human an1 a
vine, Of God Himself even Nv bv rlleir CAM.
billy OF being utilized in Tue service of tie
peculiar materia|istic teneis that So preGmi-
nonily distinguish The lncre-loying lauhee.
What. then, will be the condition Of the
Pnblic SrlloolS.-now fashioned nnd aIapi.d
70 Yankee Yiews-wapn the blunled bnt Mas.
tic African intellect shall have impaired 10 ill.,
'lnslltnlion'. a portion OF African Elasticity
We offer no assertion here, as to whaIer Il j..
Or Is not, the Arican's fault, that his intellect
is obstuse, aud Ills mental views narrowed.
Bnt we know. that tie hi>Iorv Of his race
teaches, that. since The DAYS ct Ham. ,hi, in
tel'ectnaE condition has attached to him. Doubt +
less. then, the native dizziness f1Isuncou-riau>
African, ANA Igana'eI with tho frenzird tana. +
ticiSm Of the crafty Yankee, Viii police
snch a hybrid, as, operating on iha pubHc
Schools, must render them sufficiently dis .
gushing, 10 delach the affections Of even The
lew snpes who still cling, with an unaccnunr.
''N ''"''' - - -'''Ii VI fAitttlibiI iIIdt .
was never suited 10 Southern Society.
Il is orr opinion, that, were HE whole South.
ern people to cut loose from Ibis nnconconiaI
institution, The excessive vicinusness which
the thew element would impart 10 it, would
work lis defeat, and cure u, for ever, Of The
Puritan eXcrescence. But so long as any nor.
lion of the Southern population adhere 10 il.
or, IN any way, approve It, the chances are.
hat il will maintain lis place as a State lns,i-
tuition, and that Palson Conway,s extra profes.
>ional powers will be PM into reqni-irion.
The intrinsic wrong of the School System.
is due to the wrong views of lis Yankee fabri.
Gators. who moulded it to their own chatac-
~teristics. The Africans are good imilator~
and they will undoubtedly model il after 7heir
own heart. And, although, on principle, there
would be little Difference: when we consider
The yearning of The African heat after The
ido'atrous bnrharisms that unfortunately dis.
t'ngnish the native wiIds of that people, il
mus, be conceded tina, the evil would be i'm.
measnrably increased in degree.
But should the mad legislation that now
aff1ic's our State, ever act on, in practice.
this iniqnity, we must be prepared 10 ignore
the Public School system in toto, and TO evade
its provisions. Daniel O'ConnelI, the f.mons
IflSh "agitator', used to make it his boast. tina,
he conld ont wit the most cnnningly.deviseI
stratagem OF The English Govern.
ment. OF The numerous illustrations Of his
modus ngendi, we recall the following one, as d
rropos TO the question we are discnssine.-At
one OF the ''mon~ter meetings. Which "Tke
Great Agitator" was accustomed 10 address. a
Government Reporter, duly authorised, pre-
sented himself and his credentials. O'Connell.
with the greatest possible assumed gravity.
that the reporter should be provided
with every necessary accommodation and con.
When all The arrangements were
completed, the Tribune of the Irish people,
asked the reporter if he was ready