The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-07-08

Homestead Act and its accompanying exemption.
ands of families within the limits Of South Cai olina;
and no more generous or acceptable statute can be
passed by the General Assembly than that which will
at once apply the benefits of this law to all existing
as well as future liabilities whether they be IN the
nature of judgments, executions or otherwise.
Further measures of relief from thepressure of in
debtedness will be required; and inasmuch as the
courts areto be reorganized. and new duties to be
assigned to the shefs 1t would be wise to allow the
present crop to be gathered and marketed before
elaine are permitted to be enforced
I, therefore, recommend that all Sherihs be pro-
hnited from enforcing executions in their ofhces,
upon debts contracted prior to the first day of May,
1865; and that Judges be likewise restrained unllI
the frst day of March, 1863, from giving judgments
in all such cases.
EDUCATION.
Under the new Constitution, the Office Of State
Superintendent of Education has been created, and
also that of School Commissioner for each county
the Superintendent and Commissioners constituting
the State Board of Education. The first named ofh-
Ger has already been elected, and will doubtless en-.
ter rp IN the discharge of his duties soon az they
are defined by law.
commendable interest is manifested by all class
es oil our people in the establishment Of schools; and
the desire general that larger facilities h1n hereto
fore shall be furnished for this purpose. To devise
scheme adapted to the wants Of Sou Carolina, and
applicable alike to city, village or thinly populated
country, will require very full investigation OF de-
tals, ana not llttle acquauauce VIII TIC 'aiiouo
localities OF the State Hence. unless great care is
taken no plan adopted is likely to result in benefit at
al commensurate with Inc great expense to.pe eE-
tailed upon taxpayers.
The subject of popular education has long occu-
pied the attention Of the legislators of the state and
Tor fly years they have been me. by the difficulty OF
reaching the sparsey settled localities o! the purely
agricultural districts 1t has engros:ed the attention
Of the best nelects Of the State and yet out Of the
cities and larger towns, excepting, perhaps TWO OF
al purposes heretofore ma6e has been OF compare.
tiyely little service.
AZ earlv no 1911 the General Assembly of South CO.
roinn nrorided far be estabiishmento of free schools
o,og ons School 10 each renresentaye and ap
nronriafipo s301 for the support of such school.
They also am horzed the Commissioners to unite the
pubic fun in supporting schools Jointly with pri,
yate funds or individual subscriptions. The annual
annronriation was s37 500. and was continued with
but little modification until 1862 when the amount
was increased TO s75 Oo0 per annum which contin-
nod uniil near the Close of the war These sums,
which have been annually expended since 1911, have
naced n within the reach of avery orphan and child
of INDECENT narents 10 ACQUIRE eubstantial English
educaton. and n any citizen has %, ,wn up In gno.
rance II has not been from any default on the part
of the authorities of the State but from the neglect
n, fhe narent or child.
II must not be supposed that school system,
fashioned upon the basis which prevails In NeH Eng
land or of the more densey settled regions Of the
older Western States, will answer the purpose
n SOuth Carolina.
eYnendit1re of ublc money therefore, 1t is recon-
men led that q system be thoroughly digested and
natured upon all the information which can be obtain
ed from the experience of the other States of the
he then submitted to the General Assembly, before
anuropriatious of money be made for the public
schools
The Constitution provides that 'there shall be
kept oLen at least six months in each year one or
more Schools in each school district" Gentlemen Of
intelligence who were members Of the Convention,
believe that the fair CONSTRUCTION Of this section Will
authorize when the syster, Ia matured, the estab.
ushment of separate schools for the white and
colo1ed children OF the State Another section, how
ever, declares that call the public schools colleges
and niyersies of this State supported In whole or
IN rart by the uubhc funds shall be free and open
to ali the children and youths of the state without
regard TO race or COLOR
II it shall be attempted to establish schools where
both races are to be taught provision being made
for their separation the whole system will result In
disastrous failure The prejudices Of race whether
lust or unjust exist in full force not more in Sou
Carolina than in New England aud the West In the
last named localities separate schools are provided
for white and colorad children and in q community
where these prejudces prevail in so strong degiee
how Ia IL TO attempt the organization Of
feuds and collisions between the children in which
The parents, respectively, will necessarily take up the
quarrel, dnd entire communities thus be involved in
eonanuad Mmu.-lne consequence VI 'ne nis'
)uageo euorts OF unWise psrsons.
nis the more remarkaole tnat suGa CLAUSE snouiu
nave oeen inserted IN tne Consutulon, %nen ~ ut
cessity existed for MAKING sucn reckless eApeii-
ment 1t was demanded neiiner Dy tne Soi9reu nof
the white race, and, submitted 10 tneir decslon'
the idea OF mixed schoois would nave oeen over,
whelmingiy repudiated py ootn. sis attemPts q
to enforce the law in those sections OF the c3untr
where the colored population preponderate the @ni.e
children will be driven from tne sehools, ana IN
those sections where the wmlte populaeon Preponoe!
ate tne coiored cnlaren VIII likewise nnu
PIE 70 remain IN INC sac @ ~ ne a,ss
DetWeen Tue TWO races tneie ateauy ea.s. eaaseS
enough LOT pickering uno ConIove.sy, auu
the prudence OF grown people Is Aed to1ls tens!on
to prevent ;disagreeaole antagonlsas; hoW muSn
less Will such prudence characterlze the reia-
ton between children OF the TWO Eees under the
same roof NO greater cruelty couid oe lnnlSteo oy
legislation upon the parents OF children OF the TWO
races, than that which is contemplated by this OBJ.
jecionable feature Ct tie Conshtudon. Indeed, the
mingling OF the two races In the same scnool room
In the face OF known and uncompromlsing preJu'
dices on the subject seems to have been wanton
and offensive enort TO enforce, ~ law, sociai
equality wnich Will never oe recognized OF suuhit.
ted 70 oy tne Caucasau race. taerelore
recomGe END tnat IN adoPiln9 IN eoucatlonei sSste,
care be taken 10 PROVIDE ior tne wl'e aIa coioreu
youths separate places OF lnsIuci0n AZ Ine raie
nme IN Ine nane o. peice anu NJ y, e
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