The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-04-08

TEN OF free SCHOOLS are Ill sucCesSlul oPe-
ration. How can any man Say that when
the General Assembly shall prepare a sys,
tenn. that they will not have separate
schools? l fully believe they will. 1t
has been said that white children are COM
pelled to 90 to the same school with col
ored. I cannot see it in that light. 1t
provides that a system Of free schools to
which all NAV 90, but does not compel
any to do so. If the Constitution had
provided system of free schools for either
the whites or blacks exclusively, 1t would
have inaugurated system OF partial OF
class legislation, which is, under all err
cumstanccs, rcprchensible. 1t is further
objected that if the whites do not send to
free schools, they must bear the burden OF
them. 1t requires but little thought to
expose this fallacy The amount which it
will take to support this system of free
schools will depend upon the number OF
children to beceducated in them. IT the
whites do not send to them, the cost OF
sustaining them will be diminished in pro-
portion, and this amount spent in sustain
| i,ly schools of their own selection will ed
ucate them. ALL that the Constitution
provides for is the education of all, with
out distinction of race or color, leaving to
each person the privilege of availing him.
self of its benefits or not, rs he may deem
it expedient. My opinion is, that the
present is the proper time to heal the
wounds inflicted by the war, to build up
what is thrown down, and to restore what
is destroyed.
In the process of reconstruction upon
which VIC are entering-a reconstruction
not only politicah but social and industri-
alive are required to play a part, hum
bier than has been our wont, or than is
agreeable, but still an important part.
We should, however, remember at the
outset that we cannot, by any action Of
ours. change the status Of the Northern
people. or of the Southern negro. Their
status is fixed, and will be maintained, no
matter what We may do. But our action
will make our own condition agreeable or
dsacreeable, and Will be influential i'll
moulding the action of those who have it
in their power to determine our future po-
sition in the Union. We must never for
get that We are in their power, not they
in ours. Any opposition we may maketo
Congress will be unavaiing for good, and
can only harm ourselves. If we swant
friends. we must show ourselves friendly
if we want peace, VIC must practice the
virtues of peace; and if we want to get
back into the Union and enjoy the bless
ings of civil government, we must pursue
that mode indicated by those who have
the power to prescribe History teaches
us that the conqucror only throws down
his arms when the conquered succnmbs,
and that he grants peace only y upon his
own terms Rest assured the general rule
is not going to be relaxed in our case. We
found that we could not fight out Of the
Union, and ought to know that we cannot
quarrel our way back into it. SO, rs we
cannot fight, and it is unmanly to quarrel,
VIC have resolved for ourself, to conform
to the situation, and obey necessity us
irresistible as death.
Fellow citizens, you have one great,
pressing want-civil government. Con.
i;dencc You will not have in one another;
capital will not seek investment here Ia
Dor cannot find employment, until you
again have government, law and order;
not the government OF the bayonet, nor 4
provisional governments; but government
derived from the people Of the State, sup
ported by all classes, heartily and in fra
ternal sympathy with the Federal Gov
crnment, bearing You upward i'll the new
and glorious career which now opens be-
fore you.
If you would attain these blessings at
once, lay aside your prejudice, and vote
with the Republican party for the Consti-
tuition and Reconstruction. Give the Re
publican party control of your State, and
immigration shall be attracted TO her bor-
ders capital drawn hithcr; her waste
places reclaimed; her sanctnaries rebuilt
her colleges re opcncd her school houses
shall multiply, and knowledge be free to
all; the soldiers widows and orphans shall
be provided for by separate snd special
tax being levied on the real estate, bought
bv spectators during the war, and think
all will agree, that it is nothing bnt just,
that the men who boarded up money
made during their conntrys struggle,
should now be obliged to assist i'll support
ING the families of the men who fell i'll de-
Tending their property. ''IIer rivers shall
no longer run idly to the sea, but with
the music of the waterfall shall mingle
the music of loom and spindle, and the
shouting of happy, well paid labor. Your
mines no longer slumber in their sleep of
ages, but on mountain slope and through
hnshed valleys, shall be wakencd the ring
of tho forge, and shall rise the smoke of
the furnace; and happy towns multiply
through all your borders" The Republl-
can party is the sworn friend of laDor :
upon all its broad banners are emblazoncd
in letters of living light, Liberty to all
who tread the soil, Equal protection by
the law" "Succor and encouragement to
industry" s'Free schools for the children" !"
"Uomes for ali who earn them!''