Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1868-10-03
The Public School ouestion.-.A
Novel Theory.


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We may as well notify orr readers at The
Outset, that. as a general rn'e. we put little
confidence in novelties. We know tia, they
seldom keep The promises they make; nerer,
when They affect questions relerible TO pin
cip'cs Of ~eicrnaI justice. Independent ct ,l,iS,
their association with wild schemes If impo>-
sibIe 'ifelo'ms" and false 'proores>', is a sutli-
Gent reason for misiruSliun both hem aud tie
enthusiasts that give them birih
Ftom The dawn Of Creation, tie chart Of The
whole dnly of man, has been traced hy the
finger q Omniscience and is consequently IT,
reversible yet see what incalcnlab'c mi>erie>
The woild has endured and is enduring. Nv mad
attempts 10 reverse The eternal dccteesi
None Of our readers can he inseusiblc 10 the
Affections, actual and impending. 10 which
novelties in legislation lave doomed Iii. as
yet: scarcely known. bu, dearly loved Sunny
Sonih, whose PATROL srns-Ae true cRd trtcd
on@S-none ihc less attached 10 their native
sol! because Of HE evils that have come upon
it, may now appropriately adopt The patriotic
sentiment Of E.in's eided bard in Addressing
bis own Suffering Iaud under circumstances, 10
ours, not ve,y dissimilar:-
"Thy chains as they ranhle, 'ly blooa as il runs,
But make thee more painfully dear 10 Ny soos"'
SILL, though none can be unminllul Of The
lndi9nll'es, expressions and iyranuies imposed
upon The county, it is questionable whether
MANY nj nnr ponnIc rui,r ,i,,p, T., tI,,;, ,,,,,.,l
cause. Ia the past, when The Tide Of prosperity
was constantly on The flow, few had lime. and
still fewer The inclination to Examine the
various schemes Of reform imported BY North
ern fanatics. Those %yagaIies Of diseased minds.
pretending 10 be human 'ptocress'', we've
heavily laden with The germs Of reirosression,
and were undoubtedly the prolific source of The
manifold miseries that are now overwhelming
all patlles and all classes in ONO common ruin.
And that we have re,tog,essed, it needs bu,
very moderate acumen TO discern. Fanaiicism
has almost fulfilled its mission. lis mission is.
Gas demonstrated by its effects TO establish a
reign o! conius'on- social. political, national
universal confusion. This, in the cui>e and
-''S' ''@ ""''S ~ E'os'Sss ~ Il dCCttu-
%plished. In every social relation in every
political question; in every phase of human
activity, the old, exploded errors of pasauism
are repeated only 10 make confusion worse
COMPOUNDED. Religion which, properly under.
stood, is the basis, The support, and the guide
OF all varieties of human operations, The
modern charlalaus -'ireformers", "progres-
sion'sis", ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, by
ten-lhousand contradictory devices-each con.
ceived, embraced, cherished, and, in lis turn.
elected, 10 make room for a fres. .noyelly''.
In the solution of the social aud political
problems, no one seems 10 have any idea of
fundamental principles at least none OF those
into whose hands the resolution of public ques-
lions, has, by SOM mysterious mischance. of
late days, fallen. Every Thing in This connec.
ton, in this progressive aee', is conided to
The chapter of accidents, to shallow experiment,
or to haplazard stupidi,ies emanalins f,om
brains never accustomed TO labor in the do.
main Of 1AougMi
The question of education is similarly n,ed.
"The wisdom of The ancienls' is cast down to
The dust, despised, spat npon; and in its stead,
andacious incompetency raises its brazen front!
The philosophical and ethical culture of a
thousand generations. is substituted by the
"swee,ly mawkish' and s:smootl'y dull'' sys.
lens of science embraced in the New England
calchpenny STANDARD schoolbooks"; and, mi
'abHe dictu, an i%tinerant parson is invested
with the unexampled power of regulating the
modns and the lOcns; the whole plan and
routine, Of educating a people, 10 many of
whom he is alien in blood, race, religion: to
all in affections, and sympatlies!
Save in the English "Penal Code, the his.
tory Of civilized communities furnishes no
parallel TO such an outrage; and we are great.
" mistaken in the character and Temperament
Of the Southern people, if, under any circum-
stances, that plan can be permitted to have any
practical effect. A hundred ways of defeating this
latest legislative novelty, and without open re-
%sistance, may be devised These must be EN-.
ployed, and, we feel confident, will be EN-.
ployed, by a people whose ancestral traditions,
and heroic antecedents give assurance that
they. would prefer death to dishonor.
There are worse ,hiags than death; and one
Of these t'worse things, would undoubtedly be-,
10 submit to the degradation OF the iniquitous