The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-07-22
OF MISSOURI.

ho RUSSIAN system OF cuuCatlOn,
the most perfect in tho world, could
not be practiscd, any more than tho
system Of Now England, in country
SO sparscly populated as Fairfield Dis
trict. Our District must first acquire
a population of ono hundred and fifty
or two hundred thousand people be-
fore 1t will be as thickly sc ttlcd as
Now England or Prussia, SO that to
expect cithor system to provo SUCCESS
ful hero at present is prcposterous.
For schools to be successful, tue num-
Der of pupils should DO sufficient to
create enthusiasm, and to command
tho first talent in the country amongst
tho teachers. Tho school-housc
should bo near the house of tho pupil,
and the labor of tho pupil should not DC
required ut homo as an almost ncces-
sary contribution to tho support of tho
family. Let every farmer, then, that
reads this, resolve, "I will do what I
can to bring in immigrants. I wish
school for my children nearer homo,
and school taught by n superior
tcuohcr paid woll for his services. I
am poor, it is true, broken by tho war,
and tormcntcd by faithloss laborors,
but will help others, nevertheless.
| will hclp tho District, for soon tho
District will help mo. If the immi-
grafton Society will assist mo, l will
settle one family at least on my farm !;
and with tho profits, 1 will educate
my boy handsomely, and send my
girl to school,"
But school education, important rs
1T is, is not all. Wo need another
kind of education that immigrants
alone will givo us--cducation in tho
idea of tho dignity Of honest work.
There arc many things quito ncccssa-
ry to DO done, and which own our poo-
plo can easily do, but which they
neglect, because it isn't customary.
Money could be saved or mado by do
ing them, and that money invested in
books for Tho instruction, Improvement
and entertainment of the family, or in
furniture or other comforts that would
rclno their tastes and elevate their
mode OF life. Immigrants will teach
lis to do all such little things, and to
profit thereby.
Again, in our thinly sottlcd Dis
triot, there is not sufficient variety OF
work. Perhaps farmers son has a
tastc or oven genius for mechanics
There is no field for its display and
cScrcisc-no employment for except
fcw mechanics and those an inferior
set, compared with what our mochan-
los could become. Perhaps no has a
turn for medicine. Why tho whole
District now can't support Lalf doz-
en- Doctors, though Doctor to every
live hundred people is almost noocs-
sity in = highly civilized society.
Perhaps ho would do we'll at Bunking.
There isn'ta Bank in tho District.
But give us population, and wo will
have employment for our sons, and
will not be panied at seeing so many
OF them flying to vice and dissipation
as refuge from monotonous and un.
congonial pursuits, especially when
necessitated to follow them side BY
side with negro. =
Your, pretty littlo daughter, too,
will you do nothing for her 7 Is sho,
too, to work by the sido of the negro
in tho fold, or on familiar torms, in
your house +? Perhaps sho has bril-
liant mind, and could teach school.
Whore is tho school to teach Por.
haps, like tho women of Paris, she
has managing turn, and could con.
duct store aud make fortune. Is
tnore any chanco for the exercise of
that talent7 Perhaps she could writo
and edit paper, for tho wife of the
editor of tho Memphis Avalanche has
thlsycry spring edited his papcr for
him, while incarcerated, with unusual
spirit and success. Is there tho
Slightest chance for such a thing now I
But an increased population would
give employment for every talent Of
every child Of every farmer in Fair.
field District.