The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1869-01-27
Manhood Rights.

Manhood Rights.
. The common school house, the centre a aa'l
- lrr of our educational SYSTEM tue peopao ,.
ares, should be found ererywhelnG ~ oa,
Hnn - "a has stamped the sign and signet
Mnoui gS1rss Of er Coz. Pollock, Of Fe's'a-
s16 Gnid.
Ne have reproduced these words IN our
o,,nrs IS giving expression to several
-. ,,bts that we suppose deserve the atten-
go of all those in our State who are inter
e., in the work Unpopular education The
"a. ception of what our common schools
j. mid be, as it now holds in the pubhc
hid. will determine their character and
# emf The creations of m en- do not usually
nscend their idea of what 1t should ac-
ii. nplish. Our free public schools will not
We any higher purpose than will be fash
IL led in their plan of organization. This
h afford all the education--we mean formal
- lcation-that nine-tcnths of the future
c;6zens of our State will receive. They will
Ill for them, the Colleges of the State,
IA are properly named the peoples Col
les This requires that very special at
fsation should be bestowed on them so as to
n4lze them as valuable to the people as pos
si'{e, that they should be made to afford, as
In as can, all the training that Is needed
bra citizen of free government, as fitness
Tor all the responsible positions imposed
mon him; that his college training etfec-
tirsly serve him in the vocation in which he
serFes his generation. 1t is a question that
intites candid consideration. What amount
ortlegree of education shall the State afford
f6| her children? Does this question no'o
rceeiye the attention it should from our leg
islators, as they are preparing to enact the
Law that provides for this education So
much, in our view, of the future of the State
depends on this education, that in leaving
out of view the personal benefit of individ-
unIs, so deeply is the State in her organic
lie to be affected by it. that simply as pat
r;ots, there is overwhelming interest attach
ing to the work now in hand by the General
Asemby. We do not now intend to criti-
cize the plan that has been prepared by the
Suberintendent of Public Instruction, nor do
we propose to speak of any probable changes
to be made upon it. What we are intent
bon is, that the schools shall fully realize the
i7sal of " Colleges for the people" in every
community to every child of
North Carolina. 1t is the States bounty
Bestowed on them, and it should be worthy
of the State, and realize the purpose of its
bestowment We shall not now indicate a
curriculum for these public schools, but only
ash that such be the course of study pre-
ribbed in them that it will serve to fit the
phpils for life and its duties as that life lies
open before them under our free government
There are now incessant cries coming up to
the ears of the General Assembly from. an
elete past-from the lips of stolid prejudice
from niggardly, selfish ignorance, and
! q en- from a press that sacrifices all to the
uhgodly ends of partizan success, to deter
irom an advance step in the education
OF the masses of the people. Should not the
education that the State provides, qualify its
citizens not only to be intelligent electors,
but also qualify them to fill any and all off
es and places in the State acceptably and
ficiently? Shall those who are expected to
trve the State be required to educate them.
elves for the work at their prirate cost
hould not the State prepare all, that she
bay select from the whole number such as
1he may need. We maintain that the State
hould afford, in the peoples Colleges -
Education in such departments as are needed
qualify for active duty, in and for the
tate. Should not every citizen have cor
ect acquaintance with the history of his
1tate and the Union; with the institutions
nd laws of the same; with the principles of
tolitical economy with knowledge of such
= is and sciences as enter into the employ Of
he agriculturist and the mechanic AND
should not an education, with view to the
Business of life and its successful prosecution
be offered at least to the acceptance of all
This it is for our educators to consider, and
3ur General Assembly to give or refuse Such
tudies We deem essential to be taught in the
peoples College"
In addition TO this education afforded, it
demanded in our day that it be unrestrict-
ed. In Gov. Pollock's words, that the
chools, or rather Colleges of the State, 90 in
! lite every one to enter upon whom God has
tamped the sign and signet of manhood"
We hail such utterances from the Keystone
P'ate with emotions of pleasure Even in
That State of Pennsylvania, the prejudice OF
color has been very extreme. When such
+ preventative men as Gov. Pollock, whom
he people have delighted to honor. rise
above all contemplate opposition growing
out Of race we hope speedily to see the
schools of the State and the ballet box &C
ceSslble to every one who bears Gods "sign
and Slgnet Of manhood" 1t will be a sturdy
blow at antiquated ideas before which politi-
cal party opposition must yield. We are
hopeful OF better day when Gods image
VIII De acknowledged wherever seen.
a meeting of the Ninth Army Corps Off
''iS, and OF the officers of the Burnside Ex
Pedltlon INTO North Carolina, has been called
=! den' Burnside, to meet in New York
SNy on the 9Th day of February next. the
anniversary of the capture of Roanoke To-
iand' Tor the purpose of forming a ner,no