The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-12-01
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done me The honorSto assign ne an i'm
portant task, and to accompany it with
expressions of confidence in my abili-
ty,totexecuteait. The public call you
have made upon me seems to require,
as due to myself and courteous to you,
that ! should make reply.
ltSis:not agreeable to my etastc to
obtrudo myself upon the public no
tice, and except ii the discharge Of "a
public duty, I,havo made 1t u rule to
court becoming retirement. tn this
case, feel that violate no rule of
in appearing before the
readers of your journal, particularly
since that journal is published iu the
District where Twas reatcd, and where
| hope | have u number Of earnest
friends. Allow ne to say in the be-
ginning that l highly approve of your
scheme to revive in Columbia, the
South Carolina Military Academy,
"nu 'lH ~ epsrait sl upon IL the, features OF
W hetrtc1ltufal ana Mechanical
ochos -" Such an institution in the
capital OF South Carolina, would be a
most useful work "a noble consumma-
tion "most dcvouty to be wished for
would DO TO realize the conception
OF Milton, who called -complcte and
generous education that which enables
one TO discharge skillfully and mag
nanilmrhously all the duties Of tho citi-
zen, both private and public, in peace
ana lnWar.h" a4na pss a&E spea sa&
NV o agree that your scheme is high
~ desirable. As to@thc means Of
carrying it out, you suggest canvass
of the State, to get the necessary funds
-7by my friend Col. Haskell and my
self. 1t is here TINT there does, per-
hops, arise some difference of opinion
between us. The suggestion to can.
'ss' ysass the State in this behalf does not
address itself to my convenience, my
means or my, Judgment. Your call
upon mo to onter upon the duty to
which you exhort me, found me bust
y at work in a department. of manu-.
features; constrained by circumstances
to,abandon academic pursuits, have
entered upon the field of Material
development: The field to which you
lnylto mo is q noble one, consistent
with taste and experience But my
poverty constraips me, and I must
v work 2, with whatmy' hands find to do,
wv Nv 20 80 90 "0W' H'' s,.l ...l
q" "Seele ~ PossseSsod OF ample means,
%ou'a give mo pleasure to dedicate
my time and my services to Just such
work as YOU propose. Ast;t "a u,
low me to hone tbita son,o ~
bottor onao,ns,, - =, ~ 0''e'
N'1' N'o'"'o '"an VIII lake up
.ho oannor you mold out to me, and
iuipllh1 uPohitt inc insignia or success.
And in this connex ion. give mo leave
to saw. that II yotkv;i,e ,ha.a :, *
sohooI ..n,dl th,aa.,. a .'7f'E~, w
1"s0' :, ~ sne'o - 'ne nun % make
vho huoleus Oh your admirable project.
Lallude to tho Kings Mountain Mill
tary2School, and to its exce,lant sn
pcrintendent nv fr;nna C6i,a 4 .s.,...
CoNara' y VOL sn0~n as a gallantex
0o"i'uo'" "Ho o'i00I ana nlYh-tOned
Vou,lauo o,a,, 49,.
49,. nu -, ~ "y ao'',or l.''N'
>"oSsio" w" v"e olu oouth Caroll-
ma Military Academy. Permit me to
say that it is my knowledge. Of the
working Of that institution which
makes mo SO heartily concur with Won
in tho propositionto to re. establish T. r.