The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-11-30
COLIfNIBIA, S. G.
.1assass MoFI1nsinSeE, I1siS aNovennbbsr 80. 1859. D.

s&At%SBuby AepfnAAa1ks &aOHomDoE OVs 10o0,
3 sunseos q Eiacasaesi fia ahis state-FIovv
!, yyiii ths Eresent E.e8islature Treae le.
80 Tho 4Legislsture now in session can
.t .azn its its atisntiion 70 no subject more i'm.
4 portaps than that Sofi ,dsyiaing. wise
sioommon school system. We do not pre-
1ums that, any suggestion OF ours will
,shAye nuch weight with body oswhich it
la not in our power often to speak with
commend dstiop. But We may we'll sug-
gsss chat IL for no. other reason than 1
,itssAtd faf she interests Of the colored
.spopulstidh, the Legislature might well
sonbidss SENSATIONAL methods. and not
sgisa atg whole attention to wild agrarian
\ Ssohspaes end political instrumsnts. Is
Ess!!;a Ess!;. % 20 ss;; Tss; for those modern Solons
and Draeos TO remember that to improve
the brains and The morals Of the colored
people is about as important as to give
then. LANDS, As With regard now to the
system that should be put in operation,
We may. In general way. suggest that
Il ought to be adapted to the peculiarities
Of epr State and our population. No
7Eyatem imported from New England will
answer. What would work we'll in New
England might prove utterly unsuited to
South Carolina. Furthermore, it is evil
dent that separate schools for whites and
blaeks should be provided. A wise
legialator deals With things as they arc.
notas they ought to bs, according to his
opinion. The eAiating feelings between
the whites and icolesed people in this
State make it impossible for them to be
schooled together. Now the point with
the Legislature is not whether these
feelings are right or wrong, philosophical
or the reverse, hpt it is. that the feelings
exist. are stropgi and control the conduct
Of the parties. Another, delicate matter
is the matter OF gexss books, Any arbi-
trary rule on this point viii initiate
greatly against tba}sehene that may be
sttempted. Perhapsa the fairest course
would be to leateh the selection of text
books to the judo Sment Of the teachers.
We see no reason why particular set of
books should be insisted upon. We be-
lieye it. is Mr.. Jillson who has the sub
ject in charge. In the matter at least of
eduCatiops ie is to be hoped that Mr..
Jillson aud the Legislature will rise
above party views and considerations,
and give o wise system of common
schools to the State. This is work out
Of which reputation can be made. This
is work that may be the instrument of
much good. Let us hope that those in
charge OF the subject may rise to the
level Of their high opportunity. When
!. the great architect. Sir Christopher
Wren, after finishing the great cathedral,
died, he was buried within the walls
which his own genius had planned and
reared. and his tomb was marked by a
simple slab, bearing this inscription:
Isl s''onMn,entana qu9ris, circumspice"-
~ you seek his monument. look around" I"
Let any man now give to South Carolina
q system OF common school education
adapted alike to whites and blacks, and
respecting tastes and sentiments that can
never be eradicated, and ho will achieve
for himself enduring honor, and OF him.
too, hereafter it may be said: A grateful
people raise no shaft of marble or gra-
mite to his memory. but "jf you seek his
monument look around" Let South
Carolina republicanism rise, if it can, to
the height of conception like this, and
even the most determined opponent Is
must concede to it the need of praise;
must make the acknowledgment that
some good may come out of Nazareth;
must admit that whereas they believe
radicalism foolish, it has demonstrated
that it can be wise.
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Partizenship OF Gov. Scott Illustrated.
Our readers will elsewhere notice the
communication of Mr.. Thomas w.
Holloway. Mr.. Holloway is we'll
known citizen of Newberry. In making
the request of Gov. Scott that he did,