Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1870-04-29

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REMARKs...

n'i Fas H d REMARKS, 4. I, II
Among the first and most prominent OBJ.
jeotsl of government is the protection and
advancement of tho material interests of the
State. Such measures have been recognized
and inaugurated with shades Of difference ia
practice, by oil the governments of the civil
lied world. With our past experience and
under the changed order of things, we must
place ourselves in position that will enable
us not only to compete with others, but if
possible, to do our part in advancing the cause
of humanity. 70 ignore the necessity is to
invite,defcat aud humiliation, and to suppress
all tho high aspirations that should fill the
bosom of man.
Education has occupied the minds of the
wisest men throughout all ages. The destiny
of the State depends on the wisdom and pat.
riotism of our people. If we invoke those
powers which alone give prosperity, all inter-
ests will be subserved,' and our people will
progress under the tutilage of the Most High.
The laws which are written in the heavens
aud in the earth, will become our laws aud
we shall continue ever to advance in bappi.
ness, in power and strength, and though per.
fection may never be realized, we shall pro.
gress throughout all tiue, with unerring
steps.
Science makes civilization. There is Moth.
or prosperity nor art that is not directed by
those laws which are inhexibly and indelibly
written in tho history of all matter.
Scientific education should be extended if
possible, to all; be offered gratuitously, and
made obligatory. The State would find it to
heradvantage. In educating her own people,
she would naturally attract students from
other States, and thus increase her own pros.
perity, as we see has been the case in France.
In our country we have been too prone to
consider o college or school as consisting of
number of large and expensive buildings.
Perhaps, on account of our impoverished con.
dition and other reasons, tho example of Cor,
many would be preferable. Take, for instance,
tho University of Gottengen. The professors
there receive their students and instruct them
each in his own house. The students board
where and as they please. A manifest adyan.
tage to those of limited means. /.
The subject of this report is vast, and
might be extended al in6n,tua,,, but enough
has been said to provo that our material inter.
ests can only advance through scientific educa.
ton, and as that is the more perfect and the
moro diffused, 80 will our condition be i'm
proved. The foregoing remarks show CON.
clusiyely that there can be no prosperity
without science, and that the present condition
of the State of South Carolina has bcen caused
by its absence and the course pursued by
ci.deuens Legislators. It is not by fostering,
through State patronage, one colossal institu-
tion for teaching the classics, bellies zettres,
etc., etc., to those who are favored by fortune
(not that such learning should be suppressed)
that the object In view is to be attained TO
cr,,o I, rv,ck
| sources of the State is one Of the first and
most prominent duties of government, and
that can only be done by the diffusion of sol.
eentitio education, or by special schools insti.
tuted for tho purpose Of educating certain
number Of citizens who are to have charge Of
the property of the State, and see that no det-
riment shall come to it. Examples Of such a
course and mode are found 10 every State
north and every European nation.
The embarrassment consists in the choice
of tho best plan and in dovising means to
carry it out. 1t is useless to propose o
"soheme" at this stage. The manner in
which tho idea is carried out must depend on
the Importance the State attaches to tho sub.
ject. and tho amount she is willing or able to
devote to that end. When the time comes
the system can be easily combined by seleot,
ing and modifying that or those which have
had the best results elsewhere. 4. ..s;S
To carry out the system consecutiyely and
for all ti,,e---for tho results cannot be felt in
q day--it is essential that the mainidca (the
protection aud development of the property
and interests of the State by diffusing scien
tifc knowledge should bt engraftod in our
laws laws and male incumbent duties on our leg
islators. @'Et%7'S "pse
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