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

|Sagemena. They haye become citizens by the
law of the land, and as such should be taught
70 know and value theirjrights, and to discern
land provide, ogainskinsasions Of them "In
every, country, says Heorgo Washington,
knowledge is the surest basis Of pubic hap.
piness.%s Inaone in which the measures Of
government receive their Impressions So in.
mediately fr6msthe sense Of the community
as in ours, ittis proportiohally cssentiai2' It
constitutes oar chief protection against the
influence of demagogues. It curbs tho spirit
OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, and lcnds a moral power
and efficiency to an otherwise impotent psrch-
ment constitution. The liberties of orr en-.
lightened people are secures They know
! their rights and dare maintain them. Error,
deception and chicanery are robbed Of their
power. The influence Of parties depends on
the measures for the promotion Of the public
good advocated by them. In ous present
condition the education of the colorcd man
is our only chance for pol,ical salvation. In
his ignorance, he is defrauded and msll to
his own and the country's injury. Letshim
bo educated and he will perceive his truo in.
terests ond maintain them. We know hero
toforc there has been an antipathy among
our people to engage in teaching a colorcd
school. This should no longer be. All ad.
nit they should have Instruction. Provis.
ions have been made for their tuition, and
teachers, if not from among us will be found
to instruct them. The influence Of teacher
in,moulding the character and shaping tho
future course of his pupils is apparent to cy-
eryonc. Tho way the twg is bent tho tree
will grow. How important then is it that the
services Of true and good men should be Sc
cured as teachers. BY thus showing our
interest in their welfure, they will begin to
realize the honesty of our intentions in ad-
mitting their rights of citizenship Shall wo
forego the advantages to 10 gained by tho
discharge Of duty fruitful Of interest to ev
every citizen Of the State, through pride or
the sneers of a few would be pioneers of pub
lie opinion? Rcmcmtcr the fruits of our
obstinacy in refusing to vote or take part in
the election of members to the convention
and ratification of the constitution. A con.
vcntion assembled, constitution was framed
and adopted, and VIC have been compelled to
live under it. So too these schools will be
located, and teachers will be secured for
them, though our people n ~ stand aloof-
The colorcd man is power in the State gov
crnmcnt His numerical strength is superior
to that of the whites. lie can vote and hold
Office, and as a juryman decide the issues of
lite, liberty and property, when we arc parties
Should he not then be educated? And
should not his education be such as would
tend to soften down and harmcnize the differ
enccs which have grown out of past political
antagonism This can only be effected
through the agency of Southern teachers.
T.icy have been cnfranchised to serve the
purposes of the radical party, and in instrpc-
ting them the pcrpctuation of them will ho
kept constantly in view.
DeA. The Washington correspondent of
the New York World, writing on Sunday
last, says:
A number of leading politicians in North
Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia are
taking ground in favor Of independent and
reform movements entirely separate from pres.
cnt political organizations, in order to secure
relense Of the people in these States from
the corrupt Radical rings which arc rapidly.
bankrnpting the Southern States. In South
Carolina citizens ticket has recently been
elected in Camden, and it is said that the
movement is spreading rapidly over that State
and will be entirely successful A similar
move is proposed for Georgia. In. North
Carolina the plan is to run independent men
in opposition to tho Holden dynasty, and'it
is understood that leading Republicans of
North Carolina, some of whom are in Con-
gross, are quite ready to so into the movement
will, view to reform the present dynasty,
and secure good State government. Itis
believed that in each of these States this
movement will be successful, as were similar
organizations in Virginia and Tennessee, in
,rescuing those States from political banditti.
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SG~ A special to the Baltimore Sun says
;.HLetters4 and kilograms have been received
here from Georgia which uniformly state that
the people prefer the Senate bill and military
rule underit, till next December, rather than
have the Bullock administration pcrpctuated
another year" The President, however.
again expressed himself yesterday 70 members
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