The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1871-02-03
UlIe sHarietta gonrnal.
Marietta, Georgia. February 8, 1871.
THE SOCIAL CONDITION OF GEoR-
GA.


er, has strengthened in them, the
belief that knowledge is greater
element of power than wealth and
that with knowledge and virtue not
only will power and influence be re-
gained, but that the accommodation
of wealth be Que Gifts many cOnse-
quences. This believing, as poor as
they have been made by the results
of disastrous war; by industry and
economy, the means are provided
for the education of their children !;
and larger proportion Of the young
men have entered our Colleges and
Universities than in former years; ;
and they too partaking Of the lauda-
bio ambition of their parents, seem
to be the more desirous of protitlng
by the facilities afforded them, at
the expense ofthe parents sacrifices.
Greatly extended also arc the OPP
portunities afforded for education in
good primary schools many of the
men and ladies Of good educations,
whose ample means allowed their
literary requirements to remain dor
mant or only as source Of gratifi-
cation to themselves and their
friends, have been happily stimulated
by poverty to devote their intellect
ual altainments to the advancement
of the cause of education, and they
too become the instructors Of the
young-establishing throughout the
State good schools for boys and girls,
of easy access to nearly every fami-
ly; thus providing a support for
themselves, and becoming a blessing
to the generation, which is soon to
become the important actors in the
destiny ofour country. Many deep
Iy interesting cases have occurred
among the ladies where they have
been reared in the enjoyment of
wealth and luxury, but highly edu-
Gated SO soon as their worldly
wealth was taken from them ; they
established schools and assumed their
new character as teachers, cheerful
ly and ardently and with all the
grace and ease of manner in which
they had been trained, to make the
same impressions upon the minds Of
the youth entrusted to their care.
The establishment Of free Schools,
which is about being inaugurated
throughout the State, if successful
will amply provide for the education
in the rudiments of learning, of all
children (both white and colored)
whose parents may dssire them to
partake of the prohered bounty; to
what extent this feeling exists, the
.4 L ,;o ,,,,,ct dotoru,i,,o -
Doubts Of success among our color
ed population may well be appre-
hended; so Indifferent are thoy to
the proper training Of their children /;
and their conviction that liberty is
the enjoyment of life without re-
straint that they are generally re-
luctant to have their children placed
under the restraint and control of
the schoolmaster; trials have already
been made, and failure been the re-
suit.
A capable teacher, charging fifty
cents a month, has made an effort to
collect scholars in vicinity Of hun
drcds Of colored children, and not
more than seven Of them have re-
wardcd his humane undertaking.
The effects of the war on the
economy, industry and energy Of
our people arc no less marked, thar
it has been on their earnest ambition
to have their children well and high
" educated. With the exception
of the population of our larger
cities; which are now as they OF
cities have always been, an artitic-
ial class, partaking of the customs
and habits of the various nations,
with which they have commercial
and social intercourse-much more
so than Of the country in which
such cities may be located. The
whole people of the county districts
and large number of the towns and
cities have wisely and prudently,
conformed to their new circum-
stances of poverty-practicing much
economy and active personal labor
many sons of formerly wealthy pa
rents and they well educated, are ell.