The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1871-06-29
sHoYT i n s. Co, Proprietor

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s5i.a 81 For the anderson Estet;gesscsr.
Fhe Free Common School System.
s.;sga EDITOR: Please permit rs in the pres
rsssnunber of this series, to notice some OF the
affections which we have from time TO time
heard urged against educating the negro. -
The frsh objection which We heard afeer
ip,,T,snc;;nstion had become an established TACT,
was that If thenegro we're educated, he would would
not be SO easily controlled by the white man.
as:he would be withoutit. Little, we presume,
was il suspected oby this objectors that 5lniesS
chan three years from that dste that the wnlte
,, man ,S,y would be controlled by the negro-that
hai would become the white mans ponucai
,nasters and that he would become the ,enactor
and administrator of the laws But! neyerthe-
less it came to passl And nov, in South oar-
olina. the white man Islands alone as mere
xapher, the negro not only ruling State poll
tics: but in Federal, also. And we beg mere TO
say as d passing remark, that IN our humble
opinion this unhappy state, OF afialra mlgns
have bean partially, it not wholly prevented,
Il. the Convention of the State which assehn-
He'd nnfer the auspices of President johnson
In 1865. had have so far anticipated the Recon
struetiou Acts as TO have enfranchised the ne
GRO and thus have secured his confidence, nu-
merical power and political alliance, securing
Z Co us as State domestic tranquility ana pros,
Derity. giving us at the salne tune redouPled
Strength against Federal aggressieas and atssr-
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patton. ~; s.
educating the negro vas, that u we c9ncsaso
to him this privilege, he would soon become
NJ, arros,ant competitor with us in all intellec-
zfial ana literary pursuits me would have
S5se efsfontery to become an aspirant to the
learned professions, and that he would soon
have the presumption to want to go TO the Leg
;slature and even to Congress. !,
Now. if the learned professions are beneh-
sccial. the more professors and practitioners we
Nave the better. But it is sneeringy asked,
sgouId dyou, sir, employee negro as an attorney
: III law 10 defend case for you? This, sir, we
,oresunel is more q matter of taste than any
shinp else. We haveFery strong predictions
in favor of our own race, and OF giving them
nnaploymerit In preferences to the negro race;
Hut IN the case supposed, were we not 70 en-
ploy this colored legal gentleman, were 1t 70
our pecuniary interest so to do, we WOULD Ger
tainiy be violating rule which you are con-
stantly practicing in employing the negro 70
ID voar work, because whas3 Because you
,.ona;;der it to be to your interest," inasmueh as
vou regard him ADLER, and yon can IN addlton
Another objector says the negro cannot
,earn-cannot be tanght but experience and
sohaeryation prove this to be false. That the
snsoTo Is interior, IN point Of intellectual ca
ySacity. 10 the white man, We confidently be-
love. Bat as all white men are not Frankllns
and Nevtcus. vet all white men, idiots except
"a are susceptible of becoming greatly Inn
proved intellectually By proper course OF
I5st,Iiction. So in like manner it is with the
..oIored man. Although their ablest intellects
,nioht not surpass that of the most ordinary
wS5te man, yet would not the ordinary white
man well educated be better citizen than
Franklin without any education f :,
Rrt another objection, and the last we sinai! y
,,nt;ea. because it includes all that can OF WI
he ofFsred, is that it is contrary to the notions
ofpropriety which we have ever entertained
in regard % the negro. );
as,rne Rim Van Wrinkles among rs who have
49, oct Heard of the eyacuation of Richmond
~.,;, ts,at Gen. Les has surrendered; that the
heroic i,,s,, soldiers comprising the Confederate
:, sr,y haye all long since become paroled pris
,,,,ers of war. much less that emancipation ha!
heen recorded in history as fixed fact, ane
Slsat Che Reconstruction Acts have made TIM
ssolored man an equal political copartner with
But. seriously, will you please explain to III
che difference between the moral turpltude o
teschingl negroes and preaching to negroes
Won se,ya white man who would teach a negrt
-.,schooI should be ostracised and kicked out o
Jecsnt or respectable society. Give tis fht
difference Of insEucting them when it
csiled teaching and when IT is called preach
ine. And while your hand is in, In the expia
nation of these ethical and theological enlgIuaf
please inform us why 1t Is q duty to send ne
y, Africa to teach those sable sons OF Ham g
.ts,a eastarn shore of the Atlantic, yet doing tie
some thing here at home subjects man to te
.-,ost withering anathemas of an outraged pp-
lie sentimenti o, tell it not in Burmah, or
Lot the sound reach the inhospitable shoreof
Hfy;ca. lest the uncireumcised Ethiopian sar
,;tand mock at our inconsistency, at our INN
cerity. at our downright hypocricyI
aiBnt the teaching of negroes, sir is con2go D,
missing our honorl Age, what honor ? Ine
sbaeer of the duelist, or one which is sinitr TO
;t9 An honor that causes q man to mfder
his fellow-man-sendin as it were, his liked,
cn;lty and contaminated soul into thPres-
snce Of an incensed and sin-ayenging sod
maKing widow Of his wife, and orpsns a,-o1 81
his children, robbing them OF their aturai a.
a;er,d and protector; and worse thar al ~
Ii csse dansns his, own soul, and 70 whati
Because he has not enough moral cerage 70
do his duty by refusing to obey the anda.ec aaS
of . custom originating from that ~ uanea aroa
Fiend, the foe both to God and man H. nencs' ena,s
in like manner you refuse to DO wha 1ne pLoit T.
idence of God has unquestlonanl n.o,,iJ ,LS hs ~
Compromising your honor s.s.S
Now, If it Is SO thafour very estence as e
state and people depend upon theduScatlon o. OF
the negro, it may be asked, hoy,ls TINS 70 pc
accomplished We answer, aslas all along :
Seen ;n1plied, through the ins1nentahty OF