The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-05-10

eonclusionllow me to offers senti
,mont--"Ts Confederate Survivors !"
Nay they opreciste, appropriate and
.hUld with manly greed the noble
leglcy, bcqeathcd to them by their
dead.
Vice-Psilcnt BAcot then proposed
Education The foundation Of all
civil liber', and the only safeguard
Of the baLt box r1i- > - +
M. MN. Farrow responded as
follows:
MR. PRsIDENr AND CENTLwMEN ::
[<fcel hoored by ypur Invitation
TO resp)htto the sehl,,ncnt wc have
just Ee.r>in al}nsiun 10 lIlu y !;
aud.as an humble work in thai
>t h>rc, ou.d ..sa for ability to
slc..k in :rms hcft ing the suhje t
and thc ;o,dial reception it meets
with at It's byar1, around which are
representa- the various industri> s
and pro'r,ious of our community.
A. Il baquct he'll in Charleston,
in the cary part If lSG0, letter
was preyctcl from that venerable
rcntiomo tho Honorable Alfred
llnger, inwhich he spoke Of "Pub.
lie E'luation, the most fruitful
source ofputlic happiucss.' AS the
calm reelection Of one whose memory
eau traveSc the entire period Of the
highest rncwn Of hi State, aud who,
"full of'cars," still chcrishes vi h
nnshaket patrio'ism her historic
greatness the sentiment is worthy OF
our prponnd respect. Within the
decade dspsed since that date, what
changes have been wrought in our
State AID throughout the South
fhen, stnng and congdcnt in tic fcal.
ty of her children, iondly cheri>hipg
Il prestige won by the intellect OF
her scholars aud statesmen, she ,t,od
forth in Inc line of sister States, the
peer Of tho proudest. TO day, mana
clcd, dhrrowncd, she bows her head
over thu'c buried martyrs who were
at once her chief support and joy
Neither strength in her ar:ns nor me.c,
III hcrwoc.'
And Que tf the kecncst rancs intlc.
ed in her humiliation, is The de>truc
ton Of The material resources for the
education of her youth.
In this unhappy condition, the cor
,cl tive truth, that iyno:ahcc aut
pr, i,lico arc the prolific sources o
confusion AMI viuicncr, has direc
and startling application. We cxrc
rlcuce the Fl st phase of Il state Of 20
cicty in viii h the demngo4ue WELD,
with facility tic ohcdiens in ,trumen
Of his me III amb;t,on when the suf
fraScs of al 4nOtant m! ritv, lcu
dercd more potent by ac:c>si,n' ct
vcnal allies from our own race, have
SIT up over us an ol,garchy OF prnni
sate men. And the question vii
force it'elf npou MS, whether this il
the id,n'ical elomcnt, and how ia
We stand removed fran ,hat othe,
,la-c Of sucal raplne, wh.ci Gnls
..f.cv 'HIire.'n,". a" ,hn ,v,il "
Of II Pnis Commune
1t is the tanctton ut education t,
Irive out this 20 thence from amongs
u$. The ira,i,n1 apa benovoIco
nnu, who finds ia. his own oxrerieuc,
that"ducatl"n is indeed the "muS
frni'fnI sonrce Of happin, S." all,
who's" far Ieachir z S>npAthies wuuIt
Il I the lIumbleSt uf his tellowsto Iii
rwn plane as we'll as he who, takin,
+. more selfish view, con iders slc'
& qic,tion' onl Y vi. h rcfJtcnce to how
hey will affect his own class ut an,
given period OF the tn'urc, alike con
c!udc that i'll our clrcttional agcu
''a- need to be pu' in ae,.vo play.
Is time, Sir, foi any o.a that
piz41 the glory Of his :, te III IL,
day o; her lr' sprrity, n,d who fec
dc" pr, stronger love IN the hour o
her edvcr>ity, to shrink from the de
mands OF outy, even thou.h h the prob
| lean pres n cd for solution he cumpli
Gated withnew and untried element.
and must require at least one geuera
ton for its unfolding. How en- he
81 tn soul fill, d wsth the memories Of
t'at p' riod, be iorgetiul or carelcs
OF 'he duties Of the rrcsent7
Fortunately. Mr.. President, VIC re
tain the one salient feature which j
it>clf constituted most th.t was goo,
in our old education, j >chcmc, and O
which no Yankee has set been abb,
70 dcvisca patent for robbing us.
NJ e'n, Sir, those riir ciplcs Of trut
and honor first implanted througl
lessons learned at the feet of viituou
mothers. In their simple and picu
tcaching, given with patience an
shidingreli2icus faith, was the grount
woik Of thmt intellectual supiemar
which the South SO long maiu,ainc d
making her
"Lovcd nt home. rcvared abroad
In grateful remembrance of thei
instruction, of their sacrifices, Of thci
ttar'-in sympathy With the hop,
that have died in their loving heart
does not each one of us, rccuilin
his OWL best remembered face, fadv,
it nav bo ,ut hdtni,,u with IN,