The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1872-09-07

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p%reciutcd. The it aneuce u spfend-
around a village; The sympathetic
relation that exists between thr
school aul every other interest,
should make every mau IT, firm
working friend
That there Is nothing lint sr or
namcuts, ciyilizes aud cmbelishcs q
town ~ good schools, all will
admit but differ as 10 the means
by which they are 20 be obtained.
The way l. plain If we but follow IL
1t is only THE; Let all whom Il
concerns give their heart and hand
TO the work, and success will crown
their efforts. Have we tried this
PLAN Does any onedoubt il would
prove a success
How much money was invested
in the cause Of educationl How
much did the education OF your
children cost you the past ton
months? speak ofthe male school
only, leaving the female to your cor
respondent, "Lee," with whom most
vii will agree our teachers have been
above the average,
! hore il is 10 sacrilcgo to ask,
could a revival Of religion he ex-
pcsted il none but the pastor was
interested NO matter who he
might be, or what his attainments)
Then can we hope or expect Tor
good schools, trusting to the unas-
sisted efforts Of halt paid teachers ?
Certainly much, very much depends
on the teacher, SO much that in their
selection, other and higher motives
than prejudice or cheapnoss should
govern Us.
Can n man Of character and edu-
cation afford to work for nothing?
l'oor pay has driven almost every
one worthy this responsible position,
10 seek n living in some more lu~
erative and less laborious vocation.
II you wished a man with whom to
entrust uncounted gold, would
c%hcapncss be the chief qualification
Ia the yello% dust of the earth to be
weighed against the hearts and
minds Of your children Remember,
you are playing upon a harp whose
tones, whose living tones are left
forever in tho strings,
We should not depend entirely
upon n s%o~called free school, sup>
por.ed by an ante bcllum fund, n
mere pttaucc, furnishing three or
four months half pay to teachers,
and a prescribed course Of books,
Is it anything but an instrument in
the hands of our enemies, 10y which
the black is elevated at the expense
and degradation of the white citi-
zeng
Should We allow those who have
deprived us Of our wealth, further
to rob us OF the only and richest
legacy left to our heirs-namely, a
good education That knowledge
is more precious than gold, parents
must know by their own lives. But
we of the South, whose only hope
is mental strength, since we are nu>
merically weak, cannot be too wide
awake to the education -four youth,
We need but educate those who
are to take our places on tho stage,
and represent US in the halls Of lcg
islation. Then the days of Prcntiss.
Clay aud Calhoun will return, VIII zen
the North will again bow before the
generosity Of Southern wisdom, ant
the Senate chamber trcmble witt
the beauteous accents of the "lant
Of the sun"
kosciuskos will arise to aveng,
our wrongs. Not one but legion,
Of Moseses shall be found to lea,
our grooming people from the lane
of Egyptian bondage and persecu
tions between the parted waters o
the sea, to the Canaan shores of lib
crty, peace and prosperity.