Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-08-17

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In iiafpafs WeeNy lor August
3. rf0n ito Grsi pnge, 70 on nrt'c.a
talh the mhgninfiy Hnathct'0ul -.
tic, "Nrant nnl aIaga!ivn--by Ea.
pnc rawrcucr." Nc 90 MT Know,
btl prcsnne Vie namo Of tao writer
to DO feti,iaus, ftf however wiling
tho rrupHsllns q thGt paper may
ho 10 plbiisli auch q l!b.I, 40 tah
rcnsuoiy think that any man Win
sufficient Intelligence to write No MI
vould b. wiiling to place hing /!
lisfjro The public as .ho anlhor 81
such num.tigalea rholerole slauder.
Wo can pegyh but few ofthc thou
sands cf willing cars into winch
;ais "Journal Of Civilization hiss
poured tie iutunpn story, set we
cannot permit ruch statements to
MSS unrytnHet
Tho intention Of that writer is to
show tliat Whatever the South has
Of educational advantages is due u
tho administration Of Gen. Grant,
that zone excellent result Of tho
ueaccfcl administration Of General
t:rort las been the founding Of y
system cl popular education III tho
South" i broader and moro com
uruhenaivc laisehood coald scarcely
have been compressed into one zen
tencc. Whatever progress has been
made in cduca'ion at the Sou. h
since the war has been in spite OF
,ho unnatuultan outrageous State
governments forced upon tho South
crn States by the present Admins
trntion. The clcarost proof Of this
assertion is readily found By con-
trasting those SJutes that earliest
threw off the deSpolic yoke with
those that oro sill unfortunately
forced to wear it. AS an instance
for the ono, tako Alabama; Of the
other, South Carolina.
Previous to tho war Alabama had
adopted and put into operation u
system of public school education,
which was gradually but effective
IL accomplishing i's work. The
system was mo;ured by that accom-
pished scholar and Christian gen
t!eman, Rov. a. A. Lipscomb, D d.,
the present Chancellor of the Uni
versity Of Georgia, at thar time a
citizen OF Alabama q gentleman,
and we be.ray no confidence in say
ing it, whose friendship these same
cillifying uarpers were once proud
to claim; whom they urged, NJ
though Southern educated gentle
man, whom about to begin the pub
licnlion of their ',Jour,Nl Of Civili-
zation," to enter tbei. literary told
and take editorial charge Vf their
new bantIing, and whose graceful
and polished pen frequently, in
other days, enriched their Magazine
and Weekly. The Alabama school
System had at lis command II large
aud growing fund, which wonld
have oeen raised to an amount sui
iicient to cnrry cut its purposes iul-
j.. The war worked wretchedness
and rain, At Ms close tho affairs Of
the State fell into the hands OF Gen.
Grants lricnda. An iiiiterate sea-
awag nnmcd ClQad was placed III
charge Of the educational inleres $
Of The State. The large and ample
school fund was triaed away on cor
rupt and ignorant leaders and OH
ci.ls, and when two years ago the
STAGE passed from the grasp Of the
bloody losches, the affairs OF thie
Bureau were found in ineXtrlcatio
confession. lis funds scattered, Ind
hardy pchool in the State receV'
ing il benefits. The change was
made. Col Joseph Hodgson, IN cd
ucatcd Southern gentleman, was
placed in charge Of 1t, and sun
ho,ds tie position, The Stnte Uni
vera;tv, which the vandalism OF the
juvadine forcpa destroyed, and
which the utmost efforts Of The pre-
v,a3s scaIawag Superintendent mad
f.ied to galvanizo into life, was
oa.e moro rel, affiliated, al able tao
ulty elected, and its schools pnt N
70 grccessful operation. All over
fha State the immediate effect was
10 give an INF ctus to education and
an assurance Of honest administers
pion and when tho able Superin-
tondcnt of that State stands before
the National Educational Conyen-
ton in Boston during this month
10 tell of the Educational systems
az the Southern States, we have no
fears that he will attribute whatev-
CIR success has attended the efforts
Of the friends Of education in the
South to The Gdmt distraction Of Gen.
Grant.
But turn 10 South Carolina, q
State -tb6t before the war might
boust Of the character OF its educa-
tional institutions, aud the facilities
for acquiring an education. How
is it now? Ground down TO the
very dust with the iron heel of the
despotic administration that has
controlled its destinies during The
entire period since the close oil the
war, il presents the saddest specta-
Gle that has ever met the gaze Of the
civilized world. It's finances utter
~ squandcrcd by set Of greedy
cormorants, its affairs managed by
ignorant and depreved men, i.s PEG
pie in distress aud poverty, its cred
it almost gone, its lands for sale by
the sheriff Tor outrageously oppres-
eivo taxes, with which TO feed the
murderous greed CT the unre
lentipg williams, its charitable in
siitutiUns at the verge of starvation,
its asylums almost compelled to
open their doors and let the wreck
ed inmates out upon the sympa-
,hies and charities Of an impover-
ished people, with not money
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