Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-11-22
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orsndest political victories were barren
I indeed.
/ FpIpoRs APPEAIs--l am sorry that so
( sensible man as Mr.. Meriwether,
should mistake my position. do not
think l would reveal any enoFmity, or
do any service toy lifting my ''visoT.o
! am not a member OF the school board; l
DO not care 3 baubee for them. On the
contrary, l am rather of the opinion
that il would be wise fuT them TO dee
! tneir plans for higher education until
! the financial condition is improved. II
/ il is the better and cheaper plan, would
not object TO the abolition Of the school
/ board, RENTING the management TO
/ the able and conscientious county super
| iniendent. All that ] ask is, that The
common school system snail be saved,
even IL il il confined to the three RS
/ Neither am hostile to Catholics. / re
| cognize the tact that there are great and
good men and women in the Catholic
church, and would be q strenuous adj
vOcate for Catholics TO have just the
same rights aud privileges as members
OF other churches-just the ssme-nO
more, no less. II is the theory of the
principles on which our government is
/ founded, that truth has nothing to fear
| 10 fair contest with error. SO | have
! no objection against any one believing
and maintaining that the moon is only
/ green cheese, provided I sm left the
privilege of believing the opposite, nd
not required TO subscribe to the gIaen
/ cheese dogma. If Mr.. Meriwether had
| heard, IS / have heard, on good author
| ity, that q threat was made, not very
/ long after the municipal election last
winter, that the schools should be
crippled, just Is they are in danger
Z Of being, perhaps he would not
have deemed my limitations out
| of place. / do not wish to
appeal to any pTejudices, or complicate
| this discussion by needless reference to
| ANY quarters which would embaITass il,
! though il is impossible to avoid think
/ ing OF them. Let Us try 10 agree that
ali the children have q chance for
/ measure OF education. Education is
more properly learning how TO learn
/ fhan the requirement of extraordinary
/ knowledge. Give them all a start, and
! then they can continue the race accord
ing t. their disposition or ability. Leave
| their religious training to their parents
| and their spiritual teachers. The state
has no right to interfere in this, but II
has the right TO prevent improper inter
ference These are some of the things
that 'sVigilaneen honestly believes, and
nas tried briefly and honestly 70 say.
VIGILANCE.
P. ST. find l have omitted 70 notice
what Mr.. MeriwetheT regards as q
threat against the "mallgn lntliguers"
who oppose the school board. This
-, ~ m
are secretly and systematically hostile "a
he common school syste m of the coun-
try, and who are plotting its destruction
iusi as soon as they feel strong enough.
Attempts in this direction have recent
Y iieen defeated in Hartford and New
Haven. I did not hsve Memphis or the
school board ia my mind when / wrote
hat sentence.
Public schools ~. ''Sust1cs."
EDITORS APPEALING public schools
# our country are founded ana support
d upon the principle that honesty, viz
gue and intelligence are the strongest
safeguards of the well-beiDg and pros
osrity of the community, the State and
the nation. That the poor, the ignorant
md undisciplined portion CT any COM
munity constitute the great mass Of its
criminals, needs no proof That the in
1eIligent man, educated 10 control his
| ceilings. to think before he acts, is law
abiding, industrious and Influential for
good, is equally obvious. No sensible
man can prefer tbs ignorant, idle and
.upe stitiOus neighbor and acquaintance
t. the intelligent, industrious one. Does
.sJustice0 prefer the former in place ui
he latter? He tells US he is in favor OF
limiting the benefits of the common
| schools of Memphis 10 those who pay
The taxes-namely, the white people.
Do all Of the white people OF this county
NJ CITY nay taxes? Is there not q large
lass ofthi faUOred race too poor 10 ed
lrate their children. If wealth be made
he standard by which TO measure theil
. right in this matter? interpreting
Justices" articles in your paper by tht
shirt that seems to peTvade them, does
uut his pr position amount simply tC
, thls: Public schools are for the children
fthe rich. Letthe children Of the pool
yrow uD to inherit the double curse o.
! poverty and ignorance. Is it possible
D any one can be so shOTt-sighted, so self
. Ish, and yet 50 shameless, as 10 declare
Il to your intelligent readers? l have
been taught to believe, and now believe
hat the Democratic party was tound
I'd, as a political organization, Tor th'
= great mass OF the common people
: / [; owes its existence to-day TO the fac
that its principles are dear to the heart
Of the common people. 1t has survived
disasters, defeat apd overthrow, because
= it has ever been the advocate OF TIT
! | common people. Tie Democratic party
can never die because it is the psTty o
the common people and for the common
people. It's principles are broad enough
TO right the wrongs OF all classes, to pre-
e serve the liberties of al, TO do justice t.
= every public want. Hence say
"Justiee" is both un-AmeTican ana W.
/ Democrat. The grand old parts v
7 the people has no use for man imbuel
D | with sIIeu aristocratic, exclusive ant
2 selfish ideas. This country needs M
man. wants no man, who is ungeneTou
and unjust in his public purposes toward
{ the common people. The negroes
= although ignorant, are very religious
. Yet Diety alone does not, cannot max
:, Them q PROSPEROUS and desirable class o
j citizens. They need education to die
. rel the cloud OF superstition that darken
s their religious fervor. They need edu
p cation, the handspring Of every INTEL
I, gent effort, 10 rouse them from the dul
apathy OF shiftless poverty and dis
honest ignorance. Put them in a con
t dition to think and act Cor themselve
and the color line will be wiped out for
q ever. NON-TAX-PAYER.
= A Suggestion 20 Candidates.
EDITORS APPEAL-The sense OF tn
people on the subject Of the city school
{ can be expressed at the coming mum
g cipal election. in which, L believe, dele
q gates TO one or The other branch OF To
a ! general council are to be elected in eac
ward. Let the candidates express them
selves, SO that the people may know VIII
q are for and who are against the presen
}. system, and vote accordingly.
10 The High school.
e EDITORS APPEAL-WhIley you are dc
-e ing 80 much for the schools, be kin,
is enough to publish the enclosed repOI
? testifVing TO the value Of our male igl
school, the efficiency of the prineipa
e and teachers, and the rapid and soil,
n advancement Of the pupils:
J. To the Board OF Education:
Fl Having been assigned to visit the POI
a lar street high school during the pa;
= month, 1 beg leave 10 report that dii
u charged that duty on Thursday, th
Is Attn instant, being accompanied b
D Hon. J. r. Flippin, and Hon. Luke v
\ Finlsy. We found the high-sehOC
&c proper under charge Of. Prof Anderso
s. and DR.. Huntley, with fifLs Eight pupi
Of enrolled, Of whom ten are in the third {
(. graduating class. The attached gran
= mar school, of the seventh grade, al
s. der charge Of Captain c, Il. Collier, hs
Z thirty-four pupils, aud the school OF u
10 sixth grade, under charge Of Mr.. Slate
10 has fifty-six pupils. We we're partiel
"a larry pleased with the assldulty an
ca uestness Of the students in the pu
Oi suit OF their studies. We examine
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