The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-01-13
EDUCATION INTExAs.

iDnulHlNly thhNHllNl lllNb NNHNHH'H
shall be rcal-based on the everlasting
principles Of truth, A yast amount of
what IL now called education IL simply
mental poison, calculated to mlslead
The mind and train boys for superficial
|IntrIgueand trclSery III afterlife, The
foundation Of all true education IL
truth,
The educational demonstrations In
lhe Eastern States, for the last thirty
years, have been materially inilamed
Ivy sectional anlmosiB-a disregard
Of the law Of races--a disregard OF
genuine repuhllcanlsm, and an nbne-
cation Of the principles on which
American freedom rests.
some Northern men attribute all dis
to tile Pilgrims Of the May Flower,
who landed on plymouth Rock IN de-
cember 1920, They argue that those
people-Mlles Staudlsh, John Alden,
Priscilla Mullins and all the rest-worc
fanatics, and that their spirit has come
down to the present day. This Is
largely an error and should,bc corrected,
The men Of Plymouth Rock, while ia
natIcal In n qualified sense, cherished
~ sacred some Of the purest principles
which underlle freedom. They were u
medley Of purity, independence In
thought and tyranny in action. Their
faults grew out Of their virtues. Tho
strictly honest and conscientious man
is prone 10 think that he who differs
with him Is dishonest, and ought to be
controlled, and herein arises vast
amount Of the errors Of mankind. Tho
true doctrine ina Republic, is to keep
wide open the avenues of thought and
action and let the truth be slted from
the chnii by the average common sense
Of the people, If wrong to-day, expe-
rience will teach them the right to-
morrow. On no other principle can
Republics be perpetuated, t" .e"
At the surrender in 1865, the name of
the peerless Lee was held in scorn ut
the North. To-day, less than nine
years later, the name Of Lee Is rcspoct-
ed in every house north Of the Poto-
mac, and IN tens of thousands is hon
ored as the name Of an American
soldier and patriot whose virtues shed
lustre on the annals of mankind. We
have ourselves seen in q house in Hart
ford, Connecticut, portraits of Lee and
Stonewall Jackson, with inscriptions
describing tlicm rs two ofthe greatest,
purest and best men that ever lived.
We saw the same in the village OF
Groton, in the same State, in Milford,
Pennsylvania, and in Geneva, New
York. -,.
What does all this prove? That in
due time-when passion dies--reason
and justice assert their sway, and those
who successfully come to mans es-
tate, reject the errors Of their fathers,
but reverence their virtues; they reject
the unjust aspersons upon previous
enemies, and recognize their virtues.
Time, in its unerring crucible, reduces
every man to the true test, strips off
his false plumage, and reveals him to
posterity in his true colors, whether
saint or sinner, patriot or tory, Jew or
Gentle, Turk or Christian.
There is,a modern cry, floating from
North to South, singing out 'let us ed
ucate our children, white and black
1t says the South is ignorant-the
North is enlightened. The North
must send its teachers, blazing with
light, down into the dark places of the
South, to shed light among the igno-
rant of that benighted region; and,
the misfortune is, that many Southern
people are sap-headed enough to listen
to the song. Many even send their sons
and daughters into the atmosphere of
that prejudiced region to be educated
and accomplished. They act on the
principle ofthose who patronize patent
medicine wonders and street hucksters
because they shout loudly.
Now, we undertake to. say that, for
nearly hundred years back, the insti-
tutions of the South have educated and
turned out, according to population,
ADLER statesmen, purer patriots, more
profound jurists and more successful
Legislators than those of the North.
The history of The government proves
it. We further say that we have had
more pure and happy families, less in
fidelity and Tower divorces than in the
North. We have not had tenth of
the burglaries, murders for money,
wife and husband murders, seductions,
iefalcations, or official swindles that
have disgraced the North. Not one of
the false isms that have prevailed in
The United States, so far as we know,
has ever originated among the South
ern people. s,a 1f' T1a
We admit that more men and
women can read and write in the
North than in the. South. But we
leny in toto that learning to read and
write, of themselves, make men and
women virtuous. We have known
negro women, faithful household ser4
wants, pure, honest and virtuous, who
,ouid do neither. 2sN Sl'p } 70
But we cannot dwell on this branch
Of the subject. We want to urge our