Mississippi Democrat. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1875-1???, 1875-09-22

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Or proposition W He1k
Il is the prime ncccsait - stssNs
County and Town toztfueaie the
children thereof The law OF self
preservation Is the onlof Of natural
laws. By selfprosoryation is ncant
the perpctuation of what Is best in
communities and races. In proper.
ton as we approach that, we carry
eutt ,lossgn OF our Creator. Aud,
while Che highest lnducement and
strongest all N that direction lies IN
our duty toward The child, as set
forth Ia our last number, more mate.
rial and, 10 some minds, more com
I polling considerations may be rca-
sonably drawn from the necessity Of
the case. That knowledge is power
Expresses but half truth. Univ,r-
sal diffusion ci knowledge j. now To
free governments the most perpetual
source OF power and condition OF
continuance. Government can no
longer be lounded--least of all
maintained upon the Ignorance Of
the masses. those that have been
recently attempted upon this plan in
our Southern states here vanished I;
all but ous Or two that, like foul
pools, still withstand. but are gradu.
ally drying away in the light of the
sun. With the reconstruction that
nature dictates and Providence seems
10 point out, comes the imperative
demand, the unmisiakablc necessity
Of Universal Education.
/ Universal suffrage, or suffrage
very near that, Is a iorcgone conclu-
sion. No continuance, no opposition
can set that aside. Il may be con
-idercd a. the recorded verdict OF the
war. the final decree OF forty mil.
lions Of sovcrrisns. They arc not
likely to ubdicatc nor to restrict
their own powers. This right. whcth-
CT wisely established or not, will be
a corner stone of every new South.
crn State constitution. Now, can
W. conceive OF greater madncs,
them 90 trust tho ark OF our national
prosperity Ia The hands OF ignorant
guides and to keep them blindfolded!
Or 10 We expect them 90 reverse all
the lessons 81 history by educating
themselves Can there be Qncs-
lion whether il i, better 30 prevent
crime by the education OF the child
rem anil especially of the child race
tamoa- us or support erimc fall grown
m jails aud pcnitentiarics, and 10
watch and guard il by the oxpcn-
siyc employ Ihcnt Of courts and mill
tary lOrycy II YOU have a child de.
ficicnt tn capacity or In past oppors
tunity of improvement, viii you for
either reason withhold from them
the little instruction he could receive!
Because the foot Is feeble shall the
head refuse Il nourishIncnt and IN
vigorating treatment aud leave il Ia
wither and cause the whole system
10 haltg The ignorance of a class
in any tree community is like n slug.
gish sore which IL left to itself tends
to deep liberation and extensive
degradation. The body polite Is
not q concurrence, still less con-
) fct of separate interests. II Il body
whose mcabcrs depend each on
each; and the strength and life OF
the whole depends on the separate
organ.------It was said even by
the sophists that he who relieves an.
other assists himself. A higher phi.
losophy teaches us that he who does
not give to the needy robs himself
And this is especially 40 Of knowl'
edge Of which NO many are terribly
in want. As who4oever sees even
one OF tho least IN want and does
not minister TO him wrongs himself
most, 80 tho community that refuses
knowledge TO one Of It's classes, even
ono Of tho least, cheats itself of a
greater boon.
The lowest estimate that could be
made on this subject Is that OF cost.
Yet itcannot BE- doubted that In o
I aeulbcrAeSs Il "A vastly cheaper TO