The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-10-04

S'S'y A"SihCy CduCdtlOu. 1nc
greatest statesman and philosopher of Eng
land has said that education is tho chief
defence OF nation, and no philosophical
remark was ever made with greater truth.
l would sec our people educated. And
when say this do not wish to be misunder
stood. am not one of those who believe
that because man can read and write he
is necessarily better man than his fellow.
4 Know ne is not necessarily better soldier,
because while many of the Northern States
boasts that more of their people can read
and write than those of almost any other
nation in the world, and while they taunted
us during the war with the opposite. state
of- f-a3aixaASa~4xxk;--s -l----, ---,sx...-.iaI-h
fhaye takon our ,mea ewhom they alleged
tcodid not road nor wfite) when I wanted
good shooting done than any men ever
saw. mean by education, then, not only
intellectual education, but education of the
heart aud soul-to lift our people up and
teach them that the only true knowledge is
the knowledge Of God ! 1t is mistake to
suppose that, though wanting this, a man
who can read and write is educated The
history Of the past teaches us that the best
educated people the world has ever seen
could neither read nor write. Look to
Athens, the eye of Greece, where Plato
and Aristotle lectured, aud Demosthenes
charmed the people with his eloquence, day
by day. There were no better people than
the Atheneans who listened to them; but
those Atheneans could not read nor write
and coming down to our day and genera
ton, the old men of this State can look
back and sustain me when say that thsre
we're no people on this continent better IN
structed as to the true theory of our gov
ernment, and in all that concerns govern
mental policy, than were the people of
South Carolina in former years. and their
knowledge came from the same sources as
that Of the Atheneans of whom have Just
spoken they wert instructed by their great
men who came frequently through the coun-
try and discussed before them the great
questions Of the day.
L Nov, my friends, want not only that
education, but diffusion of general edu-
catioh-that the rudiments at least should
be placed in the reach of every man, and
the colored people allowed the opportunity
of bettering their condition. I want them
.94 e bs made seed ejsizeRs eaa andah ahalaai
education. When they have learned the
rights, duties and responsibilities of citizen.
ship they will be happier, and will mako us
happier. That is my general view as to the
treatment of the colored man. Say to
him, "You must work out your own destiny.
You have been placed here in the provi-
dcnce of God, and made citizen. Show
that you are capable of being one" In
all great struggles the weakest are thrust
aside Ssy-s~s
If the colored men are wise they will try
to link themselves by hooks of steel to the
white men. The best friends of the colored
men are the old slave holders. I will make
q prediction to you now, an. .Ahaush j assss
\ not live .cs.-=:,zsssEssteu, many 5f you will
II It is this: that the time will .icome wher
Northern Republicans will want to tax,
from you saa The EHhs S SeS 81 The South
They will defend your right to vote because
it gives to the South infinitely more power
than we ever had before. 1t gives rs thir
ty-Rve more votes in Congress and thirty
Eve more votes in eleoting Democratic
President; and do you suppose that mer
|. are such fools as to give up that right =
No not Il the colofeds dsniaa shows himself
, worthy Of the boon.
i I have said that the time will come whel
r the colorcd man will join tho white ma
\ simply because their interests arc identica
c because they inhabit the same soil, and tn
s same sky bends over them, and the predi'
y tion is being verified. Any man who loo!
y ed beyond the mere question of the hou
u would have seen that the time would com
8 when this Violent condition Of things, tn
et ubsetting of all the theories under whic
e4 wsbaye lived, would be recti6ed, and ii
Is races which were living in common cou
. Etry, would have TO work for the good Of tn
10 common country. / would give them CIV
is ry opportunity for education, would he
i them and encourage them to come into Il
mi Democratic rauks. They cannot rema
10 Renublicans and yet vote in the Democrat
rs Eprimary elections, as they wished to do he
he a few days ago but if they will come in
&C. Democrats and vote as such, they will
g. welcomed, and would treat them not OF
ne with justice, but as Democrat, wo'
We treat them with Kindness, generosity q
ur maguspimity, aud try to show to tn
X that we hss. Tho best friends that they
ur find.
eu DANGER or THE PARTY.
AstsSssT tI5 ppt know that there is any ot
-. ff ,>os,,t on whfSh II abould detain vou mt