New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-05-03
EDUC4TI0Y At TIE SOUTH

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GREAT WAN VIII Viii - - 80. ~. '0i' ''--
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S,n. Tho ovtr,ct IRON, q rri,oro 1ot.or q, "dis
.i.o,is1ad Tortberr ,yrit.rr unfinished in ve-..r.
-, ,aIr,., oils attention 70 tbe prcva.,.,.r
,,or,,c At tho Sou+l, ~ the most discour
-. r,1.o,f +la ,oIit,col sitration Thorn Of
III tbot ,as NOT the IGNORANT
course 1t VIII O' ePi.0" '"' - "'" -
classes who consplred 10 break I'D the Inloni anu
hrouCh+ on the war and all the bereavement and
L.. Which IL oo+ai1.d Since the war If bas NOT
loss "uiOH ~ '"'-''' -
been the most cultivated class VINO nave eh9a8ed
most heartily in the work OF restoration. The
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III 30 a." - ~
most Al4uI1 euuC"'cu anu s"' INNS Oi"''' va. nv
negroes are not the most turbulent element Oi the
q ..,,,1..+i,- u,b;ts a. I,,ircse a ~ Iarco
southern popul"'i'"' Il"""'"i 1'i.' NV ''''-i'O
bred by the system OF slavery the IacK OF respect
for law for the rights of property and for human
.,II I,,,, .. l.rs Of ,~Ia+ l. known nc the
me- sum V'iii7 ~ ANS w. '-"' -
bestSOuIheTh society IL is NOT inc suoIAnt O4acAcI
who IS readiest with the pistol are rifle clubs
ar1,s+ed and differed from the most ignorant
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masses NeNeI'AeesS, 4' - 'iiu-9 P's9'"4o ~ 4''0
an efficient common school system too h!gh among
the enlightening influences needed at the South
LOT aiAot-A no HI' GU '''l'' va ''oA -1' -''iS go
tTlbuted among the southern people cal be relied
1on of itself TO make them reverence law and ADOPT
a., distinctions batyyeeo right and wrong which
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prevail IN CIVILIZED communities t yct remains true
l.t we can conceive of no progress toward higher
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CIV -l'I'.' ''" " MIN '' -O' -
urciy based upon more general anu more
thorough education Of .n. people.
R,t oftor all is not t,e .,,gg4.tior of vour cor
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respondent t1AI NONtIi"IcAl S"oul" lldAc Ill "p-
preparation 10 help common school education IN the
South7 essentially mischieviousf Ii has often
h.ep demonstrated in the columns OF THE TRBCNE
that the schemes which are annually brought be-
fore Congress III the .haDe of bills to extend Federal
ald TO state schools are contrary TO Law and reason
and any project foY giving Federal and to the
schools Of some OF the states 10 the exclusion of
the rest "a ust have an additional peracious feature
The states all bear the same relation to each other
and 60 the General Government and there certainly
is no justification IN law OF morals for giving 70 one
state, as a State, any portion OF the National reye-
nue. WhSh Corresponding grant Is not lade 10 the
offers DuI lneac a7lue; II az apbIO
pm o'i i'I - 3 - ''le' VI n IL II
Pi''CliCtl -, q" az Gt 81, "a a., ~
a. a. -, az ny $3.50 ~ - ~ - -. D''O
S4Il"Ig DI l go ", "a ,',i- ~ a. IN 800 y"iS
lt. 49, - Naseocnrsot+s l. I,,oarl,- agoz ~.
gol'itt' , i - 49,, la, 49, 80. -,
A-- a., ,,it 800 7OO0 ooo O. ,,ar M -
~ ,L,,.at+s 't,, ,l5r 81 ,,cd of ne roo
$500 Isr 81 bc 5slrr-aI NJ fi,. Necessary olIt
Ia ,,sr r9pitt and il, twenty Of +hc Stat4e tIis
er,o,irf ia. av,c.,4d I'm order f3 ra.e Tins ue.es-
cary $4,000 900. Government would be re-
guired To add the interest of $3.50 0OU 600 worth
OF bonds TO the sum now eXpeb led ~ these States.
The fact is that our National burdens are already