The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-06-22

hand-msiden of change was at work, until
when forbearance cou d forbcar no longer,
the people of South Carolina by one sr-
preme, united effort once more assumed
couirol Of the State, and now for nearly
! Ave Years they have had lighter hearts a!:d
| brighter hopes. civil wounds" says Dra-
per in his Civil Policy Of America, "heal
quicker than foreign" and its truth has
| been in great measure verified in our own
| history. There is growing and strength
ening feeling Of fraternal regard between
the North aud the South which promises
bereticent, and lasting results 10 the whole
country. Startling changes have occurred
in the ! st few years, and manifold wrongs
| have been perpetra,ed, but the conserva-
tive principles which lie deep down i'll the
American heart, and are the bed rock Of
our institutions, have been asserting them
selves, and will continue to do so. We are
part OF this great country and its fortunes
and destiny are ours. AMI inseparably
connected as we are with its destiny and
and fortunes we have our duties to perform
and our responsibilities to meet. We live
| as it were under d new order of existence
and must adapt ourselves to its changes,
| its ideas and its relations We must take
| it as we fiud it, and make the most Of it.
The pressure upon us in some respects is
| enormous, but let it only stimulate us the
| more to rise 10 the fullest requirement OF
duty and ofresp possibility, and lrt US take our
reckouings as the bold and confident mari
ner does when the clouds above him are
dark, and the waters beneath stormy and
| boisterous And if true to ourselves, we
will yet behold the sun come forth from
| these clouds, bright and beautiful, and the
storm-tossed waters grow calm and peace
full. To do this We must uct wisely, reso-
lutely and hopefully. We live in an age of
restless activity and ofunwonted energy, on
age OF progress and development, when the
dreamer, and the ideologue as Napoleon
was wont TO term the abstractonist, will be
ontstri"ped by the practical pushing work
| er. Il is an age in which individual efforts
tell with prodsious effect. and yet when
the mass of workers moving apparently on
| diverging lines, are convergiug 10 the ac-
| complishment Of astounding results.
South Carolina possesses advantages, and
| inducements which are attracting portion
! Of the tide Of capital and labor in this d.
rection She has It's true but thirty-four
thousand square miles of territory, but with
| her climate, soil, products. streams, mineral
| and phosphate wealth, and commercial ad-
vantages is capable of supporting five mil
lions Of people. The State Of Ohio with
| only five thousand more square miles has
already four times her population. The
movement Of capital is now perceptible
| and the tramp of advancing population can
already be heard, while the whistle of the
locos olive, the hum Of the spindle and the
pick OF the miner will awaken in the near
| future the echoes Of her h!lisides and val
| leys 1t is a subject which demands the
most earnest and serious thought. 1t will
not come in day or year, but come it
will and we must be prepared for it. The
current is beginning to be turned South
ward, and once it is thoroughly turned it
will force its way by its own momentum.
Its result will be increased activity and
visor, with new fields Of enterprise. We
must prepare for it and to do so must look
the situation squarely in the face. And the
question which presents itself with free
| that will not down at our bidding is this
| Shall we suffer our young men FOR want of
training and adaptabiIity to the exigencies
and demands of that future 70 be forced
back, and instead of becoming leaders and
| important factors in the march Of events
take subordinate or uninportant positions
in the temple Of progress. It Is only by
fitting them for the future that they can
grapple with its necessities, or fulfill its re-
quiremen:s Thorough training and sys-
tematic culture will alone enable them to
do So 1t can, it must be done. The fu-
ture Of the State demands trained men.
What do We mean when we speak Of train
ed men? We reply in homely way, men
who by their EDUCATION, habits Of thought,
and purposes in life, ere adapted and ca
pacitated to fill to the fullest measure the
duties which may devolve npon them in
the different arocations in life which they
may select for themselves. These avoca-
tious viii depend not only Oh the bent of
their dispositions and adaptability, but the
requirements which the State may have for
their services Oh the particular lines Of ac-
tion they may select for themselves. And
as changes have occurred within the last
few years rs startling as they were unex-
pected, and inasmuch as we are mere than
ever dependent on our own exertions, and
our development Of mind and material pro-
gress to hold what We have already achieV-
ed, and to open up new avenues of enter
prise to promote our future so must We
meet these requirements and demands by
system of school and college training adap-
ted to car present and future condition.
We must not only specialize our education
and pursuits, but extend the facilities and
opportunities of acquiring the one and ad-
vancing the other. We must, if possible,
be more liberal in our educational interests,
and not hesitate to spend money in their
advancement In The ephanced diguity Of
labor arising from our necessities and
changed relations, and the tendency Of the
country towards enterprise and material
progress, unless We do train our Youths for
the avocstions which lie before them, we
must suffer untold evils. The effort must
be made TO develop ana utilize their intel
lects, energies and capacities. Turn where
soever we may we have grave and ccmple4
problems to solve, but it is useless, II not
criminal, for us 10 fold our arms, or take
counsel Of despair. We have besides light
enough already, and hope sufficient to war
rant every effort We are making to better
our condition and urge us onward. We
are in one Of those transition periods
through which time, patience and work can
alone carry US. We have it in our power
in very great degree to master the pres
ens and forecast our future. And let US in
view Of our condition aud necessities, not
ohly look TO the training Of the in!elects of
the young aud their adaptaolity to our ma
terial wants, but also 20 the inculcation OF
high standards Of virtue and Of morality.
IN the effort 10 combine them there can be
no rerrogression, but a healthful, invigor-
atiug and lasting progress. Hew shall we
oonduot Our educational system to meet the
demands Of our condition? To intelligent
ly understand it, We must necessarily take
a brief retrospect Of our past educational
system, which was excellent for that Pc
riol, but not adapted altogether to Our
present status Every system Of education
takes its complexion in great measure
from the inSiituion9 of people and its
ideas, eud methods are those best adapted |