Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-11

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HnsbslI cone 70 pass that the Fed
ersI Gorernnsat u delegated further
.9re-s. we trust that control Of the
scbools VII b The last There exists no
rsasoa for is reception Of one title Of
power that Il does not possess. The
Limitations thai were 81 70 its authority
when the government was framed are
wise and vel defined Limited and
circumscribed a. Il is, fh2s nevertheless
socrozched upon the Liberties Of The citi-
zen. This talk d giving i control q
the scbool Il the more dangerous from
IT, plzusibiiity. The results u the
efforts put forward By the States are
ample, though from the failure q x
perinents much II the good they could
accomplish is lost
7. l. Questionable If : national bureau
would y wiseE. 4 tie idsz q Peosrzi
co1t,oI could d safely eulsE-
tsi.s1 TIE s1ccess q the FED
e-zI Government Il tie eu1sti-
s1tion and management O. tie Civil 81
v.cs L not g conspicuous Is g persuade
ne people % clOtbs i VIII tbs c0111ct
q thei- schooIE What i tsIksd Of .
zrly b. inpss101s journalists t4oros
ne strongest food for rejection OF Al
lie righis q free pope neEt q those
Il life I'D lbeny. i ths rghi 70 control
l1e education otttheir children. and Nc
os-ievs thzs or psoD-e VII y slow %
s1-reo1er =
Il p.5zding for FsdsrE Interference,
Be- l. custonzry. Republican journals
a2-D q tbe dense ign0rE1cs q the south
I'D liz poor outlook for culture bs-e
Sot couteuI with striving . persuade
ne psopie q tbeir view hey ccuasel
tas very clzzsss Il ne Sozth, whom they
claim az nost u oesd q education, %
eombiae zgzins; TIE pope % whom
-ley nus: Iook tor ths means % procure
,ae beoeEis q Tie scboo-
Here L ths South, despite the Esssr-
tio1s q TIE Republican organs. Eircs tie
9soD-s were Ieft free . dispose q their
own revenue a. they saw pfoper, ample
z.te1iion has ben paid 70 tbs needs q
55uczuon, and the story q the census
gives the lis direct 70 The charges and
zmentztio-s o. The EortbeEn press On
5guthern igoorznce. The amount Of
attention 50 Bestowed Is growing greater
ron yer % year. Our public mea are
fully competent 70 Judge Of the amount
y support thai can be given 70 cur
schools and tae scope Of instruction 20
5e Afforded Thus far the people have
earthly scg1iesced il the policy marked
~, srd show themselves more and more
Eilling % respond 70 the demands made
upon them
In republic there should be but one
.ristocrzcY, and that is the sristocrscy
# talent and integrity. Is il 50 a. the
North today, with all It's Wanted cul-
turel Compare any one Of our Senstes
a our first eight decades with the Senstes
II recent years, and tell Us if the culture
stained in the schools Of today il such
. enables the citizen to show in his
representatives. his ability 70 exercise his
suffrage as it should be- The fact is.
that with the innumerable gradstions
# schools, and the thousand and odd
methods Of training, the acreage citizen
gets smattering Of everything save what
tie needs most The cardinal principles Of
our Federal republic are lost sight Of, if,
indeed, the majority Of our schOolmasterl
are not ignorant Of them.
| Our history is distorted in the tex
books prepared for the schools. The par
played By the South in the formation o.
the government and the struggle she hai
ever made for its vital principles arr
dismissed with bret notices, or are art
fully misrepresented. Something differ
eut is needed. Il were better that III
suns annually squsndered on doubtful
experiments that 81 under the title o.
higher vducation" were spent on tb'
common school. and that the duties oi
citizenship be given the chief place IN tn
course Of training there provided.
Did We think that the EortJ~rn press
could be brought to sec the faults Of
their owB section j. this matter we
would say refor- your own abuses ere
YOU set IN p eyangelists Of culture II
( the Norsh can spare Us solid support II
viz be thankfully received and relig-
lOusly applied to the purpose designed.
The South viii educate her children.
Those who pirate most glibly Of her
shortcomings lose sight Of her wants and
the conditions that enter into her social
and industrial life. The time will come,
shortly, when every child within her
borders can be grounded in the solid
principles Of q plain. common school cd
ucsiiOn, and despite the destinations
and disasters Of war and bad government
there remains enough Of the old
Southern element. 50 loyal 20 liberty
and 50 yersed in the organic law OF the
republic, 70 dictate a sound pub
lIc opinion While we honor the tri.
umphs Of genius. and would not impede
its march, we cannot lose sight Of the
fact that there must ever be in the most
cultured States hewers Of wood and
drawers Of water, and the most jealous
apostles Of culture should remember that
"the lamps that Lit the studies Of a
Bacon and Pitt were fed by the wild,
rude fishermen Of the northern seas"
PsrsOn Conway. the Moses who prom
ised 10 lead the Southern blacks out Of
/ the land Of bondage and conveniently