The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-05-28
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SATURDAY. May as.


ilon. &. -. Tillman has written ;,
Goig AID intelpstbg'lct TO the Alike,
"o"7"nf "nd RcrieW in response to ,
'&N't '"r his views upon cducatio,
=. >>@.a la,v;;as. lie begins by say
~; t'*' =" "'.@ 'FH9 =; imbued with
the spirit g -" pEasen: times will op
p SO HI cN.tr. y".ncnt 81 .h9 curricrl, u
@.'il l." cE,t,.SiJii Jf the usefulness Ol
To>r D"H..;a srhNols. Tue almost unani
m"U& *.;aption,of the school-tax Com
sa:o;i0nal amendment in 1876 shows
T"e:e he rcopln OF South Carolina
E;snti ii this matter. The appropria-
,lons iur colorcd schools are the mos,
striking evidence of thie .liberaity OF
sen:in!"ns, AND rciUto ihe ISLANDERS OF
tie Northern people who charge op-
preston ot the blacks in the South,
merely to give them pretcxt fur re-
fusing to give National aid to .educa-
stion of the illiteratc in the Sou:he. !,
States.
Mr.. Tillman has seen enough to
convi,.-e him that the North will never
consent to let !eny portion Of the pro-
,cecds of ;pwblic land sales be devoted
to education at the South. Besides
ec)fish considerations, the North pre-
aers to keep the negro in ignorance in
order that fAe may remain the tool Of
designing demagogues. Public lands
will be reserved as bats to divert for
eign immigration from the South, as
the North is jealous Of our growing
power and magnificent resources.
Whatever is doue for education,
therefore, must be done by the State.
Already ahe Is doing much. The
blacks receive more for schools than
they pay into the treaeury for all pur-
poses. Mr.. Tillman belives this liber-
ality to be little strained. lie fears
that our people are at present too poor
to endure any great increase Of school
tax,cither for whites or blacks, but he
would be delighted to be convinced
TINT he is In error. IIe adds:
Undoubtedly tho greatest obstacles
a.. ,,n,art,. amj - s,n,,e 49, eo'iooi s!s,en'
V ,.,t, fose,2 anE ,ep"lse poPulntlon.
.rntn"s ] s'ttH "ttT' ,,n|a ~! e,courNeeo, 10
SeTsnS ,,'a...!'e ".m % sSonVny uilu "lvei-
~" eo ana am."sSrs eepec,uli! innnoiactur-
nsn, s, e. S ot,r;nm e ,p" p"is'eola,1! so COTTON
hnti, 20 49, s, WIN SUI" o'eicolhe
"v.m ~, ~ 'nsSe oo'"e'es'
Anon 'olio"s ah interesting COM
.parison Of the manufacturing facilities
of the two sections, leading to the con-
clusion that there "a q bs,.nco of oi,rht
,,,r oa,t :, o,v c,,." -. e"'
r.. WY =" o"l ,"'o' III '''"'"'"c'ur-
l''g cotton' oeslues the expenses OF
transportation. a factory creates a
town, and thus brings good schools
and a correspontline Embellishments of
tho roo,,. IIa oo,.oI,,aa,.
p.Hp o oo"e,'".'.
SNAIL MOI alscuss the octalls OF pro-
P9sea amcnonehts 70 the present
scloo! i"w, o"t, oi,ee Ior al, wlsll IT
~ 20 uluerstooo th9t 1aV0f as n1gh
Ia1a1o"n ia"nt a-tos-"'1A's'''to" "orCh Trying
|'0' ---- .-. --....-.s..,. uv,n
dor MnproYing the common schools and
Tor reorganizlng ana rebuilding the
Soas' -, n'"ta T. Oo'v ,,ra. ] ];mst;,n,;.!
-Nenual To- anv in the land for impart-
ing either literary. scientific or tech
ahoal education. Good popular edu-
cation slwa!s goes 3, aOWNwaru--never
~ Won,,o,.d vaia nro,r" nartrn,t,' o,,
and Burlington. more than their com
mon schools, thata,ave rendered New
England SO enlightened and SO practi-
ca1. ;.
.hanaand w ,,oa"a ~ a,ro NV" 90 10 vii, ,ao t,,o o
thousand Years hence, that "knowlcdgc
is power" The explanation why
9ittle and naturally barren New Eng-
% nnd i,eS ne ot;co 'o oeo iad Haa'es t,,on, ,oac
inmy 10 that eVerw child in th,sc n..ttv'
i,ya,ospitable States is well educated in
both theoretical and practical knowl-
edge, as was his father before him.
% o", ,oo, !. ' 1o1tr n"t Uhioi'nn "ot',u ut, Io',
and cntton mann fac,,r;nU hove m
invincible tuith that the 0ld common
wealth would quickly begin to rise up
grandly out OF her ruins.