The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-11-01
The Education OF the Negro.
w. w. IlrMi.lIl;Eys.
President S Y. K. L. 90.

E'itor Amde'so" lntttiycnrcr
1t would be difficult, Mr. Editor, ia this
enlightened age to find any ono bnl, and
foolish enough to dcny tho general prom
csltion that education of The rii:h, ..,r:, to
tho proper amount anu in tis, right Hiy
~ priceless boon to any free people, but
there are infinite differences OF opinion
AZ to quantity and method. Many and
various arc tho dissertations to be found
IN almost ovory issue of every reSpecta-
bio Journal-sUIne wise and practical,
some crude and undigosted, but all show
ing the wide, almost universal, interest
taken in tho subject. Nowhere do we
una tho matter more generally discussed
than In tho Southern States for nowhere
~ the solution OF tho question OF such
VITAL Importance. In this, III in every
thing else, does tho veXed question of
tho Relation of the Races" confront us,
and to this branch OF the subject l shall
contine myself. There arc in tho South
lew who are directly opposed to the
education of the ncgro-who see. with
jealous distrust. tho negro offered those
advantages which tlloy are conscious of
having themselves fatally neglected, and
who would dwarf tho intellectual growth
of the negro in order that they may re-
tain certain comparative elevation To
such as these have nothing 10 say.
Others, far moro respectable class, point
to our criminal docks and exclaini, al
catcd negro soc him tried for torycry,"
&c. Ono would think that these mon
regard certain crimes as the prerogative
or tho whito rnce, and blamo Education
for interfering with their vested rights.
There are few crimes known to the law
which arc not the result Of antoccdent
civilization, and tho argument, or rather
the sneor, applies with equal force to all
mon of every shade of color. The most
ardent advocate Of Education cannot
claim that IL will eradicate innate deprav-
ity, but only that it sometimes will
check, and often will modify it's manifes-
tation but to do even this, it must be
carried far beyond tho point reached by
most of those criminals, so triumphantly
held up as SOLEMN warnings, and falsely
called-'eduoated."
Another class thoro is, and ono still
more respectable, who doubt, or profess
to doubt, the capacity OF tho negro to
attain any high degree of intellectual
culture" and who arc unwilling to do
anything TO that end until ther doubts
are satisfactorily selvod;; Lnmentabio
indeed, Mr.. Editor, would BIO the condi-
zion OF tho world were the certainty of
succesf to be made the measure Of endearor
God forbid, sir In all other departments
Of social life and duty we sec manifested
q very different spirit, and l confidently
nial Convention Of P. T.. Church, now
in session in Philadelphia, is at this worry
time discussing the "Rolation Of the
Church to the Ilaco' in this very matter
of Education. Surely q subject which
can engage the attention OF SO august u
body OF learned aud pious men from
every section, and which has called forth
such eloquent utterances as those Of tho
Bishops Of alabama aud North Carolina
and others, cannot be beneath our serious
contemplation, invite the attention OF
your readers to 1t, and In view Of the
difficulties TO be overcome in dealing
with the subject shall sign myself
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