The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-08-09

| ton. These same men Wy Wv
are used 10 rail nj al improved reaper .
mower. Men who have prospered IN ON
state Of society naturally cry out sgainN
change, and some politicians Ory ou
against public schools from the same mo
| live that he Indian chief contests the on
ward march OF civilization and hdheres Y
tribal organization. Ons-hsll our uouple
arise from want of general education am
our national prosperity heDcetorth VIII Dt
In proportion TO our progress in educauoI
General education IL not panaclea LOT III
evils. but Is the source OF natioha
wealth and power and productive OF as mucl
national happiness as Ignorance 10 OF ~
tional misery. But | don't want 10 con
sumo your time Just now ON the consiuera
ton of this self.evident proposition, Our
rather leave that small class of small mer
who are opposed to education, per Sc, ane
address those who claim to favor 1t ont OPP
pose the means proposed in the constltu
tional amendments.
hope Texas will set an example to al
the southern states that have mo-
already adopted a liberal system
of education and let us no longer pc INT
principal wallowing place for Ignorance
Let it no longer be said to our shame ano
sorrow that our average OF Ignorance, IL
greater than that of slater states ana olnel
natious. Let us raise our average OF IN
telligence and our average wealth Will De
come greater and our enjoyment vi liz
greater and more rational.
1t may be distateiul to some OF you to
draw this comparison, but 1t 10 none INT
less true, and we must change TINS state o.
affairs in the interest of our children, VINO
have got to face intelligence IN the warlar.
of life. A careful examination OF the census
on the educational point would MAKE Hau9
a man blush who, to-day, Is not Taking anS
interest in educational affairs and don'l
even know that an important amendment
to our constitution has been submitted.
Has ignorance ever competed successfully
with intelligence? Can people ever, be
commercial or manufacturing people, o.
even moderately successful as farmers
without education? IL not the dlllerehce
in wealth between the north anu souCn
traced to the difference in education 70
urge us to a change. If these Things DC
true let us lose no time liz remedylng the
evil.
If it is necessary in order to better our
condition and that OF generations 10 come
and to raise our average OF cltlzenshlp tha1
we educate the negro race, snail We nesl-
tate? The fortunes of war and the SELFISH
ness of yictors have placed among us as
citizens large class of Ignorant people put
shall we to our detrimenJ allow them 70 re-
NAN in ignorance? When the north re-
auired at our hands the education OF tnese
people, turned loose as citizens by tnem
without preparation, they then ana
there REQUIRED at our hands a
greater war indemnity than the
victorious Prussians ever required
of the yanaushed French and when the
history OF this country is written and
STUDIED impartially it will be said that no
people ever paid more dearly for their ran
som. Poverty and suffering and great Dur,
dens have been put upon us bat genera
system of education Will serve 10 pass iIoiil
the lips of our children and granu-chiiuren
the hitter Gun from which we have drunk
20 deep.
The water that has past will never turn
the wheel and repining over evils that nave
been suffered will not serve TO memo oul
condition.
Let us put ourselves on plane TO sue
cessfully compete with the rest OF the Worlu
and the new south Will pc even
greater pride to US thah ever
the old south was in lts palmiest DAYS VI
happiness and prosperity.
There are many virtues, habits, tradi,
tons and social customs that hope VIII
ever be cherished in the south, but not one
of these worth preserving Is lncompatipie
vii b increased education.
oar greatest mistake has been that those
tho were able or disposed 10 educate their
children, taught those children that an eu-
ucation was only becoming lawyer, uoc'
tor, merchant or gentleman OF leisure,
when they should have been taught tnat
intelligence was requisite in every walk OF
life, and the sharp distinction drawn between
the different occupations in lie should
have been drawn between the educated anu
the ignorant whether he be a hod carrier
or a politician. a.
change mis- sphere in life, but TO better en-
able him to choose for himself vocation
and make more successful farmer II he 80
desires.
A man who can't, at this day and time,
see the inevitable consequences Of contlnu-
ed ignorance will never perform his duty
TO society until he lays down for a maj
sleep, and If he is one OF those politicians
who teaches that Ignorance Is Dies MS
taxing off would border close on to justin
able homicide.
All those people who are opposed to edu-
cation believe That because there Is so iltIie
stir that little interest is being ielJ and that
public opinion is against a better school
system. know some pretty snarP PoIl,
ticians in Austin and elsewhere, and some
newspapers that are being mlsled by the
Signs. and these men are going 10 be caught
i'm a cyclone, for when the people thor
ouehly comprehend how the growth ana
Drosperity OF the state has been and is being
retarded by this influence these men Will
never again have influence enough TO elect
constable. The democratic party OF
Texas has time and again declared ltseli
IN favor Of liberal system oi
schools and came very near
Splitting all TO pieces on the question, and
now they have submitted these amend
meats IN good faith, and the people should
discuss and note on them intelllgenlly ana
not STAY at home like seris who have no
voice IN the government. ,-,,.
tits the duty ofthe people, and especially
of the democrats, TO redeem the state from
growing ignorance, and every man VINO mas
children 10 educate as wen AS tnOse Wno
have none, but who feel any state PRIDE
should see that these amendments are
adopted.
This Is the Dest -, oPPoItu'
nity the people Will ever
have 10 inaugurate a system, and II Is none
too early for the credit ana reputation Oh
Lei ms redeem the promises Of the Dem
ocratic party, and what Is OF more import
ance, lei us redeem our people nom theii
bondage 20 better educated nations and
neople7 We cannot prevent the progress OF
Inc world, and cannot afford 70 be sur
rounded and hemmed IN by IL ana sepa'
rated from il by a wall OF seli-imposed lgnor'
anCe.
TIE GOVERNMENT MUST DO IT.
Some men say this Is all true. but let the
individuals furnish their Own
schools. Well, there are various
obiections 20 this, and Il would
be rIght only on the hypothesis that the
state mad no interest In the education OF It's
people. and this theory was long since ex'
Tbe government should furnish educa-
ton Nv taration because In this way Il can
be svstimized and made general, and this
can Be done In no other way. Ine COVERT
meut should furnish Il because child
whether boy or girl should not be depen-
dent upon the iberality or stingiDess OF
,,.-eut Cor the essentials Of good citizen