The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-10-30

THE SOUTH.
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But now l may b INST BY some In
credulous nearer. who says: why
call upon us 70 help people who -
not yet in that condition Of reconoilla-
ton 70 the North and the Nation which
can alone give assurance that our gifts
will not Be perverted 70 tho future
estrangement Of the sections and the
imperiling the peace Of the Union?"
reply: l do not hero discuss the
points ~ issue between political parties.
as they boar on the present attitude Of
the Southern people. But 1 am pre-
pared 20 say. after . careful observa-
ton Of political and other tendencies. In
ali the States east Of the Rocky Mount
aims, within the past five years. that,
whatever Of the old unfrIendliness 70
American institutions or dangerous
political methods may exist In the
South, there are several causes Of peril
to the Republic in our own Northern
States Of equal magnitude. requiring
equal patriotism and wisdom for their
management Within the life Of my
children our proudcst Northern States
may call for sympathy and aid on vir-
ginia and the Carolinas in emergencies
that appeal to the solid conservative
American habit Of thought and public
administration Indeed. in the swift COM
ing issues Of the future every State and
section may be called. in truth. 70 come
| to the front and save the Union, as the
| North so grandly did generation ago
| Now my faith has never been shaken
| that the only way to prepare any por-
| ton Of this Union TO meet such peril or
| to perform its ordinary duties Is to give
| its children and youth the full benefit
! OF our American system of universal
| education that training Of the heart.
| the head and the hand. through our
| varied national agencies. which shall
| send forth every new generation com
| petent to meet the demands Of common
life or rise to the emergency Of any
| perilous hour.
And urge our people Of the North
| TO their duty in this momentous ques-
| ton Of Southern education, because
know the Southern. people have well
begun this work for themselves. and
only need our thorough sympathy and
aid for its fair advancement could
ill pages and volumes with incidents Of
personal experience to confirm what
say. Let me close this paper by one
true story Of what 1 saw In the very
heart of the old Southland:
More than twenty years ago one Of
the brayest Of the young commanders
in the National army. Colonel Shaw. oil
the city Of New York, fell at the head
Of his brigade Of colored soldiers. in .
desperate assault on Fort Wagner. dur
ing the siege Of Charleston. He was
buried with his men. and his BODY wa.
never found. After the close Of the wal
the families. in New York and Boston
connected with the fallen soldier. bull
school-house in Charleston for col
ored children, established the Shaw
school, and for several years sup
ported it as private beneficence. Some
live years since the use Of the building
was granted tothe public school au
thoritcs Of the city on condition o
the support Of the school a. part o
the general system Of instruction. Lat
er still the building was virtually givel
to the city. and all the funds Of the cor
poratlon passed over for its enlarge
ment; and now one Of the public school
Of Charleston bears the name Of the Nes
York Colonel who died at the head Q
his black brigade forcing the cntranc
TO that bcleaguered city
Last April. for the third time. Wis
tied the city, the guest of its govern
ment; this time for the sole purpose Q
speaking to and advising with colore'
people And saw that nowhere il
this country is there now more thor
ough and honest purpose to give thes
people q fair elementary education
than in the city that first threw on
the flag Of revolt and shotted the firs
gun turned against the Union in 1861
There are several large schools, sup
ported from the North. which were viz
tied. But the most interesting Of 81
were the two great free schools. con
tanning two thousand colored children
many of their teachers representing til
old respectable families OF the city. n
} portion Of the public-school system n
ceivcs more cordial and careful atteu
ton than this from the able Superin
tendent the patriotic and energeti
Mayor. and the School Board. who's
President Is the former Secretary Of th
Treasury Of the Confederate Govern
ment
Ny last visit was to the Shaw school
now . collection Of several hundre
children. with white and colore
teachers; the Principal. like the Cit
superintendent an officer in the Con
fcderate army After suitable inspec
ton was invited to the great hall I