The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-03-04
0l X NEW lokh LITTER.
Disc I ~>fpN or PROPOSE ~ u
tRAI AID To ~ HItt ~ ifoaI~
VI. FaAc I4tAs bout the tstau Htfi--
Keeails an In tdrmf in tho Lite ot tho
Late Ns4oF UaEles---a Democ ratio
Ptobit nt. 40.

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NEw Y.sA Nara EHe Hr hE
tae M43ss, tsl. wa.ea arr a tbtr Ha#
feature tse same and oteh of sAscll ap
poaurtatc- something mure th,H eeteatt
i've ms..-uE3s CD Asa epttG-au sap aa. tt
tsau .o tae States, ia QveEzrs ea ta
ltt+tvfAtA. at+ nU&tr heuuHa sAw A.
least ite oas aaW E dlpctif esaEa~t
Il vas expected every day la-f 3e,A saa'
tHe Blair h.ll woald pass tho ~eastV a.I
Il So IL probably s. passed III ;aaE s-l
tae NAI8t he,.ra tAe neat issue ST 8st
tuEuNsCts pri-sed But tho pohitee3
aHenets as well - the economic Influence,
wAieA utra Aud hnd expression bere w..l
A4, petnt Et> passage IN the llea~c
lhe ryle# 81. discussion 4 tAe b.aiT fl.
aa, >ugS -ted some strange Au3 ~sfue
mighty lsartah.e' political tails tu New
4orA. an.t tho same sort 81 talk 4a all pafis
u th, ulon g. aud repetlnou here III
tae discussion taerv ars several shifting.
and sN@lpinss Of positions ttat II s prat
liable to consider. ot tAt u4,u tod Iu.iu
encr~ that favor this scheme fot National
ald = education, there ara twu dsJnet
classes. one Is wyu represented oy SeuA
tor Blair, Of New Hampshire. The aut3tut
of the Senate Olil senator Blalr j. i pta
feS>loual pbilan5hroplst oue of that ts}tu
Of men who DO most excellent things iu
private hfe but Who ia public affairs look
upon the government a, "a great charity
organization lh.~ k4u1 OF statesman is
the kind that our fathers fought nft4 s,tt
broad wisdom and iu their nehf made i
plea for freedom of thc individual and
freedom OF opinion The professional .hl
IahthF"plot Is "a man who Ea- to great
toudneSS for interfering with other folks.
business. senator BlHr Is ful ~ taesa
great good schemes ta make men perfect
and th,. world i paradise hy Legislation
He has s .ec % change the climate ef
North America a1 some sort of change uf
tho ocean currents. have forgotten tl.r
details lle is Il mental and moral desecu
daut OF or, OF those K. nilcmeu " no came 10
New England several centuries ago to cs
tablish society where the Quaker the
Churchman. the Dutch Rcformer. the bj~
seuter- everybody might worship cod
according to the dictate of hi, own ljhc
Puritan 81 conscience la every genera
ton these fellows have shown desire rs
make folks do as they wished them do
The other kind Of men aud the other iu
I'll" ice that favor the National educational
scheme is admirably represented by Mr.
wins, the author of the House bill Mr.
allIls Is Il Southern man Iic represent
'.r ans r'ct that includes the clty Of Iouis.
vile HaIs-2n tStlmablc man of sound
nohtio.,I do,.f,i,,.. excellent character
iIa faxors snch .,.i,.,,... -. lie has r,peat
edlv said bec,u.. h,. .,l. 80 q burden
of ignorance esueciaIlx uf tbc n..,r,,.s ,,,
tho otherwise bnrdeial shoulders ID ~
Southern state. and he !. uiIIip, to
stretch point ia hi. constitutional dor
triue in order f. ,.f r.l,ef t,,tr...r
binary and entirely unl,rer4.,l..f.t.4 5.r
Guilty warrant, and ,.t.t demand ..,tr,nr
diuars meat, 10 ue,t. b. That Is Nr WI
ll,', position. and the p,,ftton ..f tl,,. f,,,.t
Of the Northern Republican member of
Congress who favor il is essentially thu
same. only the Republican members have
40 doubt bat there Is smple constitutional
warrant for the measure Tn. suuport a.
many If them i. tLp .c.alf If ! ms a,,l
generous view If the result Of III. var
They say that the Federal government
free. the negro and gave hlu tho ballot
without the consent Of the south. that uox
the south has to boar this bur .ea af irror
.,..... tt..,,.,L
tons To al5proprtate money to rrpoy, IN.
and they itink if but iu~t th.,tfI., FEDERAL
government should come 20 ta. fe-,te
ON the other side there ar,. tga l5r.l-
Of men and two influences against II san
atur Morgan represents one of these infu
ence~ lie has argued from the first and
argued long and strongly that tbtre j. no
clear constitutional warrant for such a
measure ON TINS ground there are not n
few Northern men of each political partv
who agree with him The other arl,lifneut
against the whole scheme is that il Will
not really help but viii hinder education
in any true sense. An ifnportant factor
in education of an individual. or of = com
manity or of race is SELF reliance. and
TIN. gratultous help to the 4 b. T. and out
side stimulus will discourage the spirit
Of self reliance
This is the argurneft and the sitnoti.f,
IN nutshell the two stroug juhnencee
for # and the two stron@ irnnerc.s
against il. Aud the influence af,,inst il
viii prevail in the House The ueople
whose views have . real influence on non
ular sentiment and CONGRESSIONAL action
in the North have only thosc two ,-o,l-g
taken hold of tim. sIbiect in earnest IT,,
have measured the influences ay,f,,st :.
and see every reason 10 rredict its d.fc,,
But a stronger influence ayain.t the
is the recently issued ranort az fEf C.,,u
missioner Of Education which sbow- ti,at
the South is making such rapid progrcss
in common school wnrk ~ tn a-tl7riab
everybody. The argument made On tbis
showing bv the ouponents of National aid
to education il that the south i. .howing
ability u solve it, prodigoasIy big problem
It's wonderfully creditable advancement.