Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-01
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Editor Morning NelCS: Your judicious
remarks on the above, in your issue of
Friday, Feb. %, gives me an oppor-
tunity TO expatiate upon the present pros
poets of Savannah ever becoming "city
OF great proportions and immense i'm
pOrtance." The Mayors suggestions are
wise and creditable to his perception Of
the true state of things, but do not ex-
plain, what man Of his penetration has,
doubtless, under observation, VIZ: "Wny
rich men spend their money and make
their investments elsewhere than in Sa-
vannah." My uncle, Stephen Elliott, l..
l.. d., saw with prophetic eye the shadow
which coming events cast before them,
and warned the South that her ''pOlicy
was to conine the negro to domestic
service and the field, so as to
leave the trades to the whites"
Miss Telfair, with whom L was
intimate from boyhood, and whom ! saw
during the war, expressed vaguely to me
the idea that political and social inde-
pendence of the North must necessarily
involve an industrial dependence and a
throwing off Of our degrading provincial
relations TO other States North and West;
Chancellor Nell saw il when ne invited
me to visit him at Athens to consult upon
the best means OF attaching an art de-
partment to the University of Georgia;
Gen. Jackson, the members Of the His
torical Society and The Board Of Trustees
saw It wnen they selected Mr.. Brandt
carrying out his designs for making
tue Telfsir Academy OF Art and Sciences
a great Southern educational institution,
and means of securing the permanent
residence Of rich men who have, in your
own words, Little OF no pride in the
CITY," The Legislature Of Georgia saw it
when they passed a bin authorizing the
establishment OF chronological school,
and the introduction of chronological in
struction into the common schools,
Lastly, have seen it ever since I heard
the remark of my uncle, although not
fully understood till years after, aud see
It so clearly now that ] Offer TO reside at
Bethesda as teacher with the munidcent
salary Of $50 per month for the purpose of
raising that institution from its present
degraded state to the mark of its original
designs. TO do this requires not a Young
man seeking the position till he can
get something better. but one of expe-
rience IN teaching, an artist, a
practical mechanic, AN agricultural. IA
miliar with farm and plantation manage
ment, with at least a superficial knowl-
edge of the arts, sciences and methods of
instructions approved by the best educa-
tors OF the day, and well acquainted
with the character aud wants of the pop
ulatIOn Of the State. What is included
in the term "artist' alone, can be easIly
understood by an examination of the
work now doing by Mir. Brandt in the
Telfair Academy, and do not think am
vain or presum ptuous in claiming to be
at least enough OF an "artist" to be quail
fled Tor the conductor such a technoiogic
school as Bethesda might,cOuld, would and
should be made as auxiliary to a higher
institution to be established In Savannah
for the education Of our mechanics up to
the point that will enable them to develop
the vast resources Of Georgia TO the full,
arrest the outflow Of our riches 10 make
the wealth and power OF other people,
keep our rich men at home and remove
from their minds 1.-THE fear that IL they
should want to move to some other place
they would not be able to sell their pro-
perty for what it cost them" NOlney,
the great scientist and traveller, said
once that Upper Georgia was a garden
spot OF the earth, and fifty years
or acquaintance with its people emboldens
me TO say that there is no finer
population anywhere now than could be
made out of that of Georgia by proper
cultivation OF the perceptive faculties OF
the chlaren, and Of the hands and brains
Of their parents, through chronological
schools. X. W. III.