The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-11-22

duIgences and the acquisition Of abnor-
NAL tastes by the upper class Of the
people han would perhaps be required
to educate the majority of the illiterate.
This the crying needs of our South
land cannot afford.
The third step is: To inaugurate a
thorough system of apprenticeship in
all manual occupations Clumsy work
is always imperfect and unremunera-
tive. In this direction we have sorely
suffered. The laborer works to con-
slant disadvantage. The physicela bill
ity TO jag off a piece of timber with a
saw, or carry mortar-hod, entities the
one to be p carpenter and the other an
architect! By positive enactment Ia
borers should be trained and skilled in
their caIlings, and thus they would
acquire more than paltry living. In
other countries these laws are in oper-
alton, and the wisdom of such a step
has for years been seen and felt.
The fourth step is: Additional tax
alton. If We desire to see our section
push grandly forward ia the march of
civilization our patriotism must be en-
| kindled, and We must be willing to
sacrifice more for our country's well
fare.
Instead of complaining about "e1-
orbitant taxation" we ought TO learn
that every dollar wisely expended in
an educational direction is the good
seed from which shall spring abundant
| harvests.
Whether or not the Southern people
accept the issue, and brace themselves
to the task, "the fact is" Mr.. Mayo
says, "the South must in some aUoy,
within the next fifteen years, obtain
twice as much money as she now has
for educati tional purposes, or its schools
cannot keep pace in their present
shape with the growing demand, and
millions of children will be crowded
up to the threshold Of American ci i
zenship, either illiterate, or with the
most meager outfit for life in the New
Republic"
10 order to inaugurate the measures
I have mentioned land others which
want of time forbids mere mention)
a complete revolution Of sentiment and
policy must take place-a new spirit
must take hold of the people.
1t is source of just pride to every
patriotic heart to believe that such
revolution is beginning to work. In
teliectual seers are standing upon the
summits, and they behold the coming
day. There is a spirit moving upon
the sea of humanity. Never in the
history Of the South have the people
been 80 restless, so observant, so re-
fective. You read it in their faces,
you observe it in their movements,
it quivers upon their lips! When that
revolution comes, like shock of earth
quake it will shake the old institutions
To their foundations; but we believe it
will be the prophet Of good!
The climacteric period in our nation
al history has been reached.
One hundred years seem to mark
the life Of Republic. Three genera
tions seem 10 be needed to measure
moral and secular policies-the first to
adopt, the second to test, the third to
destroy. We need not wonder that in
this third generation of American Iu-
dependence the vast bosom Of sixty
five millions Of people is heaving with
new thought, new emotions, new de-
terminations. 1nsubsLantial theories
are crumbling away; efete systems are
vanishing; slavisn superstitions are
losing their hold upon the popular
mind!
The chains forged in the fires of Gen.
turies are breaking at every link-the
food-tide Of new day seems to be
sweeping in! We hail the advent Us
prolific Of good. The. insubstantial
and the impoteut are to be submerged;
the true and good in Church and State
will outride the ocean storm. The God
Of our nation is on the side Of right!
In conclusions: Young men, upon
you rests part Of the work I have
mentioned. In proportion as fortune
has favored you, does your responsible
ity increase. So eminently endowed
with mental gifts, aud withal, so splen-
didly equipped by your college for in
tellectual service, you are to feel the
irresistible demand to lay them all
upon the altars, of your country, and
like the young Hannibal, to swear eter-
nal hatred against enslaving ignorance
the foe of our Southern land.
Here your lot is cast-here your life
will, in all probability, be spent-here
will be your sepulture. Your life may
pant for ambitious heights! But alas!
ine1perience and misguided genius
may direct you into misguided ways.
The dizzy SUBMITS Of fame and pomp
and splend " are not the home Of the
truly great; but down here in the vale,
where the multitudes lie a-suffering-
down here the kingly men and queen
ly women have their thrones! Here is
| the wide field inviting your best ser
vice, and here you can gain the might
lest victories! Go into this field, young
men, and do your duty; and when each
of you shall fall the hosts of liberated
people will forever embalm you in their
loving hearts!