The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-03-08
BILL ARP VS.. DIR. HOLDERBY'
MORAL TRAINING AND CoN~
POKAL PUNISHMENT.


| Children, While The Preacher Does
Not
thought that the school system was
settled and the pc0ptc had all a'u"ic'c'
cd. Some OF US nntiuuntcd men ana wo-
men rebellcd for while, Tor We were
welded to the ways OF our l"thcrs, DuI
we had to fall into line and DC recon
ciled to what we could not hclp: The
world was against US Prussia, France,
Germany and New England, whore al
the developments comes from. sui
sOmo Of US felt that it was hard ana
uni Just to be taxed for the education OF
other peoples children when we hau
already paid for our own under inc olu
plan. In the old country the young
men have to pay IL back IN military
service.
But every now and then somebody
raises u rumpus. and abuses the Wholc
thing the mode OF teaching the eN-
clusion of the Bible and morning pray
ers, and the inlliction Of corporal pun.
ishment.
If | had my way would reform some
things, but | am only one man, and
there are many men Of many minds. |
would give the Bible a place il 1T drove
out the children OF every disscnt2r In
the land not Il place to be taught as u
study, or for scCturian doctrines, but Il
place to be read at the opening OF tho
exercises and to be respected as the
oracle of God. This is HChrlSllan c0uh-
try and wo base all law and legislation
upon the Bible: every officer OF the law
is sworn upon it from the President
down to u petty constable, including
the Judges OF the Supreme Court and
all tho other courts, the members OF
,,f In n ~ TlSlu
Congress has its chaplain and all bow
in reverence to the morning prayer.
So has the House and Senate OF Geor-
gia, and yet there are always one or
more members who arc Jews or lnhdclS
or agnOstics Judah, Benjamin and
David Yulec were United States Sena-
tors and they were great ana good mon
Of the Hebrew faith, and always bowed
their heads reverrntiy to the blind
chaplain's prayer. Major Il. J. Moses,
q distinguished Jew Ui Columbus, was
the speaker OF our Georgia u0use in
1866, and with his Gavci sOlcmnly called
tho members TO their feet when the
chaplain stretched forth his hands to
Heaven. oar Gov 10. -. nOt mem
Der Of any church. ynv nad To confess
his faith in the B.u.. when he was
sworn into U'liCc.
Then, if all these great and learned
men VINO represent this government,
both safe and national, do rot hcsi-
tate TO honor the sacred book whaV is
The matter with the children OF the
public schools? Are they to have 10
moral training No reverence for the
word Of Cod? Is there q college in
Georgia that does not open every days
exercises with morning prayer? Then
why this immunity to children-Lhis
locking out the Bible and its code Of
morals that the ages have sanctioned :?
What means the observance OF the Sab
bath and the sound of the church going
bells: What means all the mighty ci-
forts Of our people to send the Bible to
the heather, and through our mission
aries to ChriStianiHe the world: What
il there peculiar to our children that
they shall not be taught anything sa-
cred? The very seclusiOn OF the Bible
casts a shadow OF doubt and uncertain.
ty upon its truth and added to this
comes ever and amer the attacks OF
such men as Ingersoll and Abbott and
Mitchell, Who seek TO knock out one by
one the pillars Of the sacred volume.
But the reply is that these disscutcrs
arc taxed to support the schools, and
their religious convictions must be re-
spectcd. Their convictions arc not re-
spCcted in any other department Of
public policy. They cant work on the
Sabbath nor can their children play
ball or hunt or frolic. Every letter
that is written in their business or
their families have Il date OF 1900,
which means 1900 Ammo DJmini. But
fOrbear. l am only one man, and
have no hackers save perhaps DR.. HOl-
derby. With him agree that far, but
never was more surprised than to
read his vehement philippe against cor.
poral punishment. Either he or | is a
crank upon that sub act And he is a
minister, and | supposed would have
been guided by the wisdom OF Moses
und Solomon. His Indignation at the
thought Of some body else whipping his
child is very great. He is very EN-
phatic and almost bcllgercnt. IT the
teacher WAS q man and should, as he
says, "lay the weight Of his finger upon
his child,' believe he would tight. II
tho teacher was q woman | don't know
what he would do. But | will say that
if was the tcac. cr his children should
cnt come to my school at ali. would
re jGct them at the start for the first
thing child should be taught is obe-
dicnce. and If the child has already
been taught AZ home that no punish
mcnt Is to follow dlsOOcdlcnce, but de-
liancc, rather, then the child should not
come to me.
But the good doctor need not be
alarmed, for his children Will never be
my pupils--thank the Lord.
believe in corporal punishment In
schools that is, for bad boys. | never
saw but one girl whipped and she de
served it She was no spring chicken,
either. | was raised on corporal pun
ishment, both vt home and at school
did not got it often, but at long inter
va $, but got 1t when focbearancc ha(
ceased to be q virtue, and it was ad
ministcrcd like medicine and was al
| why's s. good cathartic.
II this was all wrong and made me
worse instead OF better and humtliatcC
my pride, as the doctor says, then
must consider myself an injured person
and hire u lawyer to sue somebody fol
damages for Blackstone says there /:
no wrong without IL remedy. Bat my
teachers are Hll dead and they were
al dead broke before they died, rs al
teachers are. SO, | have no remedy
| Now, OF course, There arc children wht
never need punishment either at hom,
or at neutrality-suspicious. children ani