The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-01-23

{ tanned; so that the moral and intel,
| lectual powers of the children and
youth of the State, may be developed
and educated, then we may predict
| that the State will become great and
prosperous, that it will be composed
OF intelligent, virtuous, educated men
and women"
Doc, No. 6, Page 6.)
"A good system of public instruc-
ton may be costly in one sense, but
| it is economical in another. 1t dries
up the sources of pauperism and
crime; banishes vice and immortality
beauties the earth, makes home at
tractive, induces immigration, and in
creases the capital and revenues OF
the State.
1T has also been ascertained that
education, under a good system OF
free schools, does not cost more than
a third or a fourth as much as the
same education in private school.
A better discipline can be maintained,
sounder morality inculcated, more
manliness Of character developed,
and more thorough scholarship
secured under a we'll regulated and
properly conducted system of free
schools
QS73-'4, Doc. No. l, Page 6, by Gov.
Caldwell.)
"NO State can ever be prosperous,
or take high rank among her sister
States, while the incubus of Ignorance
is pressing with it's deadly weight
upon her citizens. She may have
bright and shining lights within her
borders, as exemplified by few high
lv polished sons and daughters, who
were fortunate in possessing means to
enable them to acquire an education,
qualifying them for any position to
which they may be called, and pre-
pairing them for the performance of
any duty, public or private, which
may devolve upon them. But a few
accomplished and highly educated
persons do not make a State. The
mass of the people constitute the
State, and give tone and character to
it. A few persons may give caste to
society in small neigh borhood, or in
limited circle; but a State will be
judged by the character and inteili-
gence Of the mass of human beings
who constitute its entire population
who choose its lawmakers; who con-
troll its destinies, and who shape its
morals
doc. No. l, Page ~
'.If there be not suf1iciency oi
means to keep up these schools
throughout the entire year, then lei
them be operated only during a par,
of the year. From small beginnings
| good results will most assuredly flow.
When the people once see the bene-
fits which will accrue to their children
from, as it were, the mere beginniu .
of an education, they will soon be
come so enthused in the cause that
they will demand Of the lawmakers tC
| impose heavier taxes and establish
schools OF higher grade, until NORTH
Carolina shall be second to no State
in the Union in affording facilities fol
a thorough and complete education Il
every child within her limits
| QS74-'5, Doc. No. ], Page II. by Gov
Brogden.)
1t is unnecessary. with the ligh
and knowledge before Us ia our ad
vanced civilization, TO offer any rea
son or argument to show the grea
necessity and Importance Of genera
diffusion Of knowledge among th'
people. All nature and experienc.
abundantly prove the use and beneti
of education. 1t brightens and i'm
proves our intellectual faculties. ane
greatly promotes our real enjoy
| ments."
page l3, Same Document.)
Those States and communities il
the United States which are thrifties
and most prosperous and progressive
aud in which the greatest achieve
ments in every department of huma.
effort has been made, are those il
which education has been most fos
tered and encouraged. Our forces O
government are based on intelligence
and virtue. II is said. and truly
that the price of liberty is eterna
vigilance But how can an ignoran
people appreciate liberty, which ca
be secured aud enjoyed only by wis
provisions in Constitutions and laws
And how can they be vigilant who ar
not informed as to the issues at stake
or as to the dangers which ma
threaten libertv?"