The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-07-07

Of extravaganza and oppression /" lt
for education THAI can br done wisely.
judiNnuah safely, without eNtrANag1nce
or the. oppression ui any class or classes
Be reasonable IN tins important matter
and ~ the car OF true progress % pu~hrl
forward with bravery, resolution anu
union ~ heads and hearts.
The reduction o. IlhteTaCy IN North
Carolina II marked, - tul 81 encourage
ment. i viewed from a certain standing
point. The white llhteracy reduction ~
The decade ending IN 1900. Wt> 81 per
cent. But the dark spot j. III tbs ttCt
that the negroes greatly tNtclLcd the
whites. TO the great shame Of the latter
Negro iNhteraoy declined. II IS said. -
per cent. II true. then the legislature
IN selt-deiense and To save the State from
a greater Disgrace, VIII have . pas q
compulsory laW-torciug the reealeitrant
HeglectIul and ignorant whites 10 send
thor children 10 school. II = an offensive e.
bad thing to do, but IT must be done -
stop educating the negroes 1t VII not
90 10 nave = negroes parity euu'dled'
and the Whlte hlltefate standard 10 re
mann az - OF ~ per cent, idI oei"" Tue
negro standard.
| nave been writing since 1907 IN favor
OF general ana particular euuc'tloi' IN
FAVOR OF the ilehl hlhd OF fdu'atIoh' me
'GletioIu hiha lI' tiu'"tloh OF OH' o'u',
me lliad ana tue hahd. lhere = :" huch
OF downright '""3dle nowadays 'oh'eih
ing the necessity OF educating inc masses
70 make them better 'ItlHell, more proHi
atle workers more upright ana ftislouo
men dhu women 'hdl III ~ ! iheu
reader lhlghI conclude reasonably thdl the
education u the mlnd was the great uH-
inter oil all people, the moral ana relS
lous elevator, and the great plan OF re
demptlon Tor time and eternity PresI
dent Nenable. Of the University OF North
carolina, mad some timely, necessary re
letllons just mere III MS address before
tle state teachers convention At
NflShtsFlIe recently. When | iecdH the
TACT mat the tfuest patriots, the greatest
lovers ol freedom III all this land have
been among the PLAIN. simple. vIrtuous
people III the State who had but little
education. and many OF them no educa-
ton. ! see at once how deceptive IS the
hollow cry that education Is the one great
thing to make patriots and treemen and
good citizenship. 1t Is a tact that many
OF the most depraved. Wicked, dangerous
citizens are men who can read and write.
and some really scholarly-the dema
gogues, the spoilers. the ~corruptels. the
selfish money grabbers-I see no great
force III the anxious plea for uniytrsaII
education to save liberty. to enforce law.
to guarantee the perpetuity OF free in
situations. etc. Never were the courts
held III less regard .nan now. Never be
tore were laws so little enforced against
the violators il they have money or friends
IN the courts and among the lawyers. The
country would be nnquestIonably richer
IN dollars with educated voters, but
whether 1t Will be really safer IS another
question. with the leaning against 1t.
The very worst enemies today against Il
Constitutional Government regulated by
law-of a genuine government Of the pco-
pie, and Tor the people, and by the peo-
ple-to quote Llncoln's famous sentence,
ne stole bodily from a New England
School Reader III the thirties-the very
WORST. most aggressive enemies are now
among the mllnons of well educated men
III the Northern States. The public prints
and periodicals in the North abound with
dogmas and opinions that are utterly hos
tile to local self government, to the true
interests OF the people. and are subyer-l
sIve OF the government which the great.
illustrious forefathers established on
son and his able conpeers set in notion
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believe IN education, OF the right KIND.
that makes men better as well az more
competent, but | am not blind to facts.
| can go back tor fifty five years, and |
am not with the trend OF
thlhss-the drift OF public sentiment in
the North now, and the apings on the
part OF the South. The South would be
wise to stand clear Of Northern usurpa-
tons and deliverances-to shun the poli-l
teal teachings of writers, speakers and
politicians of that rich reckless section r.
would do well to reflect long before
adopting the religious, the ethical the
economic, the political views OF certain
educated circles in the rich, prosperous
usurping, aggressive North. Look NJ ~
devotion to trusts, its high robher fay
views, the preponderatins power Of the
Money Kings, the immoralities practiced
the corruptions RAMPANT in munna
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