The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-05-15

| tnat education 1S or more Importance
In the South than ever before, Is, be-
fore the war the Southern people had
come to rely upon their slave labor,
and upon that had become rich and
independent, looking to the North for
skilled labor, artisans, teachers, edi-
tors, and tven preachers of the COS
pei, etc. The war knocked these props
from under them, bringing them face
to face With other problems, and
throwing them upon their own efforts,
raising up their own artisans, teach
ers, editors, preachers, &c, hence the
great necessity for more education In
the vast optimism OF the universal law
there exists no such thing as failure.
Good and good only, can be the ulti-
mate product Of the manifold opera
tions OF civilization, so that good has
come from this source. Another re-
suit then OF the bloody war was the
raising Of Southern character to a full
ler understanding Of it's own powers,
as well as deficiencies, and to a spirit
of emulation of the thrift, energy, in
dustry, land the ingenuity of other and
more progressive people along certain
| lines. BY these traits, the Southern
people have learned that greater des-
tiny than that Of cotton growing for
the rest OF the world has been appoint
OF human affairs-that loftier career
still than agriculture only, or refined
Statesmanship even, or the indolent
| ease Of dilettante scholarship, is with
in the grasp of their power. Then the
Southern people have taken advantage
OF this inspiration as can be seen by
her institutions of learning all over
the country, from the country schools
on up to the graded school and col
leges. Yes, they have cast off from
their proud neck the yoke Of usurpa-
ton, and their once bowed crest lifts
itself more grandly than ever before
in eXultation at having triumphed over
the combined forces that stood to
crush their pride during the dark days
OF reconstruction. Thank God there
is life in the old land yet, and hope
burning brighter in her breast. coupled
with double determination never to
give up or die. Die she never WILL so
long as one of her sons and daughters
live. Then it is our duty to foster our
institutions of learning by not only
liberal appropriation by States. but if
aid also. And in this connection,
want to say that | am in favor Of ali
our schools and colleges, and while /
would not take one brick from our col
lege walls, yet I am in favor Of more
liberal appropriations for our common
schools. j want to live to see the day
when our common school system will
be so amended, reformed and support
ed so as to give every white boy and
girl In the land high, low, rich or
poor, a common school education.
which Will be a protection to our
country against the danger Of popu-
lal ignorance, vulgarity and vice.
common start in life which will ena-
Die them, having gotten taste for
learning, to go forth and get higher
education In Gods great university. if
In no other that is to say let a broad
highway be opened up by an indispen-
sable minimum of common school
education from the humblest mans
door to the summit Of American citi-
zenship and society.
Now, as to the Tariff, | will say that
| favor Tariff fcl revenue only. favor
ing revision downward, along the lines
or the measures enacted by the Demo-
Gratis in the House during the extra
session of Congress, together with the
excise bill passed by the lower house
of Congress, also a graduated tax thus
Placing the burden of taxation upon
the shoulders of those more able to
bear 1t, and taking it from those who
are less able to do So and by placing
the necessities of life upon the free
list' and placing higher duties upon
the luxuries Of life. / heartily an
prove Of the Democratic measures
passed by the lower house of Con
gress. which placed so many articles
upon the farmers free list, believing as
l do that these measures would ben
eft the great agricultural classes of
our country. / do not ask for special
privileges for the farmers, but claim
justice for them. The farmers are
the most useful and the most conserv-
ative of all our citizens Their labor