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'?r. tlr.? ?. o ct 4 a !?-< ir-? >Vo t-Jt?.tj.?< '?;-'-*'"" nature of things:] demand a;' peculiarly of treatment, uni ike any oilier, they are decidedly, i prejudice, to race, e.tsf ?, and p-?iiL| leal interest; these often con?iic?, ana ueconie a source ot mistrust, | and retardation to the whole j Tbcse divisions cannot be broken ! down in a dry, because there is j such a disparity between the two I people, the pride ol' race on the; one side, will ever prevent the j present generation of the Saxons! of the S ?uth, recognizing the fuli meed ol' justice lo their former vassels and hom!mer., a common interest, on uh*, (J bind these two races together, dwelling upo;? the same soi!, breathing the same j air. basking beneath thcravs el j the same congenial, fr ne ii fy mg | San. hounded by ail the sacred relations of lile, liiere ought not to be a barrier, to their com niete unification as a ure it, happy, prosperous people; the d'Ile:enees which now divide them, are the j res a Its of the system? of education : which have been allotted each, in ' their different sphere ol activity, ? one has been educated above the j other, upward; the other educ tied : downward, far beneath tire other; I Each have acquired, habits and ? sentiments, opposite to the other.1 ar d now m the new condition ot . things they do not understand \ eacl] other, by reason o? their1 past cam ditton o. The work of the present age and the duty of the instructors of the public aie t<> un-educate, j the educated, instruct the iguo- j rant, moulding and fashioning ? the former into harmonious, ! beauty and grandeur, keeping pace with the march of christian . e.haritv. and. t rn r h ; willie th-.'\ j ! lv>M2'.>l\*lninsi<:n lIIIIC* ' tx-1?? i ms ;?? i he pc?, ?pie. anti t he hage in which ?hey Live: and 'hus I nniiing. those sH-ruing tlist?n].tnt i.elements, and givinga new impe \ lt:.s :'> lire rising-South, and perpetual reunion and peace tu iii- ce-un irv, hi tul ina" the whole into a m i gi itv anny invineil)Ie in ! J-ni?i.-i is t?t-vflopcmcn?; such shall [ IA; the v I'll ir: and work o?' our ! little messenger, under its new I . T V . l-l ? dl?'eetiuri. lavery interest wu len : e?lcets the people O? the So ut li . as well a? the nation at large, i s?mil ree? i* e eur earnest eil or ts. ' As tho^o into whose hands have : liven placed the moral, serial, and rel j gi i ?us training ct'the people ot oar ?-burch in lins State, we snail i leel :?. ( ur espeinal duty to watch : that i nt errsl, im ti ri ugly, 'i'he educational work ann the train ing vd' tine youth shall b* a speer-: laity ol' this paper, while the ?social and mate!tal'prosperity ol Une niasses shall he guarded with sleepless vigilance, roi:tics will uni he left ont. and honesty and i;integrity in government shall j have a. large consideration; with these declarations, we launch our j Craft. upon the great and I troiih?ed Sea of Journalism, with j fall s pleading Sails, we take our ehanees. E?lt??e lite Masses m? ml I The sa let v of Statt-s. depends j ail tue intelligence ann virtue ol'; the people* en these two cent oral principles, r**st. the whole struc ture ef society. The mest re nowned nations nf antiquity, boasted of their powers and pro ess, through the m i gil ty d e velo pe- j nient ol' intelligence among the j whole people, and the consentient ? virtue, through that intelligence.! A il nc )< if rn initions y," h o s tan ?j. j forward tn the progress in human j atlah's pride themselves on the ! continual progress, being made j through iva nea lion al ineasnr s. j Lt ?as been, and still is. the! 1 Vt inst of A mer.ca, that they de-1 vote much time and means to the \ Education ot the masses, their common school systems aie prov er bal. This applies to Mie north ; and west; the south prior to the | war had no common school s vs-1 tem that deserved the name. j The result is. that, she hast new a vast hoard of illiterates, of! both races, who are the most j ready material 'brough which ton make ]>aui:ers, thieves, ?ail hirds.' rowdies, blackgaurds, nilli ans ? assasians and foot pa?hs. '1 he rep?re ul' the City Council j of Nev Ye ric, on compulsory education, gives tue following' facts and statements, relative tjj that subject : "The American doctrine is,!hat j ..//.'.. ?>mpe/'{f/ "? ?/ftf Sud? shall educate the child rc//, oj thc State." This benefits equally the rich and the nour. lt decreases crime, reduces taxes, improves labor, in creases tire vain*' of property*, and elevates the whole community One ol' tire *irst and deceisive 0 nest rons asked, in seeking a permanent location for one's lam 1 ly is: AV hat are the means pro vid'ed for education? A vii'iago, town or Slate, AV: Lil gcod five schools, is the resort ol' iauiiiies; without them ?c is thc home ofcrim \ innis. ' In this city ir co^i? more to! arpport police and police courts to ' restrain and punisii a few thou-' ...iud criminals.nearly all ot whom j became such from want of educa-1 thm. than io educate eur 2?<;UHM.) j CKDIE T?4J?? CON SEQ L'EN ci-: OK rcxci. ; ANCE. in Fain (ie. fro in i Si j 7 {c:e//. j/er 'y/il. cf ive int ahitan ts, above the age of ?en years, can neither read nor wiit<%yet eighty per cent ot the ci'hnT in tho^ ?tates, is eom nn tten^Mrtuis small minc ri I//: in other \vjFds. a person lhere with out eduction commits /iff// titree times as iuany crime's us one t uth ednratijit In Nek York and Penn sly va? nia an id Kraut person commits on tue ale?rage seven times tile number if crimes that one who can reaihind tatte commits, andi m the wlioie I'nited Suites the illiterate- person commits ten times iii?, number of 'crimes that the educated one does. tfove facts aie uerived ?ne a irom oilfCai statis tic. The apo ve is a lair statement of tacts fas it rid?tes to South Carulinarto-d ay. Th rte-for th of ail tile cammais, who hil our jails and peniteuarv to-dav are the oiT . . ** " surings O' ignorance, the result of X shiver)-and its concomitant evils. If our legislators and the political parties wmid give more at te udor, to thc- irr ne ral education of the masses lr/ compulsory education forcing eery child into tim school house, til?y would 'do more to reive ' the enoijoous expenditures, and lower taxation, tuan arything in their POA ??il tiau Liberty;, and. Hu ii (an Progress, as applied to the Colored race limier our guidance. The question is now propounded; are we satislied with the progress already made? have we accomplished as much as could' be, under the circum stances? and can we make any improvement on the foundations, laid by our predecessors? whoever, looks over the vast held of the Church to day will conclude at once that there must be other nieasure.-j|niore ?advanced, and conn ireh' liding the wale ranged [illili mighty strides, of nation ! developemen.t. whit;h inls ; nunn i is : ria k i ii v, dailv. The fact, th: , colored people t?! ihis e?>iihtr j have been enveloped m thc gre; j nation, by law, and iYtiman inte j cs ts. precludes tho possibility 1 their ever beinir se m rated, fro; ?all thc interest, whit*h belong i ; thc whole people: this being tra \ whatever udvanccMiietit is iliac ; by the nation must effect, t! I . . ... j African in all his interests, it ? General Conference, being ti : law making power ol' the Ch uro j I must lav foundations in harmon ! with thc work be lore ns, tit; work is thc perpetual unt'oldin ! of our race, out of the night ( j ignorance and degradation, int j which two hundred and lift [years of abject slavery an outrage have imposed upen th j race, we are to co-operate wit jail other agencies, arider Cod. t ! life up, ant mould this great bod; of humanity iotvthac harmoniz; j lion, necessary, to a fud, an: l^ijiidl recognition ol' manhood j this viii Le accomplished, LI ! proportion to the v>\>-i legislado: ! of that august body. it will be apparent, throng] the measures adopted tot' ou future guidance, financially, ant the wisc direction o' o .r Bool j Department, our Publishing: in j t?rest,our Educational work, am j the choice of men t.) carry ini< sitcc.essiul operation ail cf on ! measiuv s adapted: the regultaion ? in the past, have been iruud it i tr <_ ! tuemselves, but the complet' fuliillment, cf the cosign by mos. ? who have been appointed to mak< I them a success, has been in sonn ! instances, a iailu.e, then teer? i have been, misinterpretations o j the law in some instance?, wind ! have lcd to, lutria on the part o j some whose duty it was to pus! [?Vj < . ";j? 1 ; . 1 ' j M ... ? - > j> -iri >> i * 7 , ?A ? their care. Our new ilymu Boo li has been pi epared uv? r fOui years, and yet we are waiting lui ! its aopearrnce from the ?luok I department, lhere is a .*hdc/i ' 'somewhere that prevents, its ! appea aaec, that work alone ! properly put upon the church I market, would bring to the cou : nection one hundred thousand ! dollars properly managed, tous "this is a criminal neglect on thc ' part of stjtne party, or parties ; whose duty it is to control our , Publishing department: then j there is tho* Sundav-school de I par tm ci it td' our Church, which ?should be a might}' power, it is I almost entirely neglected so tar ! tis thc direction (d' a great enter ' prise and an important auxiiary I to tae prcsneritv of our cou ; nee;iou, we should have this part j of our work thoroughly (iganrzed i and in operation, a church with J three hundred thousand members, I and an army of ministers. ' stretching their lines of operation j from the Atlantic to the Pacific, i and fi om the Koeky mountains to i the ifulf "i Mexico, should not j neglect the vast WOTK o?' Sabbath schools, in thc literary depart I ment, a vast revenue, would liow into the Church ami enable it to j move in solid columns toward j success. Then there is the Educational j work still lingering hy tlc way. demanding renewed efforts un the I part of thc church. Wilberforce i still waits the more substantial : and which the connection should iii ve it, Cok es bu rv is ervine tor ! aid. i i Florida, we have lest a i ?rolden opportunity, for lack cf j means. Every Southern ritate i demands a I i i e. h school under the i _ **? .control and intere-i ol' FJdnea[iuir in ox- t uureh. wy shrill he ellie?! un io rn acat? lae aumsrry, Young men ; io now oiv.vr]?n? our Couler* mees asking ft!< i r > edrurafc th e nisei v?s. ive euri no? 1er th.'so de ni.in ils pass uuh< e -ed; I his demain i nu ist ru* rmi i?v the wise Motion ot" Um G ?neta! Conference, i lu' w?. ? i u ot missions rooms tia ho h J tv us as ?I mighty sa wave, clam, mg; every care, ihe on sthai ol' B i.> h oj. s Will demand ihr less attention than ali ol' these ?real j metis ii ivs. Lei the General Conference look these great sid'-ec ts in the tace au ? :.? re j ?are to do tili thev can to meet rhum a<> best ttiev can, wi di ti broad comprehensive policy, and we shall have accom piishe.I a wei thy work in oar day. Oliureli Yt ?Hi. Wc cad die attention ot the minisiry to the great imrortanee ol ti renewed energy on their pa rt, iti extending the power and inila once (?f lue church work. The world's progress in morality de pends en the hii?her rehirtous culture ol' thc neo pie. Tue moral arid religious trainings are-in seperuble, and the one is depeii dent on the other. The eilbrts ot' religious teachers, are to be made on ; ll, and every held whc?*frney may accomplish any good lor mankind. There sro thousands ti persons, who do Lot visit chu relies-who live beyond the inti neil ce ol: .> al bath services. Yet these ough.:, to be reached, they have immortal Souis, lor which tue saviour died: now shall they be leached-and iniluenct d? I low shad th'-y he made to feel the riecdol a savior s IoveV They wi;, ?.ot visit the eh undi, laen the chu rodi must g?> to them, go, where they :ie, ano deiaand a hearing, lor the divine master. This can 5 i . 1 . . .. i" ? ? . "T/C UV?I"I.' ?-'j inc ii*v7lA5 ~i' :.rCTT"! 07- *-"*""* gan'zation, ol' visiting committees m the church whose duty, shall he to Visit tami les and read th-j liol} scriptures.and instruct those in the way cf .hf , ft!.o now, neglect tho dury of church c-cr vice-and this int Ci est i hem in the work of religious improve ment, and of morai, worth. The mern Leis o? tue ch tu ch, have not looked into the great importance which is attached to their calling tis members ol' Christ's hod y These subjects must be urged hy the ministry-constaurly until i becomes a part o?' The- hie Wo; k cf the whole church io lie co-work ers with Chi ist and the ministry, in saving souls. E:\vli member has a neighbor, or friend possibly, wim do not come to canico, whose circumstances, ol' discour agement are such, that they have no heart to eenie to service; go, ? speak t JJ them, words, el euc ur agemeut, console them in their desolation, and help them io rise nj) ti hove discouragements: you may thus, save a sinking sinner-, Von may tad a longing saint to over?eme surrounding trouble^, and ho.vo*' God. ^Society will thus .bc-benefiited, H.unies will be 'made cheerful and happy, j Then there are tue hundreds ot children, who are out of the Sun j day sehuoi, who never receive its benefits, These tue to be cared ! for and insti acted. This is the ministers work noless i han in's labors in the pul? [.'pix. Hu should-with the mem bers ol' ids church seek the chi 1 : dren of the distressed and needy, and bring them into the pale of : the chm eb, anti under its happy and cheering influences. The tu straclions ol' the Sabbath School ure ol vital importance to lite