No people can lose so much without seriously disarranging the entire mechanism of their government.

It is for this reason, therefore, that the measure of "National Aid to Education" has so many and so persistent advocates.

I wish to place myself among them.

If the safety of republican government abides in the intelligence and virtue of the people, it can very readily be seen how much safety there is in the South at present.

If it be true that an ulcer will vitiate the entire body, and endanger the life of the patient, we can see very plainly to what possible danger the spread of illiteracy may lead us.
Illiteracy in the South is one of the worst legacies which the rebellion bequeathed to the nation.