The American Missionary — Volume 43, No. 04, April, 1889

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President Harrison's Inaugural gives in a brief sentence the remedy for the great Southern difficulty, viz. EDUCATION.
If, in any of the States, the public security is thought to be threatened by ignorance among the electors, the obvious remedy is education.
The Southern situation has been vigorously discussed in the last few months on the platform, and in the magazines and newspapers, and the conclusion to which the minds of thoughtful men is rapidly coming is that announced in the President's Message.