Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-07-26

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others might close their doors against
them; though we know not which they
are, or that any would do it.-N Y. OBS
This too is copied into the Vermont
Chronicle. Such efforts to deceive the peo-
pie, on the point in question, we cannot sui
fer to pass unnoticed or unrebuked. The
point in dispute is, whether people OF color
are excluded by prejudice from institutions
of learning in New England. The N. Y.
Observer, VT. Chronicle, ct omne i'd genus,
if we understand them, declare that they
are not. We say that as general thing
they are-that all the isolated, individual
instances which have at any time appeared
to the country are only exceptions to the
general rule and practice. Now for the
proof The following extracts are from the
proceedings Of the New-England Anti
Slavery Convention, held in Boston, May,
1885,
Resolution offered by Cyrus P. Grosvenor:
" 1thereas the events Of the last three years,
touching the education of our colored brethren,
cruel opposition extensively exists to tber eeva-
lion and improvement in consequence OF winch
the Oneida Institute is the only literary lnsil-
tuition, east of Ohio, where 1t Is otflcaiiy an,
nounced that coored students can enjoy equal
privileges with others in a collegiate course ol
educ alton; and whereas, all attt mPt has Deen
made TO crush this institution by legislative nro-
scri pt|on, therefore,
Resolred, That it be earnestly recommended
to Abolitoniss to bestow on Oneida Institute
their patronage and support. so that It may DC
placed above pecunary embarrassment, and De
furnished with every requisite farihty Tor carry.
ing forward its pupils in its prescribed course OF
studies to their best advantage."
REV. THEODORE WRIGHT, of New
York. Mr.. President, | wish, on this
e subject, to express my feelings, but the
: time will not admit This is practical
abolition. This is laying the axe at the
l. root of the tree: for, however you may
" feel and act, much is to be done for eman-
l. cipation through the colored population.
2, This must be done by giving them means
p Of mprovement-throwing the light OF
t. religion into their thanksgiving them
y opportunities of acquiring literature, sci
5, ence and the mechanic arts. This lnstI-
Sc tuition is valuable for that purpose.
e, know it, for | have felt the want of it.
y When | desired to get an education to1
at the ministry, and was approved for thai
purpose, in church surrounded with
y the most enlightened men, had 10 re-
a: main six months in New Y orA, under the
" control of the Presbvtery, before.
as could find a place to fit for college:
ly tried to get into a grammar schooI II
- Connecticut and was excluded. The
'e teacher came 10 my father, with tears il
a his eyes, and said, cannot admit you
at son. have no objections myself, but j
e. will not do. | should lose all my schol
~ ars. l do not know Of any institution bu
is this in Oneida, where colored young meI
can get classical education. 1t is pre-
or tended there is no regulation in the New
d. Eng land colleges which excludes coloree
u. students. I have carried colored pupil
49, to these colleges. The professors viii
- say, there is no rule to exclude you, bu
al we think you had better not apply. w
let had to send the young men to Ohio. ST.
te- colored young men from New Y ork, ar
be in the Institution at Oneida doing well
lv This Institution is my hope. l; will trail
: my brethren, colored young men, to in
struct their colored brethren. Look a
ed New-Haven, at Canterbury, Conn, a
w Canaan, N. H., and you will see how
is they treat the attempts to give the coorec
nd people any thing like a fair chance witt
ks the whites, for education. They keep u!
e. down, drive us out of their schools, mol
en- and break up our own schools, and ther
Y point at US in scorn as an inferior race O
of men. Can't learn any thing!' WHY
st don't they let US try? Why are they
or afraid to let our children have the sam,
,r- chance theirs do, for getting an education
ed If they fall behind them, and could ma ke
u nothing, then they might, with justice
IF cal! US an inferior race. Some of the
70 young men driven. from Canaan, are al
~ Oneida. God is thereteaching abolition
= by training the young men together, white
u and colored"
ed REV. Mr.. THURsToN, Of Maine, wish
a ed to inquire, if it were strictly true, tina
of Oneida Institute was the only college east
- of Ohio, in which colored pupils could BE-
e. received? He did not know how, If ask.
as ed, he could make it appear strictly true
re that no college but Oneida, would receive
" colored pupils"
e. "Mr. E. WRIGHT; of New Y ork, said
C. he knew of a formal application made to
is the Trustees of Amherst College, whether
n they would receive men Of color They
ID refused TO publish any such notice to the
s. world. 1t was true, that individuals MICH,
be received there, and treated kindly, bu,
d the institution would not keep open its
I; doors as the Oneida College had done
of At Williams College they were willing
e, to receive colored pupil, who was almosI
t. white, provided he would agree to 90 to
D. Liberia. They said, they could not ac