Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-10-05
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feFWe nave t0Ioutus tNt oottS1S tS@-
soHs. from giving The history Of a bill 10
Incorporate ths Red Oak Seminary in
Brown County. Nog that all she excite
nsnt which lately so ushapply prevail ed
bas passed away, We wish to draw the at.
tsation OF the people 10 the subject,
snd appeal to tneir caln reason aud re-
Aecli0n.
This bill passed to an engroBment
without any thing bsing known OF the
trus character Of the concern TO be 10
corpOrated. On the l4th Of January, 1t
cans up fora third reading. Il happen,
ed that that very mornng pamphlet had
beeR laid upon the table of each member,
purporting to be "A report on the condl-
ton OF the colored population OF Ohior
made to the Abolition State Convention
at Msssillon, on the 26th of May. 1910.
From this pamphlet, Mr.. jenkins, (dem.)
read the following paragraphs: We have
the copy Of this pamphlet laid upon our
table, and invite any person wishing to
satisfy himself, to call at this Office and
exsmins it,.
"Ffom the teGcksrs eft Red Oak Sem
mary.
"Thsrs are about $50 colored people
in the vicinity Of Red Oak. Most Of them
came there Tor the purpose of educating
their children. They are what would be
called COED livsrs. The colored people
paid their school bills as promptly as the
whites"
"Mr Branch writes:
"Our school embraced 81 colored youths
and 80 white. never taught school in
which every thing went on so pesceably.
found no difficulty in governing the
school entirely by moral suasion; there
was the utmost harmony manifested by
the different compilations towards each
other.
"Miss Messenger taught the female
department 10 weeks.
She writes:
"Ths colored youth enjoyed little or
no advantages Of schooling until within
two or threq years, having been bred in
slavery. They have applied themselves
50 diligently to their books since they
have had advantages, that many of than
arc now equally advanced with the white
children. THE COLORED and WHITE
CHILDREN WERE CLASSED TO
GETHER, and did not see but tbs
former made quite as good proficiency a.
the latter. The most interesting feature
ef the school was the association Of col
Orsd and white youths, and tho perfec
harmony that existed between them
Hap Mt EYES BEEN CLOSED | THINK
SHOULD NOT KAvE KNOWN BUT THAT ALI
WE'RE OF ONE COMPLEXION"
A debate Of considerable length onsuet
from the report OF which, is published in
the SiGteSnaa, ut the tins, we make the
following extracts;
Mr.. Duaham (Fed, said ho was iS.
noFant Of the fact, like tho gentleman
from Columbia, that this institution was
for the instruction Of colorsd children
until now, but he hoped that would.not
form an objsction with gsntlemsn.
Mr. BTough inquired Of tho gentleman
from Brown, (Mr Duphom) whether this
was tho institution referred to in tho
document from which the gentleman from
Columbia had read extractsS
Mr. Dunhsm said ho did not know pos
itVey; but he believed thSre were more
abolitcnists in the town in which the
school was located than in any other part
Of the country.
Mr Clarke was surPrisad 10 see the OPP
position manifested towards this bill, and
the cause assigned for that opposition -
Ii the citizens OF that place desired to
send thsir children TO a ackoo with col
orsd children, he did not see how il
could affect the constituents OF the gen.
t!smsn from Columbia.
Nr. Brough said there could be no
doubt, from the svidsn nee which We had
heard, that this was an institution for the
education of blacks aud whites, indiscr-
ninately, If such was the fact, it was
one calculated to invite the black popNla-
tion o { other States among us, aud thus
eventually our State would be Ovsrrun
and flooded with degraded negroes. This
bill, therefore, was not, as the gentleman
from COlumbia had said, one which af.
fsctsd only particular town; but it was
one which affected, and that, too, not very
remotely, the interests Of the constituents
Of every gentleman on this Aoor
Mr.. CLARK understood by the gentle.
man from Brown that tho petitioners for
this bill were whits-and il that fact con.
stituies claim upon our consideration
they were deserving of il. If thsy de.
sired TO place their children on par with
the blacks, it was not our place 10 deny
thsm that privilege that was mere mat
ter of taste.
Nj Watkins would ask Of the gentle
man who introduced the bill whether
negro children we're allowed in this
schOoli
MI Dunhsm did not know. He did not
know whether the children alluded TO in
the seminary were black or white-but
evsn If it we're the case, he saw no rea.