The Nevada journal., 1855-08-31
The Test Again!

In all the little squibs of the Democrat
got off lately concerning our action on the
School Bill of last Session, the miserable
scavenger of that sheet, does not, if he
dare, take ground against the education
of children of mixed blood, but merely OBJ
jects to their being mixed up with white
children. If the meaning of any article
written by shipley can be made out, he is
IN favor of universal education, but de-
sires that the races should be kept sepa-
rate in the public schools This is Just
our position, and this is the sentiment per-
vading the entire North so far as we are
informed, with the single exception of the
State of Massachusetts,, the native state of
shipley, where the children are all ''mixed
up" in the schools,-little darkies sitting
on the same benches with white children.
North Carolina has passed an act provi-
ding for the education of black children
and gentleman from Florida informs us
that it is not untrequent in that State to
see the two races in the same schools to-
gether. But we advocate no mixture of
the races in the schools of this State; but
directly the contrary. If the proviso in
the 22d section of the School Law had
been adopted without the word "white" in
it, the children of mixed blood in the large
cities and towns of the State would have
received the advantages of separate ed
ucation. We quote the proviso:
"The Common Council, on the petition o
fifty heads of lchite families, citizens of the dis
trict shall establish school or schools in sail
district, and shall award said school or schools
pro-rata of the school fund"
The Democrat talks about our igno
rance, and asks us if we do not know tha
by an act of Congress the Native Califor
mans, of mixed origin are entitled to al
the rights and privileges of American citi
zens. No, Mr., Democrat, t,-neither d.
you know any such thing. There ha.
been no act of Congress ofthat sort. The
treaty of Querctaro guaranteed these
rights to the native Californians, but tn,
treaty making power is confined to tn,
President and Senate-not to Congress
and Congress has passed no subsequcn
law on the subject. But the Supreme
Court of this State has decided that nom
OF one quarter and more Indian or Negr.
blood, are white, and this decision is tn
suprere law Of the State, until the cenfic
between the decision and the treaty, is ad
Judicatcd upon by the Supreme Court o
the United States.
Talk about ignorance Look at ship
leys' tran script from the Journals of tn
late session. Can it be possible that h
is so contemptibly ignorant as not to kno,
that the vote which he pretends to give OF
the school question is not a valid one
1t takes quorum TO give validity to
vote. The House of Representatives O
this State is composed of so members, an
Al must be present to do business B
the showing of the Democrat but SO mem
bers voted on the school question, and con
sequently the motion to insert the wor
white" was not carried. Now, ho'
much of this have you trumped up Nh
Democrat for the occasion? You hav
on many an occasion announced that yo
intended to defeat us by fair means o
foul-you cared but little which. This
one of the foul means is it,
But one word, with reference TO tn
zen, who voted exactly with US, accord
eg to the account of the Democrat Go
sr is native of Georgia, and emigra.et
om Louisiana to California He wa