Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1856-03-13
For ,be Eaton Democrat.
ELDoaADo, Prebls Co. March 8.

E~LDoRADo, Preble Co. March 8.
Ma. EOrroR-I think it nothing more than
propet a nd right, that | should notice q com
municalion which appeared in your paper,
over The signature Of Zone Of the Boys"
treating under the caption Of 'couniry Sing.
ing Schools" feel disposed 10 de lend TO
the best Of my abilities the principle Of music,
no matter by whom il may be iaOghtt wheth-
er Il be by a negfo, white man, Ho;ien,oi, or
copperskin. Qndian.) i'ut il appears that
some men are so prejudiced against negroes
that they would rather see them in the middle
of --t than to be taught by them. This
seems 10 be the situation Of The eentleman,aE
luded TO, in this article. Now sir, II the
boy, as he styles himself wishes 10 obtain o
perfect knowledge OF music he would bel,ef
cool of and 20 forth with and knock at the
door Of professor Chatcoaps" school, and in
all probability he may be admitted, provided
ha does not carry that ''scenpr In his pocket
that caused so much unea.iness, which he
spoke of as having eminsted from the PROBES.
scr. Mr.. Editor, YOU msy conclude that am
an abolilioBist. But far from il. Believe me
sir 10 be o democrat OF the first stripe, oppos,
ed 10 Know Nothingism, Freesoilism, Adolf
tionism and all other isms together. Bot am
in favor OF education, in every sense OF the
word. When we see and know men 10 be
capable Of teaching any science /, should we
stand OF because the teacher does not hnppen
Ito besonrcolor : This is one OF the very FIRST
Iproofs OF ignorance. Now boy, you ainay,con-
Lclude that J. am charging you with ienoronce;
Just take Il as you please, 10 me il does not
Ematter. You have most rssurediy misrepre
Sc nted aProfessof Charcoal" as you please 10
..n -. NJ a., -. II 4.tsnt,L1 ft,of tcAtt tttban
you go1to singing again, Tor pity sake give o
correct history Of what you see and hear, md
don,tigo and abuse aud burlesque old negroes
through the PRESS Charcoal is too well known
in this county and elsewhere, 10 be injured by
you OF any Of your friends. II the funle you
spoke Of was so awful, ] would like to know
why il was that a portion of the ladies irom
Eaton attended his school on the next evening
with instruments. would rather suppose Il
was because they knew that you would not be
there. 1t is an admitted fact, tina. Charcoal
is master Of the sciencs be pfolesses, and moth
ing but an ignoiamus can say. aughl against
his mode of teaching, however, his greatest
enemies you will find among those who pro
Efess TO be teachers themselves. Now boy,
perhaps you are one of those yourself. ]
should not be at all surprised il you were; il
such 5e the case, then you may think Il 10
your advantage 10 pitch into the old darkey.
But you will find yourself wofnlly deceived.
You will just have 10 wait, until Chafcoai gets
his supply Of schools, then you may step Into
some OF those localities where the peopls tnow
nothing, and and there you may take your
brothets by the hand (for You will ind plenty
OF them) and you will find plenty OF signers 10
support you In your undertaking. If they
never psy you for your trouble. But you need
not attempt 10 gel a school in PEBBLE cpu MY,
so long as Gabriel Smith breathes the breath
Of life. The community are ready 10 censuTe
every man or boy Us BLACKBOARD, who viii
publicly Willy all deceney. You intended tl
show or as being something shrewd ard smarl
when you used the term of "U. S. Rilemen.h
| suppose YOU were moi aware that the peeps
knew that you were a trying 10 slur the churel
\ OF The United Brethren, which is Q very pop
| ular church in this portion Of community. Il
| is 10 be- wondered at, that any boy can 5t
found SO mean and contemplate, as 10 indulge
ia such iox, vile epitheis, os you have beef
guilty,oE in your article. II would have beer
well Tor you If you had Kept your thoughts I,
yourself upon the subject, upon which yol
have committed YOURSELF your course is un
popular. hope sir, you will take advice an,
never ngain indulge in the condemnation o
morality and decency.
&Ms
Now boy, don't get CASEY, for truth is nigh
ty and will prevail, however II may come as
shaft Of lightning in some eases, when indie
cency is exposed, so the public may gaze upol
il. But since You are only a boy, shall looI
0yer your bad tricks this time, hoping YOU mo,
Fhst better IN future and become wiser and BET
ter, and always take truth for your text, an
not deviste from il. but stand firm and bail
manfully 10 The last; though enemies may sur
round you and tempt you much say TO then
60, for l have taken another couIse and inten
to follow il, though | may die in the attempt
Boy, | bid you good bye, hoping that | ma
hear from you as being q better boy.
JUSTICE.
when we came 10 examine the above, com
munication thoroughly, we found we coullnS
better ii any, and concluded TO give it as writ
ten BY the Individual, with the exceptions {
the punctuation and photography. Where N
line OF ~ occur, we omitted several lines
manuscript, because they contained %allus.ou
unfit 10 appear in public nript.-ED.l
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