New-York daily tribune., 1856-03-17

rioters. Upon which the ,raDying-cry wss raised,
and the students. in much stronger force than the
police. stormed the guard-house, crushed In upon
:. the Chief. each giving him wound with knife,
:. bludoeon or sword and then threw him out of
" the second story window on the brick pavement.
OF thcsc wounds the unfortunate man soon after
died. state Of war 8, ems to have prevailed from
the NIGHT of the nth to that OF the 2lst, in the
course of which several more OF the police and two
or three Of the students were Killed. The students
however, had evidently the best OF it during these
four days; they defed the civil authority; they
bearded the military companies; they broke open
the armory. where the Mayor had put the rifles
they had obtained "from a neighbOring town on
false preteDses," under lock and key; and were
only prevailed on to disperse by the Governor at
last mastering courage to threaten to fire on them
if they refused. The letter-writer adds 81 do
not think the matter will end here" We think
II will. The blood of the Chief of Police and of
three of his myrmidons should satisfy the demands
of college Justice There is no intimation that
any of the young murderers have been arrested.
The policemen were mere "poor whites, at the
best; very likely they were Northern men. 1t was
honor enough for the like Of them to be butchered
bv pentlemen's sons. There will be no unpleasant
bapgings to darhen the memory of this youthful
frolc. To be sure "cOllege meeting had been
- held. and some of the students expelled "a
severe punishment for a mere bOyish escapade in
view of the inestimabe value OF such a seminary
Of learning Judging it from this specimen of its
results.
But after oil, we do not think the boys are the
most to blame in this matter Their education be
gan a long lille before they came up to Columbia
to finish it and the policemen together. Every
body remembers Jeferson's famous opinion as to
the effect of Slavery in forming the character Of
the Young. Disregard to the rights of others,
habits of tyranny, and On entire lack of selt-con-
troll are the natural, almost the necessary, cOnse-
quenceS of growing up surrounded BY helpless
slaves. The most pampered and cOckered brat OF
Northern Upper Tendon soon learns that there are
limits within which he must keep his passions aud
bis caprices The French bOnns, the German
nurse, the Irish maid, the Yankee help, will sub
nit but to certain extent to masters tantrums.
All around him be gees people, if below him IN
social condition. (Which none is so quick to dis
Germ as child who must be treated with GER
tain consideration and respect. And thus most
important part of education is carried forward
long before the college or even the school steps in
with its artificial disciplines. Perhaps the
twig is bent mole irrevOcably during the first six
years Of life than by all the rest of youth put to-
pether In Slave country, all these influences
are as opposite os they can be to what we have
lust described. From the moment that intelli
gence begins to light up the eyes of the
Southern infant, they look upon dark faces that
have but one expression of submission The
whims, caprices and passions of the human
breast have their full swing, instead OF being re-
strained by the constant control of Independent If
ignorant human beings. The child stakeholder
finds bimself surrounded by child slaves who have
Ro resistance to offer and no appeal to make against
his petty tyronnies AS he advances toward man.
hood he finds no obstacle in the way OF the graft
fcaton of all his vicious propensites. Thus grow
ing up, fsmiliarzed to cruelty, to the sight and
the use of the whip, to the science if not to the
practice of the slaye-hunt, accustomed TO dsre-
gard the rights and the wishes of Others aud to ios
ter his selfshness into passion, what wonder that
be cannot command himsefamong white men when
they come in his way The duel, the street fight,
murderous brawls and bloody riots, like this at
Columbia, are the necessary, the inevitable conse-
auences Of Slavery. 1t is among the most de-
plorable Of all its fatal consequences that this is
the Southern System of Education, and that these
are and must be its fruits.
We alluded the other day, in speaking of this
matter, to the resolutions passed in Southern Con-
yentions to the effect that the Southern youth
should no more be sent TO enrich Northern col
leges, and rejoicing that they were more and more
kept at home for education. We imagine that
financial rather than patriotic motives have most
to do with this change, if it have indeed taken
place. But we apprehend those persons connected
with our Northern colleges who have watched
these things the most carefully would esteem it
blessed circumstance could Southern patronage be
entirely withdrawn from them. We know of en-
inent persons, long connected with our most dis
tiuguished universities, who regard the Southern
students as the curse of their colleges, aud who
would take it as blessing should never another
enter their walls The reason of this is plain
enough from what We have already said. They
are, in fact semi-barbarians, with most of the
vices, if with some of the virtues, of sayages and
untitled by their previous training for association
with civilized and Christianized youth. OF course
there are exceptions of we-mannercd, well-bred
Southern youths, in whose society there is no ne
cessary contamination. But they are rare ones
and are generally to be found among those who