The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-09-08
M r.,sIsal pI.Aenea, Of ur. samuel..


n Peloleal Dlshencsty ef Hr. samueis.
III Mr. Snmt,els the Democratic candidate
E,r co,ernor continues making the anne
Kind If -yparcilc. With which h" has com
nencci be- will defeat himself. At bu
h,,ouc. Burlington and heoknl, in h. iir>t
+,..,,chcs, b" descended Ia mouth over the
miserable twadllc Il the petty editor 81
bis Fart, alut cdacaiiug white and black
ai..ldrt together, aud cs'abl.hin. Negro
quality in lowa--eharging the new c"nst-
tation with having these ohIerts IN view.
tui- j. pre,dming rather too Tar upon lac y
norancc II thu peoplc n well as upon hi
awn position. At kcokuk hc was pariic,t
larly severe upon the school law, AMI the
Gaf, Cay says he denounced he author AMI
Importers of the educational art,'ic II tbs
rcw Constitution. as friends AMI advocates
4 amalgamaii"n, and practical opponents u
Ill. education 81 the white youth al the
State; AMI finally announced il a. the grand
unyieldne purpose 81 his administration n
Gasernor of Iowa, t. procure a repeal II
this provision. Now all this Is considerably
beneath the dignity 81 man aspiring to he
Governor &c this State. II i base and
dishonest attempt to deceive the people
whose Votes he Is begging lie knows that
the new Constitution in M manner favors
nor opposes Negro equality. II has nothing
~ say On the subject. IL in no particular
advocates or demands that tbs children Of
the two races shall be educated together.
Yet be- stood up before crowd 81 ,ntclli-
scnt men. and hypocritically made a feeling
appeal for the poor mantle poor man had
10 send his children to the public schools or
u none-hc would now have to let them he
educated side by side with black children
~ keep them Al home-of course they would
chcosc the latter, and therefore the children
a the poor white man must grow up IN g-
norancc, And this from man asking IL
10 cur next Governor Then be begged L.
te put In power with his party, so that this
obnoxious Law could w. reformed ~ amend
ed
Well, now let rs i"ok INTO a.. subject.
In the first place this article wa voted fur
Nv EVERY DEMOCRAT in tL. Canstitu-
iional Convention, including the present
democratic candidate Tor Lieut. Gosernor,
GEORGE GlLLASPY Yet Mr. Samuel,
wants to be elected Governor. and hi. party
put in power. 81 that they can reform ar
amend this article Al Darlington, hc. j.
reported by the Gazette, his own organ, n
.sving in reference Ia this article will,
i elected, use all my influence and talent,
and make every effort to have that portion
&c the Constitution a. amended - that por
ton voted fnr by Gilla-py and every other
democrat in the Convention! Comment j.
unnecessary. judge Johnston, a leading
Democrat, in letter puhlisheda lew weeks
asn, gave the following brief political hi-ta-
~ &c this part or the new Constitution
u shall leave 10 Judge Hall. who has
Yet 10 finish hi, series IL articles, to elaba-
rate the main features Of this part II the
New Constitution. The history II tins
proposition, 10 which many have taken eS-
.cpsions under the impression that il would
introduce colorcd children into aur common
schools, Is this--it was drawn mp and pre-
scented by Judge Hall, and was voted Cor by
every Democrat present--clark, of Henry.
aud Wilson, ot jefferson, both Republican
leaders, and both extremely radical in their
Political views, bitterly opposing il at every
step. Tn,s j. the political history ii the
proposition that Il any body was IN la.
var af sending negroes and miiattos-s a. our
free schools. they must have been iii.
Democratic members al the convention.
Now tue fact j., tic Board ii Education
and Legislature, regulate the details under
this article. Does any one suppose they will
attempt a. thrust colorei children into
white schools The Constitution simply
provides fsr the education Of all the youth |
IN the STATE. The Constitution II Indiana.
framed by n convention overwhelmingly |
Democratic, and which provided that M more
negroes shall settle in the State, has the FOL
lowing clause in REGARD a. education "and |
provide by Law for general and uniform |
syssem II common seh"ols, wherein tuition |
hall b; without charsc, and cg,taiig g,-a 10 |
al Tb. Wisconsin Convention. also |
framed b, n majority u Dsmocrats, provides
Tor common schools, and declares thar the,
shall be "free and without charge 81 tuition |
q III cialdna between the ages of four and |
twenty years Wisconsin has since gone
into the hands u the Republicans, yet M
one has ever heard Of colored children hcine
s@ut a. the sam. srl.,l with white children !
in that State. Even old Democratic North |
Carolina says in her Constitution that th.
Legislature shall provide Cor -the son,e
n,ent instruction Of youth, saying nothing a.
10 color, because, n Democratic writer re-
marks, il was understood there. a. every
where, that white children We're alone IN
tended 60 be the reeepients ii such iasor..
These facts show the bare faced injustice ~
actual dishonesty oi the Democratic eandi
date for Governor. W. leay. thus With ia.
people.