The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-07-22
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A few Of the Locofoco presses Of the State
which are probably weh paid for their oppoai
ton to the New Constitution, have been very
hard run for objections, and have thus beer
compelled to make good deal Of frss without
raally being able to show up any thing in it OBJ
jecsionable. In this straight they have charged
that the article in relation to schools contempla
ted the equalization Of the children and ulti
matels amaigamation.
"A Democrat" who is writing . series Of ar
| ticles in the Burlington Gazette, gives the his
| tory Of the passage Of that article in the con.
! vention, and puts the SADDLE on the right
horse" We commend his remarks to the De.
mocracy in general, and to the Democratic
editors IN particular.
He says:
shall leave to Judge Hall, who has yet to
finish his series of articles, to elaborate the
main features of this part Of the New Constitu.
ton. The history OF this proposition, to which
many have taken exceptions under the impress
sion that it would introduce colored children
into our common schools, is this-it was dra wn
up and presented by Judge hall, and was voted
for BY every democrat preeent-Clark, of Henry.
ers and both extremely radical in their political
views, bitterly opposing it at every step. This
is the political history Of the proposition--so
that il any body was in favor Of sending me-
groes and mulattOes TO our free schools they
must have heen the democratic members Of the
convention. The working of the Constitution
is this: The Board of Education shall provide
Tor the education of the youth of the State,
through q system of common schools. This is
the law Of the Constitutiou-iti is the rule and
authority under which action shall be taken; but
the details of the system to be put into opera
ton are left to the Board of Education and the
Legislature Does any one suppose that they
will ever attempt to thrust coiored children
into white schoolss The Constitution Of Indi
ana, framed by a convention overwhelmingly
democratic, and in which it Is provided that no
more negroes shall settle in the State, has the
following clause in regard to education las to be
provided for by ac. Of the General Assembly,: /:
land provide by Law for general and uniform
system Of common schools, wherein tuition shall
be without charge, aud equally open to ail."-
This language is certainly as broad and com.
prehensive as words can make it-yet has any
one ever heard of negroes being sent among
white children to the free schools of Indiana ?
The Wisconsin Constitution, also framed by q
majority OF Democrats, provides for common
schools, and declares that they shall be free and
without charge Tor tuition to all children be.
tween the ages Of four and twenty years." Even
the old d-fashioned State of North Carolina says
in her Constitution that the Legislature shall
provide for 1.-THE convenient instruction of
YOUTH" saying nothing aa to color, because it
was understood there every where, that white
children alone were intended to be the recipi
ents of such favors. And, although Wisconsin
has, Of late years, become perfectly abolition
lied, vet no one has ever heard OF black chill
dren being sent to the same school with white
children in that State--nor will it ever be SO
here. / am opposed to the blacks coming
among US at ALL would prohibit taeir coming
by law but, being here, and subject to taxes, it
would be safer for ourselves and better for them
that schools should be provided for them. We
can find no justification in treating them as
brutes-they can be educated, and should be
educated in schools especially provided for
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