Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-11-25
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following article, gives 10 q 9epecisl1 claim to
public attention. TIE New Orleans Tribune
y most able and excellet paper, psblished by
tne colored people 10 that city one side 10
French and the ether 70 Eaglbhy iVThe
sSutheru newspapers, both q lloyala and rebel,
ase fulofsach revelations. all tending 10 show
j most upmlstakably, what the oolored popula1
tien base TO expect so soon u. State Sovereignty
\ places then beyond the reach os Federal pro.
tscflou.nfa 1ni 8iafs95aa isif9 fe.aplt....s3
.nThtougb the exer,ions of the Board of
Educatious nnhexed 10 the Freedmeu's
Boresu. two ,buadred and thirty schools
have been opened In Louisiana. whero
fifteen thousand children and a. few bdo
dredo adds are 'etjoying the bede6t Of
edaestion,o Some'sof these schools have
been 10 existence for over two yeurs; ssome
have been bnt recently orgabized The
operaiions OF The Board have been ex'en
dea as fast ss new parishes were brosght
into our liucs. 90 gsqg "a HfR ssslgau9
NOW it appears that the whole edifce;
raised from the very ground by the energies
of the Board. and againts SO many d fieul.
lies, will havelto crnmble 10 pieces, for
want of adequate means oe support, The
co!ored schools had been msiut aiued daring
the FIRST scar Of their ,exisience---lS S63---by
tax on pre- periy, levied by virtue of mill,
tsry order. This tax has been strongly
Opposed by the rebels; but at las, it has
been enforced, aad paid, ,In 1854, .snd
1855 the col0sed sch0ols were supported
On the, revenue derived from conf seated
and abandonsd piAotsiions. One hundred
estates vsrs under the admiration of. the
Freedmoa's Bureaus leased 10 parties Who
worked hem; the rent was applied TO the
| wants Of the Bureau, and frst Of al to the
support of the 1.-TWO iluudredr aud thirty
colon ed schools. sIaiss stiags baiiaJ sdI
lis7Vow 5y the. restoration OF the lands 70
their farmer os0aers, ,sho hare taken part in
the rebeiiio'I. the Bureau of freedmen loses
is meanss, fTsapport., and as q consequence
said Bureau has 10 dose tie scAoels.o-, .is,s
a. That such result would be shame for
the country, there is no question: 1t would
be o disgrace for the United States to
send back to the barbarism of ignorance
thousands OF chldren-in whole Slate
the moral welfare of whom the Government
had undertaken TO promote with the pre-.
cious gift of education. But, if this
Government cannot enforce the means of
support, the schools have to be closed up
and the children deprived of the advantages
they now enjoy. Whence could the means
Of support be derived? As general
thing, it is for the people ct large TO. pay
for the public schools and to provide for
the education CT oil children. We Che
coiored people) are paying a school tax 10
Louisiana. But the civil government,
With . ,partislity worthy Of slave owners
uses this tax for the bensh Of tie c,hites only
So that the coIored children are deprived,
by the State. Of the benefit of the State
schools; and the colored pafeuts are robbed
of the tat sssessed upon then, for educational
purposes. srlaasif ail'sd z
If justice was. done, the State schools
would be opened to our children. as is the
case in Massachusetts and--at the present
time-in South Carolina herself. A mum
ber of white children. already attend the
schools of the Freedmens Board, in tie
very city Of New Orleans. There would
be no harm to extend such custom to all
schools BY receiving our children In the
existing schools supported by the State,
the benefit Of education would continue to
be extended to the coIored youth, and we
| ~. :,
would at least partake OF the benefit de.
rived from the school tax which 10 assessed
upon u.s. ''..-'u''-''' ,nO'''.,'' +
% Bat IL the civil authorities refase to
give our children the benefit ofthe existing
State schools, let . geueral tax be levied
for the support Of the schools nov In
chargeaof the Freedmen's Bureau. This
tax should besgenersl,nss that of 1853, for
u would be the highest injustice toinlevy'
the tax upon colored people only, for z the
education Of their children. when we, are
paying our part for the education Of The
whites Reciprocity of obligations is a 20,
cial law; and we will not pay the benefit Of
schools great as II isTrat the cost Of
tts gtosssst Injustice and robbery psrps,
lalsa upon ns; ne!ole We consent 70 De
saAeu sw'ce S,rs wae an me wu'.e man is taxed
once onIy, Ie' .ne scoools % g oosn, ana tue
as.oa , s,s,. ~ uatge 20 .ne Jaase oe,wecn 40 90
o""'' c'si government sofit so1 ourselves ' s,soa
Interests OF education are very importsnt
but Justice rs also tmportsnt 10 the manage
mens OF soeia' snAirs p Wears taxed With
out be'ng gepresensed.1 And u we allow.
opes, after being taxed for general services.
70 be tsSed sgaln for particnlsr object