, 1865-12-28

tie Cnly trustworthy basis Of tho civilization ns
Ihe e. eonfeauenea o. M of he e. prs;nacs prevailing In
the Southern States is that co1ored schools can be
established and caniea on with tafaty only under
Where ihc iatsel ars Withdrawn, thc ormer hsre to
Ing exceptions but their number Is certainly vely
ee one IS esl 1 70 ae Ga Sy Ghspan
Joseph Wnrren, Superintendent OF Education un.
der The FIsedmep's buresn IN Mississippi ,tsee
more ,han ordinary weight After descr1bs
1ng The Re genera spirit Of oHpossltien TO The
tifsipp1, and enamerstlns The ressons ass,eaed - ned
Tor Il, he says: .'ln view 0! thesc things, have
no doubt but that, i our protection bo with0awu,
negro edueatton xin BE- hiodezstl IN every possible
have not the emalest expectation that, with the
S.afe authorities IN full power. Northern citizen
woulh be protected In h,s constitutional rights TO
teach and preach 10 the cooted people. and shall
look for a renewal Of the fnarful scenes in which
Sortheruers were whipped. tas1ed and fealhered,
warned OF and murdered before The wat." Thc. let.
ter gives many deta,s in support Of his conclosion
' II IL y lss; sssay kS5 kH e Dos No.
o ose1ls The following ss2tsmsnt referring 70 The
wetc made 10 destroy all echoothpuses in which
eo]oted children were tausht; md in two instances
they were fred; the fama threats were msde asaiust
worship, and one Of them burned. Continued
threats Of wese made agasnst The COL
cred preachers, md one Of them Ia now under spc-
cIal gunrd by order OF Maj Gen. Woods"
While was tn Lonisfaua, Gen. Candy received 4
petition, tiened by number Of prominent citizens
OF New Orlcans. praytng him " to anuul Order No,
e. which authorizes board Of officers TO levy ta1
on the taxpayers Of the parish OF Orleans to defr1y
the e4pense Of educating Tho Eeedmen-" The res
cons given Tor making this request arc as follows -
the Rebellion, and whose lands arc In the course
Of confecatIon berDg thrs deprived OF The mean1 OF
raising corn for their hungry children, have NOT
anythinR left wheEewlth to pay sucb : tax. The
order In question, they consltef violates that sacred
principle which requires t111don to be equal
throughout the United Shtes. II tha freedmen arc
to be edueed at public expense let II be done from
the treasury OF the United Sfnset." {Aec Doc, No.
sa) Many Of the sinners Of this petition, who
wanted 10 be relieved OF the school-fax On the
ground OF poverty, arc counted among the wealthy
men OF New Orleans, and they forKot to dtste that
the nee colored element OF Loutalaua. which repre-
sents cap1tal OF At least {l3 00 00 and pays anot
incon.defable proportion Of the taxes, contributes
white., from which their children nta excluded.
would also invite attention to SONS statements
cefping this mntter contalled IN tho memorandum
Of my conversation with Mr., King of Geo1gta.
lace. Doc, No. a.
While travelling in The South, I found In the
newspapers m account OF an Interview bet7Eeten
Gen. Howard and gentleman from AUssieeipp',N ~ ~
which Or. Murdoch, from Columbus, MISC, w
ared tomcEhat cou.ricuously. He vas sep2rtea 70 70
have described public sentiment In Aisstsspp, ,ns
1nlie ioyaL and especially In mvor o. Eas,iI Eaisn
cuiotcd race ihe advantage vi goou shse suT
Inquired et the Fzesdnnen's busea" ~nE'a'