, 1866-05-18
Destruction otflle FTecdmen's Schools
Tllroughpnk the south.

The progress that Is being made through
out tho S0uth, In breaking up Feed1ncn's s
schools and driving ont the teachers, Is
most remarkable. Scarcely q day c1apses
that VIC do not receive informant IN of one or
more schools being broken up in conse-
quence Of the rooted prejudice icit by the in
habitants ofthc section against anything like
improvement Of the negro In the scale OF be-
Ing. Insults and abuse Of every kind are
ileaped on the tenchc1s. Schoolhouses are
nciug destroyed in many places, aud the ilir
prospect that few weeks ago existed of 2
lnora1 status OF tue freedmen, through the
instrumentality Of education. Is blasted The
10ce Is destined to remain In the depth Of
ignorance in which they have heretofore
been kept unless some arm OF power shall
inteIpose 10 stop the destruction OF their
schools.
It is unqucstionsbly the settled purpose Of
the people Of the South to keep the negro In
his condition Of ignorance, that they ulny re-
tain him as nearly as possible III his old state
Of slavery. We are perm itted 10 copy some
extracts from Il private letter received by
gentleman Of this city on Monday, from Mr..
J. r. Batdwell, the agent OF the American
Missionary Association in Mississippi. The
letter is dated at jackson, May ), 1876. The
writer esys:
We had two young ladIes At Grenada teaching IN
the 5stn Q, S. O. l., four companles beuR rtaloncd
Iadirs concluded to rtn1nin and oIIen schools for
eolortd children. IWtHt to GtCuaSa a tew days
atle1 the troops lcft 10 look afler the girls, and
found them boarding with q colored ID lily They
had tried In vain 10 get board With white FAMILIES,
bur because they were negroteachets II refused
them. Invent to t;r.n1da on The 18th Of Apt1l, aud
on the next day they opened their school The
place where the schpolhonse uas located being too
iar on, for ,ht N to walk their present boarding
place, applied TO Gen. Wood for permission to
move rome Government buildings for echool and
tesche.s' home, and having received his permit 10
DO 50, commenced taktng down and removing the
building, when Mr. Adams called At the camp,
4nd to 1 very hnughty manner demanded br what
authority Mas acting. answered, .'that Of Major
Gep Wood, commanding the Department OF Mil
eissirpi." lie returned the ansWe1 that uen- Wood
had 30 t,rht TO the buildings, as they were on his
land. Itold him he mat tetue the question Of
right with Gen. Wood
Near night constable appeared Tor the purpose
o! ar1t ettnE me- but he could not fad his warrant
among his pspert, and voluntarily went 10 the
MAYORS Office. When the warrant Was produced
ard read, The name found to be entirely unlike
mine. nnt. after eome consultation 1t decided
that could not br held on that warrant, and WAS
DISCHARGED. Nothing occurred 10 disturb me. un-
I'll Saturday iast, when called ut the otlce Of
tqulrc Fairfield, to return borrowed paper. Ae
banded nc copy Of the da1y Post, which eat
down 10 read. In a few minutes man named Tom
sherman called at the door Slfh two orhee persons.
al:d asked 10 RET the. Mr.. Fairfield went ont tnd
left me- with these men. Sherman lmmcdiatelY
commenced tirsde Of foul aJuse. telfu. me be
bad iscknss, nud wanted me 10 lake care Of hlrn.