Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-10

The building west Of the Chattanooga
Depot, heretofore used as a military hospi
tai. was Yesterday formally dedicated as q
colored High School, by appropriate adj
dresses by distinguished military and civil
gentlemen Of this city.
Prof John Ogden and Rev. +. NJ. Cravath
will be the superintendent Of the institu-
ton, which will open to-day at A. NJ.
Besides those who took part in the exer-
cises. ute a number of military officers and
citizaInwere present, and the ladies Of the
city Ma well represented. The greater
num those present were colored per-
sons I'd in the school.
Thektises were opened about two P.
NJ, with music by the band of the 18th U.
S. CT
After prayer by the Rev. Mr.. Allen, and
theplayiag Of march by the band, the Rev.
f. NJ. Ciavath, Associated Principal, gave a
statement Of the object for which the school
was opened. II was called the Fisk school
because Gen. Fisk had done much toward
its establishment The sum of $4,000 was
expended in purchasing the grounds, which
are to be fitted up at first as a sort of High
School, and afterwards, if circumstances are
favorable, are TO be used as a college. Col
ored persons, without regard to wealth, will
be educated free Of expense and feature Of
the school viii be the instruction Of those
who wish TO become teachers. Accommoda-
tions are 10 be furnished for from 200 to
1890 pupils. The school is TO be opened
to-day, and instruction viii be given for
about eight months during the year. -
Chancellor Lindsey, Superintendent Of
City Schools made some extended and APP
propriate remarks, upon schools in general
and the Importance of POPULAR education,
which want of space compels us 10 omit
After music by the band, Senator Bosson
was introduced, and spoke as follows; -
On this occasion, have no apologies 10
make for my appearance here, entirely un-
prepared to offer any general fEcts dignified
by an address and ] shall simply trust TO
interest YOU but for moment or two with
some practical facts that have been suggested
since / came into the house The great and
leading impression made on my mind sug-
gested TO me that which has been said OF
inan-that he is the noblest work Of God.
How much Of nobility, how much Of gran-
deur and excellence, is exhibited by the
generous sentiment that gave life to this
noble enterprise, of building up an educa-
tional institution in the midst of this people
that have but Just now escaped from bondage,
and have but Just now claimed to take rank
in the scale OF human beings as freemen
What generous impalse, my friends, has
been awakened in the minds of strangers
far awaylin distant lands, IN your behalf !
In the past they have read your historys in
the past they have been made familiar with
the sacri6ces which you were called 70 en-
durc; but now that you are all free; that
generous sentiment awakened in the bosom
Of distant people comes up Spontaneously
in your behalf, with money and instrument
talities, and for what? 1t is that you may
take your position as human beings-moral,
intellectual, and religious beings-alongside
OF the other members Of the human family.
Are You deeply impressed with the gen
erosity OF that sentiment that has conceived
this institution Do YOU feel in your inner
hearts that there are friends that have deep
" felt for You that have never seen you;
whose generosity has gone out with so much
OF manifest kindness in your behalfY Oh,
think oft Why should people living in
distant land in New York, in Maine, in
Ohio, and IN distant States, so soon, SO gen
erously spend their money and their means
for your educational support, for the inn
provement of your morals, for the general
deyelopement Of your character. These are
thoughts worthy 10 be considered by you all
And Just in proportion as you appreciate
the sentiment OF generosity that comes up TO
your relief and with the intensity you feel
that sentiment, in that proportion will yon
appreciate the importance of your respond
ing promptly. If were called upon for an
argument 10 sustain the establishment of
this institution-I will not even confine il to
this instimtion--if | were called upon 10
give an argument in support OF any great
system Of education that proposes TO extend
primary instruction 10 the whites as well rs TO
the blacks, should say that the great and
the leading thought rests on this view of the
subject, that just in proportion a. we educate
the human intellect develop the human
character, awaken the intelligence and the
virtue of the people, just in that proportion
will the result of that labor, whatever IL may
be, inure to their own and 20 the public good.
Surprising we take the colored race that have
Just emerged from bondage. In the past
they have been the industrial classes of the
South They have performed more extern
sively on the farm its labors. but have they
been employed in the Workshop That la
Dor has never been directed by the intelli-
gence Of the workman. IL does not seem 70
have entered into the economy of the institu-
ton Of slavery, which was one Of its great
defects, but il was alldefective-it seems not
to have entered into theeconomy of that m
stitution II the slave in the application Of his
labor would produce largely FOR his master,
that that labor should have been directed by
the intelligence Of the slave. That has not
been the case in the past, but then the argu-
ment now comes home 10 us, you have not
been educated-yon have had no means Of
kat1sr .,As,~-f.A .3...
do is this, that as in all human pro-
liability you are 20 remain the indus
trial class in the South through long wears
TO come, in order to make your labor avail
able in the highest degree TO the society in
which you may live, il is proposed that tina,
labor shall be directed by intelligence and
virtue. Do you comprehend thatp You
take man who is an ignorant man--and
ignorance becomes vice--yon take a man
who Is ignorant and vicious, and you place
beside him an intelligent and virtnous man,
now, which Of the two wonld You employ ?
IL you had piece Of work that had 10 be
accomplished in proper manner, and YOU
desired that there should be economy in the
appropriation Of the labor, which Of the two
would YOU employp You NAV answer tina,
in your own mind. Now / apprehend what
is the object OF this institution. Ii is 20 give
YOU intelligence, II is 10 cultivate yonr in.
tellects that, a. general thing, have no,
been before cultivated. tits TO develop your
character, intellectually and morally, ard a
further object Is, that, as YOU may be called
out into the various employments OF life
whether your labors are 70 be appreciated
for your own OF another's Observation-Disclosures
you may be engaged in culiivating your
own farm or employed by another TO cul.
tiyate his farm is tia, that shall be
appropriated 20 accomplish the highest
results. There can be no greater truth
than that labor directed by intelligence
and virtue Is certain TO accomplish the