New-York daily tribune., 1866-04-09
TEXAS CONVENTION.
Infamous Proccedinas-The Enormous
School Fund Of Texas 20 20 Forever
Used for tho Educn'isa Of White Chit
dreu-C Coisred Children not 60 be Ed
ucsted at che Expense Of the state
Hostility 70 the Norsh-Aadress 20 Pros.
fdrnt Johnson.
special Correspondence Of Tho n. Y. Tribune.
fdrnt Johnson.

Special Correspondence Of Tho n. Y. Tribune.
AUsTs. March 10. 1895.
To-day tho Texas Convention sealed the doom
OF the State by the passage OF act which. for bar
bory has parallel in the history cf civilized egisa'
ton The Texas Common School Fund is larger thi
any other State the whole amsunt at present being
b. q s92 s6 and University fund OF $50. 6s7 o. Be
side this each county In the State is entitled BY law to
tour leagues Of land equal to l772 acres for school
purposes while l62. ls3 acres were also appropriated
for universities.
None OF this enormous fund has yet been used for
school purposes n no educational system has ever
been organized and to day the Convention. AFTER ma
ture deiberation and nee discussion adopted the fol-
lowing sections Ia the Educational BILL as reported by
the Committee having the subject 10 charge;
$50 general diffusion OF knowledEs being essential to
the preservation the rshl. and liberties Of tho p~opl-, it
shs be tho duty Of tho Legislature Of hi. State to make
ube provisions for tho support and maintenance oil p"oc
schools.
src Tho Legislature .hs as early practicable, e.sb
.h system Of free schools throughout the state and as
ba. 6 the endow men, and support Of said system ell the
prstod may hereafter b. sst apart and aPpropn
sed the support aud main Of public schools shall
Constitute the pub c fund sao fund and in
derived thee:iom shall BE- perpetual fund exclusive
~ the educa OF all the white scholastic Inhabitants o
ibis State AID las shall be made appopta,us said
fund TO any other use OF purpose whsirv-r
Various proportions were made to amend this sec
ton but tbe Secession majority IN every Instance
either laid them upon the table rcjeoted them. The
proposition strike ou, the word white" was voted
down by GO yeas 20 NAYS
THIS section. Infamous as II is was not considered
enungh and therefore the following WAS adopted;
SIC T. The Legislature may provide for the ryyins OF
tax educational purposes Provided the tuIr, levied sh
be dn nbu,ed year year the may be collected
and PROVIDED that all the arising irom said tax which
may eced from Aioons p-rsons o African d-scen
sha b. eIcgsyry Appropriated for the uanen nee Of sy
TEN Of public schools ioT Africans and their ehdreh and
shall the duty the Legislature to encourage schools among
the.e people
Among the propositions to amend this section. was
one BY Mr. Roberts president OF the Secession Con-
fha ayia attn IN fuY
race " thOut King the other or mpy impose differ.
ent rate of taxation upon the two races aS the puoc
interest may require.
Upon former occasion Mr. Roberts expressed him.
self against education in general and proclaimed the
educa ational system OF New England. magnificent
faiure." but to-day he appeared to have some new
ideas He warned the Convention that unless some
thing was done for the education OF the oolo I'd emil
dren we should see trouble. When this ordinance was
read at the North it would excite the Indignation OF
the people aud before we knew IT, the country would
be oyerrun with Yankee men and women. who. under
prctence Of teaching the niRgers. would poison their
minds and thus the seeds OF disafiection. " Let
them come-we'l take Of them and other similar
expressions were heard from several membersl. The
Speakers warning did not alarm the House and his
amendment was voted down, and then an old Union
member offered the following:
PROVIDED hs ali sun. collected ffom Afican, shall be col
eced by aud collector. OF African descent, TO be
elected appointed the Legislature may provide for
In defense Of this amendment 1t was urged that mas.
much 1t seemed TO be settled that the negro educa
tional system was TO be selfsusaining there was
good reason why the coored men should not collect
toeir ow funds II they did they would have larger
sum- and II the funds stolen they would have the
benefit OF the steangs instead Of being robbed usual
by white men.
This amendment was laid upon the table by % Yeas
TO 10 Nays
No better illustration OF the feeling not only OF the
Convention bu, OF the people generally toward the
coored race be given than this act Of barbarity
and injustice; and when IL is submitted TO the people
for their approval rejection. you will see 1t adopted
by large majority.
AN ACT HOSTILE TO THE NORTH.
According to the old Constitution. a citizen who had
resided in the State for two years eligible To seat
in the legislature; but this Convention has provided
that no person shall be Representative or Senator
unless he be rhs citizen OF the United States and
resident the last years next preceding his election
The Union men struggled hard against the adoption
Of this ordinance but failed They charged the major
ity with design to keep Northern men and Northern
principles out of the Legislatures and one OF them had
tho honesty 10 acknowledge IT, and to say that We had
had enough OF Northern Interference AZ"
adoption of this ordinance W
In Southern hands Tor some u
Fail not to lay tho whole
struciion Committee OF Cong
proper estimate Of the loyalty
iority Of the Convention and
pretend to fanny represent.
A committee OF nine has BET
address TO the President ofth,
jority OF them are uncompI
Rnnnes being among them.
his Excelency of their gresta
his policy and tender their
Radicals-of their unbounded
that In fixing the status OF the
by Justice. Humanity. and l.
now no further for United
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