Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-06-27
CORRESPONDENCE.

I'D fsopis--porf r o nde ~Se FeIstinF r
Ahs i4licnittesIat Georgetosn. NAE
The following |clter was yiiAcn by NJ
Kimb President of,{ho Assqfdafion, at t llc
requesto Of the E1ecutiy@ ComlAittee. y
y W NCLXfMoNT; DEL, May 10, 1867
GOVERNOR SAuIsBuRy;-
Ibeg TO inclose you three letters, two from
Mary Y. Douglass, young colored teacher
we have. sent I'd Laurel TO open q school
there, and ono ffoui Estcllina johnson from
Georgetown, also acolored teacher, grad
uate Of the Philadelphia Colored Institute,
which report to us outrages in Laurel and
Georgetown, committed on our teachers.
You will see from the tenor of these notes,
that they are inoiiensive, civil and worthy
Young women--boths members of Christian
churches, and have been taught by their
creed, as well us by our instructions, TO bear
injury, and not resent insult. We feel assl-
red Governor, that you willtake some meas
urcs to search out the guilty parties and pun.
ish them, so as to prevent recurrence OF
these outrages. In the pleasant interview ]
had with you at Dover, you requested me to
inform YOU of any such occurrences and pro-
missed that we should have the protection Of
the civil authorities and have so informed
our Board, and requested that no steps be
taken elsewhere till Ilay tho case before you.
We have gone on quietly and with sin
gle purpose in view, the education and ele-
walton of these poor people, and have thir-
teen schools in operation. We expect to
open seven more in the autumn. Surely nc
one Of right feeling can obstruct us In O
work like this. 4 20 itfl
A,I, ;,,,r IN, tbar I ta
main, Governor,
sd' Very respectfully, yours, .Ae
-,f 4 4-i. d. THos. KINDER, JR
On May 80, another letter was sent, in
forming the Governor that the teacher had
been driven from Georgetown by mob
and requesting him to execute the laws, and
to guarantee peace and security in the ex
ercise of rights. The following is the Off
cial reply; BIZ. aaf
STATE OF DELAWARE,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
Dover, JUNE 10, 1867.
THOMAS KINDER, JR.-- t'9 +
ns6litf i.4 iii Dear Sir :---Yom
iavors of the 18th and 30th ult.; addressed
to His .Excellency, the Governor of the
State, with several letters enclosed, in rcla
ton TO certain alleged outrages on the teach.
ers of Negro Schools in this State, have
been received. The delay in answering ha.
been occasioned by the earnest cndcavors o.
the Executive to ascertain all the crcum
stances connected with the different disturb
ances mentioned by you. The Governor
has at last concluded TO place the matter il
the hands of the Attorney General, and thii
day, by his directions, have made copies
of the several letters, transmitted by you
and forwarded them to that officer with thu
request TO see that the laws of the State il
this respect be faithfully executed. s
et have the honor to be III
Very respectfully yours,
GUSTS W. WRIGHT,
i-Yl .9 Secretary Of State.
From this we have every reason to belicv,
that Governor Salisbury is ready to do al
in bis power to preserve the public peace
and to prevent any further difficulties; ans
it is believed and sincerely hoped that ther,
will be no further obstacle, on the part o
any citizen, to the work Of colored educa
ton which has already progressed so salts
factorily and successfully. S.=