Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-05-06
Respectfully.
+. VI. BARNES
We give below the protest, and the item
from the Macon paper
\ PROTEST

MACON. ia hdTcu ~ l0Oc-
The undersigned having been politely in
vited by Mr.. Rockwell, the head of the
colored schools in Macon. to attend the
dedicatory exercises Of the Lewis High School
on the afternoon Of the Doth inst, and
feeling deep interest in the welfare Of our
colored population. repaired To the new
chapel at tue appointed time, and were
invited to occupy scats on the platform. In
a short time one Wier, fr IN Atlanta. who
claims to be the Superintendent of Education
in Georgia was introduced as the orator of
the occasion, and from the high and respon-
sible position he holds, we We're almost
prepared to expect a . flow Of reason and
feast of soul" But contrary TO every prin-
ciple OF propriety and good taste, he
introduced his speech with a bitter TRADE
against the South. His whole introduction
was nothing but low appeal TO the vulgar
preiudccs of the crowd
But to add insult to injury, he had the
moral hardih0Od to state that the Gospel had
never been preached till Northern preachers
came down and taught them the true way OF
/ life Whereupon we instantly rose and,
with a feeling of Indignation. left the hall.
/ We believed this would be the only prop
I er protest we could then and there enter
against the gross slander which the speaker
had cast upon the character of the Southern
clergy In behalf of all our brethren Of
every denomination. from the Potomac to the
Rio Grandc, we pronounce the above state
ment false as the philanthropy of Northern
negrophilists
God pity us when we have 70 depend upon
New England for religious instruction, a
section Of the country which has made the
pulpit powerful political engine, ,and which
for half century has been the hot bed of
every heresy in religion which has cursed
this land We are now fully persuaded that
there can never exist any true peace and
harmony between the two races so long as
the political preachers and pseudo philan-
thropi>ts of the North have control of the
educational and religious interests Of the
freedmen.
Our people cannot cooperate with this
class of teachers in carrying forward this
important work. Our views are SO essen
{ italy different from theirs that united
movement on the subject is simply impossi-
ble They must educate this class of the
community in their way, or we must do 1t IN
ours.
I We have only to say, in conclusion, that
if the heads of the African schools in Macon
wish Christian gentlemen to be present at
their public exercises they must engage none
but Christian gentlemen to deliver addresses
on such occasions.
Z. W. WARREN.
Pastor Baptist Church.
DAVID WILL,
Pastor Presbyterian Church
A ScURvy SEr.-The editorial fraternity,
and a number of leading citizens. including
the clergy, were invited by one Rockwell to
attend the dedication Of the new colored
school, in New street, which took place
Yesterday Having little use for Yankee
negro schools, as one lesson from the book
is usually given with two on Radical politics
| and hatred of the white race South, we
declined to attend. A number of gentlemen
however, t, king the courtesy in good ialth
and as coming from a gentleman, appear