The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1868-04-18

The in"" ing account OF Eol"iei Orphan
school established IN Bnltjmplc' i, lo!,rn iron,
an article l,y Rev i. H. JOHNSON II Washing.
| ton Pa who j, It stnuin) Presbyterian. II
draw Il ycly vivid picture OF the spirit Of TIN,
Comprehend rebel toward the negro.
have just returned from paving visit 10 al,
Asylum and School for Iulu!cd Orphans i'll this
city. which is doubtlt", doing much good in
the cansc for which it is established and carried
on. 1t might be interesting, had we time. To
tell Of the start of the institution and the severe
cXeriion that was necessary to get il in opera
inn. Suffice it j. to say that il Is the result Of
The benevolent ct,oriS of some ladies', who feel
ing hat t!e race needs TO be taken care al, and
lut the whites owe them cultivation, educa-
lion and advancement, have labolcd hard and
with unrrnli'ting c"nsancy ut the seemingly
tlnpromlsing work. To plant an institution III
baltimore for the education Of negroes, is like
irving 10 grow oranges in Iceland. The moral
atmosphere Of the city is rs mltricndly to the
one ~ the climate Of the Norhland is to the
other. People feel they are d'graced when any
thing is done which looks like II recognition Of
the essential manhood and ordinary capacity of
the blacks, and imagine themselves sinking md
suffering as they rise and improve. When This
institution was being located, the hO"i.it? of it
}cpuls"d il llon nearly every n"ghhorhCod, and
It was unl, after long effort and skiul nlaiaIr-
mrut house could l,c got in which to start it,
Rrcrnty II building was secured for n school ii
\ sovN ha! similar character in Il locality where
rebellion j. still n!anite9, aud it created infinite
alui1n End disgust among the ladies. They felt
themselves terribly lowered by the presence in
their square ola school tnI negroes, Their
whole unghbolhoud was about to he ruined -!
Dcsoiation was ah0lt 10 stalk into their n.idsi
and I, blight to come OH thcir unfortunate plemi-
SOC. Had some cruel angel come and hung
Grape on every dooi-knoh and shutter, il would
not have created such Indignant consicrna,on
4 set OF men cnucoci.I,s ,la@ncS and cpdomiCs
in lhcf nid~l would have been innocent in
,hcir eyes compared with these persons wIn
we're about 10 elevate he .ihhvlr'l nrGircS pre-
patc them len usefulness in dis life and happi
ness IN She world to come. II i wrong 10 hIt-
bor ur practise any muio", hnt il is enjoyment
to So" Thee dillcJunlc rebels compelled tori'lme
what they clnnui help We would not rejoice
in the Starvation ard misery that a!tiiriS lh"sr
who li,kpd their all in The hat" iur S"uthcn
Independence, but il affords good dead of
Christian .ra;icatiun to find The ds@us.cd
Lovers ii thc lost cnil>c outraged Ivy the urheyo-
/ lent work III teaching and oH,LiIin. EeGIer.,
| Tic arcomplj he'd teacher al the school is Ms
! stevens, from SuHC place III New E.ngiAui.-
! How much the world owes New England ii
gve~ u ouT poets, historians, artists, teucll"ls
| and cultivated ntru Of oil descriptions, and has
| furnished the I ui'ed state, with some oi the
beat specimens ~" vpnluhpri lrat can he turnd
| in tho world. / here nIe thousand ut richly
! dressed and nisluctMu' ild"- IN this city who
| would scoin TO notice Miss Stevens h"cnIlsc Of
| her lahrl in the cguse pt the poor and icuniaut
! blacks, but in the eye, al Christ she !, ah,I"lne
mud queen, white dizzy ato only regarded a cum
bcrpr, of the ground. The tine viii con-" in
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