The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-06-20
rac Negro Cadlets-Thcir Reception
nj west Posnt-The Charges Oh NAL.
s~onsu,eu4 Reiterated.
Correspondence OF tho New York Sun.

Correspondence OF tfsa New YORK s"".
WEST po,Nr, juno 16.-Thc coiorcd CO,
diets arc the absorbing topic of military ama
West Point circles. There Is great uheas'-
mass to learn tho exact status Of the two
g boys of destiny" Michael Howard, Of
N;sSissippi. and james w. Smith, of South
Carolina, The two boys have passed tho
nhysieal examination, and are drilling,
,ness;nr. and sleeping members Of the Ca
dot Corps. Colonel Boynton says the eX-
centiou taken to young Smiths eyes Is 4
common exception, dozens Of white boys
being probated in the same manner annu-
ally. o,
Correspondent: Do they generally get
through when probated! ,
Colonel Boynton l hafaly ever hmeM
one to fail. The boys are here, and from
the professors they shall have justice. The
cihor cadets dislike it, but they cannot
change it. The examinations are 10 be
written out and the examining sheets num-
hered and not named. The judges OF each
l.oy's paper must be impartial. or they do
not know who answers the questions, c%-
cept BY number. Such numbcr-Say ~
or 2:,:is rejected. and the cadet stands or
f;ilss with the number.
CADET PROSECUTIONS.
Concerning the words of Burning insult
hcapcd upon these colored boys by the
white cadets, | must tell the truth ana let
the responsibility fall where it must. haI"
heard white cadets (of the Older classes say
TO these boys while on drill most hehdIrii
tb;mcs 4 cu.lct who graduated two days
AGO said in my hearing, and While the co.
Iored cadets were on drill, You ID
nireers. WHY don't you get away from
here - "You speekied cuss, you look
like n dead nj ggcr." "Look at the
.N-r' wen put the id black
rascals i'm the river" etc. These are COM
mon epithets, and they are Said Directly 10
The face Of the colored cadets. Burning
with Indignation, l said to graduating ca
ief TINS swearing, "Hush don't say these
things right to the poor boys; don't speak
so loud, The answer was i'll a louder
voice, -. want these sinking black r;tScaiS
10 hear me, And then get away from here"
Az this the lighter Of the coiored cadets
showed o
SUPPRESSED EMOTION.
hut stood like John IIuss ut the stake. 1t
wnuld not do to strike down his aSsaultcr.
He could not break the ranks. Then, if one
Of these cadets should challenge every cadet
who calls him to his face cd black-heart-
cd niger b." they would have to fight
two-thlds of the academy. Not the pro-
resSors, for they arc rs truly gentlemen us
they are good officers. Not one spoken
~
IL they have any internal burnings they
stoicaiiy suppress any outward expression.
will say here it is Ill bosh about the ca
diets treating these colored boys kindly.
The indi.niiics they heap upon them would
he unbearablc to any white boy Of spirit.
Hundreds of times a day they are publicly
called names to their faces so mean that
blush to think of them. | dare not write
them. As they passed out from these III
suIting remarks Yesterday followed them
to their rooms. They showed no resent
ment. Theirs was Christian resignation.
owe expect it and we shall try and stand
IT," said Cadet Smith; but 1t was not so
at the Hartford High School. There was
chosen orator, with
THE NEXT HIGHEST HONOR,
but here they pick on us. and insult us In
the meanest way" Here he showed me 4
catalogue of the Hartford High School, and
there stood the name of James w. Smith rs
he graduated with the next highest honor.