Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-04-08
WASHINGTON CITY, April 2, 1870.

WASHINGTON CITY, April Z, loIU'
Dear Journal :-rhe negroes of this city
turned out last evening to serenade the |
second Washington as a compliment for
his share in the passage of the Fifteenth |
John W. Forney beslavered
Ulysses with praise on behalf of his black
friends, and the great man responded with
the well known classical quotation of sun
accustomed as am to public speaking"
and thank ye," whereuPon he concluded,
and the hall rung with the applause OF the
delighted negroes. Such elOquence is
seldom listened to, and to cover the fus-
tration into which the President was
thrown by his great effort at oratory, the
band struck up John Browns body lies
Wondering in the grave, when the Presl-
dent recovered himself somewhat and tried
to look at ease and nnconcerned. Colfax
being called for smiled out his rejoicings,
ana to the tune Of E'Yankee Doodle" the
black clouds passed from out the portals
OF the White Eouse, leaving Ulysses, their
dear friend, to the solution OF how the
deuce he could have mentioned in his
message, on the Fifteenth Amendment,
that there are 10000 900 black voters, when
there are only 800, 900. Grants arithmetic
man must have been out the evening be-
| fore he gave the figures to him.
| Sumner was next visited, and among
other things said 1.-The discrimination in
our schools on account of color must be
abolished All schools must be open to
all without distinction of color"
Secretary Boutwell,, when he was visited
by the black serenading party, said she
desired the establishment Of a universal
system of education supported at the
public expense" Take these two remarks
and it is very easy to see what the next
Radical scheme is that is in store for U.s.
The public schools under the control OF a
party and the negroes to be mixed with
the white children. How does this suit
the poor man or those who send their
children to public schools, because they
are superior to private schools This
blow is struck at the poor man, for he
must avail himself of the advantages Of
fered by the public schools or deprive
his children Of an education, or
suffer the degradation Of having his
children associate with the negro. Are
we prepared for this ? It is to come, Gen.
Howard has advocated the idea some time
ago. There would be political power in
the scheme, and on that ground the Radl-
Gals will effect the change. Only the other
day bill came from the Committee on
Education and Labor, a new committee
made on purpose to further the above
= scheme, which protested to abolish the
. Freedmen's Bureau, while one section
really continued it, under the name of the
Educational Bureau" and gave discre
, tiOnary power to spend half q million dol
lars as they pleased. This infamous jot
was detected and exposed by Mr.. McNeely
OF Illinois.
The Senate finished the Ames case yes
terday by voting to admit him by vote
OF Az to Il, Messrk. Conkllng, Schurz
TrumbuII, Pratt, Carpenter and Edmunds,
Radicals, voting with the Democrats.
The debate on the admission Of Ames
has disclosed the fact that there is consid-
cradle Of a fghS going on between the
9 ''Malignants' under the lead OF Drake and
Morton, against the Judiciary committee
or rather against Messrs. TrUmbull Ed
: nunds, Conkling and Carpenter, Radicals
= and Judge Thurman, Democrat. Messrs
q Stewart and Rice affiliate with the malig
| nants. So it will be seen that the ables
3 of the Radical Senators are under the ban
of the rest. It is alleged on the score Of
they have been sighted in not being pm
on the committee, but the true reason
is though these Senators are Radicals
beyond question. They are lawyers, anC
have some little regard for their legal rep
r utation, and have on several occasions re
ported against the wish and designs of the
) extremists of their party when it was 6
: question of law SO plain that they coulc
not do otherwise; and again think there
is disposition to halt little in this race
s toward absorbing all power, and for these
reasons there has been a series of sneert
and sarcasms hurled against the commit
tee, which have been fully answered by
TRANQUIL, Carpenter, Edmunds and Thur
man. The latter being q Democrat could
afford to give the malignants good natured
and humorous thrust as TO their action IL
regard to the Judiciary Committee. The
= Radical members are sore. and their feel
l ings were plainly shown in the bitterness!
| of their remarks. The most ungentle-
7 manly and undignifed action towards the
: committee was On the part of Senator
4 Sherman, who moved to take the Texas
4 bill out Of the hands of the Judiciary
, Committee before il was acted on, which
> was done and the Dill passed. So grea
was the indignation of the chairman Of
: the committee, Mr.. Trumbull, that, aside
, from whitening protest, he did not de
, bate or vote on the bill. These strawi
3 show that there is breeze springing up
3 To what will it lead ?
, The debate on the tariff bill was CLOSED
yesterday By General Garfield, who made
r the 10th speech on that question. Those
r members Of Congress who are opposed tx
} the policy of protection exposed the work
? ings Of the monopoIsts, tore their argu
e ments to ribbons and proved that the,
r we're fraud and a robbery On the othe
g sections Of the country. General Morgan
g of Ohio, made a statement in his abb,
speech which is d conclusive commentar,
9 on the patriotism, honesty and unselfish
= ness of the righteous Yankees. he sai(
9 "That during the late rebellion Will
8 Massachusetts, furnished 1877 regiment
I less than New York, she was paid for tn