Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-05-20
TIE U\IrE&S!TT MESSAGE

~ l'SI5oII Ill Tue Sldtej even II NIT
to enter 4 college could understal
y it. Through the glimmering verl
age of parts ofthiS message We fiji
however, that Gov. Alcorn propose
as q requital for the wrong inaictt
ION the negro race, by their n,
having been participants in tn
benefits Of the University Fund,
/, build and endow a school like tn:
) Of Oxford for their benefit. Th
negro must have everything tn
whites have, if they don't get
University they will call their com
mon schools by that names, TIL,
darkics are great imitators of tn,
whites, mentally and physically, ,
negreSs no matter how kinky hcl
hair may be, will wear the chignon
and even adorn herself with flowing
c0rls' OF course they aspire to the
same education as that of the eau.
casian, though as Il general rule a
negro cannot be educated beyond n
certain point, and there he stops.
There are exceptions of course AS
there are to all general rules. We
believe Il negro university unless
adapted to the inferior capacity of
the race will be u failure with the
standard of scholarship assumed by
such institutions, the professors
would out-numbnr the students. We
believe in educating the negro, to
the very extent Of his capacity, but
we DO not believe in caioling him
With the idea OLA University, when
the necessity does not exist for its
establishment, and never will, only
on a small scale.
Gov. AIcorn gives us some infor-
nation in regard to the University
as it has come down to lis
filtered through several State ad,
illustrations, how it was manipula-
ed under Democratic rule, some OF
~embezzled, much oft lost through
he Insolvency Of its debtors. The
Of the State are aware that
he basis OF the fund was thirty-six
ectlons OF land granted by Congress
n 1919 tor the endowment ola State
This property was
old by the State for notes payable
II lnsta!Iments. In 1871 according
o the report of Auditor Sanders, ,
fund made the following ex-
ibit: ,
Uncollectcd, 16S,5lS {
Planters Bank Stock, 1885, ,
Planters Bank of Natchez, 1889 :
In the Treasury, 1643Q
Assuming this report of Sanders i
a basis, Gov. A. states that the i
Indebtedness of the State to the c
cminary Fund, amounts in round |
nmbers to S650,000. This is the q
md with which he proposes to t
'und Il negro University. Gov. T
lcorn admits that at present the "
are not fur enough advanced b
+ the establishment of this Uni
'rsity, only that preparations be
ade for it, by appropriating $50 -
70 for Il high school Immediately, +
order to fit them for the coming Il
University. c
The close of the Governors mes o
&c is somewhat remarkable, so we :,
We it in his own words n
~
"ln ~discharging the duty of JUS II
c recommended in this message fl
r a second time to your consider. b
ion, | may observe that there is OF
reason why we should set apart 7
9 new University formally for tc
ople of color. Our understanding m
tho popular feeling that has been HI
ncll'atcd IN our action on separate W
loofs, will be sufficient to rive Y,
culiarlty to the Southern Univer- ~
y, AS it docs by common consent al
the Northern University. No cN
al barriers erected unnecessarily az
either case, we may allow dis Cd
ctlons OF race to run their course pl
their character of social sonti- in
'nts, and thus permit an honora- in
rivalry in intellectual acquire sl
ntS, to grow up amongst the two til
$ OF our population, with free pc
y tor Its operation in ntoderatine he
their forces of rcpulsion which M
y be held to originate in preiu er
G rather than in fact" for
rs a Statistician, Gov .Alcorn is OF
ID and dry enough to delight a pr
or of facts and figures, but when on
speeulates and theories, he leads be
through a labyrinth of vcrbiage. rel
think the opening of this negro ce'
lversity question is simply a "
co OF de!magoguciam, catering to
negro ideas Of equality, and pa
Coy. Alcorn In his next mes ol
9 will enlighten us with his Te
Oh Darwinism. ha
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