The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-26
S7.FRANCN}lLLD LOUISIANA, FRIDAY, APRIL ?6, 1872.


the history Of our parish for tho last
four years is certainly against his al
legation.
In June 1868, the Peabody Schools
were established here, there were
truly no Public State School. In
1SGo--7o, trustees were appointed by
MIR. Conway, to established Public
Schools. Tho trustees of the Pea
body Schools, personally conferred
with the influential members of the
Conway board, requesting the small
pittance Of on1yNny cents per month,
for those who were in absolute at
tendance at the Peabody Schools, or
a pro-ratio of the Public School Tax.
These propositions were met by posi-
tive refusals-saying that the law
was SO cery in,perutirc that all per-
sons wishing to avail themselves of
the benefit of the State School Fund,
MUST send their children to such
schools only as were established by
the Superintendents Directors, with
out reference to lace, color or condi-
tion."
Thus matters remained, until the
approaching issues Of an important
National and State Election began
to develop itself, then, after three
years of supine inaction, the rever-
end Superintendent Conway, being
politically moved, made a desperate
effort to establish Schools-not IL
respective Of race, color, &C." Oh, no,
that game was out, new dodge had
to be made. We hear no more of
mixed schools" but separate
schools" was the air, on the harp
of thousand strings" ah was the
old original law repealed ? has it
been repealed ? is not the law are
<pect;re Of race, color, Gc., unrcpealed
and on the statute books to-day p
or, is there o hidden private act, of
the Legislature giving the reverend
Conway power to make laws to suit
himself, just as he desired to put his
filthy hands on tho noble donation
Of the generous stranger, to tilclr the
last penny from the "poor white
children" that the stranger" who,
when in his old age, standing On the
verge of eternity, in lis last gcner-
ous act, donated his remaining for
tune to the poor white children OF
Louisiana" Now, forsooth, when
this last batch Of Conway's Directors
are appealed to for the same pit
tance, as demanded Of their glorious
predecessors Cj they look hoGriiied
and demand the Peabody money
give us share of the Peabody
Funds, and come into our organiza-
ton" Such ossl'1e ignorance, Of tho
Directors of Public Education, be.
trays either lack Of intelligence OF
a lust for power.
Their establishment of sfpc1a''
schools" is in fact q 'indicatlon Of thu
policy Of Rev. Dr.. Ea'mas Sears. Bu'
the miserable pretext, that we re'
ceive one thousand dollars per an
mum, from the P. E. Fund, that we
should have no lot OF parcel OF tho
taxes that are wrung out Of us, tt
further the cause of education, this
is one of the most despicable argu
:; ments that can be used. II a MAI
get legacy from a dying friend
must he be debared from entering
any ligimate business simply because
he has been the fortunate reciplen
, of the good will Of a friend p? sucl
+ then would be our case. Simply
!, that fre teachers ,eccire, besides thel
monthly subscriptions the eao'mou
i. san, OF about one thousand dollars pc
annum. Any further reference t.
, the mis-called Superintendent Q
Public Education, Or his allegations
which we do unhesitatingly pro
! nounce as malicious and false, and
+ would not now have merited a mo
ments thought, had not his venom
! ous slime been directed to one s.
i honored and trusted and ire
# proacllable in character as the ven