The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-01-29
A. ryoo-,s Educational Scheme.

Mr.. Hoar.s Educational Scheme.
The House Of Representatives was engaged
during several days last week In the eohsia-
Grafton Of the bill of Mr.. HoAR, OF Massa-
chusctts, providing for the establishment OF Il
system Of con,mon-school education, to be
under the control and paid for out OF the
r,,nds of the Federal Government. The
present plan is to devote to this object the
proceeds of the sale of the public lands. Inc
ultimate result. 40 far as the South Is con-
cerned, would be the destruction OF tn'
existing commoli-school system, and the eau
cation of negroes only ut the expense OF 'he
Federal Government. This result IS clcari!
forcsecn by the Democrats In Congress, ana
they will Use every excrtion to prevent us
accomplishment. Why should the p''sas'
Of such law destroy the present common
school system Of the South! FOR inc s''ni",
reason that the fanaticism OF the h'ole'''
rortv will allow no opportunity to pass Tor
Notifying the pride Of race OF the White poo
ple of the South; and therefore the tempta-
lion to compel all the schools which might
receive aid from the Government to educate
both white and black pupils will be so great
that the Radicals cannot resist it. Indeed, 1t IS
60 important to them to keep upon gooo
terms with the negroes that they would
hardly dare to appropriate funds to purposes
of education without making it the duty OF
AL officers and teachers bcncfitinS thereby to
receive whites and blacks into their schools
upon the same terms. West Point, once inc
pride Of the nation, is now negro schooi ;
and inaslnuch rs negroes are adlnlttco 10 tS
classic walls, he must be hard to convince
who can suppose that they would not DC
forced into every school over which the i coe-
raj Government might have control, or TO
the s,pport of which it might contributes
Knowing these facts, we we're surprised taa'
nav man in the Virginia Legislature should
wish to ask Congress to aid this State IN the
Improvement and maintenance of her COM
Imon-school system.
l, is of course useless to tell the men VINO
compose the Radical party in Congress-or
on; of it, for that matter-tllat that BODY has
no right to pass such law as Mr.. HoAR's BIZ!
proposes, or to rculind them that the pubic
lands are already soIemnly pledged for the
payment of the public debt. Such eonSdera'
tons have no weight with them. They laugh
10 scorn all strict constructionists. Ihey
quote the Declaration of independence a
proof that their ideas are right, or, declaring
that the Government stands an loco parents,
they claim that it may do whatever it may
consider necessary for tue general welfare"
With such people, it behoovcs Virginia
statesmen to have as little dealing as possible.
Our representatives in Congress cannot but
know that if HoAR's bill shall pass 1t VIII be
but the entering wedge. We Shall next nave
laws compelling all white parents to sena
their children to school with negroes. Then
Il law providing that none but loyal school
looks shall be used. The University series
would never be heard Of afterwards i'll any
public school. The Yankee schoomarm
would take possession of the South, and the
Yankee twang prevail from the Susquehanna
70 the Rio Grande. "Na-tional spelling
books and loyal primers and republican
ALIASES would be seen in every southern
stiool-housc. Troubles would come iii bat
t:.ii1as /; for it drcquirea standing army |
III each State to force the whites 10 send their |
children to negro schools, and then it
couldn't be done.
In word, Mr.. HoAR's bill is nothing more |
nJr less than SUMMERS bill so far as the
schools arc concerned. SUMNER would storm
the fort at once. lie would beat down all
opposition by brute force. IIoAR, more DAN
;;crolis. would take the fort by gradual sp-
proaches. lie would avoid a battle. He
would buy his way into the citadel. We
hope that no Conservative in Congress will
lend helping hand i'll this villainous work.