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The appearance Of letter In the Helena
Herald Of the 18th inst. signed BY "Justice,n =
the expulsion VI . colored boy
from the public school of Deer Lodge City,
hos given rise to considerable discussion and
comment, preponderstlng largely in favor
of the 10y. Your article Of the 23d inst.
may Re excepted, inasmuch - It belittles
the first effort made in our defense, signed
by "Justicc," and the decided approval of
the course taken BY The Board of Trustees,
ore good reasons for the exceptions, and to
be much regretted BY us. When our leaders
are In sympathy with oar foes 1t 10 indeed
. hard fight for our rights. . .. aa
While We do not desire that this shall be
construed - IN attempt to chss,iee, to
bring to task, or to offend any one, No De-
sire that the broad mistake made iu your
article Of the 23d inst, under the caption
Of " Who Shall be Educated ?" that serves
80 well ~ = bulwsrk TO shield from public
condemnation al concerned In the gross
outrage against defcnseless child, should
be corrected. Therein you say, ''undcr Sec.
u, the Deer Lodge Beard had but one
course to pursue, and under il every School
Board in Montana has done or would have
done the same as it did, and We do not
know that there IL child OF African descent
attending public school In Montana" In
using the words 1--WE do not know" leaves
that part open 10 mistake. but every person
reading II and not knowing 10 the contrary,
ie impressed with It a. fact. @''.
10 Virginia City. in January. 1871, nppN.
cation was made by the parents Of
two children, . boy and = girl. Of unmistsk-
able African descent for their admission
to the public school. It will be remembered
the political status 1T that has anything to
do with ~ of the Board was two Demo.
Gratis and ono Rcpublican-a,l genlle>
n$ Int
10 social position second to none in Mon.
tsna. These gentlemen understanding we'll
the fecSleness and fCl!y Of such law where
cOlored children arc ~ few in numbers, and
in view Of On already depleted schoo, fund
rendering \ separate school rs provided by
law An tmpoesibility, and also the presence
Of number Of cclo,ed taxpayers and citi.
zcns OF Gootl standing, having paid their
school assessments since 1854 up to the
present day, admitted the children without
hesitation or prevarication, and with what
result? When thoee two children were ad .
mtited there wss 4 regular attendance Of
one hundred scholars. oil white. Out of
the whole. but two parents saw fit 10 with.
draw their children. and they after . sober
reflection and IN absence Of only three or
four days, permitted their children tore,uru
to school, scarcely knowing Why they had
been kept away. With . fs,r wind and
every hand on board, the school Ut district
Ne ! sailed on - though there bad nat been
srjpple on the watera The same two chill.
dren, now residing is jefferson Valley, ars
admitted In the school Of that district. =.
The colorej people OF Boxemau City,
Gallatin county, who hsve children, ass
treated with the samc sense of humanity.
This terrible bugbear Of one or two children
breaking up school OF any Of one bund.
rcd scholars has ouillved i,s time. No such
ternblc calamity hes bsfallen The largely
mixed schools OF Chicago. Boston, Clrvs.
land and many other cities We could name,
but to the contrary, We orc told by zen.
tlemen who have visited ihess schools, that
they ore the finest In the world .. .~s-&
Ror thess ressoas, II none others, We can.
not sse Why the Board of Trustees OF Deer
Lodge City. If their hearts are In the right
plsce) could not have done different from
what they did. withheld their power to
crush the wesk, and saved the ueeiess hu ,
initiation Of one class Of their citizens to
The sggrandisement OF another, al to effect
the execution Of . rsst Of section Of the
law, contradictory, vascillat,nG, aad iocon-
preheusible, for In one part il makes the
usmbsr Of ten imperative for The es,aslish-
ment OF separate school. and # you read
little further on you viii see the abovs 10
keocked oil into slivess when II sayS-''Ani
. lees nuuber may he provided for BY the
Trustees In separate schools 10 any other
msauef;" pray tell % what Il meant BY
''aoy other mannerr' With IN already
stiuted school fund, and u the abeence OF
any appropriation for seramas schools, the
Law b untenabse and iuadequaie to the
emergency. To sssess, collect and expend
moneys from the blscks the same q the
whites for schoo, purposes, and then desy
one, only one, Of their eAildren . meagrs
bsasas for u under such nimsy pressxt, 3
% imposition that woald better ombellish
The paGss Of The history of the vlgilautes
Of ~ 3 than the schocs records Ut Mvn,ana
That the Legislature Il IT. next session viii
for one half hour, remembering The cause,
sss aside The psejudice Of the past and give
% law humane and progressive. one that
will do away with such unnecessary and
d,ssraceful proceedings u That which has
just occurred At Deer Lodge City. 10 the
pssyer Of N outraged 'n ople. Z. H.W.
VirKinis City. n. T. Aug. q. 44t
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