The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-09-03
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..s1rpI.,,esy,AY .sEpTEMBER 9. 1874 1874
,Fne Civil Rights Bib. !

The Clvu@kSl&n 5nl. sssf
phe following article from !. he sas.oaa'
gra,al, d periodical published in eincin-
,,aii, is Impressive as coming from an intei''
sea. northern editor:
Whatever their motives, the hicnd5 OF u w
rights came near placing themselves on ..r ~ IN
eaem,ss OF sdass9 n. IN .s sf The massage Of the
csyfl-r1ghss bill would have nlppf" ~ nfheri,
prrseps educational growth OF ai ny has 81
sssS pae Ias fai Ga like severe frost upon
:ais lender plant, the hghttsg M /, sif moi
some places i WI rer r,ain stsors could SIT in
oar chair aud iiaten TO ths astu ma frssnds
aud 1espair which come 10 us iIo, M ,nn,S not
OF education throughout tue saaa an t,a the i,rhs
Of which can be decided tot isou, aeVio'ae'' o''
from practical considerations alone. onv
- we ave not n sou heraer. nor GO we enttIla ans
.ss so,ions seeulisr To the Seu b. yet we are an
4mesicsn, 9nh sympa;hize win ess5y ei'1t ld ~.
1sr i.rsd n gard ess or his claim or ciams. Ea
cs.,e,, is inaI work II is the cement that
mus. sind again the ncoherent Uasneals,.S "a, oa
country. ii H. the common gonpd Mi@tns our
al, however diverse our i1terest, or olhsrebt gu.
srtineris Gao ANA must stand. II must pe tne ndss
consideration with the true patriot and inc hosf Az
legislator. Set the educational systems OF ,ue vi.
ferep. States ihIo good working OF der anu tue Pa
juices OF ignorance. the spiies OF oigon, a ,re
arrogance Of weaiihy prosperity Tl ,,ti and ir-
work which the short cuts OF one stded esisIla
caiion win make friendship. when psriy teel She
zion win trovoke Ihe most undyng iattec; ne
., our body polite bu, prevent its cure py takn y
avs i.s only remedy-educatfon. True patriotism
uSusi reJo,ce a, the failure Of Us passage. -
The views of this editor concerning the
effect Of the passage of acivil-riehss bill are
entirely correct as far as they go. However
the effects of that bil, should it become
law, are but partially foreseen by this loera'
eiito-. They will be worse than ne can lm-
asine.
the speculatiops Of the writer relating to
the effects of education upon the polIicai
condition Of the country, will, we think,
neyer be realized. Intelligent people under
the good government of Homogeneous con-
sti:uency will be properly behaved snd happy,
But education cannot obliterate the evils OF
amoItled population and body polite de-
ter,orated and diseased BY mixture OF races
OF ineradicable peculiarities and disagreelng
and incompatible natures. So, always ad-
uniting the benefits OF proper knowledge,
we cannot be SO uDphilosophical as to say
ina. education can eradicate peculiarities OF
ee established by the great Author Of Ma
Dare. II is our duly to educate our own
caiidren-it is also our duty to educate as
wellas We can the negro. That duty dis
casIged. there it ends. II it does not do all
II our Cincinnati editor anticipates it is
i our fault. That it will not do what he
anticipates we are firmly convinced. But
t!ne will pronounce more positive and In
dispu.abie judgment.
Until that judgment is recognized as set
ting the question, we heartily concur With
our Cincinnati friend that the South should
be free from all interference in this matter.
Since the white pe ople pay nearly the entire
cost of education, it is proper that they
should be lett 10 govern the system of edu-
cation. To attempt to force them to mix
the races in The schools would be an outrage
OF the sasest and grossest character. III
would be the most signal act OF injustice, and,
perpe,raled by whites upon whites, would
iuyolve. in addition to the absence Of both
practical wisdom and justice, trcaehery Of
race and contempt for the DEGREES of Hea-
ven that would have no precedent in the
history of the world. The act of throwing
the christians to wild beasts to be deyoured
was humane compared with this. When
the few christians were devoured there was
an end OF it. The blood of the martyrs was
the seed of the Church; but the deprivation
OF both races by their fatal mixture in the
schools would be the destruction Of the
moral instincts that lead to the elevation of
mind by the virtues and the great actions
which exalt mankind in the eyes of the
world, and, we have always been taught to
believe, bring man nearer to Heaven itself.
The nation will yet learn the Importance
OF respecting the will of the Great Arbiter
OF Inc iates of all, and it will find that it cam
10, defy His DEGREES and cannot treat win
contempt the natural inspirations which are
Unused through society BY His laws.