The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-09-04
A SEPARATED SCHOOL SYSTEM

that entire section in which q negro
school could not be supported. And
north the negroes have generally |
gathered together in settlements, 80
that their separate schools could be
maintained by the liberal assistance
which may be extended to them. It
thus appears that the negro race is
perhaps as well located to receive
the benefit Of separate schools as the
white race 50 widely scattered over
States and Territories, and beyond
the mountains and rivers Of the for
West. They are in situation, there
fore, to be educated as a race intheir
own schools, and then to send forth
teachers to enlighten their remote
and scattered people as the white
race does. This course can be pur-
sued with blessings to all and injury
to none, while the adoption OF the civil
rights bill will break down the com
mon schools of most Of the Southern
States, drive the white children from
them in others, and work the same
results in many parts of the North.
The rich man can and will send his
children to private schools, or hire
teachers at home, while the poor
must educate their children at the
public schools with the blacks or not
at all. Senator Morton INDUCED in
the following sneer:
"The old bug bear of social equal
ity which has so often done service to
the cause of the Democracy is again
paraded to alright the souls OF those
who do not feel entirely confident of
their social position" ,~ r-r.
lido not mean to be disrespectful
to the Senator when | say that those
who are opposed to the civil-rights
bill are quite as secure in their social
relation as he can possibly be in his,
and that thousands Of humble labor
ers are as scrupulous in regard to the
social and educational associations Of
their children as they would be if
they occupied the high station he
US I1 -, - - H. ,oo,.t,r &c of n;nn
But Senator Morton finds it quite
natural for the Democratic party to
be opposed to the civil-rights bill
because we were opgos1o ~ ~ ~ sa'Is pe
stoWai s. OF negro sunl"ee; III. LII, In ss,s 10y :
tnat me opp9hensss ~ 'iiis H. ~ ad.,.o t a.
sisteo tne clvll,iiSnSs ~ ~ 4Sot ~ 80 ~
every spep; ana ly aeclareu s siao ~ ,o,,id ~
Ter upon the rlgne q su1tase = 49, 4;an
woulu pe tle aisn1noL anu uesya ~ a1slO son
OF tne repupiic1 c1t. - uo.etL aagt' GiS Ionns su
tence oeHtor uorton esioongly ~ nopos o4tos
tne people Aase ts 10 nursIO'en I 10 snnmdo5 Uo M tha
tne ciose q Ille a; MaL 10 sOunou ,'on,.o s,,f '
Key no!e q oppoSi'ton " " Ieslo LSS s;moo 3
mage IN inulna, f az o. no aa,oosad n~o s.GI 4
III ~ - - ~ sst;t,,t;ono1 oro,inde and
Dotn on cons11SuOtonsi ~ .at,sa o ,'nI;on II" IT,
on tne grounus Ioee y apitI ~ oi sc,.o;biI u
NON6AUSE, LOOc3 AC VANS ANA ASAHAJ
stated the constitutional objection in
his message to the Indiana Legisla-
ture:
"The subject Of suffrage is by the
national constitution, expressly re
ferred to the determination of the
several states, and it cannot be take1
from them without q violation of tht
letter and spirit Of that instrument.
No proposition was ever more cor
rect than this, and yet it was no
| long until the Senator was engaged
in violating according to his owl
doctrine, the letter and spirit Of th'
| constitution by taking away from tn
several states the right to determin
the subject of suffrage in their midst
On the grounds of public policy b
stated his objections to negro suf
fraoe in the following forcible man
ner: .4an
at is a fact SO manifest that
should not be called in question b,
anv. that q people Just emerging
from the barbarism of slavery ar
NOT qualified to become part of ou