Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-04-20
Negroes In The Sch FOOLS.

While the Congress of the United States has
been laboring for two three years to, perfect
and pass Civil Rights bill having for its object
the social equality OF the negroes and the whites,
and plainly requiring the opening of all the pub
lie schools, the hotels, the churches, modes OF
travel saloous and places of amusement, and
even the burial grounds, to the accommodation,
entertainment, privilege and use of the black
race and making their exclusion a criminal o.
fence, and the penalty heavy hne ana mpiis-
onment, the Republican has the eitrontefy to deny
that it is the object OF the Radical party 10 force
the negro into the public schools. In IS issue OF
Saturday it says
"The colored people should have separate
schools, just they have churches and other
places Of resort. They have no desire to force
themselves into the schools set apart for white
children, and no trouble will ever be experienced
from such an attempt"
The Republican does not tell the truth. 1t
knows that in this State not long since conven-
tion of negroes WAS held at or near Camden Del,
in which this city was represented, and at which
resolutions were passed by the prominent negroes
of Delaware, demanding all the rights to which
American CITIZENS were entitled. meeting OF
negroes was also held III this city, at which SINH
lar resolutions were passed. And these resolu-
tions we've iccosn.2ed and approved by the Radi-
cal party in Convention at New Castle So that
the Radlca : in Delaware are i'll accord with Ben.
Butler and his allies in Congress, where a Civil
Rights bin is expected 10 be brought forward and
passed within a month"; or il may be a week.
But the course of the Republican now is pre-
cisey in accord with its course previous 10 the
negros being made voter. II denied that this
would be done, pnd charged the GAzETTE with
eudeavoring to deceive the people for political
effect. But after the negro was made voter by
an act of Cons 0ss, that paper approved Of The
act and insisted upon the right of the negro to
vote in Delaware in opposition to and defence of
our Constitution and State laws.
So It will in oil probability do again if Con-
gress posses the Civil Rights bin, opening the
public schools 10 negroes and requiring negroes
to sit as Jurors and Try and convict the very
men who oppose the admission OF negroes TO the
schools created and sustained by the white people
for their own cffspling.
The Radic}! party openly as serts that the negro
is the equal Of the white snd the white is no
better than the negro, why then does lot the ne
gro get III schools for his own children, the
whites do not object. On The contrary he has
been offered assistance, and helped to all the
learning he has acquired.
Again, if the Rld,o Al party does not lie in say
ing that the negro is the equal OF the white, and
as good as The white, why then the Republican
lies in saying he shorld have separate schools.
We wish to be plainly undeIstt cd on this qucs-
lion. We do not believe the ncgio ought to be
recognized as entitled to the rights claimed for
him, because of race and color, and do not be-
lieve he should be accorded the rights claimed
for him by the Radical party, believing it also
much better for both races that the whites should
govern.
The fallacy OF allowing the negroes to govern
has been proved in every State where that race
has obtained political influence in the county
while the history Of his the world over in al
tine does not prove a solitary evidence OF hi
capacity to govern
No where does the, negro race approach Sc
near to civilization as in the Southern States
where by subjection to good mssers he wa
christninized and TAUGHT 10 !aSor that there wa
God andtthat he might seek ond find heaven
and enjoy the blessing of future reward as wei
lhe whites. Left to itself, even in this country
there is little doubt among the ablest minds tina
the negro race would lapse into heathen barbarisn
again in less than half century.
While lie was in bondage he was made usefu'
Since the fanatics have undertaken to change th
ordinance of lis Creator and remove the ours
that seemed to rest upon the. race, the negro ha
been the unwittng cause Of the most terribl
evils that ever afflicted the country. And tn
comm'nghng of these racss may multiply thes
evils and make them foUr-fold worse than the
now are