The daily gazette., 1874-10-31

with virtue--flled with the lust of a
brute and the licentiousness Of his ma
ture; he is placed beside that child att
school, and pouring into her ear whisper
ed words of lust and depravity that the
teacher cannot hear and correct. The
blush OF shame mantles the cheek of the
delicate, virtuous child. Though
she has virtue, she has delicacy, she has
all the finer feelings OF nature. She COM
plains. The negro denies it and unhesi-
tatingly swears the girl tells falsehood
What then? She must give up the "ad-
vantages, facilities and privileges" of tho
school, or the teacher compels the negro
to do 50. What thenP He will be taken
before a Republican magistrate or judge,
and the negro's oath will be taken as
soon and in some cases sooner than the
purest Of the land. If the teacher ex-
pels him, $500 fine and imprisonment"
have overdrawn the picture? Get the
law and read 1t for yourselves. Then /
ask, will you support % party that would
thus degrade you2 Let the poor, rag
ged, helpless white man apply at this
same stately hotel he would be spurned
as unworthy and turned away with i'm
punity, for no sympathy would be felt for
him. 1t has been done in other places
and would be done again. James Lofland
has voted for this bill and will do so
again il elected to Congress; and if the
vote of the white man sends him there,
the white man deserves to suffer. But
will you bring this upon your wives and
your children? IT not, vote for Williams,
who will work and vote against it to the
bitter end. The Republicans tell you it
is not an issue. When the bill was be-
fore the Senate one of the most promi-
nent and influential Republicans in that
body or in the country, (Boutwell, of
Mass used the following language: -
"The public school is an epitome of life,
and i'll it children are taught 50 that
they may understand those relatio IS and
conditions of life which, if not acquired
in childhood and youth, are not likely
afterwards to be gained. To say, as-is
the construction placed upon so much of
this bill as proposed to strike out, that
equal facilities shall be given in different
schools, is to rob your system of public
instruction of that equality by which
our people, without regard to race or
| color, shall be assimilated in ideas, per-
| sonal, political and public, SO that when
they arrive at the period of manhood
| they shall act together upon public ques
| tions with ideas formed under the same
| influences and directed to the same gen.
eral results; and therefore, say if it was
possible, as in the largo cities it is possi-
BILE, to establish separate schools for the
black children and the white children,
| it is in the highest degree inexpedient to
either establish or tolerate such schools"
Read and ponder this section well, and
then read the next: 1.-THE theory of hu-
man equality cannot be taught in fami-
lies, taking into account the different
conditions OF the different members, and
the families composing human society !;
but in the public schools, where children
of all classes and conditions are brought
together, this doctrine of human equali-
ty can be taught, and it is the chief
means of securing the perpetuity OF re-
publican institutions. And inasmuch as
| we have in this country four million col
ored people, l assume that it is public
duty that they and the white people Of
!, tho country, with whom they are to be
! associated in political and public affairs
shall be associated md made one in the
fundamental ideas Of human equality
: Therefore, where it would be possible tt
Z establish district schools l am against II
as q matter OF public policy" Here yor
have an issue established by an eminent
leader of the Republican party. vii
S you sustain it? Would he sustain it i
= it became lawp No, no! He would NJ
5 more send his child to mixed school IL
$ the north or the south or the west thai
!, he would send it to Tophet; nor woul
i any of his supporters, unless they wer
!. too poor to help it. He then spoke in tn
/ Senate in these onerous words: And
is also important. that there should b
t mixed schools in order that the prejudic
y which now pervadcs portions of our pee
e pie shall be rooted out by the power O
5. general taxation" Such language re
e quires no comment. The issue, is befor
n you. Shall you and your children b
5: compelled to amalgamate with the nj
If groP Shall your prejudices be 'ruote
It out by general taxationp" The issue
t. in your hands-your destiny under you
le own control. Choose which you, wi
"a have. But if you choose ruin and di
8, grace, the white men of Delaware wi
of will have none to blame but themselve
IL JUNIUs.