The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-04-18
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Editor Caucasian,
DEAR SIR Permit me a small
lspace in the columns of your paper.
I believe that your paper, sir, vim
dicates and gives justice to all men
regardless of race or color, and that
it does and will expose and con.
denim ignorance and corruption
wheresoever it is found, and / hope
that through your paper and by
the intelligent portion Of this COM
munity [ will get justice, and be
regarded as having done my duty
as primary School teacher to the
best Of my ability, as beneficial to
the race from which | am alienated.
see in the Louisiana Democrat
an article published against me, by.
the Hon. w. L. Amber, [coloredI /.
He very courteously states that the
School which is under my charge
and control, is governed by one
Who is incompetent, and that he
and others were compelled to with
draw their children from this School
for fear OF contamination as he
styles it. He further states that l
expelled from this School his neice
Laura and others, and that said
expulsion was simply to revenge a
prejudice which 1 had toward him
and others. Now, sir, these Char
ges, I must boldly contradict. So
far as incompetency is concerned,
the gentleman and his accomplices
are mistaken, l am fully prepared
and ready to prove my competency
by an examination whenever called
upon by him or any of his colleague.
l have been examined in the
presence of men that are intellectu-
al and educated. But, sir, l have
never protested to be a GRAMMAR
an nor master of Mathematics, and
as the gentleman is DESTROYS Of hav-
ing Professor OF these branches,
and having failed to get his carpet
bag accomplish in the position that
[ now occupy, think he had better
take it himself. / am bold to say
that [ did not seek to force myself
upon the School Board for posi-
ton that / was unable to fill nor do
| do so now, but l believe that l
am better qualified to fill this posi-
ton as primary teacher, than are
the gentleman or his accomplices in
their nefarious scheme, to fill the
position as a legislator in this Gu
suing campaign which they thought
by my removal they could carry.
No, sir; the prejudice which he
claims to exist Or my part, is just
Oh the other hand. When Prot. T..
G. Cumming sojourned here and
after making his remarks upon
topics that were calculated to kim
die strife and envy in the minds Of
men, as all such carpet baggers do,
and cause people OF a community
to be at war with one another, and
because l disagreed with their ac-
tons and secret combinations and
motives, then, sir began this preju-
dice. The moment they saw they
could not lead me into their lair OF
corruption, they then commenced
their wsr upon me. They petition
ed for my removal; in that they
failed, and then Mr.. W. L. Amber
and others withdrew their children
from the School i'll order to break
it up so that would be compelled
to retire.
Those children were kept from
MY School until the End of April
1874, when they reappeared for ad-
mission. During this lapse of time
other scholars were placed upon
my Roll or Register occupying
those seats, which had become va
cant by the withdrawal Of said
children, and sir, you mnst remem-
Der that III q room II by Il feet
there are seated 45 scholars, in one
room and with one teacher. Now
| ask in common sense who could
ask admittance His boy came
with his neice and l accepted him
because there was room for him,
myself had but few. Now, sir, /
have never expelled any girl from
this school-nor can the Honora-
bic Gent. prove any such charge
they were marked upon my Regis
ter as absentees, as stated in my
note to Mrs. Hines, which / see in
publication. He says he is tired of
such wrongs, and expressions:
Why then did not so wise and so
intellectual a man as himself see
this error previous to the combina-
tinn of his rinp2 No. he thn,1 cht