, 1874-05-29

DEPARTMENT or PUBLIC 1HStnucT1ON,1
6rArE observation-disclosures OFFICE,
70 County Snptrtatendtns ana Public School Drtctors
Throughout the State 4f 3enntssee:
The Cvil-R.ghts bill, ponding before The United
Batss Congress- in ita provisions concerning public
aa s agsn he q he
organtzc and by which lta officers are governed. It
ts, furthermore, II conflict with tho lath sao. Of
school established aided under this section shall
allow white and colored chidron to be received as
iii fia01 eommspda % wat our @ s;ao coastt;ion and tue
pss.:a e senao an1 ~ ths =, Indications
lives. Ia Wow Of tho facs that in many counties tho
Ycons closed expected to bo reopsned for the
ps il is desirable to avoid, far possible the
barrassments that will necessarily follow tho onact"
mont Of tho Civil Rights bin deem y ths part of pr,i-
ther adyned now contracts With teachers for either
whtto coorod schools DO entered into by tha School
should tho Civil Rights bill fa 70 pass hon aerions
hnrm can haze res4ed 1ao shs adnGnqn ta snoqa M
strucons from Tits ofloe will boco,1,e neceasary and
w b. promptly given. Very respectfully, L. s,uso
gtate Superintendent.
WHAT THE NA8uv1LLE BANNER SAYS.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, May. 2s.-Tho Nashville
Banner, one Of the representative papers OF tho
liberal l-oonsorvatiye elcment Of tho State pub
morrow morning:
'Without 4 particle Of prejudice, partisan or
personal lot uB briefly point out tho irrepnrahle
damage to result from tho pnssaEo Of i the Civil
necessity oyerthrows tic common. .school sss-
conflict with tlle Constitution of Ton
nesscc, ind Iaws enacted Hereunder
fss tsoo the Tho s'Fass'ps sss G1 u
Education Is bound by SOLEMN onth to obey the
law under which he was appointed, aud when
tho lnw Of Congress- prevents him from so do
,ng the result will inevitably be tue closing Of
eyory common school in thu State. Thero is no
first as laat--this upshot. Let It be borne in
mind where the hardships will mainly reBt Tho
colored children Of tho State, now having oqual
educational advantagsn ~ WITH the whiteH r3, faE
BY bl''~11 The enaotmont % ' Of ~ tho Bit, hav-
Ing, their only hopee, Of education gone,
perhaps, forever forever !5' Under tue v.sai existing ig
amplost, opportunity for, education aud culture.
Under the proposed law Ut Congress they loss
every practical mud solid, advantage in tho gain
Of q moro poitical phantom, the sop Of sonae-
loas sentiment. No matter in what light The ;
be tho losers, il Congress- persists In This fool
iHh legislation. Second, tie o1,aotment Of tho
bill in question absolutely establishes white
nans party and black mans a1ty; not only IN
da'S'' sentn. One "' of the Ss0 most ' prominens I
mud influential Republicans in tho State
aBsorts unoquivocalyGntha 900 Republicans
out Of every 600 in TonnosBos are emphatioally
opposed to the measure. Tue Cannot fall to
under tls existing beneficial lava, nor can they
fail to forosoo that tho proposed change must bo
destructive to tho lnterests Of tho Tery class
sought to be elevated at tho expense Of Inv,
Hk.3$M HAt E1$4nt.
stnrce in the state aa it Ia, but tho proposed
law would completely unfaston thou from thoir
political moorings, leaving tile African ole.
ment, with its nocial equality. powerleas against
Under such conditions, Of wl,at avail can bo a
thousand arbitrary laws of Congress enacted in
violation Of instincts and aspirations Of human
nature itself Tho Republican majority i'll
erence to political supremacy, but 3 gravar
b1undor never was committed, Carrying with It,
az it certainly will, tho overthrow OF that party
in the South. and, at this samo time
The permanent injury Of the African 1;!a n1,n raso
bill portonds tho gravest consequences in ths
way Of ongendering bnd blood, and clash O.
races Ills Ill very vol for staid Norther!
statosrnon, viewing tho situation from afar, II
talk in Ellttoring genoralit!es OF equal rights an'
aociat equality, but tint doos not remove the IN
born national feeling OF the race for isolhtion II
eocial sonse. which IL universal among tn
whites Of tho South, and which no arbitrary leg
rHasiou Gun over remove. Ion cannot chang
]t.2man nature by Congressional law, and tn
t'aDncr the national law-makcrs understand thi
Hhe heltor tor the black III well on tile whto race
Force this obnoxious legal yoke on unwilling
hecks. aud much n8 diHturtaucca and bloodaho
ato to be deprecated, 1t will be In the nature 0
Jan impoaslbillty to avert them Even the pas
ange Of tho bill In anticipation has produce
sloh . whirlxind Of indignation hH cannot b
Esllayod for many = day. There shoul
lbe no EXCUSE Tor lawlassness and crime
no lnattor what the provocatlon, but, in til
namo Of Justice aud pea,ee oil earnestly aak Con
i condition OF things dreaded by every law
tue sentiment Of nlnety-nine out Of eycry 10
white men In the ssate-and probably this NOR
Intelligent OF the ncgroes-when We say that
more disastrous measure, aH affecting tho Ii
toroats OF wl,ita md blaok in Teanesaee, uoul
mt lie e1,acted than the passnge Of tho Civ
flights bill now ponding iii tho House.
rELEGRArH|c BREYITlES.
-~Goy. Beyoridgo delivers Tho addres1 at tt
decoration Of tho graves OF soldiers on Satin
day, at Mound City, III.