The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-09-25

who tells his grand jury that
they fail to indict not only the man who com
united murder, but also the Sheriff who wfull,
neglected to arrest the murderer, he will fine
grand Jnrymen in another county who will dc
their duty.
In that spirit which will reIentlessly pursue the
lawless elements OF society the common
enemy, there is salvation for the Southern peo
pie Let that spirit prevail IN the South, and the
partisan spirit IN the North will be strong
enough to battle the sympathy which their mis-
| fortunes deserves.
The Sou h will again enjoy the largest consti
tnnonal measure IT self government and one Of
the greatest of those dangers vii disappear,
which at present threatens the most vital part ot
our Republican institutions.
| After showing the bad Elects of teaching the
negroes that the if safety lies in organization
| as race against the whites, and making the
pa tlsan supporters of corruption and robbery,
and denouncing the men who did this, as the
cru. lest, the most treacherous and most bastard
ly enemies the colored people ever had, he dis
cussed the Civil Rights bill.
After declaring he could not support the bill,
because he reg srded it unconstitutional he said
If it becomes law it will break up the whole
public 81 hool system Of the Southern states, and
nobody will be the greater sufferers thereby
than the coored people.
It is well known fact that, in the States con-
tanning the bulk of the colored population, there
existed widespread and powerful prejudice
'gainst the introduction of system of common
schools to be supported at the public expense.
We know something OF that even in Missouri.
1t ls equally well Known that large majority
OF the white people of those Statec and even
large majority Of those who are sincerely anxious
to secure to coored children the largest possible
advantages OF education in seperate establish
ments, still are violently opposed to any law
which, like the Civil Rights bin, would force the
admission OF colored children with the white in
the same schoolruOm.
That opposition exists, and we have to deal
with it Az fact. Try to enforce, under such cir
cumstances, the system Of mixed schools, and
this will be the result The old prejudice against
the system OF public instruction to be supported
by taxation, it still exists in the
States in question, will at once find itself
powerfully reinforced and to an attack
so streng hened against defense in the same
measure weakened. it is most probable that the
s, stems of instruction labo iousy built upon will
succumb
here is scarcely greater misfortune con-
ceivable that could b fall these communities; but
what would especially coored people have gain d?
Now they have at least tn ir separate schools at
pub ic expense, as part OF the general system.
Destroy that system and they will have no mixed
schools, while their sepai ate schools will perish
also. Would the law. then, benefit the colored
race at all?
colored man might indeed then enforce his
rights t. ride all over the country in Pu Imam
palace car to board at irst-class hotel, and to
set in the dress circle Of theatre.
But such things can be enjoyed under any cir
only by very small number Of
weather. people among them, and those pleasures
and convene noes OF men Of means would be
purchased at dreadful price.