Wilmington journal., 1874-08-07
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We copy the following rcr.t.!l Ks q.
Bessie Beech, au intelligent Wash
ington corre- pondent of the ;.rrls!t0ry
& Transcript, published q. CaulEiai
guH, New York:
No political Question interested us
so much as the passage OF the civi
rights biz. Although Eepubiican IL
principle, We cannot tolerate q measure
that even the great philanthropist
Sumner, advocated. TO force one class
ale perfectly repugnant TO them, not
from rrejud;ce, but from reasons wt
shall name, is simply oyerrcacLing Tx
demands of Justice.
Why 60 not tLe masses of our coun.
try's poor raise n lue and . cry be
cause they are not admitted to 4tcap-
tions, balls, parties and weddings. and
in every private and pubiicc place
tolerated, without restriction IL THEN
dirt and debris, their iguoraucc and
unttness for such places
70 legisIute white people out Of the
last b'rth-rigLt of freedom, and tc
cram the coiOred race with favors they
cannot appreciate, is intolerable.
We could swallow all the bill with
on choking, if our schools could have
escaped tyranny. In many parts OF
the country the question of mixed
schools would amount to little, but
here in the South, where large pro.
portion Of the inhabitants are colored.
1t will work serious results.
We came South with big hearts OF
sympathy for the poor, abused blacks.
Two years of dealing with race who
don't know what truth is, and who had
sooner steal than work, and in whom
there is no dependence, makes us
shrink from having our children edu-
Gated with the ignorant, unprincipled
dregs of society A colored person
will solemnly promise you over and
over a thing, without ever intending
to do as he says. He will denounce
theft, pray and sing. and shont, and
rising from kis knees steal the very
first thing he can lay his hands on.
AS race, they need missionaries
among them to educate them to a
sense of honor. They need a religion
that Will have power enough to make
them trustworthy. We have. since
coming here, had trouble aud anxiety
enough from these tye servants to last
us life time.
When this race are civili2c.! bv edu-
cation, and can respect their WORD, and
not steal all their eyes behold, it will
be time enough to compel white chill
dren to come under their influence in
mixed schools. Returning from the
city recently, we drove through How
ardtown, where the colored people
number seven to four whites. A per-
son who has any nose at all, would be
obliged to hold it in passing these peo-
pie, whose repulsive odor cannot be
scrubbed out. We should pity sensi-
Bile white children who were obliged
to be crowded up in a schoolroom
with race God never designed should
they amalgamate with.
We should not deprive those people
of one single right. We are glad they
are free. We crave the boon of free
dom too. To-day they have more
rights and better privileges in the Dis
trlct of Columbia, than poor respecta-
BILE white people. In the eastern part
Of the District they have large imnos-
ing school buildings with every nlv,lYln
apparatus and school fixture. We blush
to toll you that sixty white children
are crowded up in miserable dilapi-
dated school that's a disgrace to this
and we cannot get even
enough to repair the building that the
government owns, while the colored
peoples children must be provided
with every modern facility for an edu-
cation. These two buildings are within
4 mile and half of each other. Go
where you will, IN the street, on the
sidewalk, do colored people conde-
'cend to give half the side walk I
Never. So disrespectful are they over
one's rights, that rules have Leo
posted up along the highway, with the
penalties for breaking them, if persons
all to keep their own side of the street.
After all this trouble, we are often
obliged to stop our horses and scream
,ut at the top of our voice for that
larkey with his dilapidated cart and
lonkey to give us piece of the high
way. Sambo will roll his eyes at Us
'ery much as if he shought he was
mighty condescending.
BESSIE BEECH.