The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-05-29

SASoSA uAo GApSCtcA " W IGupeuGl
ior q summer session in the month o
July, and much as II is desirable 10 avoIC
as far as possible the embarrassmentsth tina
will necessarily follow the enactment O
the Civil Rights bill, deem 1t the part O
prudence 10 suggest that for the presen
and until further advised no new con
tracts with teachers for either white O
colored schools be entered into by tn
School Directors, BY observing this sug
gestion much complication and unneces
sary expense may be avoided. Should thI
Civil Rights bill fail TO pass, then no se,
rious harm can have resulted from thi
admonition. Should 1t become q law II
its present shape, then further Instruction.
from this office will become necessary ant
will be promptly given.
Very Respectfully. Ms
| lSigncd JOHN Ii. FLEMING,
| StGte superintendent.
TIE souTHRRN VIEW OF THe QUESTION
i The Nashville Banner, one OF tho rep
resentative papers Of the liberal conserva
tive element Of the State, publishes the
following doubled head editorial to.mor.
row morning:
Without particle oi prejudice, par
tisan or personal, let US briefly point out
the irreparable damage TO result from the
passage oithe civil rights bill before Con,
gress. 1st, II Of very necessity over.
throws the common school system ot the
State; the proposed law Is In direct con.
flct with the constitution and laws enact.
ed Hereunder tor the Establishment Of
common schools. The State Superinten.
dentot Education Is bound by a solemn
oath to obey the law under which he was
appointed, and when q law Of Congress
prevents him from so doing, the result
will inevitably be tho closing OF every
common school in the State. There
Is no other alternative. This
may as well be understood: first as last
With this upshot let 1t be born in mind
where the hardships mainly rest. The
colored children OF the Slate now having
equal educational advantages with the
whites, furnished almolt entirely by the
taxes Of the white ciuzens, will bs turned
sdrilt by the enactment OF tho bill, h4v.
ing their only hope oil education gone,
perhaps forever. Under the existing re.
gime the colored children are offered the
amplest opportunity for education and
culture. Under the proposed law OF Con.
gIess they lose every practical and solid
advantage In the gain Of mere political
phantom, the veriest sap Of q senseless
sentiment. No matter In what light the
question can be viewed the colored people
will be the losers Il Congress persists In
this foolish legislation. The enactment Of
the bill In question absolutely establishes
a white mans party and workiDgman's
party, not only In Tennessee but In every
State In the South. D., SAT
One OF the most prominent and iptluen.
tial Republicans In The State asserta une-
quivOcally that ninety.nine Republicans
out Of every hundred In Tennessee are
emphatically opposed 10 tho measure
They cannot taiIto recognlzs the eucour.
aging strides oi the negro under the ex.
isting benefcent laws, nor can they fail
TO loresee also that the proposed change
must be destructive 10 the interests Of
every class soughtto. be elevated at the
expense Of law, order and local custom.
While tho Republicans are scarce In the
State, the proposed law would completely
unlasten them from their political moor
ings, leaving the African element, with
It's social equality hobby, powerless here
against the odds Of numbers, wealth and
organization. Under such conditions,
of what avail can be q thousand arbitrary
laws Of Congress enacted In violation Of
instincts and aspirations Of human nature
itselif The Republican majority In Con.
gress may be pushing this measure with
reference 10 political supremacy, but a
graver blunder never was committed,
carrying with 1t. ;as 1t certainly will the
overflow ofitheparty.in the South, and
AT the same time permanent injury OF the
African race. Sd. The enactment OF this
Civil Rights bill porteuds the grSvest con.
sequences in the way Of eugendering bad
blood and melting 10 a class OF races. 1t
Is all very well for the staid northern
Statesmen, viewing the southern situation
from atar, to talk in glittering generalities
oi equal rights and social equality, but
that does not remove the Unborn and
natural feeling Of race, in q social sense,
which is universal among the whites ot
the South and which no arbitrary legisla.
tion can ever remove. You can't change
human nature by Congressional law, and
the sooner our national lawmakers un-
derstand this the better for the black as
well as the white race. Force this OBJ
noxious legal yoke on unwilling necka
and much as disturbances and bloodshed
are 10 be deprecated, twill be In the ma