The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-05-28
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We publish elsewhere the civil rights biil as
it passed the Senate. 1t ROW goes to the
! House, where It viii be placed at tire foot Of
the calendar, and viii not b. reached during
the present session, unless taken s.p out Of It's
orsfeS, which requires 4 two-t!ijfis vote. We
see it stated that there is o sufficient number
OF yetes i'll the HOUSE favorable to Il. to pass it,
should a vote be taken 1t Is believed the
President is not friendly to the bill, in It's pres
ent shape, and that it viii more than likely en-
counter his veto, should it pass Congress.
We announced a few weeksiago thatt!e gov
erning principle in politics was the highest
public expectancy the greatest good to the
people. III applying this praclpIe to the bill
i'll question, it is very clear that it is not advis-
would work an incaleuIable h1risi to the very
class it was designed to fayaf.5 Il is not a
| question OF natural right that il sillyoiye(.--
This is recognized in tlle Constitution as a.
mended. It is merely ali abstract phase OF
that right growing out Of its enforcement. It's
| Formulation into1ilaW-its practical cnforee-
,nent, will have The effect to destroy, especial
ly in the Southern States the educational sys-
tenn that has iseeft iaal,gtr@ted, through which
alone the great mass the colored children can
be trained in the elementary and higher bran
ches OF education. It is not craftsmanship, It
is not. the ''bighest public expediency,'' it is
not accomplishing the greatest good for the
greatest number, to Isgislate for the enforce
lsmeilt OF abstract notion, at tic expense Of a
general good. 1t was adherence to az iui3rao-
ticabie ABSTRACTION that dissolved the Charles
ton Convention in 1869, and precipitated war
between the States. II the civil rights bill be-
comes law, it viii be tIaroi.gE, the same dsre-
gard of public expectancy, anita similar indif-
terence to the Consequences. While in some
portions of the State, as we have Had occasion
heretofore TO notice, the school authorities have
not made equal provision for the el,,carion OF
the eolored children, in this section, certainly
in tliis city, there has been no discrimination
as.to the school facilities enjoyed by tie color
ed children. The same grade Of teachers-tIa
salae books-the same discipline; and the same
fund have been applied to both white and black,
she only distinction being that,tae are so,,a
rate schools. Public eXpedency, The public
good, required this. aud for this reason the pol
icy has been adopted. where is the cxpadien-
ey Or tie good to eaeeonpiislietibv enforcing
an abstraction that viii certainly result in the
destruction Of a public good-tha very agency
by which the Intellectual and moral advance
ment OF the colored people mast be attained !?
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The State Journal viii continue to be pub
lished in Richmond, weekly and sen.i-,veelllv.
1t will be independent in polite, (which means,
if we have Interpreted Alright the editorial an
nouneins It's new depagtnre, that it will be i'll
accord with the Changers.
The ''card' OF Nj. Hunter OF the Winchester
Pines would have been.read had not all but
the heading and tie signature been torn off,
We have no doubt it was,Sary clear lloweTer
/ Henry Rochcfort. The great French coanIlll-
mist, who was banis!ad from France, sentenced
10 confinement on an island, and WHO made
bis escape. hs- arrived II saa l9"aacisco, Cali
ferlii2.