National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-09-27
coLoREp sCHooLs.
Review Of Nr. stanton's opiuion-fhe Right
to Purchase Sites Kaintained-The CONSOLE
dation of the Boards Questioned.

TO Purehase Sites Naintainsd-rhs ConsoIi.
a.t;., go. ps n...
WASHINGTON, d, O., Sent. Is. Is7s.
TO the Editor Of tie National Republican:
Sir: Inc deep ana prevailing interest among
the colored people respecting the education Of
their children induces me to ask your indulgence
for snae In vour iournal 6or the nurnosa az shoyv
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Ing INC imPIeodosunsy Vi eeseoisninsi On per
n sne.s Ds soSOo, syst su NJ =, an,
recent opinion relative To the of the ooIored
..ho.,.
THE QUESTION
might be raised as In what constftuter sehool
,vstem- I'm, stanton is M tbe oninion tb.t a
ese. - nj Sssnsou 70 VI sAe oP,u,on snes
mere eollection or assemolage OF onudren, De-
tween certain ages, u suen places d may % %
sainee " leAtai, CONSTITUTES sonooi syseem, no
mas, IN my Judgment, read that portion OF the law
correct; but II, on the other hand he should hold
tn thu idea that perm anent nlanes for a,semblIn0
.I.,.ta,.,to, - n,,,I. a, az ...-oI ,,,d,o, ~
eieeei0Asi0u VI puPis N INC sotelsi ssuuies LUZ
by the child with its iafantile mind can be ad-
yanced from the alphabet chart to the responsible
nos,,to, ~ t...h.rshIn a.. ....,,taI 90 : ..hooI
system, ne ...s ...
IL pRcInFpIY WRONG
In .a,,ro .h.t ar. st. ~ f.on,r.ss hI.h,,,r
49, ~ 80 " ~ y,
80, anS -, SSIIS ..hnnI SneS D. ~ assss,so
80 az rH aa n sh stTa n ~ rotshsS
nv SnnsTintsnaant CooS ~ vii Pe sss1 tbat thsrs
~. SiI - ~ W. S ~ sHo1 ~ No. fS
children Of over 600 pupils over 200 Of whom at
tena the stevens ana sumner scnool buildings,
potn owned, or ratner
RrrIr nv THE rRusTHEs
of colored schools. Now. ia there A person 40 ir.
nnrent es - snnnosa thsst .nssatant peononoots
tion conId he renfed In me "a ahle West End
Hhere these schooIs ave Iocotsd 10 adrcata tha
tvsIya bnndrsd coIorsd cbiISrsn1 IT so hoE Lone
snS SIed t SI I nov long
taineS vban the entIre nachjnarv is iiabIs to he
removed annnsII15 Instead m The twsntvSone
sebooIs -sn-a.an,y III saJos Va .i,h ,ha NornsI
Li hS al saIS ~ W ~ = f
hISS - SaS snvaS ~ ~ ~ 800
ing up in Ignorance. The same is true in other
bsinS synsrsncad hS tbs school ofscers IN renting
az q S IA $500 - i.s ~ nooo,s rantai =.
- - ...- - -
- -.s.-,L ,""-,-a,ta
~ ~ to " " h' so i -. % s q.
Iney eoncsseG 10 pc eaer 1Gsy ener ,s
. 1 tS ns,,at' H oS aJaoos ohtTS Ou
Tx nor ta9 e1n VI Coiot .h fnd TLat
stevens and ex-senator Patterson, Of New aamp-
49,, so., III ! ~, ~, ~; So ~, Nil sohoeeis'
tbs ,orrnsr hni Ioos ID nnon - tSe fonDder 81
w hIr sS t Spo. - Sno S,s " ~
t d. PuJiio d Ia,t w 80 - 80 " "
~ ~, au ny 10 III "a S a. o tSt
ever graced the United States Senate chamber.
wv, Us 'nS 80 sent tS iS.Ia', S tny nioIs5
asaoi g., ~ bIns, ING ne SaorD. III o q, 90
tnought tnat tney naa piscsd tne PUBIC SCHOOLS
ior eoiofed ehildfen on nrm anu permanent
Oos'
BUT IN THE LIGHT OF Mr.. STATIONS
onInfon tbav ara rnsraIv temnorarv being subieot
~ tbsir con innan.s 10 ths tsnder mercIes Of a
landlord; while the trustees, With thousands Of
dollars 10 their credit are standing, hat In hand
before some unrea enerated Democrat or thin
skin Republican, begging to be allowed to Pay .
urge sum Ior . mIse r. snn hn n se e1y ~
pc used as scnooi Ior coloIeu cniIurSn- AZ NAY
De urged that the trustees lot SCHOOLS nsye tne
~. IS s, ~, ,Sa 1890 ~ ~ sa.s,aI
LA m'p ItaS -, ts IA Sonn1o ~ ronn.t1
ana tne more teeent DlstLlct Legisiature, ioI
nat'eIs " zig tsh eSnvo.e, my
. mere unOrE iuInet on Win me sIa hso1e
VA, unueh 'ne iA"' 'no 'iuSseeS nHo eo'"iuse
Po"ei'
Mr. STANTON STATES THAT
the authority TO build school houses IA vested in
the I,eQislature Will he be Kind enough ts
state the Legislative enactment which gave the
trustees power to erect go 900 school building In
tne Secpnu Gis.rict lor ~h nv cnliuren, esPecy
a mn sn roofa o,tt,3 49, ih, sae
" sH VII S se
sIe, hoS ~ sinca ens,Ira .Ioo oao M ne h,I, 4;
Raa Nv h,,o ~ 80 ,hs oIa. -
ShiJds a. snt III ~ a. ~ Ill a. - - Jona
hars.nIt -,,S 80 .so 80 A. 49, thair 80
ar,to 80 ~ aSS an ss,5 raI pro
Ebs on,Dion ~ NJ Stantpn 81 remorS,SbIa 70
tro tSPIngsSr,, for tSs unfoI,5nate nosit1on n
5n o.S nd senond,1 1nr ~, ~ ,irrs ,n rssans
he Law in mil force He ignores that S,angress
gaye the trnstees ~ coIorsd scboos the anthority
70 sstehIisb AMI snStaJn schooI svstsm %
nav he IN q no.ition ~ nndarStand how a .,hnoI
sysyysm Of ne maanitnds Ii'a tSat oT ths coIorsd
schools could be established on 2 saving plan.
gence 10 suppose that Re would undertake to
,ahI,sb onaappne En- "a narmo,ent nasIs 10 w
u,uzno
r.,,,,o NJ S,on,on,. Ion,,., oo,o,,s,o,, e.,
reality, consist In what ne mas merely hinted at,
am the TbIte scboois shonId Genital fhs col
o,ed schooIssas a matfar Of eonJtv THAT sopnds
niensihIa hnT 1vbsn ths oon,rdtIi,E fo,ca is rran
dice and the stSonS ann Of the Iaw stsns IN to
nrotact a veak INTEGRITY from a .tron1 maiaritv
Then the full spirit and intent Of the law sbonii
boards In INV Judgment is a clear violation Of the
intent and shirt Of the law creating a separate
board for colored schools, the creation Of which
& .s ~ ma u te "
80 ~ t IA "a o, IT., 'Nu0nS 'ne JUL
'ieN SNAiN4eN 0Hu H0"' 0iSsh
THIRTEEN YEARS OF HARD
work the ruIts of the labor and honor are yrested
from the colOred people, and placed at the mercy
of a board COMPOSED OF fifteen white and four col
ored men, the iormer having numerical strength
10 wine ont by a mere resolutien every eolossd
teacher and janitor, and reduce the school system
for colored obiIdren from the higher hrannhes
now taug 70 ungradea primary SCHOOLS; and YET
~ The consoiidstion VIZ, asSUrsnno hana ~
sS5Ior.d nnonIa 80. .ha $500, - s,.a,, - =,
Sw th.RP az. Iii 49, hIa ~ $1,000 o1 III y,
sanSs :, ~" ". , - ~ 1870 "a WIG
tnousanos VINO are running tns streets ana grow
soSc1R ~ 49,, ~ E,t,or nsr,S, ~, 10y 80 a. !.
tha .oIora5 1annia a.. iaPaIn,s 80 ,h.,r -iS, S
Lot y.t,h srxSnJeion On enSthJna that rs n
49, W." 70 cnPpten ~ I II. =, s ssn 81.
&c 80 HsJ,ta On nj. o,a.,1 % ~ - :"
90 thsn onr 1htts Srtsnas,4 W. az not1
cSsnss IN the '' ""'a-HO' 'A' .s0nooi
CIVIL RIGHTS BILL
to many the most Questionable featuref III our
white friends are SO very solIcitous conoerning
their children, have we not the same right to pro
Iect oQtSI me colsreo people simply ask, In
the white school on account Of preiudIce TO be
placed in q position wherein they will not be al
The mercy OF those Who have no sympathy I'm com
mon with them 1t is to be hoped thai our Re-
publican leaders will grant the colored peonie
their wish Is far as relates 10 their school
ment. and not compel them to furnish
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POLITICAL CAPITAL
to the Democrats by asking fsvors at their hands.
The question has been asked whether the colored
.oIsa,.sH Oh me 6oss ~ m na,s,s me oosrd;
minded nerson tSstths coinrsS sc6nn1s any
nayad HafI a. MT hattar -hnn a., -.