Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-19
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llmselI, inst al the once OF the heaQ House, |
and afterWard at that Of the Commercial |
Hotel, at each Of which houses Morgan de- |
manded supper for himself and companion. |
The clerks in charge at the hotels informed |
the negroes that those were not hotels, but |
private clearinghouse, and their request |
would not be complied with. They with |
drew, and have since been engaged in try |
ing to find a lawyer who would prosecute |
Messrs. Read and BrysOn for violation Of
the Civil Rights bill, so far without sue
cess. am not Of the opinion they viii
find lawyer in the city so lost to honor
and decency as to participate in such a
dirty raid on their neighbOrs and towns
men.
OF course the visits, the demands and
Subsequent threats Of prosecution by these
negroes are all prompted by motives made
up Of pure Cussedness and avarice, so low
that stealing would be respectable by com
paris0n. Their procedure illustrates the
worst feature Of the miserable class legisla-
ton under which they act. In this city
such persecution will not be tolerated to
any considerable extent. The great bulk
Of the cOlOred people condemn Fryers' per-
formances, and that worthy will do well 10
60 slow in the future.
But in many cities Of poor scalawag, car
pet-bag and negro cursed Alabama, Louisiana
and Mississippi, dozen more resident ne
grOes may break up the hotels and theatres
entirely, from the meanest and most
malicious Of motives, and without the
shadow Of a hope that the cruel deprivation
Of some, and the ruin Of otheIs Of their
white neighboTs will in the least benefit
themselves. And yet some Northern peO-
pie, who ought to have common sense,
wonder that the Southern white people
don't "accept the situation in good faith y
THAT POSTOFFICE AGAIN.
Some amusing features Of the late
scramble over the pOstOffice here have
leaked out. Klndrick says be had no hope
of holding the Office after the 4th of March,
as he had sold out his interest in the Re
publican paper, and was too much encum-
bered with private business. But he had
reliable information that Hon. VIM.
Crutehield, the Davy CrOcsett Of Tennes-
see, had his eagle-eye on the plum, and
was preparing TO scoop it into his pouch as
soon as he should shed his Congressional
ermine. Robert said to himself, 'Ill head
our uncle William of in his little, sly,
flank movement. He shall not be promo
ted from II. G. to Postmaster" and so Rob
ert took time by the fOrelOck and resigned
on the first Of February, OF thereabOuts;
which it knocked William out Of time, and
50 stunned and dazed that gentleman that
he is not quite certain yet whether he was
for Cate or young kindricks or for either Of
them.
AT all events, Cate has the Office hard
and fast; the Commercial people are sad;
Uncle Williams cOUntenanCe wears a shade
Of sorrow; The great statesman Of the Ten
nessee valley no more resembles his old,
Jolly, gOOd-na.ured self than a solemn owl
does the hopping, chipping, frOlicsOme
blue jay.
TIE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM
Of this city is a most robust and promising
child Of the present law, and furnishes a
strong argument against any modification
Of that statute, that should render its pro
visions less efficient. In 1874 the expendi-
lures on account Of schools aggregated So
544, $1,000 Of which was paid to teachers
and ST,971 for grounds, buildings and per-
manent Improvements. The schools have
been in operation only tho years
and a half, and are now in a
most excellent condition, considering
the obstacles they have encountered. No
less than 1900 Of our youth were instruct
ed last year, when the average attendance
Of those enrolled was more than 81 per
cent. Both the enrolment and average
attendance viii be larger this year. Con
slider that, up to 1872, the city was utterly
without any system Of instruction; that, for
years, the bulK Of its two thousand youth
ran wild in the streets, and were growing
up in ignorance almost as dense as that OF
a herd Of young COmanches; that our
schools have changed all this, so that now
a substantial English education is within
reach Of the poorest, and that many bun
.dreds-WhO would else be rowing little
vagabOnds, the penitentiary and work-hCuse
almost certain episodes in the future history
Of . large per CeEt.-are now being trained
into useful members Of society in our pub
lie schools; that these schools are the CEea-
ton Of the State school law; and then
analyze the patriotism that would repeal
the law, and justify it on the plea OF '-ecOn-
onyp'
And there is hardly a community in
Middle or East Tennessee but has been
benefited in like proportion with US. Our
SOlODs will do well when they do nothing
with the schools, unless they make them |
better. Let them labor to extei d this no |
bic benefactiOn within the reach Of eUeTy
child in the State, and Rerer deprive one Of |
the youth Of Tennessee Of the chance to /
acquire the rudiments Of an education. |
Our school system is the sheet-anchOr Of |
our free Institutions. Better abridge the /
freedom Of the ballOt-bOx than that Of the !
schools. An intelligent people cannot be
enslaTed. An ignorant people can never
be really free, no matter how universal the |
privilege Of the ballot.
THE LATE DELUGE.
There are no signs Of the late food left, Il
if 1 except the crust Of dried alluvial that /
covers the low grounds. The blast furnace
will be speedily rebuilt and in a more sub
stantial form. Maj. 5. W. Thomas, Super-
intendent Of the Rising Fawn Iron Com
pany's works, says it is all nonsense to say
that the flooding Of a furnace stack will /
hurt it if properly built, and prepared for
the deluge. "Why," said Maj. Thomas to
your correspondent, Il have had water
clear above the tUyeres Of my furnace in
the Lehigh Valley, and three days after
ward she was blowing at full capacity
The levee insanity has not been enter
tanned here to an alarming extent. Very
few Of our citizens favor putting mud
fence around the town. As an appliance to
put money into the hands Of jObberS and
rings, this would be a success. And Ike
wise would it be q success rs a cheap and
speedy method Of sending a few hundred |
people to the happy hunting grounds 'all
the way by water" No, If we must be
overlooked now and again, 'twere better it
should come gradually, aRd 50 give a
chance Of escape to persons and property,
and no. reach us through the inevitable
cre7aSse in the mud fence, al the dreary
hour Of midnight. The recommendations
Of Mayor James to raise the grades Of all |
streets IN the OverfOWed districts will be
carried out, and, then, in connection with
the railroad embankmeuts,' every foot Of
the city, worth special pro ectiOn, will have
it in less than three years. In the mean
time there is enough high land within the
present corporate limits TO hold a city Of 1
100000 people. MACK
AnrOS-C tho MANI srfffarars or, that slim