The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-04-13

: VOL. XIX. q. I. s.
treated With poor rates, the pillory, and the I
work. k.houses or, In other words, with Dr..
Dabney y system, with q little OF the "milk |
Of human kindnesso added In the, form Of, |
free soup. And there Is now no point on |
which Church and State seem to be more
generally agreed than the doctrine that the
enlightenment OF the mind Is an indispens.
able element In human impro vement.
Wherever the Church goes the School goes
along, and the lower the grade of mind and
character on which the Church has to ope.
rate the more vigorously the secular school
Is employed to prepare the sees.oed for gos>
pei teaching, and to establish the converts in
faith and good works. Aud SO with the
State In promoting her interests.
The negroes have no special claim on US
because Of slavery. They had the best end
of that bargain. They have the strongest
claim that ever any people had upon the
General Government of the country, that
turned them cut upon the world in their
poverty and ignorance to compete with the
white n:su, snd would like to have that
claim dingsd in the ear Of Congress until 1t
would be listened to, and at least until some
OF our public lands be tIrnedeoHer TO help
the old mother who in the period now to be
celebrated with so much scl6t once saved the
American Government from bankruptcy by
giving up territory OF vast extent ana un'
equaled fertility to maintain pubic credlt:
But our emergency is too pressing lot US
! to delay action. When the smati.pox ls
upon US we must go to YacclnatiDg,
~ far ne
sideration. We should not be insensible to
the moral claims these people hayeas hu-
man beings upon their fellow-men. They
are sn amiable, docile people, whom we have
no right to thrust outside the pale of our
Christian sympathies. They are IN our
houses, our fields, our shops, and they nave
long been associated with our business and
family life. Their moral condition Is de,
plorable. We are supporting school 'teacners
among the Indians, among the chinese,
among the Brsz'lians Of the LusitaVian stock
Why not do something for the Greeks " at
anr doors? The State cannot assume mis-.
s;onary work from missionary motives; but
ono wopld think that Christian people would
take Measure in that aspect of the work OF
The State educates partly for the same
| reason that she puuishes-viz., to promote
order and honest industry; but principally
| for the development of her citizens 10 all the
| elements of power, and thus providing for
| her own aperandizemeut. Were this nsslng
| oppor unity I would gladly argue the whole
| subject in all its economical, moral, and po.
| litical aspects; but having spoken IN my last
on the advantage Of educating laborers gen.
erslly, l here only can say that SO far at least
az elementary education is concerned, there
are the same reasons for educating the
blacks that there are for educating whites.
| The negro, like every other ORGANISM, nlgner
and lower, is improvable under culture he
may be made more intelligent, more morai,
more Industrious and more sklltul. ne may
be taught much of his civil and soclai oety.
| And lust in proportion as he is really lm.
| proved. in that proportion is he q more
orderly and productive member OF society.
i Publicists who have made large induc-
i tion offac.s in relation to the effect of educa-
ton on common laborers incline to add
i TWENTY-FIVE per cent. to the value OF q Ia
borer who has had an elementary education.
4 The public value of an average uneducated
ylaborer has been fixed at about 81 l,000.--l1
/ we suppose that the $4,000 negro men who
we're set free in Virginia possessed pubic
value of $500 apiece, they were worth IN the
aggregate 800, ,e00,0 900. II they have de-
Il preciated as "laborers, then the State has
Il been losing capital on that amount o.
. wealth. If they work oHly half as well as
Il formerly, as DR.. D. says is the fact, ther
the State has lost S5O,000,000 in ten years
on her mar-power. And if 1t be true thai
the training Of q common school adds twenty.
/ five Der cent, then if that training could
have been given to our negro men we would
have had an investment now OF Sl2o, ,oOO, ,O0l
in negro man.power, Instead of the S5o,'
900. 900, or less, which we now have. This
amount Of education on the public system
can be given for $50 head, and If 1t adds
5000 to the value of the man as laborer, 10
addition to what it adds as member OF the
. community, then the State in educating mel
laborers is making an enormous prone.
RI It may be said that calculations made for
ell white men will not hold good for the negro.
Ri suppose that they will not to the full ex'
t tent; but they will at least to partial extent
8 The negro children show an ordinary apti.
tude In acquiring the elements of knowledge
: and improve rapidly in mind and character
l under school discipline, as has been fully
! proved BY experiment. / am satisfied also
| that the schooling they get makes them more
g industrious, as we'll as more capable, more
/ honest, and more virtuous; whilst social!
they are not brought any nearer to the white
3 than they were before. Indeed, after grea
;. deal of study and observation, lam strongl
of the opinion that great moral worl
s | Is now going on among the placR
d which will be highly beneficial to society
IS This antagonism Of race acting in connectio
d with separate education will foster anon
the negroes the pride Of race which WI
e have purifying and stimulating power, an
e wil gradually overcome that contemplate
q ambition to associate with white people
b which has been instilled into their minds b
e the blundering policy Of the northern peopl
d and the Federal Government.
;. Or. Dabney has 30 little confidence Ia hi
:. OWE race as to suppose that white peopl
b will go to marrying negroes if the latte
J, ilesrn anything at the schools. / am far fror
e thinkiug 50; and I hope that the reTeren
I EgentlemSn viii cultivate more respect 70
o his swn blood. But If under the crdinar
u associations of life there would be any ten
= dencies in the direction Of amalgsmation
i the school system would oppose powerful
: barrier to such.. tendency. In fact, of all tn
!, public arrangements OF southern society tn
e school system.alone renders bold, emphati
9 testimony to the immiscibiity of the races
t We find negroes in our churches, our thea
!, tres, our houses, our raIl'cars, our nall
8 Of legislation; ;ibut there is one place Wher
: no negro enters, and that is assfsste pst6H
i scaooL'houss. The law separates the race
in edncation. ans In nothing else. The Ell