New-York tribune., 1879-10-18
TO their faith in Christianity and its Divine

hostility to the proposed college. city meenns'
dnlv warned. was held (Septcmber 10. 1881, the
Mayor the Hon. Denis Kimberly IN the chair'
DISTINGUISHED citizens the Hon. Judge Daggett ut
their head. made indignant speeches, and the meet
iGg resolved. by vote of 700 to 4, mat 'nc
founding of colleges for educating colored people IL
an unwarrantable and dangerous interference WIN
the internal concerns of other states, ana ought to
be disconragedr: that the establishment in New
Haven" of such college " Is Incompatible with the
prosperity if not the existence of the present insti-
tutons of learning and will be destructive of the
best interests of the city,; aud that the Mayor,
Aldermen Common Council and Freemcn' Will re
sist the establishment of the proposed college in this
place by every lawful means.' MIR. Jocelyn. the
white pastor of the colored church. appears to have
been the only clergyman in the city who had the
courage TO protest against this rcnzled exhibition OF
colorphobia. The honored faculty of Yale asscnted
by MS silence to this impntaton put upon its char
actcr by the meeting DIR. Bacon, the popular pas
tor of the Centre Church, leading colonizatonist,
and powerful writer and platform speaker, diu
not find hIs voice on this occasion, but, IKE MS
eldcrs. bent before the storm. When the whole tide
of colonization influence running with Niagara
force against the proposed college, it would have
becn an act of sublime heroism on his part if he
had hfted m his voice in ITS defence, as, twenty
wars LATER he dared to protest against the repeal
of the Missouri Compromise. OF the public OPINION
that could silence "a man of such courage little need
be said.
In the face of such opposition the plan for the
proposed college appears to have been abandoned
rs impracticabe. A year later Arnold Buiium.
president of the New-England Anti-Slavcry Society,
made an effort TO establish cOlored seminary. but
the anti-slavery excitement increased so rapidly as
to absorb the time and means of the Aboitionists,
and he was compelled to abandon the scheme.
But another and still darker tale remains to be
told. liz 1882, Prudence Crandall, Quaker young
woman of high character, established in Canter-
bury, Wndham County, Conn, school for young
ladies'. Now there was in that town respectable
colored farmer named Harms, who had daughter,
a bright girl of seventeen who. having passed cred
itably through of the district schools desired
to qualify herself to be q teacher of coOred chill
dren. She a girl of pleasing appearance aud
manners, a member of the Congregational Church.
and of hue not darker than that of some persons
who pass for white. Miss Crandal good Quaker
that she was admitted this girl to her school The
pupils some of whom had been associated with
her in the district school. made objection; but
some Of the parents were offended, and demanded
the removal of tho dark-sknncd pupil. Miss
Cranda made strong appeal IN behalf of the
GIRL and did her best TO overcome the preJudces OF
the ObjcctOrs but vain. After reflection she came
TO the conclusion from sense of duty, to oper her
school to other girls of dark complexion. The an
nouncemeut of her purpose threw the whole town
into ferment. A town-meetng was held III the
Congregational Church. and so fierce the excite
ment that the Rev. Samuel J. May aud Mr. Arnold
Butfnm the Quaker President of the Ncw-Emgand
AntI-Siavery Society, who had been dcputed 10y Miss
Crandall 10 speak for her, were denied hearing
She had authorized these gentlemen 10 say that she
would remove the school if her opponents would
take her house of her hands fair terms. Resolu-
tions of the most denuncatory character were
offered and supported by leading citizens and unan
mously adopted The leader in these proceedings
was Andrew L. JudsOn, esq, "a lawyer of more than
local reputation q Democratic politician, much
talked If as likely TO be chosen Governor of
the State lie was subsequently appointed
Judge Of the United States District Court. lie
avowed himself a Colonizatonist, and said he
determined that no niger" school should be set
MP anywhere in Connecticut. The colored people
were an inferior race they could never rise from
their mental condition in this country. and they
ought not TO be permitted to II they could. Africa
WAS the place for them, and thither they should be
sent.
But Miss Crandall, unmoved by these mani
fesatons of hostility, received into her school fif
teen or twenty colored girls from Philadelphia,
New-York, Providence and Boston. Then began a
series of prosecutions of the most inhuman charac
ter The storekoepers of Canterbury refused to sell
her ANYTHING, and she compelled to send to the
neighborng villages for household supplies. She
and her pupils insuted whenever they APP
peared III the streets The doors and dOorsteps of her
house were besmeared, and her we'll was filled with
the most odous filth. Had it not been for the help
afforded her by her father and another Quaker
-t, 1tu. in fhs fnkNn lao hay
found it impossible to obtain water or food. An
attempt was made 10 drive the pupils away by the
revival of an obsolete vagrant law, winch provided
that the selcctmen of any town might warn any
person. not an inhabitant of the State, to depart
forthwith, and If the warning should be disre-
garled and the prescribed fine not be paid, then.
after the lapse of ten days. the person might be
whipped on the naked body not exceeding ten
stripes! A warrant, under this law, was actually
served upon one of The pupils from Providence, but
when It was seen that she was not frightened, the
proceeding was abandoned. Moreover, the persecu-
tors were baled by the Rev. Mr.. May, of the neigh
boring town of Brooklyn, who gave the Treasurer
of Canterbury bond in the sum OF SIC 600 signed
by responsible gentlemen. TO save the town from
the vagrancy of any of the pupils. Then the per-
secutors procured the enactment of a law subject
ing 10 fine and imprisonment any person who should
set up anvil here in Connecticut school for the
struction of colored pupils not residents of the
state. When the news arrived i'll Canterbury of
the passage of this Infamous and unconstitutional
law, the bells were rung, cannon was
fred and the people gave themselves up to various
demonstrations of JOY. Miss Crandall was
rigncd bound over for trial. and thrust into Jail,
where she occupied cell just vacated by mur-
dercr Such was the excitement that the local press
dared not publish line from Miss Crandal or any
of her friends In this emergency Nr Arthur Tap
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