Daily Republican., 1881-03-12
= scc 40 ,ne Colorea People.

A sCD 20 she ColOred People.
The Senate has passed tbs bill apPro'
priatins tSo thousand four hundred
dollars for the education Of tho coiereo
ahiIdreu OF the State, the vote being
unanimous. Though this amount Is
amsll i. is better than nothing, and IL
ia sisnifcant as being the fist dollar
the State has ever given for that pur
~oss. The bill has yet to run the
GAUNTLET Of the House aud with suoh
oddities in it as Messrs. Robinson,
Jones and Speaker. Williams 1t Is hafd
Ia foretell its fats. Tue benefit or
injury it will be to the Demoefaoc
marty will be thoroughly Investigated
and their votes will be CAST accordingly
It is made quite certain now that tne
democrats in future campaigns cannot
draw more votes from tae white Repuo-
iiosns, but as the negro suffrage scare
ia over. some that did leave that party
ara more likely to return, aad the Demo-
arats are compelled to look elsewhere
tor their votes with which to elect their
H,ksts both State and county, in the
failure. There is no more likely source
.oafsrs from which TO draw such needed
help than from the coloret vote, and
as the oolorsd people have besn knock :
ing year after year at the nny ie ding
A,srs of q Democratic Legislature ask
fap in vain for the smallest pittancs 70
sducate their children, 1t may be
thought by the shresd Dem aqrscy tast
s24Oo would sop over sIfhoisnt mum
ber of B publican vo:ys to keep their
party sA,at. This .wsy not b. the OBJ
jeot Of the Democrats in the L7gisla-
turs, we woulafa,her think that it was
NO. their aim ana obj.o'. We would
rather Zee them moved by nobler con
si6eratious, but ws sre not yet pre-,
parsd to ascribe to Them praise FOL
doing in such p4nurlous m'serly man
ner that which should have been d""e
years ago. Justice has been 700 tsrdS
Rsueptancs has come too late, ana th'
small fruits brought forth are too las'g
nificant to prove that such repentance
ia genuine. For 6ve successive Demo
cratic legislatures before the presep
une. the colorsd people have bel
asking for aid in the education Of thei
children, that they nisnt Dot gro" ul
In ignorance, but deal ear has bsel
turned 10 all their appeals. the
have asked tor bread and Ash and be-"
.ivsu stones and scorpions. No" Ia
sesuty pittsuos of o. 400 Is dol4d out
shsm. OF oourse it vail bs gladly -
ospted. Nothing will b. Ieiased .
the colorsd people that will slevs'
their race, bat what q scsnty pit'ant
Ills TO some 8, 900 children Of school 81
for q Stste that hst thousands to thro
AWAY In fees to lawyers for detend'n
Nemoczatic ballot bUx stuters and w
lators OF the Federal election law
hefors tbs q uited States District eour
We know there are not 1000 ooloE;
children attending scheol iu Dela"sr
has there are that number Vho shOu
attend II proper school facilities. hs
M aced as those Afforded for viii
children we're ofer-d. Two thou=a
four hundred dollars divided smoDs
s,8O0 children would silo" eaoh
than the smasingly large sum OF thi'
oents apiece. However this msy
the entering wedge for greater eonl
I'm the futurs. 1t may be the drop
fore the shower, II Is the loossplns
and casting of Of old prejudlces' I
Mttls leavsn may yet leavsn tee wi
lump, and the time may not be 'sr
taut when Democratic Delaware
afford to be at least halt as Liberal
the cause OF the education Of colo
shiidren as Democratic MarylaEd
been for many years past.
IT rs STATED that the Hon. Aorau
Hewitt has sent his check Of one h
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