The daily gazette., 1882-01-25

believe II, and asin Illinois they have
carried the case to the courts, 50 viii
they do here. We grant that IL they
secure a majority Of the Legislature
and then carry the case to the courts
and there secure such decis-
ion there will be danger. But what
would the schools then be WORTH Ii
some districts they might be contin-
ued, but in the districts where the
negro predominated the whites would
NOT enter the schools. Oil aud water
win not mix, neither will the black
and white races. 1t was not 80 i'm
tended they should.
We have fairly quoted the Republic
can above and would gladly con-
clude this matter here. But it seems
wholly unfair that that paper should
so M srepresent the Democratic Leg
islatnre. That paper says:
''Delaware is the only State in the
Union that has made no permanent
provision for that purpose. The Ga
zetts has not forgotten that the colored
people have not failed from time To
time since 1870 to importune The Leg
islatHre only for the privilege Of taxing
themselves 10 support their own schools,
but lt was often denied, until at last
the poor boon was granted, but with
such conditions that 1t is Of little
permanent Importance"
1t is not true that the Democrats
have neglected to provide plans for.the
negroes education. SO far from 1t
the Democratic Legislature passed
laws enabling The negroes to pay a
school tax and appropriate and apply
it all to the education of their own
children, the Dem ocrats also ex-
empted their properly in this city from
city and school tax TO assist them.
The negroes 10 this city who own
houses pay no city and school tax upon
them, although they enjoy the privi-
lege Of attending public schools daily
in good and comfortable school houses.
In addition to this the last Democratic
Legislature passed bin giving $2400
annually to the negro school fund, not
$500 as one Republican organ says
and $4,000 as the Republican falsely
prints it. The bill provides that Of
this $2400 freely given, $500 shall be
given to each county. Now consider
ing their houses are not taxed, they
might contribute TO their ogn fund
and thus with The States aid raise
quite "a respectable sum to keep their
schools going.
Ia conclusion we will merely quote
the threats of the Radical organ that
our readers may understand what is to
follow should the leaders OF The he.
publicaR's party get he power. 1t
says
SIT does not seem to enter the mind
of the Gazette, that the only way to
prevent coloIed chilIIen from entering
the public schools is by giving the col.
0red children the same opportunities
for education that are afforded to
white children. II the Gazette will
not hear TO this, it may expect in a
short tune to hear the knockings OF
colored children at the doors Of white
schools. This is the only manner in
which the Gdzstts's imaginary catas..
trophe can be averted."
1t is notorious that the negroes will
not pay tax. They have the oppor-
tunity TO do so to educate themselves.
But the Republicans propose to put
them in the white schools gotten up by
the white peoples money, and the nc
gro hopes TO be put in the viii school.
for the vote he casts for the Republi-
can party. In fact he will not even
pay his poll tax, and the Republican
leaders have gone abroad and begged
the money to pay his tax. They then
take him to the polls and vote him
We submit whether it is the Negro
who votes or the men in other States
whose money is used to get his balloi
in the box.