The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-03-23

| PURPOSE, 0s wax b&aVcu IN VIC S""t VI W.
sIsIcring the best means Of securing negro
teachers for tho negro schools. have attract
ed much attention, and were OF sicn q
character a. might well be expected 70
arouse slumbcring community. We 10
not refer to anything that was said In favor
Of the employment Of negro teachers 70
teach negro schools. This Is question
which the negroes are not to be blamed
for discussing. We shall, therefore, pass
Il over without further comment than
that as the negroes become better qualified
to become school-teachers more and more
OF them will no doubt be employed to teach
negro schools. But we do wish to call AZ
tcntion to the outgivings OF the leading ne
grocs who participated in the meeting 70
which VIC ailude, which show that the APP
poiutmcnt OF negro teachers for negro
schools IL but the ladder Of negro ambition
upon which those leading negroes would
climb into social equality, II social equality
is implied and involved in mixed schools.
Those negroes no doubt speak for their
race. and therefore their utterances are inn
portant. Let us look at some OF these.
Professor J. Il. JONES spoke rs follows:
"He said his convictions were decidedly
in favor OF mixed schools. and in opposi'
ton TO all others; not that he was specially
anxious to come into contact with the white
man In order to be bettered by the associa-
tion-for he did not believe this possible
but he thought 1t best on the ground OF
economy. because it would make schools
more numerous i'm districts which under
present regulations paid tax and had no
schools.
lie said the colorcd people had not been
accorded their rights, and it was time they
should claim them. He declared that races
having the same religion and speaking the
same tongue could not be kept separate.
Constant contact would break down all bar
riers, and complete assimilation would be
the final result. IL was only u question OF
time before ali this would come to pass.
ale argued that the colored man was
equal to the white man in every respect"
Gle said Democracy meant laws for the
white man, with the negro left out, and
the Constitution wore a lie on its face in
its execution. He asked IL the colored
people were willing 10 allow these abuses.
and loud cries Of 'No!' 'Nop came back
in response"
"He said the negro had been recognized
last fall, and would be this spring, and if
they choose they could make their infu-
ence felt"
Now notice that the utterances OF the
negro who made that speech were re-
sponded TO by the meeting, and that he
was appointed on the committee TO wait
upon Mr.. GARNET, the new Supern-
tendent of Schools in Richmond.
Notice this negro's words:
Constant contact rould break dozen all
barriers, and complete assimilation ,could
be the final result. IL ,ras only a question
OF time ,chen oil this could come to pass"
That's fine prospect for the Caucasians.
That such was the speakers meaning is
evident from his remarks i'm calling the
meeting to order. The same JONES then
said:
"Hc believed the schools the proper
channel to break down race prejudice, and
while it was probably not quite time TO have
mixed schools i'm Richmond, ii was only
right to have colored teachers for colored
schools"
"Not quite time to have mixed schools
in Richmond"l
Listen to a negro member OF the Legis-
lature. A letter was read from K. q. l..
PAIGE, OF the House OF Delegates, stating
that he was opposed to proscriptiyc sys-
TEN Of public schools. He didn't want a
IL II Cor
American children.
Blacks and whites together constitute
=" American children! The present
schools, according TO this negro law-maker,
are "proscriptiye."
Only one negro - CORNELIUS HARRIS
showed any respect for the preiudices OF
the white people. OF course he was not
honored with place on any committee,
nor with any Office in the meeting. We
give below the names OF all the negroes
mentioned as having taken part in the
meeting. These are representative men Of
the negro race. II any one of them is OPP
posed to mixed schools, we will give him'the
opportunity to say so. We desire TO know,
not whether he thinks it "not quite time
to have mixed schools" but whether he
has the pride OF the white people. who are
now and always will be opposed to mixed
schools. Rev. A. BIsGA, chairman; 4. n.
RANDOLPH, secretary; G. IL. PAYNE, JOHN
OLIVER, N. Z. VANDERvALL, s. ID. JOKES,
THOMAS HAY, and T.. A. RANDOLPH. COM
mittee in the meeting; aud +. A. RAN
DoLpH, JOHN OLIVER, j. f. FAERAR, j. Il.
JONES, and o. Al. STEWARD, committee to