Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1882-01-27
Cs,ored Children and Schools.

PUBLICAN-rather against the Repub-
lican party--are, that the Republicans
want the colored people to be edu-
Gated and want them TO pay their taxes
We might infer from the remarks OF
our neighbor that ii the Republicans
would only let the colorod people 80
verely alone, and let them look out for
themselves, it would be happy indeed
If this were done, the Boprbons OF
Delaware would be able to carry Della :
ware for the Democracy for n time in
definitely, and that is what pleases the
Gazette. When the world turns on its
axis and makes it's annual revolution
around tie sun, our neighbor should
turn with it, and discard tina old etfete
ideas of a generation ago, when men,
women andchildren, simply becausethey
were black, were sold like sheep from
the auction block. We live in days
when Georgia, Alabama, and even
South Carolina, made fertile with the
blood of slavery, have established col
ored schools and made permanent an
nual appropriations 70 support them.
We live in an age when We have but AT
the present time to look at Virginia,
the Mother of States and the mother OF
the early Presidents, to see her estab-
fishing and endowing Normal scho OILS,
for the education Of slaves, once
held in bondlge-now free. Maryland
BourbOnized as she has been, annually
sets aside a colored school appropria-
lion proportionately to what white chill
dren get. What has Delaware done
Where are her normal coloreG schools .
Where are her monuments Of beneyc-
lence to n down trodden people" As
we said in former article, few days
ago, she did grant the coIored people the
Door miserable boon Of submitting to be
taxed fifty cents voter, to be spent in
educating themselves, provided white
tax collectors were given the privileg
of collecting the money. 1t was only at
ter importuning the Legislature session
after session, that this poor miserable
boon was allowed. Need we tarry here
and tell how that tax is collectei" How
are colore0 peoples taxes collected ?
Ask the hundreds Of colored neil in St
Georges Hundred for instance, where
they are following the collector iron
place to place to pay it to him, but are
unable to find him. Why is this ? Be
cause the payment of the tax gives
Colored men right IT, vote, aud some
how, if left to themselves, they Away
vote the Republican ticket. We mention
st. Georges II hundred but the sam,
plan is pursued by other collector, i,
the county--we vii, not say all Of them
This is one Of the great blessings ht
slowed by the Democratic party upon
the colored people. out Of i've thou,
and cOlored voters in the STATE, # all .
them would pay their taxes the who,
amount realized for school purpose
would only he about -, 800
The Gazette amiably informs us tia
we made an error in stating that ia
Legislative appropriated only 5000 IL
the education OF the Colprea people ;
Its last session. We are rem!nIcI TIN
the amour was S24O0, divided equal
between the three counties, We than
our neighbor for the correction, and "
only wish that the error had been grea
er for the credit Of the Demo rae,
We have given a Democratic Lc1i9,
ton the credit IT making thar appt
priatiOn-t The first ever made in D.
ware for the education OF Co ored p,
pie, but We would whisper softly il
the ear Of our neighDOr and tell b
that even that s:anty ptttaur" Wur
not have BEEN dJled out amongst tt
GDOItI SCll''Dl tl!lhltlI ltLl IL y |
seven Republican, in The Lcgis'alr
voted in favor OF il. The majOri
of the Democrats opposed it violent
but under the lead Of 7. y. william
an educator from Sea.OrI, some four
five Democrats were rallied with Iii
Guilty to voCe for the appropriation.
For this, we hear this Ga2et,r in
tending the Leg stature use such !,
snage as this sin addition to this
last Democratic Legi stature pan'e,
bill giving $2400 annually to the me-
school fund.- Yes, the Democr
passed it with a vengeance ~ we liz
int shown, IN ess the Gazette me;
thk a majority Of them passed il
This is slna. capital on which to
up ii glorihratiou Of the DemOcra
party, but it is better than none.
fact that four Democrat, out uf fJ
teen in the lower House of the Legi-
ture, by hard persuasion We're Undue
10 vote for an appropriation OF a
kind to educate rOlored children, is
encouraging sign.
The Gazette accuses ~ VI favor
the admission Of colored children
white schools. Never by word or
ton have We don" any hing Of
kind. We only called attention to
fact that the Slpre,I" Eonrr Of Iuir
had decided that rO,or",i children c.
not be excluded from tuo Pubic sch
and we forewarnel the rullng poy
of Delaware, that II Sac co.orod pee
Of the Sat- were not given the s.
privileges 10 euuGMtr themselves
are given to tho white people, it ~
not be long before Go0red CAI'~
would be knocking at tina doors Of
white SCHOOLS tor &G,ui>siOu, md If
fused, an appeal TO tie coar OF i