The daily gazette., 1882-01-25

THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS of the white
people of Delaware as we have here.
tofore stated are not subject entirely
TO the control Of the State. But they
may be destroyed by the political
party that now seeks to secure ma.
jonty In the Legislature, and sure
way to destroy the schools would be to
drive the white children away from
them by putting the negro children
into them. This was the pith and
peint OF our argument last week to
which our neighbor, the Republican,
after SO long time takes exception. 1t
says:
"The Gazette makes a great
mistake. 1t processes to be horror.
stricken at the idea of admitting col
Ored children into the public schools
of Delaware and calls upon the peo-
pie to resent the implied insult at the
polls by voting the Democratic ticket.
This is just where the mistake is
made. Were all the white people of
Delaware to combine and vote the
Democratic ticket it could not avert
the result if the same school test was
made in Delaware that was made in
Illinois. Our neighbor should see by
this time that the only way to keep
colored children out of white schools
ls by providing as good school faoili-
ties for colored children as for white
children. 1t is strange that it is 30
slow to open its eyes to the fact that
reforms never go backward, but all
the time forward and gather increased
momentum aa they roll"
With all due difference to the plaus-
ible way in which our neighbor treats
the question we beg to differ. We
think the GAZETTE has made no mis-
take about the matter. We are quite
sure that if the people support The
Democratic party aud elect a major
ity of its candidates, there will be NO
mixed schools In Delaware by reason
Of any law passed by the representa-
tiVes of that party. 1t was apparent
some years ago that if the Republican
party got control of the State the
colored children would be mixed III
in the public schools with the white
children, and this result, it is now be,
heVed, was prevented by a combina-
tion of conservative Republicans with
the Democrats and the election Of the
Democratic ticket in every county
The Republican boldly advances the
opinion of its party leaders thai
"were all the white people of Della
ware to combine and vote the Demo.
cratic ticket it could not avert the
result if the same school test war
made in Delaware that was made il
Illinois" We have quoted that
papers own words, and we know that
that is the opinion of the Republican
party leaders in Delaware. They be.
lieve their party made constitutions
laws and passed acts in Congress tC
degrade the children of the poor white
people of the South by making then
become the companions of the ne
grOes. 1t was an act of revengefu
warfare against the whites aud had a
terrible effect upon the proud, patri-
otic spirit of the poor white boys oi
the South but they bore it all witt
manly courage, and at last rose abov,
the petty spite. 1t did not disturb
the children of the rich inasmuch a
they were sent abroad to schools, onl,
as they sympathized with the poo
white children with whom they haC
been accustomed to play. The Re
publican party in Delaware seems K
be ready to attempt to force the whilt
children in our State to submit to th,
same thing. And from the Brandy
wine to the Nahticoke The Republican
predicts the public schools will hav,
to be opened for the negroes should
the case be brought before the courts
here and tested as in Illinois Tht
GAZETTE does not believe any sucl
thing, but it does not doubt that tht
Republican party leaders, of which
the Republican is the chief organ, dc