The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-06-12
Tho Schnnls.

ems violent change in the Constitution
that would ruin the schools or 90 away
with them"
The above statement has no foundation
whatever except what we shall presently
onote. The Dispatch has never said one
word against the public schools. ON th'
contrary. it has always been their ias'
friend. In 1869, and even earlier, wher
there were amongst our readers thousands
Of good citizens who were honestly OPP
posed 10 the public schools, the dispatch
made il It's business TO advocate those
schools whenever opportunity presented
ITSELF
As copy Of the Dispatch OF May 10Th
NAV no; be in the possession OF the paper
70 which the Patriot and Herald addresses
its remarks, we reproduce from that issue
Of the Dispatch the article thus misrepre-
scented. 1t is as iollows:
THE SeTIooLs.-The City Council has the
right and the power under the law as II
now stands to appropriate just rs much
money TO the State schools as it chooses to
appropriate, and TO appropriate no more
than IL chooses.
The CORPORATION Of Richmond has the
same right to establish white schools only
that the corporation Of Richmond CoueSe
or any other corporation or private person
has. =.
These facts will not be denied, we take 1t
for Granted. But it will be claimed that
as the Virginia Constitution provides for
"uriform system Of public schools " these
Federal Constitution, as we showed yester-
day. has no provision which relates to pub
lie schools. and the State Constitution can
easily be changed, or, rs we said yesterday,
recors;dered." 1t will be easy TO arouse
the whites. They have majority OF eighty
thousand votes. They will not submit 10
have their schools overlooked or controlled
in any manner by negroes. III necessary
they viii make this the One-cOntrolllng,
overriding. al-imporant issue in the elec-
tons OF next fall for members OF the Gen-
eral Assembly.
Caneroa's two negroes had better step
down and out.
The reader will see at once that this Is
simply a proposition for protecting the
white schools from negro supervision. Ii
there are any schools threatened, 1t IS The
MORO schools OF this city, seeing that our
suggestion was nothing more nor less than
that the city ought to establish white
schools Of its own rather than nave "hi'e
schools with negro trustees. the Fou'o'
and Herald will hardly contest this propo-
sit,on. The white people OF smyth county
will never elect to the Legislature man
who would not vote to establish new
schools for the whites rather lhan
allow such negroes rs PAUL. Int
Governors messenger, to be clothed
with power to elect white teachers WISH
white schools, and in q word become, sc
far rs the public schools are concerned, on
perfect equality with the white trustees
We ask the attention Of the Pdtrtot dnC
Herald particularly TO this point-namely
that PAUL, the Governors negro messen
ger, is on perfect equality, rs member
Of the school Board Of Richmond, Will
tbe white trustees. Wherever the Whit
Trustees meet, there PAUL has RICH
In he with them. Whenever they NEE
this neero Is authorized by the Gov
ernor 70 meet with them. Messrs. no
r.Nn Hill, JEFFERSON Powers, j. ii
CuunnEy. Joux w. FISHER, V. 4. FAvIEF
" pEppy, and HENRY HUDNALL, hav
each exactly the same rights and the sam
movers as II. A. PAUL, the Governors negr
messenger. And when we propose TIT
the city OF Richmond shall establish whit
schools Of Its own rather than sui
mt TO the humiliation Of seeing h
Caucasian children subjected to sue
wrong, the Patriot and Hera
can see nothing in the proposition but
wish TO destroy the publIc.school system
IL is not at all concerned about the fate
the white children OF Richmond-has NJ
word OF condemnation for CAMERol
FAIR, and BLAIR, but is dreadiully alarmt
because our suggestion might damage u
negro schools. We trust the C0nSerudtir
Democrat will press the Herald to the W;
on this point, and make it take grom
either for or against the act OF CANEEo
FARR, and BLAIR.
The CVlpeper Exponent has bazed q
way ont Of the difficulty. Let the Cons
tuition and laws be 20 changed as to pr
vide that the negroes shall support the
own public-school system and the whit
their own public-school system. The n
groes may then elect negro teachers al
negro principals, and the Governor mi
with impunity appoint his negro m,
senger trustee OF the negro school
The law Of Virginia forbidding int
marriages between the negroes al
the Caucasans OF this State has be,
adjudged constitutional by the Supren
Court Of the United States becau
1t forbids whites TO inteImarry with n
groes under the same penalties which
denounces against the negroes who shs
intermarry with The whites. So as to
public-school system. The plan has bee
tried in Kentucky. All the schoOl-tax,
paid by the negroes were used in supper
ing negro schools, and all the school-taxt
paid by the whites were used in support
ing white school,. This would be capi
tai plan of heading OF CAMERON. FARu
BLAIR, and PAU. No doubt the Pa
triot and Herald will see in II
proposition TO inipe the negro schools
and therefore, as 10 the case Of Tho
article quoted above, rehcsent II TO be a
plap for damaging the pui1c-school system