The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-11-10

schools i'll Mexico. The Mayor OF SaltlllO
and the Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton of the State of Coahuila, Mexico, were
introduced to the Conference by Rev. VIM.
Powell, missionary at Saltillo. The propo-
sition which they we're authorized to lay
before the Baptists of the United States is
this: The Governor and the people of Goa
hula will place in the hands of the Baptists
$4,000 if they will establish five schools i'll
Mexico, for the education of women, and
agree to raise 800 themselves to carry
on the work. The schools are to be located
at Saltillo, Parros, Monclora and Patos.
The fifth to be girls normal school in
Parros. One of the buildings is for col
lege and will cost $4,000 and have an en-
dowlnent of $4,000, of which the Baptists
are expected to pay $4,000. The schools
are not be closed for more than one year at
time, except during war and pestilence,
free tuition is to be given to orphans and
daughters OF poor widows, and a complete
religious freedom is to be granted to all the
pupils. The Conference agreed to the whole
proposition and will at once set about rails
ing the $4,000. l rather think I should
feel doubtful of such project. Schools
that are liable to remain closed one year at
time can not show much progress, and
the exceptions of war and pestilence may
intrude themselves and close doors very
often. However, God speed the planting OF
schools there and everywhere.
There is feeling of surpii Use among the
people here and disgust too, think, at the
move made in the South to take advantage
of the late decision of the civil rights bill.
I refer to the breaking of an agreement on
the part of Vice President Hoxie of Texas
to run separate cars for the Negroes. "We
can make colored people take their seats
where we please now," are his words. An
agreement should be as binding without
the force of the law as with it and would
with all save the mean, unjust, dishoaor-
BILE nature, the nature that better BELTS the
barbarian than the Christian man. The
Negroes are human beings and should be
treated as such. Social equality is out OF
the possibilities, but they should have jus
tice and kind treatment. Clean, decent
accommodations at hotels ana on all lines
of travel should be provided for them. The
good people of the South must blush for
ever such an act Of injustice is practiced it
brings down upon her head the opprobrium
of the whole North. She stands disgraced
to day by Mr.. Hoxie's despicable act and
by the Ku-Klux outrages in Georgia. 1t is
no wonder that people up here are heard
constantly making depreciating remarks
about Southern people. Not long ago l saw
an Orleaaian very much vexed because a
man asked him if New Orleans was not a
wild sort of q place. Perhaps the man had
gotten his impressionof New Orleans at the
time that Sheridan called the people ban
ditti, and swore he was not afraid to con-
front them. The charge of Judge McCay
to the jury in the Atlanta Ku-Klux cases
was noble, a grand one, and do trust he
succeeded in getting ajust verdict. No, no
It is time that the South arise in her maj
esty, advocate right and administer Justice
time that she make laws for the protection
of all her citizens, no matter what the color
since she has men in her midst who, when
the law does not bind them, take advantage
of the poor, ignorant, helpless Negro.
FRAGMENTS.
| Brass bedsteads are fashionable.
| Mrs. Langtry says she has left her hus.
band for good.
| Our retail shopkeepers complain thai
business is dull.
| Taxes are increasing and rents decreasing
in Philadelphia.
Governor elect Hoadly is in Philadelphia
in charge of the doctors. He declines t.
entertain reporters.
Nearly all of our wholesale dry goods
stores are making heavy shipments to thu
South.
A Market street house sold S2,OO0,CO'
worth of goods during the past ninety days
Two Mormons of Salt Lake City, one I
Congressman and the other an ex- Congress
man, are at the Continental Hotel. The.
are not here to obtain converts however.
Judge Wm. D. Kelley, the veteran Con
gressman of Philadelphia and "Father o
the House." has returned from Europe will
q new lease of life. He is more of a pro
tectionist than ever.
Lieut.. Gov. Black in a late speech at Yorl
declared that Cameron was the main caus
of the struggle at Harrisburg; that thougl
out of the country he was boss still.
GOOSEQU1LL.