The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-07-01
SPIRIT OF THE Press.

SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
rhc CoIorcd Man as Schooi ~
The appointment by the state bosuu "a
wo coIored men on the Pubic ocnv .,,'
BOARD Of Richmond city has met viii
,oortv disapproval and condemnation nun
great many, II not all. OF the Den,oeia.,o
,aners Of the State. We believe tn,s az
ION should be condemned by all, as sucn
policy adopted generally woaiu, ~ rocas
,pinion, result In injury 10 Do.n ia No.
rhe best and most comPeoen' oaiiod
IRE the only men who should pe c"'.su
mon 10 exercise authority over vvo
educational interests OF our Staoe. VIC
IRE In favor of free schools; we are III
avor OF bestowing the privileges anu
blessings Of an education upon al the enii-
iren OF our State. But in order 10 90 ,nis
most successfully those who conlroi tne
educational interests OF the State sbou,u pe
men who are the most competent ana Tue
most experienced. The colored man, as d
ace, has but recently been liberated rom u
engfhv slavery, and has certainty n9e
made that advancement which might enable
,im TO compete with the white race, either
IN experience or competency. IL Is ln,-
nossible that be should so far have ad-
vonced in so brief time; and considering
,lone the good OF the two races combined,
md the efficiency OF the public free-school
,vstem. Il seems to us that it would be lar
better that the whites should have charge
a. orr schools. Aside, however, from any
of the mere efficiency OF the
school system and the competency OF those
who govern them, there are other very po-
tent reasons why the colored man shouid
not be appointed to position where part
Of his duty is to supervise whlte Schools
We believe that the laws OF nature forbid
n and we do not believe that the laws OF
The land in apv sense require it, unless it
ian be shown that he is as suitable and ca
nable rs the white men of our State. Then,
90. we believe that such q policy will en-
lender strife and bitterness between the
races, and end in q hatred that time will
not soon eradicate.
We would not deprive the colord man OF
4 single right to which nature and the law
entItle him; and ii it be necessary, in or
der to give him those rights, that he shall
be appointed trustee OF public Tree
schools and other positions which the
white men can most efficiently I'LL, then
we are in favor Of separating the schools
entirely, and let the colored men have en-
tire and exclusive control OF all the color
ed schools OF our State, and let the white
men control white schools. No intermn-
gling-no mixing-but let them be sepa-
rate and distinct. Marion Conservative
Democrat.
"Wad Some POwer.'
IT'S amusing to read the construction
that the Washington county CORE
spondent OF the Wing places upon the re-
marks OF the Rev. DR.. Leftwich in his adj
dress at the commencement at Emory and
Henry College.
This gives an opportunity to the Wing
editoriallv to laud William Malone as the
:. Man of the Future" Now, DR.. Left
witch, in his admirable speech, which was
filed not only with sound reasoning, but
also sparkled with wit, most happily used
irony as weapon to convey to his audi
ence how small and contemplate he con-
sdered Malone. Repeating the names
Washington, Jefferson, Lee. &C., he then,
after a pause, with an emphasis peculiar,
said. :" Must / add MdhOne." No one who
heard him that had any sense misInder-
stood his meaning, and further, il was APP
preciated by large majority OF the large
audience as sarcastic alusiOn to Billy,
the Hubbleite-the Man Of the Future.
Some of BilIy's intimates, we under
stand, were much offended, and made it a
point to 90 around and criticise harshly
DIR. Leftwich's remarks by reason OF his
ironical alusion to Malone. III the Wing
had questioned the Governors private see
retary, who was present, he possibly would
not have been so misled by his "WdShing-
ton county" correspondent.
But the idea of coupling Mahone's name
with those of Washington, Jefferson, Lee.
&C., except in the manner we have referred
to. is truly ridiculous. The idea Of hold
ing Malone up as an eremplun before the
minds OF young men would have been
truly reprehensible. What would have
been said il Dr.. Leftwich had recommend
ed the young men Of Emory and Henry to
emulate the characters OF Robespierre,
Danton, Marat, Machiavelli, Bacon, &c. !?
Would it have received the endorsement OF
any right-thinking man? Why, then, would
DIR, Leftwich have shown such utter igno-
rance of public men as to lift up before the
eyes OF students as the man OF the future
the "Railroad Ishmaelite" and political
Parish of Virginia politics?
As q fine piece OF irony, we append the
remarks of DR.. Leitwich. We doubt ii a
finer illustration can be found in Blair's or
any other rhetoric
''Coming through the homes, the'insti-
tions, the genius, the civilization, the his
tory, and the life Of two hundred years,
in this country must produce
stronger men, fuller men, manlier men,
and truer men, or write its own shame in
humilating failure. Upon this basis OF
measurement-minus the disc0unts-the
man of the future should have in his
character the intellectual and moral
strength gathered by the generations and
institutions OF all his ancestry. He should
have the fullness OF his wisdom and know
ledge accumulated by the active BRAIN
work OF two hundred years the manli-
ness, the gentlemanhood that was born OF
the chivalry Of the cavaliers, enriched and
nurtured in the blood and cultured by the
spirit OF Washington. Jefferson, Henry
Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Preston-muSt 1
add Malone ?-and the long line OF repre-
sentative Virginia gentlemen whose spirit
and character furnish the basis and the in
spiratIon OF the +. +. V.'s Of the future"
Abingdon Weekly Virginian.
Drawing the COlor.Line.
We direct the attention Of Pulitzer, OF
the New York World, and Others OF his
like, to the following "outrages that have
been recently perpetrated upon his toards
In Yankee-land," where the special over
seers and guardians Of the negroes are sup
posed to reside:
"In Chicago, ILL.,, Wednesday, Professor
n. III. Ensley, OF Howard University,
Washington, and learned Greek graduate
Of Newton Theological Seminary, was or
dered out OF Race Brothers restaurant on
account Of his color He was accompa-
MED by Rev. DR.. Taylor. Races is one OF
the leading society restaurants OF the city.
w. III. Race said tonight when /
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