The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-03-25

| hsIlAfNs
nr. Garland replied no knew there was
none. On tho contrary, there -as feeling
that ~ wns absolutely necessary 10
ed uca,e the colored race. When no
| Garland was governor o: Afkansas
IN appointed colored aan to the. prinol-
pnlship " Que oi the schools. He
thought tho bill before the senate should
be passed, whether in the present
precise form or not he would
NOT cay. He thought Il tho most import.
ant that had been before the senate eince
the war. It's passage substantially 40 a.
present drawn would be the most
powerful evidence that could be adduoed
10 the whole country that We were one
united psople.
Mr.. Coke madaa constitutional argument
against the bill. H. Is Capitalization, he
sid, IN It's most contracted form,
n congress could give money Tor education
it could completely control the insttu'
ments BY which that monay eas
dishursed, because the jurisdiction OF the
national government wos auprcme where.
sver IL existed. He would DO obliged to
vote agsinst the bull
Mr.. Vance spoke in support OF the bill.
/ The col1red people, he ssid, had been
freed and Cnfranohisod by the national gov.
crnmeu'. The southern states had lost 81
much aud peeu 80 bltd by carpei-blg
s0ytrnmocts that they had not been able
To do as much as they otherwise
would have done for tho education of
those people. Those states had been
held by public opinion month 10 ns hig g
standard OF advancement IN educational
aud other respects a. expected Of states or
pe ople whose civilization or society had not
been disturbed Tor q hundred years Not
only was this expected OF them, hu. che
Woli was made aware Of II
On every occasion the 1outhern s'a'ea
had baen Investigated" Now p Dill was
| brought in TO aid those states
in educating thcir co!ored people
aud the singular spectacle YVES pre-
, scented Of oppO,luon ly gentleman who
have been moving oil powers OF cnnRreta
In order that tho sick calves OF Kansas
might he doctored. Some objection might
naturally hev9 been expected from
the strict "conslructionists," out 1t came
With sed grGce nom the gentleman
from Kansas. Mr.. Vance would not
withhold his sympathy from sick
cattle, but would not the gentlemen from
Kansas extend their sympathy TO tho illlt'
crate. AS 10 the basis OF distribution, Mr.,
Vance thought there was no true basia but
that Of illiteracy Of the population as
whole. Dil the senators wish 20 distribute
money among college professors or
members OF oongrets2 1t should
ba distributed where 1t was needed, ont
Mr.. Vance did not expect the bill 90
| pass. lie had long believed
and nov saw cuniirmation
/ OF his belief that enstorl on the other
side Of the cha Der we're louder in th'r
profession than n in oo toSir e aS.s
plc. Whilo tao party which they
! rspI escnied would send elniss0rigg among
the oolofe! people 90 band them tOgsthrr
Tor polite B .urDosCs and take them % Tue
polls, he bod glHays thought when a. came
10 really doing f0melhing Tor the same pt'-
IL an all On o.
Mr. Vance was not disappointed. Ht
had no doubt tho senator from OHIO tNr.
Shermsn) attached more value 90 t4H
negro 90 M ignorant person AS
q fruitful source Of investigation than De
would a,taoh 30 The negro Is an ln'ell gent
man and en- Intelligent voter. No doubt
he answered the purposes oil that Eeng'or
better in ignorance than with intelligence
Mf. ingalls, congratulated Mr.. Vance on
! the very adroit appeal BIO naf
/ addressed 10 northern sentiment on
this subject. He had said while
the people OF North Carolina were no.
asking money, they were willing to
eft OF the cclor,d people. rhe census table
showed the white illiteracy OF North Carolina
was ~ per cent. Hence the grstuity would
be very lprgely to the whites rs well as
| blacks. The blacks OF that state, in Mr.,
Ingalls, opinion, made a much more
commentaries sno"inb III iekh.u W GU
ucsiion than the whites, Replying to the
criticism OF Mr.. Vance on TIE
position OF Kansas senators, Mr.. ingalls,
sSia ne the saw sresoat measure by which
money was 20 be handed bodily over to Gle
state ana a measure euch 90 thli
which had been so much criticised
in which the money was to be expended
BY the United States government. The
ueople of North Carolina, MI
ingalls, continued, We're not
ignorant because they we're
poor, hut they were poor because they were
ignorant. The founders OF inst
Of labor, and though the peopl-
had great possibilities OF wealth
and power and belonged to a class Nhosa
opinion had for nesrly century direo'ed
the soilcy OF the nation, yet the state
found Itself now with ats slaves
free and illilerste white people
un.ble 10 read and write. Those who ware
willing to deal with this question properly
were told * the people
OF tue north took their HANDS oil, Norm
Carolina that state could take care OF itself,
The hands and feet OF the national govern
ment has long been off that state.
Mr.. Vance asked whether Mr.. Ingalls, %
a candid man did not think the circum-
stances such rs TO make the whole country
| in a measure responsible for the education
| OF the colorsd people.
MIR. Ipgsils replied no did, but no more
impossible than he people who had had
their services for two centuries and
made II a crime for them TO read the bible.
Mr.. Vance rstorted that II the gentleman
went farther back he would find other peo-
pls also responsible Tor sayery-psople
who cold slaves 30 the south, guaranteed
the title aud then thanked God that I ey
were not as other men.
Mr.. Ingalls, said the principal necessity
for the bill to his mind was to be found IN
white illiteraoy rather than colored Hitter.
acy of the south; that the
occasion for the expenditure OF money
grew out Of the position OF the CAUCASIAN.
not the colored race.
Mr.. Vance denied that the money was
needed by the whites for In smselves. They
would be able to take care oil their own
education II they did not have 80 large a
oolored population.
Mr.. ingalls, said that in 1850, tho halcyon
d,ys OF tho OLE regime, there were over
$1,000 whitcs in North Carolina, who
could not read or write, and that was d
larger proportion of illi!eracy than even at
present.
Mr., Vance said North Carolina was poor
stats, had paid into the treasury twelve
times az much. money as Kansas, a rich one,
North Carolina having paid In In 1880 81 (.
372 22s, while Kansas paid Only $3.50, 769.
Mr.. Plumb inquired how much oil North
Carolina's amount had been on distilled
spirits.
Mr.. Vance replied about one.half on
whisky that had been drank In prohibition
Kansas.
Mr.. Vest would vote against the bill. He
could not see how any man could favor
this measure unless on the theory
of local self government TO use a phrase
already used by another senator) IL were
to be 'spunged out" OF our form
of government altogether. In the course
OF the debate message was
received from the hou.e nnnouuc-
mo the apreement of that bodv To