Huntsville gazette., 1884-03-29

and that was more responsible for slavery
than any other State. When slavery was
found not to pay in Massachusetts, he said
the people Of that State sold their slaves to
the South for consideration and then
thanked God end sang the long meter dox.
ology through their noses, that they were
not responsible any longer for the sin Of
slavery.
Jonas, while not deeming it necessary to
mske any. speech in favor of the bill, could
not refrain from referring to the remarks
made yesterday by the Senator. from Ohio,
(Sherman), who had said he would not
trust the South with this money, aud the
Senator from Oregon (Dolph), who, to- day,
had said that the people of the South had
trampled under foot the constitutional |
amendments and would not administer this |
fund faithfully, Senator Jonas denied most
emphatlcally as baseless and calumnious
any charge that the people of the South,
had any prejudice against the colored peo-
ple. lyon sympathize," said he, with
their ignorance and poverto, but they are
our fellow-citizens. We meet them in TIE
contests of every DAY life; they are our
neighbors; they pervade the streets of our
cities; they live in our villages; they cult
vate our fields; they mix with our families;
they mix with our children; they vote at
the polls, and to a large extent control our
a1o Ho
terms the insinuation that had bean made
that the people Of the South, or at least
that portion that he in part represented,
would be faiehless to this. trust confded to
them. "Wby, Mr.. President" said he,
Fryesbeihg in the chair, "you know that
before the committee that examined into
the affairs, Of the far off county of Copiah.
if nothing elseswas proven there, it was
proved that the blessings of education to
the utmost limit of the capacity rof that
people, were extended to both races alike"
Butler opposed the bill. He said the
common school system of South Carolina
was as good as any in the United States A
constitutional provision created a tax for
an educational fund, and that fund vas re-
ceived in addition to the income from Foil
tax.
Logan called attention to the remarks
made by him (Logan) the other day with
reference to the propriety of basing aid
upon the number of children, and not upon
the total illiteracy.
Butler agreed that it was better basis.
1t would be impossible to educate the old
people; but of what did education consist
anyway Education did not consist of
examining letters into peoples heads There
was an edu alton more important than book
learning, and that was the education of the
family relation. He feared, too, the effects
of measure Of this character upon perso
nal and private effort. There was no sue
cess in life comparable to that which re-
suited from individual effort, and he would
hesitate before doing anything to discour-
age it. He was opposed, unalterably op-
posed to the tendency growing up all over
the land of rushing to the National Treas
ury to remove every difficulty of local
|
Senate Butler could find no authority in
| the Constitution. He predicted that, if
| this bill passed, ten years would not roll
around before the school system of the
States would be in the hands of the Nations
al Government. The Senator from Ohio,
| (Sherman) had said, though not offensive
| w. flor RntIer did not he ;na mt FL ha off ~
sive) that he could not trust the South to
| dIsburse this money. That the Senator
would pardon Butler for saying in the
same spirit, that he (Butler) would hot
| trust him (Sherman) 10 contribute it. He
| would not discuss with that Senator or any
other whether the prejudice in the South
against the colored man was stronger than
it was in the North. He did not believe it
was. Butler preferred, on the whole, to
trust to the pluck, endurance, manhood
courage, and humanity of the people Of his
State to do Justice to all men, white ard
black, than to accept aid from the Federal
| Government.
The House joint resolution re-appropri-
ating for, the aid Of the sufferers By the
Mississippi river floods. sl25,O0O not e1-
| pended for the relief of the sufferers by the
floods OF the Ohio river, was read the
times and passed
The Senate went into executive session.
and afterwards adjourned.