The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-04-10
The Educatioai Billinthe Senate.

The Educaiicai BiliiD the Senate.
The following report of the able
speech of SENATOR LAMAR, on the
Educational Bill" is from the
WAsHINGToN Posi- of the 10Th OF
March;
THE CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTION TREATED
IN A sTATEsMASLIKE MANNER
The event of yesterday at the Capitol
was the great speech of SENATOR LANAI
on tue Educational bill. The disIin-
guished statesman had such close atten-
ton from Senators as is seldom accorded
10 one of their plumber. He said he had
given serious consideration to the consti-
tutiopal gu stion involved, aud had no
doubt Of the constitutionality of the bill
Any other Interpretation OF it would, III
his opinion, he reversing the settled
policy of tue United States Government.
The rcdncmeuts Of distinction that bad
been drawn between land grants and
money grants, he didnoj svpathize with.
Ii WIS not all to The states that was I'M
constitutional The uuconstilu iouaIi y
began when thare WIS intervention OF
tLg (4..,,.r,I .sor..r,,,,.,,tiu n. r;gh, d.
md f,ro ms If tb, Gf.tAs The nj a
tons If ,je S,o.,t.,, fr,no N,sscrw Mr.
y,st1 IN tho .tnta,o,1,t in tbe bin ihsi
.,,a.,. Ina, ,gr.,ire, and ,iithmrfi,,' shouIt
he tsugli iii, mt sem IN Mr.. LINN p
to he we'll founded. ~ csc words were
words OF description and simply shovel
fbe rurDosr Of the bin. MIR. Lamar saw.
in those words no inaic5tiou OF Federal
intervention in tbe functions of The STATE.
lnd-ed ne rather rbonobt TINT if There
had heen any tendency 20 sueb inter
vanfiou the nns,ape pi This bill would
have a tendency TO arrest IT, He had
watehpd Win intense interest and soIici.
tula The progress of this educational
scheme since Iss first apDrnlance in an.
other form in !he other House of Con-
rr-ss. In his opiDjon it was the first slep
taken hy Congress IN r gard to the race
question in the United States, and would
hive more decisive effect upon That
an. stiou than the Thirteenth. Fourteenth
or Fifteenth amendments. unless this
measure was to be considered, ns he
thought 1t should be consid red, the
Iogic ! sequence of these amendments.
II WIS II measure naught with almost
unavoidable cons, ouelc.s 10 the people
aft the Son.h AnlIt from the Question
Of money involved il would riya to com
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