New-York tribune., 1884-03-25
TIE BLAIR EDUCATIONAL BILL.

A sFNn-POLIuCN DEBATE IN THE sENAIE-No
ACTION.
WASHINGTON March 24.-The BLAIR Lduca-
tiona bin was further debated III the Senate to-day.
nIr Garland spoke In It's support. lie thought the bill
before the should be passed whether in the pEes
ent precise form not he would not say He thought IL
the most important that had been before the Senate
since the It's passage, substantially as at present
drawn would be the powerful evidence that could
be adduced the wh country tna we were one united
people.
Mr Coke made a constitutional argument against the
bill II was Capitalization he said IN It's most concen-
trated FORM If Congress could give money for educa
tion it could completely control the instruments by
which that money disbUrsed because The jurisdiction
OF the National Government was supreme wherever 1t
existed History had shown that jurisdiction once ceded
or assumed had been renquishsd and the history
OF the United States was full OF illustrations OF that fact
Mr. Vance spoke in support OF the bin. The colored
people he said had been freed and enfancsed by the
National Government The Southern states had lost 50
much and had been bed by the Teptian carpet-Dag
government they had not been able to do as much
as they otherwise could have done for the education o
those people Yet those states had been held by the pub
lie opinion of the North to as high standard Of ad-
yancemen in educational and other RESPECTS Vas ex
peced of states Dr people whose civilization ard foci
had not been disturbed for one hundred years NJ Van
continued length, and replied 10 by Sir gals
who congratulated him his adrOlt appeal TO northern
sentiment
Mr.. Vance asked whether Mr.. ingalls,, as & 'au.
did not think the circumstances such ast
whole country responsible for tie eauc IN
Of the cOlored people.
Mr. ingalls, replied that he did but more respOnta-
bic than the people had had their services Tor Two
centuries ana had made II crime for them To read the
Bible
Mr. Vance retorted that IL the gentleman went further
back he would find other people also responsible for
slavery people who sold the slaves 10 the South gualaD
eed the te and then thanked God that they we're LOT
other men.
Mr.. Ingalls, said he believed the first slaves were
brought TO colony Virginia Referring TO the
Inquired whether not worth a. much 20
community when free when slave Was COM
Ynuny a country worth any less because the same
man lived in IL a freeman rather than slave The
principal necessity for bill TO Mr. ngGss mind.
10 he found white teTacy rather than tie cOoIed
iliteracy South He read from the tables
OF $50 TO the figures OF white iteracy. IN Ala
baina they were nearly % per The white nhaDi
ants in Arkansas 25 per cent IN Florida 20 per cent in
Georgia per cent; in kentucky % per cent? IN Louis
ana lSla per cent; IN Mississippi lG 3l0 per ccnt In
North Carolina 81 z per cent; in South Carolina % $40
per cent; in Tennessee 27 3-l0 IN Texas 10 $40; IN
Virginia 2-l0 How could IL be said that this money
was required becaure this nation freed the slaves and
gave right OF suffrage Tie fact was that the
occasion tor the expenditure OF the BOHey out OF
the position Of the Caucasian and not OF the c0Ored race
The debate prolonged and speeches were made by
number Of Senators, bat the point OF action was not