Morning journal and courier., 1884-03-25

1t was looked upon as voluntary offering on
the part of the North TO do some
s sogs whom Il i tsv Of Ssa the o SGlSEsd
'.If, !" exclaimed Mr.. Vance, 'tyoa win refrain
from taxing us to support your northern
factories we will agree to help ourselves.
If you win quit taking public lands TO build
railroads in your country We viii help our
selves. If you will doctor your own sick
COWS and calves we will help ourselves"
Mr.. Ingalls, congratulated the Senator from
North Carolina upon the very polite and
sagacious speech he had made, upon the
very adroit and dexterous appeal he had
addressed to northern sentiment in behalf of
this measure. It appears from the census
tables that q greater amount OF NtlteEacy
existed among the whites than among the
blacks of North Carolina
Mr.. Vance asked If the circumstances
under which the slaves were liberated and
enfranchised did not impose some obligation
to educate them.
81 think so,' answered Mr.. Ingalls,; 'sbut
not more than it imposes upon the people OF
the southern States who have had their ser
vices for two centuries, who have made them
ignorant, who made il crime to teach them
to read the Bible. think there are some
obligations resting upon these communities
where these slaves existed; where they were
held in violation Of every instinct Of hui
mainly"
''Will the Senator go little further baok?''
said MIR. Vance. might there not be some
obligation resting ON those who brought the
slaves to this country; who sold them to MS
and who then violated the title and set them
free, and thanked God because they were not
as other men," daughter
Mr.. ingalls, said they had heard all that
before.
Mr.. Vance repealed the insinuation that the
white people of North Carolina were densely
ignorant. He wished to call attention to the
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much internal revenue taxation as Kansas,
whose education had already been provided
for by substantial gifts of public lands.
"What was that taxation paid on ?" asked
Mr.. Plumb.
Half of it," replied Mr.. Vance, "was
paid on distilled spirits which were mostly
drank in prohibition Kansas" daughter
Mr.. Vest commended that there was no
pavallel to the legislation proposed by the
bill. He did not combat the position that
the federal government might grant aid or
assistance to the States, but he emphatically
denied its right to prescribe the educational
system in detail which should prevail as was
done by this measure.
Mr.. Riddleberger favored the bill.
At 4:55 p. m. the Senate without reaching
a vote went into executive session and at
o'clock adjourned.
HoUsE-The usual number of bills were
introduced and referred, among them bills
by Mr.. Morrill,, of Kansas, to equalize invalid
pensions and to abolish distinctions on &C.
count of rank in the -ervice. By MIR. Money,
of Mississippi, and Mr.. Morse, of Massachu-
sets, to facilitate and cheaper telegraphic
communication. By Mr.. Brent, of Wash
ington Territory, to create and admit into
the Union the State of Tacoma.
The call was concluded at $50 p. M, when
the House went into Committee Of the
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on the private calendar. A bill for the re-
mission of taxes on certain property of the
late Carlisle P. Patterson was discussed at
length and favorably reported to the HoGse
and passed.
At 4:50 p. m. the House adjourned.