The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-03-27
FoRTY.ElGHTH CONGRESS.
senate proceedlnes Yesterday.

Friends, urging the Senate 10 pass the edu'
cation bill now before IL. Mr.. German, In
presenting the memorial, remarked that
the Society of Friends had themselves con,
/ tributed $500, 900 toward the education oil
all classes OF i!literates in the South, and
were much interested In the question oil
education everywhere.
The Senate took up the bill reported
from the Committee on Indian Affairs pro-
vidlng for the allotment OF lands in seve-
rally TO the Indians on the various reser-
vations, and TO extend the protection OF
the laws OF the States and Territories over
the Indians.
An amendment was adopted providing
that the principal OF the purchase price
paid to the Indian tribes for any OF their
lands shall be withheld for twenty-five
years, the interest TO be paid during such
time also withheld, such interest TO be ex-
tended for the support and education Of
the Indians to whom it belongs.
After further debate the bill passed.
Mr.. Blair'S educational bill then came
up.
Mr.. Vance said much haunting and boast
ing had been INDUCED in with regard to
the superior educational facilities of the
northern States over the southern States.
Many OF the northern States had received
large grants Of land. and many Of those
States had received class Of immigrants
who were already educated. He insti-
tuted some comparisons between North
Carolina and Kansas to show what
North Carolina had accomplished for
education as compared with Kansas.
He also compared Massachusetts and
North Carolina us to common schools.
He cited figures to show that though
the wealth Of Massachusetts, was ten
times that Of North Carolina. the amount
devoted TO school purposes was only
nine times greater than North Carolina,
and the percentage OF taxation de-
voted to education was only two per cent.
greater than the amount gwen by North
Carolina, and Mr.. Vance thought that do
ing pretty well considering how Massachu-
sets had got her wealth. The whole cOun-
Try had for many years been taxed to sup
port Massachusetts,, and North Carolina
was compelled to contribute to that
support. Referring TO the remark made
by Mr.. Hoar yesterday, Mr.. Vance
said it was a constant source OF NOR.
tification TO him (Mr. vance, to hear
senators taunt his State with ilite-
racy. but it made the modification
more humilia.ing to hear that taunt from
OF Tewksbury. the repre-
sentative OF State that had sacrificed
every principle for gain; that was more
responsible for slavery than any other
State; that was the nursing mother OF the
horrors of the middle passage. When
slavery was found not to pay in MaSsa-
chusetts, Mr.. Vance said, the people of that
LII 81, 20 la al, fNK.
consideration, and then thanked God and
sang the long-metre doXology through
their noses that they were not RESPONSE
bic any longer for the sin Of slavery.
Mr.. DOlph, of Oregon, SAID that none OF
the northern or western States wanted any
OF the money this bill proposed to appro-
pirate. 1t was understood that the bill be-
fore the Senate was meant primarily to Sc
cure the education OF the cOlored children
OF the South. Why should not the bill go
directly to that point before being called
upon TO vote for an appropriation OF money
to any State for education! Mr.. Dolph
wanted to be shown some evidence that
the State was IN sympathy with the object
OF the appropriation. In connection with
this point Mr. Dolph referred to what he
described as a denial Of civil rights to the
colored people Of the South.
MIR. Jonas, while not deeming ii ncces-
sary to make any speech in favor Of the
bill, could not refrain from referring to the
remarks made yesterday by the Senator
from Ohio (Mr. Sherman), who had said he
would not trust the South with this money,
and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Delphi,
who to-day had said the people Of the
South had trampled under foot constitu-
tional amendments, and would not admin
lister this fund faithfully. Mr.. Jonas de-
MED most emphatically as baseless and ca
luminous any charge that the people OF the
South had any prejudice against the col
ored people. You sympathize, said Mr..
Jonas, with their ignorance and poverty;
but they are our fellow-citiZens. We meet
them in the contests of everyday life.
They are our neighbors; they pervade the
streets OF our cities; they live IN our vii
lagos; they cultivate our fields; they NIX
with our families; they mix with our
children; they vote at the polls. and
to a large extent control our elections.
Mr.. Jonas repealed in the strongest
terms to the insinuatIon that had been
made that the people Of the South,
or at least that portion that he in part re-
presented, would be falthleSs to this trust
il confided to them. Why, Mr.. President,
said he, (Mr. Fry being i'll the chair,) you
know that before the committee that eX-
amined into the affairs OF the far-off county
OF Copiah, ii nothing else was proven
there, il was proved that the blessings OF
education TO the utmost limit Of the capa-
city Of that people were extended to both
races alike.
Mr.. Butler opposed the bill. He said
the common-school system OF South Caro-
lima was as good as any in the United
States. A constitutional provision created
a tax for the educational fund, and that
fund received in addition an income from
the pol-tax. Mr.. Butler read from the
Of an educational body the
OF a cOlored teacher TO
show how much the people OF South Ca
rolira had done for education. The people
OF the South, he continued, had had to
solve the problem that no other branch
of the Caucasian race had ever been
called upon TO solve before. They had
made mistakes, no doubt, and as long ms
human nature was as weak as II was he
suDposed they would continue to make
mistakes: but If he knew his own heart
and the hearts OF his people they meant TO
deal fairly with this great question. The
slaves had been illiterate, OF course, and
as freedmen they had been illiterate; but
the next census would show great inn
provement, for the older people were pass
ing away.
Mr.. Logan called attention to the re-
marks made by him (Mr. Logan the other
day with reference to the proptety OF
basing aid upon the number OF children,
and not III on the total ilIiteracy.
Mr.. Butler agreed that that would be the
better basis. 1t would be Impossible 10
educate old people. But OF what would
this education consist, anyway! Educa-