The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-20

ihNiNs hilN llliNNlAhl lNtNNNlNN IN WIS
with sparse population separate schools
cannot supplyA clicntage numerous enough
To secure good teachers, upon whom the
efficiency of the public schools is abso
lutcly dependent. The Abandonment of
separate schools at once doubles the schools
IN the South AZ large, and at once furnishes
basis upon which good public schools
can bc built The moral necessity is this
Separate schools are u public proclamation
to all OF African or mixed blood that they
are an Inferior castc-iundamcntally in.
Terror and totally UNFIT IN minglc on terms
oi equality with the superior caste. Sop
aratc schools brand the stigma of degrade
ton upon one hall Of the population ire
speclive oi character and culture, and
brushes their hope and self respect, with
out which they can never become useful
or valuable citizens. We can never stamp
ont illitcracy in the South Ms long M this
principle is closely followed, for ii requires
that II there are not whites enough a. form
a separate school, then all must remain ig-
norant, and II not blacks enough TO form
separate school, then all the blacks must
remain ignorant, aud as these conditions
are To be- found everywhere IN the South,
general ignorance, of course, follows
MIXED SCHOOLS
"Whilc thousands are DESTROYS Of doing
full justice 10 the negro, they vet cling Ia
separate schools because Of the dread OF
decentralization which they fancy is inscp.
arabic from mixed schools. In this they
are thoroughly illogical, Tor, besides for
getting that reputable colurcd people will
not minglc with degraded whites, they
also overlook the fact that from earliest
childhood they have been subjected 10 IN
innate negro association, aud vet have not
been degraded. II they were not demon.
allied by the unrcstraincd influence OF
negro nurses at the very time the mind
and the heart are most susceptible tO In.
iluenccs Of every kind, why should they
lear decentralization for their children when
under the well guarded restraint Of well
managed public schools3 II will not, ui
course, be as agreeable To attend mixed ~
separate schools. but when II IN narrowed
down 10 almost no good schools Tor great
part Of the South " good mixed schools ii
would seem 81 be ihc hight Of folly 10
allow feeling OF sentiment Ia rob us OF In.
csiimabic blessings Ut education. People
aud their children who are 30 susceptible
10 contamination should not have negro
'NHNH ~ AAAiAiAHf AHNN NNaAhAN W ANNA
Tor II education Ia well regulated schools
viii cngrndcr Generalization, then ser
wants, who como into close daily contact
with master aud mistress, with Young mas
ter and miss viii surely bcslrcw their
paths with irighliul white moral wrecks
"Whcn ! hear the cry of dcmomlzi.
ton. born ~ have been and lived In
Southern society, aud knowing intimately
its dark ~ well IA iis bright side, can
only smile aud recall the old fable Of the
lamb muddying the VOLTS drinking water
The morals oi the blacks arr bad aud ihoy
are doubtless very glad to receive the i'm
purc advances II the whites. hut M rule
they arc not the tcmptor. but the tempt
cd. They arc passive, aud II they are not
sought by the whites they will rarely seek
the latter. History, fiction, the drama,
every day life all abundantly illustrate
thc dcmornliling effects oi tho higher upon
the lower walks ol society. Although We
hear sometimes Of grooms marrying their
masters daughters, We have Ia hunt
long time to find one instance ol the lower
male leading the higher female astmy, aud
NJ Il Is In the South In the intercourse Of
the two colons. The virtue oi the white
female Is secured by the ease with which
the higher white drhauchcs the lower
black. Decentralization indeed II the
prophet Nathan were now alive and were
10 be- rs plain spoken ~ hc WIS in Dnyid'E
timc, few Southern men would dare ia his
presence 90 cry Decentralization, lest hc
should point his finger At him aud say
Thou nH the man.
"Mixcd schools arr not half so shocking
nor ~ bad ~ w.A negro emancipation, me-.
gro voting. negro lnWmak.ny negroes 10.
ting on juncs, negroes riding ON mil ~
street cars our dread Of al these has
been dissipaiod by experience. What,
then, will bcronu " our dread Of mixed
schools7 That, too, will prove equally
chim'rical. The tine appearance aud good
breeding ~ the whites will be- iino exam.
pies which the black 'childrun will be- CONE
tinunlly Initiating, aud instead Of bal
manners, bad morals aud bad language
spreading among our children, COOL man
ncn. good language aud good morals will
sprcal among the black children. OIL.
gurchy, caste, y1snlngu. arc the rognlut
spirit Of the South. and no country ran
prosper under their weight Until tho
negro secs aud feels that be- can IT right
enter tho school attended by bis white
noighbor thc brand ol degradation must
eat int aud consume his soul.
TuE pAyg sn
although the South presents quiet
and peaceful aspect, there is mo- assurance
that this indispuiol supremacy Ut tho
whites aud the iniofiority 1T the blacks
will continue definitely This very state
Of Affairs which seems so satisfactory has
produced and IL daily producing In tho
hearts IT 100000 ol follow citizens vast
mass Of smouldoring onmity aud bitter.
ncE, only awaiting favorable opportunity
10 display itself. The South h raising up
an enemy silent and sullcn at their very
doors, aud though lac will never conquer,
hc stands ever ready 10 ycx and haul
and b. league with those Who Tor any
Gauss seek 10 upturn the present order 0i
affairs The negroes know that tho long
opposition Of The whites since their FREQ
dom Ia still In fall yigor. dophying them
Of some Of their most valuable rights. In
stead OF seeking to diminish this enmity
the people Of the South are taking dclibor.
ate measures 10 increase Il.
Indeed llow2'
'simpy by seeking 10 educate the
negroes, hut not 90 educate them ~ the
full measure Of manhood aud citizenship,
but 10 educate them 10 be- still interiors, 90
bc still subordinate " ourselves, aud ~ bo