Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-05-18

professors or other experts 10 procure
suitable achool-books. written by conpe-
tent virginians OF other southern men. 70
be published by the state and sold to tho
pupils at cost. OF course know that "a a
| general rule the State ought not 10 engage
IN such an undertaking, which rather be-
longs 10 the domain Of private enterprise.
But 1t is 10 be considered that in this
case We are fighting trust seeking 10
Iasten itself upon the people and
| working 10 acquire an exclusive privilege
and IN competition with our own southern
authors. But what Is Of far more conse-
ouence. We are fighting against the en-
/ grating Of Yankee ideas upon the minds
/ of our people through the public schools.
| For there can be no doubt that Yankee
books, If thor authors are sincere. viii in
! culcate Yankee ideas, which are in many
important respects radically different ideas
/ from ours
Jet only few illustrations explain what
! mean by radically different IDEAS: On
| November 26, 1863 General Lee Issued
( General Order No. 1902 in which he said :
/ a cruel enemy seeks 70 reduce our fathers
| ana our mothers, our wives and our chill
/ dren. to abject slavery, TO strip them Of
/ Their property and drive them from their
[ homes. Let every man re-
member that oil he holds dear depends
| upon the faithful discharge of his duty
and resolve 70 eight and If need be TO die
IN defence OF cause 80 dear"
That cause. so dear TO us, and cmbslmed
In our memories, the Yankees denOunce as
I wicked rebellion; General Lee, TO whom
as It's greatest representative we ore about
70 erect monument, they pronounce an
migrate and traitor, and the pomp and
pagcontry with which we unveil that
statue they will cOnstrue into an evidence
OF hostility to the Union.
John Brown, whom we hung upon proof
OF his invasion Of the State in time OF
peace and OF conspiracy 10 stir NJ SER
vale insurrectiOn, this murderer they
honor as the proto-martyT If emancipa-
tOn ms bust OF heroic size occupies
conspicuous niche in the salons Of the
great Union League Club. whore Mr.. De-
pew and others can catch inspiration from
us contemplation, and his tOmD IN the
AdlrondGcks Is a shrine visited yearly 10y
hundreds, and from which IN first Lddlcs IF
tie land return with weeds and wild flowers
as mementOes Of their pilgrimage.
Neknow that negro slavery was humane
institution, they believe and haunt IN our
faces, that 1t was q brutalizing sin. We
know that negroes are moral and political
IDIOTS; they thinking, or protesting 20
think, that they are or can be educated TO
be virtuous. intelligent voters and legisla-
tors and insist that they shall take part in
our elections, even though II be necessary
60 call in the Federal Government to en-
force theright, care less if rivers Of blood DO
the consequence. Our legislation, up to the
time when negroes, scalawags. and carpet
baggers were introduced into it, was freo
from the stain of personal bribery. Theirs,
especially in such leading States rs New
York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, now more
corrupt than ever and appearing to thrive
In the light 'ot exposure, was well nigh
ruled by IT, Female purity with US has
always been most jealousy maintained and
marriage is hardly ever INTERRUPTED by d.
yOrce. With them divorce, which bad pre-
Niously provoked and called down ;he pro-
tests Of their preachorsand philanthropists,
had increased in twenty years Cup TO 1870
more than I57 per cent, or more than twice
and q half times az fast "a their population,
which had increased 90 per cent. Whilst 1t
is notorious that their higher classes keep
down the size of their families by means
which do not bear discussion IN the secu-
lar press, but which sap all ideas OF reyer-
enco for woman
But it is useless 10 cite more than these
facts. easily verifable by those who do not
already know them, 30 convince the candid
that we and they have radically different
ideas" and that as a consequence no mat
ter how similar may be our political insti-
tutions and social forms we should not
come into educational contact with them.
This / expect will be called dislOyalty TO
the Union. ! deny it. A man may warn
the conquered against the vices OF the con-
querors without treason. When st. Paul
warned the Christian slaves at COrlnth
arainst their heather masters no did not
counsel instruction. Rather ne ADVISED
them to "caro not for it," And there Is the
distinction that / take ] do not seek 20
eubvcr. Government, but TO save one
l.. ho 10 &c another
Some will accuse me Of wishing to destroy
tho friendly feeling that exists between the
sections. / reply ii does not exist except
in atter-dinner speeches. Taking Their
people "a q mass they hate and despise Us.
Ii may be said that 1 am rather hard on
the Richmond school teachers who petl-
toned 20 have the publications of Yam
kee schOOl-bOOk trust imposed upon the
people Of the State. ! reply FIRST, am
nothing ike as hard on them as they Will
be on the people il their petition should be
and second. that they committed
a reprehensible indiscretion when they un--
dertOOk to advise a change in the school
policy OF the whole State, involving IN
creased taxation and favoritism TO foreign
trust without giving an opportunity to the
State at large TO be heard.
II should be accused of similar self
efficiency IN setting up my uneducated
views against thclls, answer bIs1', Iu'o
the cases are different. They made an
official but quiet petition 10 the Board of
Education. made counter petition to
the same board in tho presence of all the
people; and second, that as / have not
seen any protest Of theirs against the
efforts Of tlie paid agents of this trust to
win over each member OF the Board OF Ed
ucation, /. who represent no private or
interest, deny that / have tran
sended tho privileges of an unpaid citizen
or the prophecies due to the occasion.
'Bui the suO,sc. is discussed by men and
women, too, ia books and on their platforms. See
epeech OF Hon Joseph Brown. OF Georgia, in
\ '...,., gto.os 900 ofa Nav 1894