Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-18
his REPLIES.

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the bloody struggle.
his REPLIES.
Tn his Judgment there was not IN illlbe-
raj word or an lliheral law on the statute
! book Of the United States that was not
profound mistake of statesmanshlp. lie
did not believe that there was a single dis
reimbursement. a single penalty, a Single
harsh word In the laws OF the United States
since the last Gun fred at AppOmatt0x
that had not retarded instead of aiding the
process of healing and reconstruction that
had been at work He did not believe the
statement of the Senator from ONO (Dlr.
sherman the other day that IN the heart
of northern people there was generosity
and magnanimity. The difference between
the great segments Of the people who IN
| habit theAmerican republic was not the
| difference of intuition. but the difference
of local surroundings. He saw III
the Blair bill not iayonets, not ban
ners, but he saw in 1t an appropriation
for education and some very powerful
and fundamental consideration would
have to stand in his path before he ever
voted against any wcll-devlsed measure Tor
education. Tho SOUTHERN States. Mr..
Daniel said, had been doing Their tull duty
in the matter Of education, and had, SINCE
1870. spent S252. 100000, taken out OF the
pockets Of the people, for the purposes Of
education. His own State had been fourth
in the list in the magnitude of It's donations
and appropr
Mr.. Moran asked Mr. Daniel whether
he desired TO increase the taxation on tho
people of Virginia by the amount apprO-
prIated under the Blair bill.
Mr. Daniel replied that he did not wish
TO increase that taxation IN the form IN
which il had been drawn from the people.
gn4h " 4 CA
with every subject. One was dealing with
il in an abstract way. and Of imagining
idle things which might possibly come TO
pass. The other way was 10 take things as
they were found and try to make the best
Of them. The bill would be, he said, an
assurance to the people of the South that
the Federal Congress held them and their
situatiO in cOnsiderate remembrance. II
would be an indication 10 the cOlOred
people Of the South that those who
preached generosity were willing to prac-
tee IT,. The condition of the State OF Nir-
rinia had been described by his colleague
mir. BARBOUR. lie did not consider that
that condition was at all peculiar To Viz
ginia. II was one that was shared IN by
almost every Commonwealth IN America.
There was a certain degree and character OF
prosperity in Virginia, but 1t was not the
prosperity that spread itself with equal
hand all over the Commonwealth.
Tho agricultural interest of that
state was deeply depressed. lie did
not attribute IL in any degree what
ever to any infeTiority of a part OF the
people. hut TO conditions that applied il
cvory part of the United States, and that
were working ont their results in the
North. South, East, and West. In tins
connection he read extracts from an artl-
Gle in the New York Tunes OF Saturday,
showing the agricultural decadence inNcw
Jersey and OHIO, and he referred also to a
| like decadence in the New England States.
lie nut the question whether the agfcul-
tural classes desired tho passage OF
the bill and said that they did.
/ they were under q weight of tax
alton. not only III Virginia but IN other
States, which they could but III bear under
the circumstances Of Their situation. 1hey
would welcome wcll-directed apprOpria-
ton from the Federal Treasury that would
give enlarged school accommodations, AMI
that would carry the school-house rs King
Alfred carried Justice to every mana
door. They would receive the bill in ac-
cordance with the spirit IN which 1t was
rendered.
Nh. Daniel in proceeding to discuss some
constitutional points IN connection with
the bill was asked various questions by and
received various suggestions from Messrs.
ner, but he declared in reply to Their OBJ
jections that be couldn't see any substan-
tial difference between the power or the
Federal Government 10 take piece OF land
and give il away for educational purposes
and the power 10 take money out OF the
Treasury with the same object. While ne
tree of knowledge was not the tree OF ne,
il would be found that the most enllght-
ened nations had the highest moral ideas,
81 fl.Yf q hn most gTlfrhf4nn1 men were
men who bad the highest character. IL
was not the education of the school-room
alone that was TO be depended upon. IL
was the education OF society, the education
of history, the education of tradition. But
all that came more easily when the book
served as a guide to 1t. Nhlle ne
sometimes felt appalled, as he stood beIore,
the problem which the South had to deal
with he saw that in this measure they
were drifting toward light. He would ueAi
with il as a shlpwrecked sailor landing IN
the nighttime and seeing through tho
murky sky q taper cleaning in the DIS
lance just as surely as that sailor would
rise up and travel toward the light, so IN
this case there was a light III dark place,
and for himself he would say let IL
shine
MR. MORGAN OPPOSES.
Mr.. Morgan opposed the bill. He SAID
that be had an opportunity on three pre-
vious occasions of discussing II IN etienSo,
and he had no disposition 10 add anything
I 70 what he had heretofore submitted, 20
the Senate. The bill, he said, was oilI
for taxation and for double taxation Its
object and purpose being to compel GER
tain States Of the Union TO tax themselves
more than they were now doing for the
benefit Of public education. He did not
like the idea of Congress forcing the peo-
| PIE of Alabama 10 tax themselves Gas they
would have to do at the close of the term
of the bliD three millions year for puoilc
schools when they did not now spend more
than S60O,O00 year for the expenditures
OF her State government.
Mir. Hawley obtained the floor 10 speak
against the bill, but not desiring to 20 on
tins evening tho bill went over TIL 20
morrow, Mr. Rvarts stating that il was his
purpose to speak for the bill "Wednesday