The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-02-06

Petersburg. now receiving f'-'.p' H.. "a .l',
mum. i'm n building costing, think' SilV'VV0,
needed increased accommodations. anu Oh
course increased expenditure. ne saiu
humanity required this ana, l suppose,
everybody agrees with him. lie proposed
IN meet this want by converting the OoioItu
Normal and Collegiate institute as 10 Dr.
called. built at cost of upwards oil SlV0'V1'
and now receiving am annuity oil S-"VV''
into this additional, or supplemental Luna
fic ASYLUM. and % turn the annuity over 70
that.
Since that interview a committee Oh ile
lower House. 90 whom joint resolution 10
the same effect was referred, has reported
unanimously in favor OF the plan' ana illh
TIMES newspaper has been pleased 10 "i-
nroyo IL. II Is the best way, they say, lo
accommodate the three hundred poor crazy
wretches now confined I'm lails.
fthi. plan be not adopted how Else shall
fho money be Ohtainody How much ia
needed Dr. Peasants. the senator lrOm
paforsburo. has lust asked for Sb0,WO Tor
MI. nurno-e. But the state is strained up
An tha last notch tO meet her present ODlied-
fious. She has mo- money 10 spare; ana il
She is i'm earnest in Offering 90 settle hei
debt. and means tO force her creditors I'D
fund bv denying them that privilege alter
the Isl day Of July. 1871, as ] nope sAe
does. then We ought TO husband our IT,
sources. And what better economy than
fo top of such "a inOnstrOsity as negro
normal school, which teachers laun ana
Greek and Chemistry How came that nor
mai school there any how; IL was. ! un-
dcr.taud. "a plan of General MahOne ..WoiA-
ed bv some of his gang, and paid ior'
81 ann not mistaken, out OF the
money that was received from the sale ol
fhe States interest in the A., VI. and d.,
now the Norfolk and Western road. II was
"a SOD 20 some Of his people, when thet
made the most Of as the records snow; ana
was mainly intended % secure 10 hiiii'eii
the negro Observation-Disclosures / was
about 10 sav-but negroes have no attach
menfs worthy OF the name. 10 has served
the turn Of the iobbers, who, by the way
made "a very bad job IN building d, and, Ike
Am other institutions of the kind, 10 is now
well understood by an our people 10 be a
The Petersburg Index-Appeal, it is true.
in concluding q protest against what Do calls
=. This outrageous proposition" says: "lt is
hleh time that am end be put 90 the cry
AGAINST negro education and against tine me-
gro as a pensiOner. DO is false. DO is UNJUST
and it is injurious 20 every interest oil me
state and of the people of the state White
and black ,,.,
peOule of Virginia DO NOT sympathile ln lhe
least. The subject has been canyasscd De-
fore them in books. pamphlets, periOdicals,
newspapers. speeches, at the iireside ana 10
tbe salons. and The verdict has gone forth
with Gathering Ioycrherltion that the negro
is incapable Oi education. that we waste our
money and his time in trying 10 give IL lo
him. And the people are going 20 stop Do;
excopt SO Gar as the negroes own taxes and
aid 0b erfr1 may De sunk in that bog.
The lndeX-Appeal says negroes have q
constitutional right 10 an equal e1pendi-
ture for free schools with the whites a.,
/ indeed they have until we change the equ-
cati0nal clauses Of our constitution, which
we shall do I'm good Time and he places
/ them in this particular on the general prin-
ciple Of the public free school. which re-
qiires that rich and poor shall alike contri-
/ fufe to the education Of all. Saving the
uoint that the Virginia Normal and Col
/ icgiate Institute is not public free school
according To- the true intent and meaning of
/ the phrase, accept the principle
as applied 10 the whites; but
dispute it as applied 10 the negroes
for not only are they incapable, as has
been found out by twenty years Of expert
mcut. of taking am education; more par
/ tcularly at a normal and collegiate insii-
tute. where Latin, Greek and Chemistry,
with "lOng-tailed words IN OlOgy aud atiOns'
are taught. or pretended % be taught; bat
the Milan fails in their case, because they
are Taught. OF they learn without teaching,
| Ia Doe the inyeterate enemies OF their white
/ fsllow-citizens and sole DonelactOrs, y0ting
against them ON an occasions, except
wheu-Whl miuce words in talking 10 ms
outraged cOuntrymen their sunrages arc
controlled by money or fear. And they are
D .I..fM md I.f. sol
ldiers: SO that when the time comes they
viii have less difficulty in shooting MS down
under the friendly guidance Of Iecumseh
sherman and his like.
Why should we keep up this useless and
dangerous policy: Because, says the In
deX-Apreal.
"The people Of Virginia owe the negro
very much more, on square balancing OF
accounts. than an education, even if 10 We're
not humanity and sound policy on the part
of the State 90 provide him with an educa-
ton. More than two centuries Of faithful
seryitude Of unresistng toll and pfiiaiinn
that others might enjoy the lu1uries OF life,
have won for negroes the right % an educa-
ton. even if they paid no taxes at all now,
/ though 10 is "a fact that under our constitl.
tienal requirement that taxation shall De
uniform they pay cn All they have, ANA The
weathiest bOndhOlder can 90 no mlle.H
Begging the philanthr0pic editors par
| don. that boot is on the other leg. When the
/ Puritan ancestors of idr. Ingalls,, having
/ purchased the negro for "a gallon or TWO OF
rum and a few glass beads. brought him 10
MS, we received the cannibal savage, tanned
/ him-not civilized him. DC Yas,ard Is, incap-
able Of that-tamed him, taught him 10 Labor
and % use the simplest tools AID made him
the most COuiorfed and most useful laD0rer
] I'M I. H. Ia "a 10
one Of Mr.. lagalls later relations, Saint
John Brown, suppose, being converted
as ii were, from piracy In Africa 10 murder
/ in Virginia came hels and set him free
that is 10 say renewed the savage Ia lin
as we see IL renewed to-day beyond the
power Of free schools and Christianity 10 re-
claim az least i'm North America.
Mr.. ingalls, and some much w0rthier pe0-
pie tell OF the great fidelity OF the negroes
during the war. Well. they were faithful.
But vas IL n meritoriOus iidelityl Was il
a submissive loyalty Of heart" such as
has characterized some OF Tie trues, aad
most high-spirited races Of men; the Scotch
/ iiighlanders, for instance. Was il the old
feudal ndeliiys
"rhe constant service Qf the antique world o.
which was rendered in love. not fearY BY
no means. Those who were OF an age 10
observe, as well as remember, must admit
that this fidelity was mainly the effect Of
subsection and discipline, and as soon as the
restraint was removed. as it was by the
dispersion OF our armies and the presence
OF their friends, the enemy, nearly every ne
gro sprang at one bound fI9m slavery and
obedience and fidelity; like "a horse, which
standing patiently where his driver has len
him, reined up in the shafts, as he has been
trained 10 stand, the moment ne is unhitched
and embarrassed runs OF and kicks up his
heels,
Tho right to an educationg"
Wen, If we waste our spare money on the