The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1890-01-04
RACE EpvcArroN.

q Among all the interests which have |
arisen in the new order and condition
Of affairs now assuming questionable
shape In Its justice and equity is that
which concerns the education of the
negro. 4
Upon the sudden stroke which eman-
cipated the negro from the bonds Of
slavery, the first consideration was
how can he in his present condition of
ignorance assume the rights and priv.
ieges of citizenship, following which
was the answer, ahe must be educated"
without Q consideration Of the adspta-
tion of tho means 10 the end,
However, the free school system was
at once extended to him with a precip-
itancy poorly considered as 10 the rel
alive cost upon the taxpaying whites
who Of necessity must needs bear the
the burden of the imposition, and for
quarter of century the white tax
payers Of the South have generously
borne the load with the hope that
good results would follow.
Some good results have been OBJ
tanned IN isolated instances aud some
Of the negro race have commercially
embraced the advantages afforded
them, but the results to the race as q
people must be looked for to determine
the success or failure of the effort.
The question now is, have the ne
groes, appreciating the advantages Of
knowledge, embraced the opportunity
afforded to acquire 1t during these
twenty-five years.
1t must be acknowledged that they
have not as people and that the tax
alton for their benefit has largely been
thrown away aud lost upon the objects
to which it was proiiered.
This must be admitted In the alb.
sence of any apparent good results
! aud as to-day we find tho race no fur
ther advanced than they were at the
period Of the emancipation.
Still, under the control of Republi
can deception, as people they cling
! to the impostures imposed upon then
J in the beginning and defy the advanc
es made to their reason and interes
= with ignorant stolidity; outside of DO
litical enlightenment there cannot b
= discovered advancement in intelectu
al and moral culture, such as might b
expected as result Of the force
: brought to bear upon them.
y y Under no circumstances could W
y deprecate the absolute necessity fo
. the education of the masses who ar
: : to take charge of the destinies of thi
y State or the Republic, where such &C
= = ucation can be successfully maintaine
: ! but It Is becoming a serious matte
y y that one-half of the people are con
= PEELED to bear nlne-tenths of the bu
"a a den for the unresultant effort of edI
y I, eating the negro children Of the Stat
= II is very hard to establish the equ
Is x ties as existing between the value
- i an education aud the specific value
~ q tax and perhaps no method will ev,
y, ~ be found by which to adjust the seal
-, but in the matter of education of Il
- negro race by public taxation, the i
"a - equity Is SO plain end glaring th
~ there is good ground for resistan
:" and the establishment Of per capi
bestowal of educational privileges
= the ratio Of q per capita tax.--Natch
q Democrat.
The TIMES is on record as favorii
marked change in our conIm'
h school system, aud a material reductl'
fin the scale of Its establishment. i
1--we do NOT think appropriation