The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1891-02-04

STATE tnan this measure. L plead for
| equality and justice. This bill is to
furnish an educated motherhood. This
means the education of the masses upon
| which depends the perman Ancy of our
| institutions. An educated mother never
raised an ignorant family. | know a
brave woman who educated her husband
and her family, and my colleague here
is married to daughter of that family
| From her labors and devotion influence :
have gone out which have been OF such
value in Pitt county as honors and
blesses that county.
l am ashamed Of the neglect of
| church and State toward women. L
| University is partially endowed, and
is sustained by an annual appropriation.
| We are not doing as much for It as We
| should. Tax the church-Wake Forest
With 5000, 600 endowment, aud Trinity
with 800, 060; none of our churches
have endowed their female schools:
neither State nor church have done their
duty with respect TO tn h'gher educa
| tion of women.
| | favor the education of the
negro, but let me say the State
| spends four tir,2s as much for oae
school girl as it does for one wnIte wo
men There are four classes: /, white
boy; 2, white girl; 2, colored boy, 4, col
ored girl. The white boy can go to the
A, and NJ. Collage or to the University.
at dollars a session; the negro boy can
| go to Shaw University at a cost
not exceeding Sc 90 a month, and his
sister can go with him at S5, 90 But when
the white girl desires to go to college,
| she is compelled to pay not less than
| $50 a month.
We see, in the name of patriotism and
| religion, the State aud church and phi
lanthropists educating the boys and the
| colored girls. But they practically say
| to the white girl, 1--WE have nothing for
you" We educate the deaf, dumb or
| blind gir', but TO the girl who has none of
these defects Ws have nothing to Offer
| object to opening the doors of the Uni
versity to women. The Teachers Assem-
bly, for six years; the Kings Daughters;
the superintendent of Public Schools; the
State Farmers Alliance; thousands
of women have petitioned for this school,
If we do not heed these requests, We are
despisable men.
The Alliance, always good and glorious,
has established such a school in Georgia.
This Is but an act of justice and legisla-
tive chivalry. 1t was comprehensive
speech and an able argument.
of sentiment; foolish and gushing senti-
ment. While the gentleman who pre-
ceeded me kept one eye on the gallery
and one eye on his speech he wanted to
keep the children in his eye and see if
we ought to put our hands in their pock-
cts and take out what belongs to them
am opposed to this bill in whatever
shape it can como. The bill can only
reach a few, and if | vote for this bill |
would trample upon the spirit of the
Constitution. Some have said that the
members from the West opposed educa-
ton. 1t is false, and will vote for any
measure that will help any child in any
section whether in Dare or Clay.
This bill will do little good. In 1887
l voted to establish the Normal schools
believing it to be right. The people
tried them, they did not pay for the ex-
penditure, and the people abolished
them.
Every fair minded woman will take
my opposition as q compliment. Every
woman who goes to this school has got
to take pledge to teach before she can
take advantage of the privileges of the
schoc woman must be vestal virgin
all he, : to take advantage of this
school. L. Ugh minded woman could
He read an OF. .te speech made in the
Senate and said that the speaker got as
near to this bill as the food. The gen
tleman from Pitt attempted it, but when
he got to the desert of Sahara he had to
give it up.
He protested against talking against
the poverty of our people. and drew
picture of the returning soldiers who
undertook the work of rebuilding our
fortunes. To say we are behind rich
States, is like Representing mother.
He attacked the speech made in the
Senate which said our women were not
the equals of Harriet Beecher Stowe.and
declared that our Christian Reid and
Mrs. Clark we're tar superior TO women
like Harriet Beecber Stowe.
When we pass this bill it is the begin
ing of more. 1t takes about $1OO, 900
out of 100000 to pay officers. In our
great chivalry to the women are we 60
children. He combatted the position
that North Carolina had done nothing
for women. There are 10O 900 more ed
educated women in North Carolina than
men, and they have largely been educat-
ed IN our public schools.
Take the county Of Clay. They have
one college for girls. They have one at
Asheville, at Hendersonyille, at Weav-
erville, Greensboro, Catawba, Salem,
Peace, St. Mary they are found
in nearly every county in the State.
would vote for a University for wo-
men. But this bill does not propose to
give the women University training.
Mr.. Rays argument was earnest,
strong, forcible, telling and full of
humor; and he was frequently inter
rupted by laughter and applause.
Mr.. Morton, of New Hanover, said he
could see that a speech was NECESSARY.
When the cause of woman's advance
ment hangs futtering in the balances, l
cannot remain quiet. The women have
a right to the best opportunities. The
women plead for less than we have given
to the men. The passage of this bill
would be the sublimest act in the re-
cord OF this body. He referred to the
| presence of the Senators the gallery
filed with beautiful women whose mute
appeal ought to be needed.
Capt. PEBBLES thought the merits of
the question was the best argument for
its passage. He gave we'll considered
throughts why the amendment of Mr..
Prithard ought not to be adopted. If
were at confessional, and l had intro
duced that amendment, would be COM
PEELED to say 81 was trying to get off lit
tie demagoguery. If had been a Repub-
lican l would have said Il wanted to
demagogue little and to make the di-
viding line between poor and rich.''
If one woman of rich parents attends
that school 1t will have good effect.
We must make no distinctions. We are
all one. Rich men pay taxes. If their
daughters want to enjoy the advantages
of this bill, let them do it. We must
not en- t.nger our Anglo-Saxon suprem-
acy by inserting wedge like the one Of