Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-04-30
and 1t has simply made him discon-

and 1t has simply made him discon
tented with his lot. "a little learning
is a dangerous tbipp,' especially with
our sons of Ham. / beg psrdon-oul
Afro.Americans, and education surely
changes him from q decent respecisbl'
laborer contented with bis lot. into {
surly, dangerous being, that fils oul
,ils and pepitentaries. Senator DAME
ls right wher be speaks Of "runDine
sore." That is the truth but not In thf
sense be means. Taxation for negro
schools is the ulcer on the fair body ol
Virginia that is q strain on her vitality.
It should be cut out.
ln saying that education 10 wasted
on the negro, / only state fact that
every naturalist, savant, scientist and
philoloeist, has announced. The
greatest authority on rsces, the learned
Humboldt, thus comment upon the
negro; 1.-THE whole anatomical struct-
ure of the head and it's premature ossi-
fication OF the skull are acknowledged
among ell prominent pathologists as
the cause OF the inherent mental In
feriority, which is even more marked
than their physical difference"
F.lippo Marietto, o great authority
on the subject. ssys; "The negro
children are sharp and intelligent, but
on approaching the adult period n
gradual change ssts In. The iotel'ect
seems to become clouded, ard br sS-
ness yields to Incidence. OservsIion
shows that the development of The
negro and white proceeds on different
lines. With the latter the volume OF
the brain grows with the expansion OF
the brain pap; 10 the negro the growth
of the brain Is on the contrary arrested
by the premature closing Of the crsnial
sutures and lateral pressure of the
frontal home"
The E encyclopedia Brittanica in it's
summing up of the negro race reaches
this conclusiou: "No full blood negro
hss ever been distinguished as man
OF science, poet, an artist and the
fundamental equality claimed for him
by ignorant pniisnthropists. is bslied
by the whole history OF the race
throus shout the historic period"
The negroes have had the same
chance to rise In the world as the other
races. The Britons wheu conquered
by Caesar were bsrbsrians. 10 tue 10 b
century Russians were the lowest 10 the
scale OF the Aryan race. Darwin, af-
ter a long fight, proved his doctrine
that the survival OF the fittest is ma
ture's iron law that governs alike ter
restial and celestial bodies. Oa some
races 1t has Il has set its seal; why, we
know not. o. the Asiatics, on the
aboriginal Indians, on the millions OF
East Iudians the effects are seen. To
oppose the Anglo-Saxon Is simply de.
strucliop, and that is what tie negro is
doing.
A sovereign State can pass her own
educational laws and there is no appeal.
If Virginia decides to let each race edu'
cate its young, though 1t Is an inpo-
yation, she has q perfect constitutional
right to do so. Even Senator Daniel
does not claim that she is violating any
federal law.
This running sore' OF onerous taxa
tion for on alien race should be stop
ped. II the negro desires education let
him have it, but let him pay for II.
Here is chance to show his mettle. II
he is worthy OF the boon let him make
q sacrifice to obtain it.
II the m lions spent by Virginia DUR
ing the last forty years in trying 10 LIT
the negro had been expended for In
ternal improvements what q rich State
she would now be. People now call
her poor old Virginia, and while she
continues staggering along under her
load OF debt and 10 the old rut che will
merit the title. A VIRGINIAN.
Washington, D. c., April 30.