The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-17
Shall The Public Free School Money be Di-
,iteI Under the New Constitution
Editor of The Times:


DIS is Secend III importance Only ~
the negro suffrage question. mean
snail the money arising from the taxa
lion of the white people be devoted
exclusively 10 the education 81 Inc "hit"
children ana nc money arising rom tile
'tH4tioh 81 INC negroes ''e "fN'te'i - ~
aiAeiA 20 INC cUHtttloi 81 tue ~ 81" III
dfcA! iho Nt1lte people ply 'lSHl-
ninthS ~ the taxes Inc coi"fe1 people
pa% Inc fciii"ihNef. nc negroes con
Slli-tl'' about t"o-iiil4S % 'i'e ION
To Illustrate y so Nat ~ can hh""fSl''ild.
"et oi every huhFroa "nitafS on ta>'tton
the ll@Si"rs sNt wv ioF jile't .. i''"iS' N!iit
IN" white children set M' Now 81 Inns
Aip The wiz" fc"i''r pay gu dbt III
negroes $40; mat ~, the Mh't' pcopi" pay
almost u not luilN, :" hef cont 81 Tue
h"u"z Ailjll .Nllitlt '1i' ll'Tt"'9 ar '"i,-
cited @na inc i"Ste'S ".iiH ~ Pr -.
'''s'>s HT u''.S "it .li't ,Ni'',
are 3" hnAli% correct iii'l tHl'ih VI
can be relied en- NiJtt i"aS anu ca'ei vi
reflection ] have com" 1" the 6eilbei'tlc
conclusion thai II IS Ia" duty OF lhc Wh'le
people /" devote tRH money arising from
thelT OWL taa1tl9h cN'lVslN''lE l" Tue U.s.
oi and edHcatleh al IA" "hl'n en-"
drTi- ihnl"NGuiN hir''' @t"'H ~. 49,
That TINS VIII clos" IN" negro S''o"iS'
except for about three months ana per
haps two months. in The N";i. d"pl re
this fact because am not only acl"ateu
by n" Hukiu'i feeling towards tiie negro
hut, on IN" contrary, III common WIN
lie great un7j"'1tH at i'im"i SiaNeh"'o'tS,
! nave Il NelN t1ha le'IAi% L"i mem "''
sincerely wish them 1" rise ana prosper
in The seal" of life They ar" hero I"
stay; they may be said to be involuntary
residents q alIude 10 their ancestnrst; II
is certain that they did not come mere
of th"ir own volilion- our race IS IN
\ measure, Responsible Tor the TACT thdI
They arc here. ms places ~ certain
moral responsibility upon us winch We
cannot sIirk II would unqucstionably
be best for both races if II was possible
Tor them TO be educated up TO q hih
standard. All this is cheerfuliN admit
ted. Now, let MS examine lie otiiei
side OF the question, ana HFSt we are
met with the stubborn and unfortunate
fact that almost quarter Of a century
Of patient and conscientious effort has.
at least IN great part demonstrated the
fact that as a class the H@Sfe is St'So-
lutelN Incapable OF receiving q hiSh ecu
cation. For more th'2h -'tVp years ne
has never cultivated. except in a deSui-
tory WAY. The beautiful continent which
WAS his birthplace but has lived III Africa
in practical slavery: he mas not III thal
Lime produced q poet or statesman an
orator or an historian. ne only eNCep-
lions 10 TINS rhie-and the exceptions
prove the rule-are Toussdnt l. overture,
the warrior, the Chlei Jnsttce OF me ISL
and of Barbados. a juFist and states
nan. according 10 the historian MI
Anthony l'roudr, and Booker Washing
ION. of Alabama. in whom white hlooa IS
said 70 be plainly rercepuhle- d" moi
Include Frederick douglass. because NC
MAS perhaps more OF White man ita'!
"A negro. The negro learns to read ana
write Tapidly, bur the power OF ahalNsls-
in other words. ne reasoning power
exists in him only /" Il limited extent,
il cannot he developed because ~ mas
IA" basis ullon winch we can ""th-
do not hesitate /" MAKE me hSSsi ti9'
thai history affords no example OF any
rare which has been heiped so hlucii as
The negro race has heth by me W'lllS
people OF The south ana Nofth ior l,1e