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fAa-Itlie-r-r-ridettiyadtinbiiunN:floprto8-esid18,8t►leLetLre118ep38.hem-11Why should the people of Green* castle pay their money to erect a building in which to maintain a colored school, when we already have three large school buildings? It will cost several thousand dollars to ereot such a building, and then the expense will but have fairly begun. The sum required annually to pay for caring for the property and maintaining such a school as would be satisfactory, for a graded school would be demanded, would amount to $1,200 or $1,500. This would be a very considerable addition to the burden of taxation, and is caused, not by any actual want, but by considerations that would cause ^ amazement were all the facts known, d* Nor is the urging of the race preju- j ^ dice defensible. Why should we be afraid of the colored children? Give them an equal chance with our own. Whatever there is of good in them, let it be developed. Draw the line on them and it will be drawn else-1 fwhere—against the German, the Irish; every race except our own; and, at last, against the poor. As we have regard for the future, we must not take the first step in this direction.wlt;bethexBU
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Greencastle County Banner
Greencastle, Indiana, US
Thu, Oct 11, 1883
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