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children to this school, accompanying their application with the assertion that their children must be educated, beside "niggers" rather than not at all. Mr. Tade does not receive them lest he may forfeit his right to the public money, in accordance with a clause, I believe of the State Constitution which prescribes such a penalty for any intermingling of colored and white children in the same school. Indeed so ultra are the people of Tenn on this question of the intermingling of the races, that they have in their Constitution made it a crime for a negro to marry or live and cohabit with a white woman. During the past year several colored men have been sent to the penetentiary for a violation of this provision. At Nashville considerable effort has been made to establish public schools for colored children, and two large brick buildings accomodating about 400 children each have been secured (one in the Northern and the other in the Eastern section of the City), and schools already opened therein. In addition to these, there are three flourishing private enterprises, Fisk University, The Baptist College and the Presbyterian Seminary. The first has just opened with largely increased teaching force, and the classes are rapidly filling up.

It is unfortunate that the City has concluded to extend and open Streets which will so divide the lands of this University so to spoil the 

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