Arvine C. Wales letter regarding Van Camp v. Board of Education of the Incorportated Village of Logan, November 22, 1862

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                                 Springhill Novr. 22,1862
	Geo. Harsh.
                   Your Note of the 20th was recd the same
	day it was written, but I had no opportunity of
	reading the report of the case of Van Camp v. the
	Board of Education of Logan to which you refer till
	this evening.  I thank you for calling my attention
	to that case.  I did not know before that there was
	any such case; and I did not believe it possible that
        our supreme Court could have made such a dise-
	=ision.
	      The syllabus of the case says that children
	of mixed blood but nearer white than black  are
	not as of right  (the words are italicised)  entitled
	to admission into the common schools.  The Court
	so far as one can gather from the indefinite lan-
	=guage of the opinion does not think they are
	of necessity excluded.  It would seem to leave the
	matter discretionary with the Directors.  As an adju-
	=dication of our highest Court upon a case directly