Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1853-06-01

rhv svspurs OF prristuent ale cprn 70 all !,
aud he 9ho - must skllliui, industrious. pet
-r.-,.ns and accomplished, 10 his business
n prosp.s,oi,, ~hs,~v~r his complexion may
De- Whether raddy, pale. lar brown, OF
back. Is most certain 81 succ~ss.
Bat Il Is not so With Us. II l. no msiier
= hr,h~r the prejudice that prevents The
Anxlo-Ssxon ana African races hes arisen
tr.u, the nerr foice OF circumstances. or
was implanted for wise and holy purposes
b, ths Creator. al or brfore The Dispersion
q Bsb~i, Which Is mus, probable. |, is
sa.ush tbs, y exists; snd Exists ~ith such
.-,,st,~.s sud prtvsd,ng farce. that sp as
.,a,,ia',of d ne races, II It were even d~s,-
faple. l. sosoln'-iy unpuss,blr.
TIE nee plstk man Nth rs. IL neither
,rrr .nsn o. sl4.r. He . Gu, off from ,h-
pruiscslng care ~hsch The interests. II no,
the hum sn,iy ot The owner extends TO the
slave; and yet, he - subject TO ell the pr.ju-
DICE. 81 col. II, anil G~n,-d many 81 the p,sv-
,l~srs accorded to ihe NEST sgnursni and de-
PRAYED Whit person. To grrs, extent.
ihr tree people Of color ia the Uniiei States
are sort OF intermediate class. having no
bonds oi common interest. no lies Of :, mps-
thy ; aud are generally indoleni. 'mp,ovI-
dent, and ignorant. and The consequence Is.
that collectively they are the mos, depravrd
aud sohppy race on the American CONT
npnt.
THE only hope Of the free black man il
his removal to another continent. beyond
the barriers Of those prejodires and circum-
stances that Cypress h,m here. and 10 soil
aud climate for which me- IL suited. II is
,,bposslble for him EVER TO be happy sm"ng
The whites. The frequent cunfl,css b-t~ e~n
he fee blacks and the whites in our prn
cIpal northern cities. and the exclusion o'
:hrm, or attempts TO exclude them from en-
,rrsng many ot our FREE States. show that 10
them. on our soil. freedom cares no heal
ing on its wings; aud liberty. that blrsses
all besides, has no blessings tor them. and
The glurious flag that has animated the hearts
OF !rermen On 80 many fields Of battle. and
CARED our commerce over the whole world,
has nothing but stripes and imprisonment,
Tor them.
Another part Of their misery is, their sub
l-clion TO feeling Of inirriouiy. No man
can flourish and grow IN state Of conscious
mieriority, any more than vegetable grows
IN the dark. Blu, the black man cannnt
come gu, into the sunshine Of heaven :
equality among white. people.
The free people Of color are not al home
amongst u.s. The Al-wise Creator has
placed upon thu black man the marx OF sep
afa'ion. M,n being grrgar'ons aud SOCIAL
~ has habits II was necessary for the sob
dung 81 the earth. 10 the ats of peace, that
men should Dr. dissocia,rd, segregated, and
driven nu, from. their cradles. 1t is bless
ing. therefore. that there are causes suttl-
Glen, to prevent the perfect assimilation Of
all the rares inio one II is NOT one Of the
asst Indication af Divine goodness. that
here are such variety amongst the races
OF men. as 10 render their separation no, on
w de,lrsbIr bu, NECESSARY, and a. the sane
mates and pursuits. 70 thar the whole earth
ma, be- ih~ home of man, and made coniIi-
butars to his welfare.
The black man socially and politically
can never mingie with the White man as
his sqaat ia tise land. II - y ore
'ban vi<Ionsrv;'it is vain aud mischevions
TO labor to bridge the gulph that the Al
mighty has made impossible. And r.
gard II. o. q most wise AMI necessary pro-
VISION IN the constitution at LIBRA. that u
,orbds white man TO own single tool 81
sail in that Republic. M dream Of the
Arabian Nights IS more hui,lrss, than the
attempt 10 make ihr White aud The black
man sand upon The same platform OF pni-
,,caI aud sociaI equality. They Cannot 81
dasn together, as .qnsls, on The same sol.
rie one or the other, like Pharnah's lean
knur will drvonr the fat and well favored.
The one must increase. while the other dr.
creases. The only relation that can sub>is'
happily, aud for the gnod of hoIh between
me white aud black man on this continent,
Is that Of raster and slav-. Tn make then,
nv. together a. EQUALS is impossible.
s.like cliff. that have been rent asunder,
a dreary SEA now rolls between;
Bui neither heat. nor frost. nor thunder,
Sllali ever do y, ween.
The marks of tha, which once hath been"
Il the back man - released from snvol-
u"tarv --ryrujr, he u sui slave amongst
us. There Isl nt rsly tree black man fr"u'
Canada /. Cal to,nis. Wheres rr he goes, ~
mus, carry ~,h hun thr titles OF his Tree
dom and il found w,thou. hts mannmission
PVtss Tie " teSt tttrobs AN"fs nv
must produce the evidence aud The seal OF
the very court iE which the evidence Of his
freedom is rrcoded And into many parts
Of our country. he IS forbidden 10 enter at
ell. There 10 no place here Tor him 10 resi-
his foot, or tor his children 10 rise TO cam
Tot and honor. There is no bright prospect
before him--lherr is no clear sunshine oi
The present dsy. and there is no hop. Tor
The future; and gloomy as ate his personal
prospects. the must wi,hering. crashing
virtue ex,ingui>hing Of all that is beier~
hun. is lhr Absence Of hope for his children
cffer aim. To my mind The b.itrf~st poi-
''on IN thu cup Of ihr poor Of Europr. l.,
that they have no hope Tor their children.
Parents nigh, be contrai 10 br starving OPP.
rra'tves, and even To perish without living
oul ball their .ays, II their children could
rise TO anything bitter But what hope Is
there that they. themselves. or their chri-
drrD can ever become any better Oft than
they are now? They are doomed 10 tread
round and rnund IN the mill OF Toll and bur
dcn-bearing ignorance. STUPIDITY, and hope
less suffering and be The hswrrs of wo"d