The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1856-04-03
81. 80. From the N. Y. Herald
THE SAFETY, DESTINY AND RIGHTS
OF THE WHITE AND BLACK RACES
IN TRiS COUNTRY. H.t


IN TRiS COUNTRY.
There are times when the law of self-pres-
erva,on repeals all others, reducing forms
and discipline at once 10 anarchy, and officers
and seamen, generals, soldiers and camp fol-
lowers 10 a common level, and subjecting
them alone 10 their own individual means Of
salvation. In pursuit OF this object, homicide
ceases TO be crime, selfsbness is justified,
cruelty defended, and all the obligations of
friendship and affection overlooked As with
persons, SO 10 a great extent il is with nations.
The latter have their pcrls and disasters as
well as the former. There are conditions ap-
pended TO the existence of States as we'll as
individuals. Th ere are laws Of necessity and
other. AbslraclIy considered, it would be
easy 10 fix the crime OF murder upon the mar
liner who, in The midst of the storm and the
wreck, by the force Of his superior strength
hurled his companion into eternity in order
10 save himself; and still the peril of his own
life justified The severity Of the means en-
ployed 10 save il.
What, then, is the political liberty or the
utter ruin of the three millions OF the African
race in this country 10 llie safety, peace and
prosperity of The twenty three millions of the
white racea All experience has demonstra.
led the Inferiority of the former and the vast
superiority of the latter. 1t requires no arsu-
men; to show that, as members of the same
political family they cannot subsisi together
on any condition other than such as their ca
pacilies impose. There are equalities enough
in our own race and these are made visi.
Bile in the various spheres into which socie.
Iy is divided. To think of adding 10 these
distinctive African caste, inferior to all others,
and incapable of amalgamat alton without shock.
ing both moral and physical sensibilies, is
one OF those cruel and inhuman projects sus.
lained by men from whom we may expect
plans Of infusing social and political reforms
in The world by some grand scheme Of inter.
national guvanism
We must no longer trus, 10 natural laws.
We huve grown too wise 10 submit 10 what
is inevitable. We must deny TO the superior
It's rish; of control; we must guarantee 10 the
inferior All equality, and this must be dore
by State composed OF individuals as various
in intellect as in form
When the fifth days work of material Gre
alton had been satisfactorily completed; when
the heavens and the earth, the sun and the
moon, the fishes of the sea, and the birds and
animals OF the land had been brought into
being, then man was formed and endowed,
and was given dominion" over all these
things, and Of the earth, which he was CON-
manded 10 replenish and subdue.
The authority thus delegated 10 the human
family, in connection with the obligations
imposed upon it, signify as well The true char.
acier which the Creator intended TO establish
in the race, as an obvious design 10 reward
The superior for its nearer approach 10 the
Divine attributes and image. This principle
is maintained Throughout, the whole range OF
rational, irrational and material existence. II
is law to civilization, 10 barbarism, and "to
everything that move,h upon the earth" 1t
is bound 10 no conditions which paralyze its
action or impede its progress. It's dominion
and its power 10 subdue indicate its superior
ity, and tha, superiority has the right to i'm.
pose the conditions of its own Safely aud
success Ilneed not be laid uncer this sweep.
ing hypolhesis-ihat tyranny stands justified
by its misht-because the remedy for every
species of Injustice and oppression will be
placed in the hands Of the oppressed pre-.
cisely when they have the sense to exc.
cute and enforce ii. Besides, intelligence is
conservative, magnanimous and philanthrop.
ic. 1t is humane and generous, and there is
no higher proof of this than is 10 be found in
the history Of the federal union, including ills
slavery.
Slavery, indeed, is The only means OF saw
ing from utter annihilalion the three millions
oil blacks who inhabir this country. II is the
only condition BY which their acknowledged
superiors in numbers, intelligence and enter.
prse-lhe white race--can endure their ex-
is!ence. The freedom of the negro would be
tho signal OF his decline, and finally of his
utter ruin. The laws creating slavery may
be repealed; but The laws regulating the in
tercourse Of two such opposite races cannot
be. The slaves may be freed from the
shackles Of bondage, but not from the con-
diiions of their natures and minds They are
doubly race OF dependents in this instance:
as interiors, and as co.inhabiiants with The
whites, whose safety will moi permit their
freedom Their release, then, while it would
insure their ruin, would 60 far towards effect.
ing The same result with thei. masters, who
would find relief only in their death OF re.
moval.
The extension OF slavery 10 the North, in
stead of strengthening and perpetuating that
insiin ton, would weaken il. Wherever it
exists on soils and in climates adapted TO its
productions, it is made doubly strong. 1t
has no chance there Of removal. Whereas,
its extension into lali,udes where its labor
cannot be employed 10 profit, while the orig
inal supply must come from the south, il is
liable al any time TO be abolished, and
more or less of The slaves set al liberty. This
is seen in the extinction of slavery in The
norih-a result to be attributed not to be.
nevolence and humanity, but TO the fact that
il had ceased 10 be Of interest to its proprie.