Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-02-11
MORNING LEADER.
The DESTINY Of the Rnees.

tue haceS. 1ne LeCture HIS some elgn
columns ofthe Tribune, and is marked by th
eloquence, originality, prescienee, bOldness, an
philanthropy of the distinguished author, VIII
has already made his mark on the West and tn
Union. Mr. BLAIR is no common man. Ht
was educated in the school which makes ful
grown men Born and bred among the hunt
ers of Kentucky, he attained manhood in Mis-
souri, when still the Far West, and kni; BIZ
muscles in companiOnship of the Rangers of thu
Rocky Mountains.
The ground taken by Mr.. BLAIR is philo
sophical and humane, and should arrest the at
tention of the country. It offers to the white
and the colored races of the continent practic.
al solution of the question of destiny-a solu-
ton fraught with blessings to both. 1t is the
emancipation of the blacks by the States, aided
by the General Government, and their coloni-
zation within the tropics on this hemisphere
Mr.. BLAIR takes the position that the white
portion of the human race will run out the
black in temperate zones, while the black will
run out the white in the tropics; that the tenn
perate zones are favorable for the development,
mentally and physically, of the whites, to de-
gree that will exclude the blacks, and the
tropical zone, vice versa.
The subject is one of vast importance to the
colored as well as the white race, and intelli-
gent coIored men in the Free and also in the
Slave States are discussing their ultimate des-
tiny and the true means of fulfilling it. Emf
grafton to the Republic of Liberia finds some
favor, though the native born very generally
cling to home in the land of their BIRTH The
Washington Republic states that petition to
Congress is in circulation in the name of the
free colOred persons residing iu the District OF
Columbia, praying for the establishment of a
colony of their class upon some of the sparsely
settled Southern portions of our continent,
where they may be under the protection of the
government of their native country, and have
its fostering care, &c.
Mr.. B. looks forward to q GORDON of Free
Labor States between Missouri and California,
to be rapidly developed by a railroad to the Pa
cific, and to have commanding influence in
the future on the destiny of the races in this
country. Lack of room compels US to omit all
that portion of the Lecture. We give, however,
the conclusion, which we commend to the con-
sideration of the People. Mr.. BLAIR said
Slavery in our country has taken its worst
form, and will be followed by the worst results,
if not speedily removed The contrast between
the races destroys the symPathies of kindred,
which would soften servitude. 1t has obtained
the highest judicial sanction for the idea that
the negro is being so alien to our nature as to
have no rights which we are bound to respect
as appertaining to man; that he is not included
such in the great declaration of the rights of
soul. Our Supreme Court has decided that the
negro has nothing of that divinity that stirs
| within u.s." which can save him here or hereaf-
ter. This monstrous doctrine, interpolated into
our Constitution, is last resort to render Slave
nv compatible with the principles of our free
government. This shocking decision will
awaken feeling in every heart not dead to all
the sentiments of humanity, that cannot but
arouse public opinion everywhere to revolt
To what grade must the population ofthe slave
holding States be reduced, if that class which
performs the labor and creates the wealth Of
the State is stripped of the attributes Of man
and ceases to have any rightsl Will not suct
degradation attach in tle tell E6o are CON
\ strainea 8 labor in the service Of anot. y y
matter of what class, or how compelledi If
then, state ofthings is produced in the slave
holding States which subjects the white lnborel
to the same absolu e dependence on the EN-
ployer as the black, the fate Of one becomes tht
fate of the other. and neither will have righti
which those holding all power in the State ar'
, bound to respect A leading press in Virgins
has already announced this doctrine, and a lat
debate in the Legislature of Georgia evincet
/, that this squirting toward despotism was IN
derstood to be the aim of those striving to re
duce all who labor to the condition of Slavery
by ouening the slave-trade to fill all the chan
nels of industry with such as would work 70
slave wages, or, in other words, for bare sub
sistence. The proposal tending to open tn
slaye-trade by Legislative action was defeated
after strenuous debate, by the argument that tn
slaves now increased faster than the whites, ant
that if an additional influx of Africans, by open
ing the slave trade, were permitted, the wage
of free labor would be so reduced as to destro,
| its existence This admitted argument admits
also, that as the slaves multiply more rapid,
than the whites, time will produce the sam
result without importation. Already in Sout
Carolina, the slaves are nearly two to one Of tn
9 whites, and to this complexion all must com
at last in those States that foster the slave in
/ stitution. 1t is evident, from the showing Q
the causes, that free and slave labor cannot sub
! sist together through long tract of time
: Virginia presents the most favorable aspect 70
: the continuation of both, for it is State tha
|, exports the black laborer, and has a climate pc
! culiarly inviting to the immigration of free Ia
: Dor; vet the whole number Of free whites en-
. gagged in agriculture in 1850 was 97,454, Will
\ her slaves amounted to 472, ,52S-nearly half
millien-now, doubtless, more. And what ha
been the result Of half century's experiment c
black and white labor together upon the latter
and upon the States prosperityl compariso
8 with free-labor State will show. Virginia,wit
the advantages of soil, climate, extent, and NOR
= | than double the population of New York in tn
beginning, has now fallen far behind her riva
: In 1850 the population of New York more thai
= doubled that Of Virginia, and the census of he
. real and personal property was triple. Thi
. half century's experiment, then, solves th
{ problem as to what must be the result Of fre
|. and slave labor of States. The energetic whit
i generations of Virginia abandon the State t
escape from the blighting presence Of Slavery
The immigration of free labor, and the capits
; It would bring with IT, shuns the State from th
e same impulse, and now, unless reaction occur
10 arrest tnlS 1Abal LenuencJS Is uOt tnS OnC
leading State of the Union doomed to perpetu
al inferiority By substituting the black race fc
its own fair and noble progenyi Had Virgins
like New York, gradually abolished Slavery
i and thus opened its gates to free immigratio
! and retained her own children, who were drive
out and DISTINGUISHED lest their votes would IN
settle the divine institution Of Slavery (as It
Z now called), who can doubt but that its create
! white basis at the start would still have keI
q ahead of that of the Northern State If thi
n be so then for half million of slaves Virgini
e has exchanged moro than two millions of cit
a zens animated with her own blood, gallant spir